News

East Midlands championships 2010 - Paul Williams; - 14/03/2010;
Tony Klenczar has won the East Midlands Championships Mens Epee, for the third time, beating last years champion Alex Monyard 15-5 in the final.
Georgina Macilroy won the u-14s girls title.....
League and Club Competition 2010 - Tony Klenczar; - 25/01/2010;
The WFC Individual Leagues will start on 3rd February and run through until June. You can see your weekly fixtures results and league positions by clicking on the link on our home page. Once inside the fixturelist.com website; choose England Midlands in the find your league box; we are on page two. ....
Merry Xmas & A Happy Nem Year - Tony Klenczar; - 19/12/2009;
The kids club is now closed until Friday 6th January 2010. The adults club will be open on Weds 23rd December at 8pm. On 30th December due to the centre closing a 4pm we will be fencing 1pm until 3pm. Have a good Christmas and New Year.....
Not a Bad Week!! - Tony Klenczar; - 14/12/2009;
Some nice results this week for Wingerworth fencers. Congratulations to Hannah Lawrence and Simon Taylor; Hannah won the British Universities Championships last weekend at Nottingham; Hannah let the semi-final and final slip a little making them both closer than they should have been; winning the fi....
Rushcliffe Open - Tony klenczar; - 23/11/2009;
Tom Chrisp and Paul Williams both fenced at the Rushcliffe Open on Sunday; this was a mixed wheel chair event; Tom finished 5th and Paul 8th. For full results http://www.nottinghamcityfencing.co.uk/RushcliffeOpen/MensEpee.htm
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Welsh Open - Tony Klenczar; - 21/11/2009;
Hannah Lawrence competed again last weekend at the Welsh Open in Cardiff. Hannah easily won all her pool fights and was number 1 seed. After two good wins Hannah was leading 4-0 in her L16 fight against Amy Radford when Amy came back and went into a 14-12 lead; Hannah got two hits back only to lose ....
Epee League - Tony Klenczar; - 12/11/2009;
As most of you will know our second round of league mathces took place last night. Tony Klenczar, Simon Taylor and Adam Edwards defeated Nottingham City 45-38.Paul Williams, Ev Van Gemeren and Andy Moroz beat Radcliffe 45-20; solid performances which keep our 100% record intact.....
Lancaster Open - Tony Klenczar; - 10/11/2009;
Paul Williams was the only Wingerworth Fencer to go to the Lancaster Open last weekend, Paul finished 10th after being knocked out by Andy McArthur from stockport.....
Do you want to fence in Darmstadt. - Paul Williams; - 10/11/2009;
As you are probably aware by now next year is the 10th Anniversary of Wingerworth Fencing Club. One suggestion to commemorate this milestone is a trip abroad to fence in Darmstadt, Germany. Colin Swift has long been recommending this tournament as an opportunity for some great fencing. The tournamen....
Team Epee Leaue  - Tony Klenczar; - 31/10/2009;
The first two fixtures of the Team Epee League were fenced at Rushcliffe Liesure Centre last night. Our first fixture was against last years champions Nottingham City. Tony Klenczar, Tom Chrisp,Adam Edwards and Ev van Gemeren made up the team. We were always in control and won 45 - 33. Adam Edwards ....
Wingerworth Fencing Club Competition - Tony Klenczar; - 22/10/2009;
The club competition was held in September. We ran four competitions Mixed Epee, Womens Epee U-17 and U-14 Epee. The U-14s Epee was won by Rory Charlesworth who beat Joshua Shaw in the final. U-17s was won by Adam Edwards beating Will 15-14 in a close final. The Womens epee was fenced off between Be....
Catching Up - Tony Klenczar; - 12/10/2009;
Here is a round up of all the results since July; I have attached links to all the relevant sites; hopefully from now on the results will go on shortly after the event. If any of you want to write a news story just send it to me and I will put it on.
A few notables have been Hannah Lawrence pla....
Manchester Open - Tony Klenczar; - 23/07/2009;
The results of the Manchester open wer as follows; Paul Williams was placed 8th, Tom Chrisp 14th, Ev Van Gemeren 17th and Andy rushton 24th. Alice lawrence was placed 14th in the womwns epee.

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Junior World Championships Belfast - Tony Klenczar; - 16/04/2009;
You know its going to be a tough day when your pool is made up of six fencers; four of which have been placed in the L8 of junior A grades this season; including the European Championships; not to mention the two ranked in the top twenty in the world junior rankings.
