Upcoming Tournament Schedule:
January 2024
- 6th-7th - BRC "B" Manchester (cadet)
- 13th – 14th - BRC at the Leon Paul Fencing Centre (Junior)
- 28th - REGIONAL Surrey Youth Foil *
- 27th - NOTTINGHAM U.14 (selection)
- 27th - EFC Gothenburg
February
- 3rd - Newham event 3*
- 3rd - 4th EFC Paris U.14
- tbc London Region Championships u.12 - u.18 (BYC qualifiers) *
- 10th - 11th EFC Millfield, SOMERSET U.14
- 10th - 11th EFC Sofia (cadet)
- 10th LeonPaul Open (senior)
- 17th LPJS St Benedicts, Ealing. U.12/14/17 (sign up is via Leon Paul Junior Series website)
- 24th London Region Youth Champs - St Benedicts, Ealing. GIRL’S U.12/14/16/18
- 25th London Region Youth Champs - St Benedicts, Ealing. BOY’S U.14/18
March
- 2nd - LeonPaul Open ("D" rated)
- 9th - Newham event 4 *
- 10th - London Region Youth Champs - Leon Paul Centre, Hendon, London. BOY’S U.12/16
- 16th - 17th EFC Zagreb U.14
- Public Schools Fencing Championships
- 23rd - 24th - EFC Ciudad Real U.14
- 23rd - 24th Challenge Wratislavie U.11/13/15
- tbc - LPJS International London *
April
- tbc LPJS Fighting Fit London *
- 8th - 12th tbc Easter Camp Italy
- 2nd - 6th tbc Easter Camp London
- 27th - 28th British Team Championships (open)
- 27th - LPJS Bristol *
May
- 4th - 6th British Youth Championships u.12/14/16/18 - Sheffield
- 18th Sussex Open (senior)
June
- 29th - 30th England Youth Championships u.11/13/15 - Hertfordshire *
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- * Signifies 'suitable for all'
- BRC means "British Ranking Circuit" for Cadet U.17 or Junior U.20 ranking points only for very strong fencers - minimum 13 years old.
- EFC means "European Fencing Confederation Circuit " again for Cadets and Juniors European rankings.
APRIL 2023 – NEWS BULLETIN:
BATTERSEA FOIL CONGRATULATIONS TO AMELIE TSANG AND ZFW CLUB
An absolutely splendid result for GB foil, with Amelie winning The WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS... many, many CONGRATULATIONS to her coach Peter and to Ziemek - fantastic!
TOURNAMENT NEWS
- Well done Sasha U.18 and Milly in U.16 for gold, winning London Youth Championships, and Bryn U.16 and Meyra U.14 silver medals.
- Internationally, well done in Paris and Poland for England squad fencers, Meyra, Layla, Regina, Milly, and especially Wilfred who was 13th out of 135 at his first international event.
- Nice medals and placing in LPJS development events - Meyra for a silver and a bronze in U.15 girls, Selin making L8 breakthrough U.11, whilst at Newham, Luna 9/30, Guilly L8.
- At the Public Schools Fencing Championships (1,600 fencers, the biggest youth event in Europe) WELL DONE Layla 5/89 and Sasha 5/107.
AUGUST 2022 - NEWS BULLETIN:
RESULTS
Wonderful news! At the English Youth Championships in June Bryn won a national medal, Layla was a very close 5th out of 30 and Wilfred 5th out of 53.
At the Newham Youth Development Events special congratulations go to Milly for two Bronze medals (one each in the Under 16 & Under 14), to Sasha for winning Gold in the Under 16 mixed and to Wilfred who won the Gold medal - 1st out of 28.
CAMPS
It is brilliant to see so many of our fencers training at camps in the UK (Millfield, Westcountry Swords, LeonPaul Summer), in France (Melun Val de Seine) and in Italy, where 8 of our fencers are training in this last week of August.
There will be an October half term camp at Battersea Bosco (please message Prof on 07768 698 189 if you are interested in a place) and a "by invitation" camp will take place at Easter in Rome (we can only take six fencers in the Under12/13 category).
Camps are simply the best way to grow in our sport, and all who want to compete should do two or three a year...they also happen to be huge fun.
PROJECT28
Project28 is the name of our initiative for achieving national junior and senior medals by 2025 and Olympic selections by 2028... We have a stronger than ever before U15 group and I think will surpass our record year of 2018 when we had 12 fencers on ranking lists with 4 in the National Squad for England U13/15. We are on track for at least 4 from the Battersea club being in the top 10 U17 cadets in 2022/23.
MARCH 2022 - Congratulations go to:
- Newham (February) - u.14 Girls: Bronze medal (3/16) for Millie;
- London Region Championships - LYC u.18: Gold medal for Ayaan, u.12: Silver medal for Wilfred (2/19);
- Newham (March) - U.16's: Bronze medal for Sasha and also a Bronze medal for Millie. - U.12 Boys: Wilfred, a particular well done on your GOLD medal (1/28).
WELL DONE team, and thank you, parents!
SEPTEMBER 2021 - NEWS BULLETIN:
BRITISH FENCING MAGAZINE
You may like to read about our club in The Sword, British Fencing Magazine in an article entitled 'A Coaching Model for Elite & Community Fencing' on page 16. Read the article HERE.
HELLO!
We say hello to our new training space at The Sports Hall, Battersea which you can watch HERE.
TOURNAMENT NEWS
- Well done Ayaan, aged 16 - 24/81 at the FCL Open (his first senior event);
- Well done Milly & Regina on ENGLAND National Squad selections.
APRIL 2020 - NEWS BULLETIN:
TRAINING AT HOME: Finally, please do look at The Fencing School Facebook page which contains a ‘training at home resource pack’. Just click HERE
DECEMBER 2019 - Congratulations:
WELL DONE to Aleks who made L8 at the recent GB Senior Women's Event.
WELL DONE to Milly, medal winner at Newham and 5th & 6th consecutive placings.
DECEMBER 2018 - Recent Successes:
Congratulations go to:
Senior British Women's Team Championships - Battersea Bronze medal!
Rome EURO Cadet Circuit
Mr Kent travelled as Chef de Mission for Newham fencer Teagan, and after a long day she made 2nd out of 163... it was the best women's foil result in cadet (U.17) in GB history of fencing. USA had strong contingent and no Italians made L8 which is unheard of. The tournament was very well run, with Mr Kent knowing many of the organisers and Italian coaches.
Congratulations to Milly for medal this spring in U.12's (still one year to go in this category).
Three Short Movies for Parents & Fencers
Back in Time
Ex #TheFencingSchool coach, current senior #GB mens foil team member BEN Peggs and Mark travelled to Italy to prepare him for European Games Baku, where he won Gold medal.. see a great video of the Italian fencers at Frascati where they spent a week together training...
Ben Peggs, Fencing The Fencing School #GBGoldMedal Baku 2015 European Olympic Games #Fencing #EuropeanGamesBaku
A big thank you to Mr Ansari for supporting the community programme.
Huge THANK YOU to Ben Paul of www.LEONPAUL.COM who donated to Battersea Foil two excellent old scoring boxes - still going strong! #TheFencingSchool
Sponsors
Huge thanks to our sponsors John T and his daughter Sophie ( pictured ) for their kind donation of blades and kit to Battersea Foil. ( John won the Vets World Championship and Sophie fenced for GB at 2012LONDON )
Welcome Back
19yr old Rory is helping at the club and preparing for fencing again. Rory was selected to fence for GB in world cadet champs