Sunday 15 January 2012
Abingdon sent a strong fencing team to the Southern Region championships held at Reading University. This event was a qualifying event for the British Youth Championships, to be held in Sheffield in May. We had fencers in all 3 age groups for epee (U14, U16 and U18) and one fencer in the U18 Sabre group.
We ended up with 5 fencers qualifying for the British Youth Championships. Ben Schneider came 2nd in the U14 epee, Herman Chan coming 2nd in the U16 epee, and Thomas Chan, Bernard Ng and Kit Bowen finishing 1st, 2nd and joint 3rd respectively in the U18 event. This is a fantastic achievement for the club and well done to those who took part as well.
