Gold for Jack Beckley and more medals for SPP!

 

Junior Men’s Epee:

Jack Beckley won five matches and lost one 5-4. This seeded him 3rd and got him a bye through the L64. In the L32 he fenced against Alastair Chew and won the match 15-8. He met Ming Hei So in the L16 and moved on with another comfortable win, this time 15-7. In the L8 he fenced against fellow SPP fencer, Solu Ngoka and won the match 15-7. He came up against Alexander Lilov-Hood in the Semi-Final and made light-work of a tough fight, winning 15-5. In the final he fenced against another teammate, Cyrus Lee and unfortunately Cyrus had to take a medical withdrawal which meant that Jack won the competition. A fantastic competition from Jack and a gold medal to show for it.

Cyrus Lee went 3V3D in his poule. In the L64 he fenced against Callum Wake and comfortably won the match 15-3. His opponent in the L32 was Alexander Yakovlev and Cyrus managed to come away with a 15-11 victory. He met Vladimir Kukharev in the L16 and he continued his winning ways, finishing the match 15-10. In the round of 8 he met Muaadh Alam and made his way to the medal rounds after a 15-8 win. His Semi-Final bout was against James Fairholme and Cyrus showed confidence in a match of high pressure, winning 15-10. As mentioned, he sadly had to withdraw from the final but can be proud of finishing the competition with a very respectable 2nd place.

Solu Ngoka had a strong poule, finishing it with 5V1D. Seeded 6th he got a bye into the L32 where he fenced Kruze Frampton and won 15-8. In the L16 he fenced Henry De Bono and won by the same score: 15-8. His competition ended in the L8 when he met his teammate Jack Beckley and lost 15-7.

Francisco Tudela finished his poule well: 5V1D. He got a bye through to the L32 where he met André Pettersson and won the match 15-7. He exited the competition in the L16 after losing to Robin Silk 15-10.

Oscar Casadio-Robinson went 2V3D in his poule. His L64 bout was against Joshua Hunter and he came away with a 15-12 win. Oscar’s competition ended in the L32 after he lost to Vladimir Kukharev.

 

Junior Women’s Sabre:

Emma Mitzova won four and lost two of her poule matches. She got a bye through the L64 after being seeded 11th. In the L32 she met Victoria Ciampolini-Manley and won the bout 15-11. She fenced confidently in the L16 and beat Daisy Beadsworth 15-3. The L8 match against Erika Hodkinson was a tough task for Emma but one that she managed to overcome and win 15-14. Her Semi-Final against Reya Farlam was a similar story, going right to the wire and finishing 15-14 to Emma. She didn’t manage to get her hands on the gold and lost the final to Eilidh Paterson 15-4. She can come away from the competition pleased with a second place result.

 

U14 Girls’ Epee:

Kaeto Ngoka finished her poule with five wins and one 5-4 loss. She was seeded 1st and got a bye through the L32. She met her teammate, Salma Wagdi in the L16 and won the match 12-9. She won by the same score in the L8 against Grace Patterson and made her way to the medal rounds. She missed out on making it to the final and lost to Katrine Hung 12-5. She may not have won the competition but came away from the competition with a great result and a bronze medal.

Salma Wagdi finished her poule with 1V4D. She fenced against Charlotte Penney in the L32 and won the bout 12-7. Unfortunately she met her teammate, Kaeto in the L16 and after a close battle she lost the match 12-9.

 

Boys’ U14 Epee:

Antonios Moraitis went 3V2D in his poule. He fenced Douglas Lewis in the L32 and won the match 12-7. In the L16 he met Oliver Handley and came away with a 12-6 victory. He fell one round short off getting a medal and lost to Frederick Howard 12-6 in the L8.

Nick Yin got 2V3D in his poule. In the L32 he fought against Thom Jenkins and won the bout 12-8. In the L16 he lost to Frederick Howard 12-7.

Alfredo Luis-Gomes won three and lost two in the poules. His L32 was a close match against Oliver Dodsworth but unfortunately Alfredo narrowly lost 12-11.

 

Final Placing:

 

Junior Men’s Epee

🥇Jack Beckley

🥈Cyrus Lee

5. Solu Ngoka

12. Francisco Tudela

 

Junior Women’s Epee

🥈Emma Mitzova

 

U14 Girls’ Epee

🥉Kaeto Ngoka

16. Salma Wagdi

 

U14 Boys’ Sabre

7. Antonios Moraitis

15. Nick Yin

17. Alfredo Luis-Gomes