Gold for Oscar Casadio-Robinson and two more medals for our Salle Paul Phoenix fencers!

This event had a different format to usual epee competitions in order to create a Pentathlon-style event. Each category had a poule unique and the matches were to one touch. The DEs were to five touches and had a one minute time-limit.

U19 Mixed/Men:

Oscar Casadio-Robinson got 16V6D in the poule. This seeded him third going into the DEs and he got a bye through to the L16 as a result. This match was against Dan Garland and it finished 2-2 but Oscar got the win due to having priority. His L8 match was against Oliver Stenhouse and Oscar won the bout 4-3. In the Semi-Final he faced Ferris Lovell and won the match comfortably this time: 5-2. He managed to take this confidence into the final and won 5-1 against Elliot Trepess. A very well deserved gold medal finish for Oscar.

Solu Ngoka had a very strong start in his poule, finishing with 21V1D. After being seeded first, he got a bye to the L16. In this round he fenced against Volodymyr Liudagovskyi and showed a dominant display, winning 5-0. His L8 was against William Reed which resulted in a 4-3 win to Solu. In his Semi-Final he had a close match with Elliot Trepess and narrowly lost the match 3-2. He finished the day with a solid third place finish.

U19 Women:

Xanthe Trim finished her poule with 16V6D and seeded fourth. After a bye through the L32 she fenced Mollie Earle in the L16 and won on priority after a 4-4 scoreline. Her L8 match was against Valentina Kemp and and Xanthe came away with a 3-0 win. In the Semi-Final she fenced Cecilia Huepfl and won the match 5-4. The final was against Alma-Constance  Denis-Smith and Xanthe put up a good fight until the end but lost by the very close margin of 4-3. She can still be happy to walk away from the competition with a silver medal.

Kaeto won 19 and lost 3 in her poule. She was seeded first and got a bye through the L32. In the L16 she fenced against Zara Chappell. Unfortunately she lost a tight match, 5-4.