Hannah had some very good re....
Good Luck Hannah - Tony Klenczar; - 05/04/2009;
Hannah Lawrence will be competing with the Great Britain team; at the Junior World championships in Belfast this week. This will be her last junior competition. A medal would be lovely!! The official website can be found at; http://www.worldfencing2009.com/english-eng ....
Handicap Knockout Last 8 - Tony Klenczar; - 20/03/2009;
The results of the Last 16 and the draw for the last 8 are attached. Due to no shows the L8 is down to six.....
Handicap Knockout Last sixteen - Tony Klenczar; - 14/03/2009;
The draw for the last sixteen of the knockout is attached. All fights to be fenced on 18th March. If your not there you will be eliminated.....
Joshua Shaw Wins Gold at Ashton Leon Paul Epee - Tony Klenczar; - 06/03/2009;
Congratulations to Josh Shaw who won Gold in the Ashton Leon Paul series (Epee) at the weekend. Josh competing in the U-11 age group won a close final 10-9. Josh was 9-8 in the lead then landed a double hit to take the gold medal. well done Josh!!!....
Handicap Knockout - Tony Klenczar; - 27/02/2009;
On Weds 4th March, we will be starting a knockout competition. An incomplete Last 32 was drawn from the hat last Weds nd is attached. Subsequent rounds will follow at two weekly intervals, the Last 16 will be on 18th March etc. Fencers in Division 2 will have a five point start against fencers in di....
Results Round Up  - Tony Klenczar; - 13/02/2009;
Both juniors and seniors have been competing over the few weeks. Adam Edwards, Tom Woods, Joshua Shaw, Helen Solly and Joseph Boston all represented the East Midlans at the British Youth Championships. Adam, Tom Joshua and Helen competed in the foil and finished 37th, 60th, 49th and 14th respectivel....
Australia final day - Olympic website; - 17/01/2009;
Fencing
Review of Team GB Action on Saturday 17th January
Team GB won 27 medals today (11 gold, 5 silver, 11 bronze) to bring the total at the 2009 Australian Youth Olympic Festival up to 46 medals (18 gold, 9 silver, 19 bronze)
Team GB capped off their successful participation in the fe....
Australia Update - Olympic website; - 16/01/2009;
Team GB won 16 medals today (6 gold, 4 silver, 6 bronze).

Fencing

Team GB’s fencers completely dominated the competition at the Sydney Olympic Park Sports Hall today, claiming no less than six of the eight medals on offer in the individual epee events.
It was the women who set....
Hannah in Sydney - Tony Klnczar; - 13/01/2009;
Check out the link to the Australian youth olympics on the home page to see how Hannah is getting on. Fencing is on friday and Saturday 16th & 17th of January.....
Cambridge Winter Tournamaent - Tony klenczar; - 06/01/2009;
Tom Chrisp and Max Telfer competed at the Cambridge Winter Tournament at the weekend. After only winning two fights from nine in the pool, Tom went on to beat number twelve seed Paul Townson 15-14. In the L32 Tom came up against Max and got the better of him to win 15-14 and finish 16th in the compe....
East Midlands Junior BYC Qualifiers - Tony Klenczar; - 06/12/2008;
Four members of the Junior club entered the East Midlands British Youth Championship qualifier last weekend and all four qualified. The top four places in each age group go through to represent the region at the BYC in January at RAF Cosford. Joshua Shaw won a silver medal, Adam Edwards, Tom Woods a....
European Junior Championships 2008 - Tony Klenczar; - 06/11/2008;
Hannah Lawrence has travelled to Amsterdam with the GB Junior squad this week, for the Junior Europen Championships. Hannah has had an excellent day finishing 22nd overall out of the best 82 junior epeeists in Europe, this is another fantastic result for Hannah who won four out of six pool fights co....
Results Round Up  - Tony Klenczar; - 16/10/2008;
Eight fencers from Wingerworth have entered eight national competitions over the last month; Hannah Lawrence is still leading the way she has had a 1st at Hampton on the British selection circuit, this was followed by an excellent 3rd at Bristol. This result moved Hannah up to nuber 6 in the nationa....
Veteran's Winton Cup - Tom Chrisp; - 16/09/2008;
Club members Ev Van Gemmeran, Max Telfer, Granville Ward and Tom Chrisp represented Yorkshire to take their team to 2nd place in the first Veteran's Winton Cup at Lilleshall. Alice Lawrence represented the Midlands team at epee.....
Hi-Q Tyre Centre Sponsor Hannah Lawrence - Tony Klenczar; - 19/08/2008;
Hi-Q Tyre centre at Hasland, Chesterfield have sponsored Hannah Lawrence with £350 from thier community fund.
Manager Peter West said that he was pleased to help people in the local community who are putting alot of work into achieving thier sporting ambitions.
Hannah will be able to use th....
Hannah Lawrence British Womens epee Champion 2008 - Tony klenczar; - 12/07/2008;
Well we all new she could do it, and she did. Hannah put up a brilliant performance to become British Champion 2008.
After losing two pool fights Hannah was seeded 25, a little different from number 1 last year. In her first De she did not appear to have switched on and had a scrappy victory 15-....
Club Competitions 2008 - Tony Klenczar; - 07/07/2008;
Last Sunday the club held the 2008 Men's and Women's Epee and the junior foil. The Men's epee was won by Tony Klenczar who beat Granville Ward in the final. Last years champion beat Hannah Lawrence to win the third place.
The women's epee was won by Alice Lawrence who beat Pep Morgan in the fin....
Wingerworth Men's, Women's Epee & junior Foil 2008 - Tony Klenczar; - 05/06/2008;
This years competition's will be held on Sunday 29th June 2008, at Sharley Park. Due to the Hall being booked in the morning we will be starting at 1pm, the latest finish time will be about 6pm. To enter send an email to the website e mail address, there will be a cost this year which will be betwee....
Hannah Lawrence Fifth Open Victory at Sheffield  - Tony Klenczar; - 25/05/2008;
Hannah Lawrence won her fifth open at Sheffield last Saturday. Hannah was number one seed and dominated all her fights only having any serious opposition from Caitlin Chang in the semi-final. Hannah went on to easily win the final 15-8. This competition saw the biggest entry Wingerworth have had at ....
GB Veterans Age Group Qualifiers - Tony Klenczar; - 15/05/2008;
Ev Van Gemeren and Paul Williams recently competed in the 40-49 years GB Veterans Age Group Qualifiers. Ev Won the Sabre competition and Paul was second in the Epee competition. More success....Fabulous!!! ....
Hannah Lawrence wins Nottingham Open, AGAIN!!! - Tony Klenczar; - 13/03/2008;
The last two weekends have been busy with the Notts and Edinburgh Opens, and the British veterans championships. Hannah Lawrence won the Womens Epee for the second year in succession, and quite easily. Alice Lawrence finished 35th. In the Mens Epee, Tony Klenczar was 10th, Granville Ward 15th, Tom C....
East Midland Senior Individual Championships - Tony Klenczar; - 28/01/2008;
This year's East Midlands Championships saw the largest Wingerworth entry at a competition so far with twelve fencers competing.
Helen Solly started the day of in fine form winning the Ladies Foil 14-12 in a close fight with Racheal Hamson of Leicester.
Hannah Lawrence continued the winning....
BYC 2008 - Tony Klenczar; - 25/01/2008;
Heln Solly and Adam Edwards both competed in the British Youth Championships at Fenton Manor at the weekend. Helen and Adam qualified in December at the East Midlnd Qualifiers at U-18 and U-14 Foil respetively. Both had very good results Helen was placed 18th and Adam 43rd.
Helen continues to be....
Notts and Derbyshire Individual and Team Epee - Tony klenczar; - 04/01/2008;
Fot information of fencers who entered the above competition; it has now been cancelled due to lack of entries. ....
Helen Solly win's LPJS series - Tony Klenczar; - 31/10/2007;
After finishing 1st at the Leon Paul Camden U-17 competition Helen solly has won the junior series. Helen is now ranked 18th in the GBR cadet rankings, 32nd in the junior rankings and 61st in the senior rankings. After her first outing to Portugal with the GBR cadet squad; Helen has been selected to....
Leicester open and British Junior and Cadet Championships - Tony klenczar; - 16/10/2007;
Tom Chrisp, Tony klenczar and Ev Van Gemeren competed at the Leicester Open at the weekend in the Men's Epee. Tony finished 40th, Tom 72nd and Ev 80th.
The previous weekend Hannah Lawrence and Helen Solly competed in the British Junior and Cadet Championships at RAF Cosford. Hannah finished 10th....
Two weekends of Competitions - Tony klenczar; - 09/10/2007;
Wingerworth fencers have competed in three competitions over the last two weekends. Last weekend Helen Solly and Tom Chrisp went to Shropshire and finished 18th and 24th respectively.
This weekend Helen was again in action at the International cadet Competition at Manchester where she finished ....
East Midland 3 Weapon masterclass - Tony Klenczar; - 26/09/2007;
Please see the attached document concerning a training day for all three weapons with excellent coaches. This is aimed at developing senior fencers within the East Midlands.....
Bristol Open - Tony klenczar; - 20/09/2007;
Three fencers competed at Bristol last weekend and all reached the last 64. Hannah Lawrence had the best result of the day finishing 9th in the Womens Epee. Tom Moorcroft was 56th in the Mens Epee and Helen Solly continued to pick up ranking points finishing 56th in the Womens Foil.....
GBR selections - Tony Klenczar; - 12/09/2007;
Helen Solly has become the second fencer from the club to be selected for a Great Bitain squad; she has been selected for the cadet foil team; and will go to Bratislava in October. Hannah Lawrence has been selected for the junior epee squad for Portugal and Bratislava; and is first reserve for the E....
Essex Open - Tony klenczar; - 05/09/2007;
Hannah Lawrence, Tom Chrisp and Helen Solly all entered the first open of the season at Essex on Saturday and Sunday; Hannah finished 30th losing to eventual winner Elizabeth Highton 7-6, Tom was placed 120th; Helen Solly continued to improve with an excellent 42nd in the ladies foil.....
Kit for Sale - Tony Klenczar; - 31/08/2007;
The following kit is for sale; all to fit a size 10 lady and nearly new. 350N jacket, 800N plastron, 350N breeches, mask and bag for £160. Anyone who is interested please send me an e mail, I have the contact details of the seller.....
East Midland Region AGM Minutes 2007 - Tony Klenczar; - 27/08/2007;
Attached are the minutes of the East Midlands Region AGM.....
Hannah Lawrence Third place at The British Championships - Tony Klenczar; - 22/07/2007;
Congratulations to Hannah Lawrence who reached the semi-final of the British Championship’s.
Hannah fenced exceptionally well throughout the competition. Hannah started the day by winning all six of her pool fights; this was only achieved by two other fencers out of the eighty three competitors;....
Junior League Championships - Tony Klenczar; - 20/07/2007;
The first junior league championships have ended and the first three champions are; division 1 Helen Solly; division 2 Tom Woods and division 3 Brie Parkin. The leagues were very close; Helen won division 1 by one victory from Adam edwards in second place. Tom woods was the only fencer to win all hi....
Much Wenlock and Norfolk Open's - Tony klenczar; - 18/07/2007;
Two fencers were competing at the weekend Helen Solly finished third in the Much Wenlock open; she was also the highest placed cadet. Tom Chrisp finished in the last sixteen at the Norfolk Open; this was Tom's highest placing so far. Well done to both of them.....
Summer Club Competitions - Tony Klenczar; - 02/07/2007;
This year the club competitions were attended by the highest number of fencers so far. The senior mixed epee had twenty competitors and the junior foil had fourteen.
In the epee Andy Moroz ended Chris Morgan's three year winning run beating him 15-12 after coming back from 5-1 down.
Alex Ma....
Lancashire Schools Competition - Tony Klenczar; - 17/06/2007;
For any juniors who may be interested.

Lancashire Schools Competition

SUNDAY 15TH JULY 200&

Rivington Park is pleased to be running this well established 3 weapon competition on SUNDAY 15TH JULY 2007. We extend a warm invitation to all NW fencers (and those from bordering ....
Hannah Lawrence wins another Open - Tony Klenczar; - 12/06/2007;
Hannah Lawrence won the Wrexham Open womens epee at the weekend; her third one to date. Also competing at Wrexham in the mens epee were Chris Morgan and Tom chrisp; both were seeded well after the pool; Chris was number two and tom number nine. Both had good final placings Chris was 17th and Tom 18t....
National Rankings June 2007 - Tony klenczar; - 05/06/2007;
The national rankings for June 2007 have been added to the fencer page. We now have ten fencers appearing on the national rankings; Hannah Lawrence is still the highest ranked fencer at 27 in the ladies epee. Three fencers took big leaps this month on the mens epee rankings; Tom Chrisp up 52 places ....
Sheffield Open - Tony Klenczar; - 22/05/2007;
Six Wingerworth fencers competed at the Sheffield Open at the weekend; and produced some good results. The Men's Epee saw Chris Morgan placed third losing to olympic hopeful Jon Willis in the semi-final. Ev Van Gemeren 11th, Tom Chrisp 14th and Andy Moroz 24th. Ev also finished 16th in the Men's Sab....
Summer Club Competitions - Tony klenczar; - 19/05/2007;
We will be holding the following competitions on Sunday 1st July 2007; Mixed Epee (adults) Mixed Foil (junior). They will be held at Sharley Park and open to members only.....
British Ranking's May 2007  - Tony klenczar; - 03/05/2007;
The May rankings have been added to the fencer page. Helen Solly moved up 25 places to move into 100th place in the women's foil senior ranking's; after finishing 11th in the Glasgow open. Hannah Lawrence moved down one place to 27th in womens epee, where she is still pushing for a place in the top ....
Veteran's Age Group Qualifier's  - Tony Klenczar; - 02/05/2007;
Ev Van Gemeren and Paul William's competed at the weekend. Paul finished 5th in the Epee competition; Ev entered all three weapon's and finished 2nd at Epee, 3rd at sabre and 6th in the Foil competition. ....
Senior Fencer Epee Training Day - Tony Klenczar; - 25/04/2007;
East Midlands region are running an Epee training day lead by Bela Kopetka. Bela is an excellent coach who has trained athletes at the highest International level. The event is on Sunday 20th May at Towcester. Anyone interested e mail me and I will forward you details.....
Birmingham International - Tony Klenczar; - 10/04/2007;
A disapointing Easter sunday in the women's Epee for Hannah Lawrence; she was seeded number six after the pools but lost her last 64 fight to number fifty nine seed Charlotte Granfield. Hannah ended the day in 33rd place. Tony Klenczar was 46th in the Mens Epee with Ev Van Gemeren 100th, Chris Morga....
AGM - Tony Klenczar; - 30/03/2007;
This years AGM will be held at 1015pm on Wednesday 25th April 2007 at Batemans Mill. Judging on previous years attendance I have reserved a table for two. If you have any items for the agenda or would like to be a committee member please let me know by 18th April 2007. ....
Success at East Midlands Region Junior Championships - ; - 18/03/2007;
Helen Solly added to the clubs earlier senior success in the East Midland Championships,at the weekend; winnining the Under Eighteen foil competition. Adam Edwards also competed in the Under Fourteen boys foil competition and was runner-up. Well done to them both.....
British Veterans Championships - Tony Klenczar; - 13/03/2007;
Tony Klenczar, Ev Van Gemeren and Paul Williams competed at the British Veterans Epee championships at the weekend all had disapointing results in what is becoming an increasingly competitive competition. Tony finished 29th, Ev 41st and Paul 55th. Ev also competed in the sabre event and finished 22n....
Hannah Lawrence wins Nottingham Open - Tony Klenczar; - 07/03/2007;
Hannah Lawrence went one stage further than last year at the Nottingham Open. After knocking out Megan lomas in the semi-final she had no problems in the final; beating Naveen Rahman 15-12 to win her second open epee competition. Alice Lawrence finished 39th. In the ladies foil Helen Solly finished ....
Merseyside Open - Tony Klenczar; - 12/02/2007;
Tony Klenczar, Paul Williams and Tom Chrisp all competed at the Merseyside Open at the weekend.
Paul fenced very well in the pools winning seven from ten. He was unfortunate in his DE losing 15-11 after the referee got the score wrong; he was eventually placed at number 40. Tony klenczar finish....
Future junior Competitions - Tony klenczar; - 08/02/2007;
24/02/07 Ashton LPJS U11-U15
11/03/07 East Midlands U-14 & U-18
17/03/07 Arnold LPJS epee U11 to U-17
17/03/07 Eton LPJS
21/04/07 Merlin League Young star (York)U-12 to U-16
27/05/07 Bristol LPJS teams U-11 to
U-15.....
East Midlands Senior Individual Championships - Tony klenczar; - 29/01/2007;
Nine club fencers attended the East Midlands Championships at North Kesterven near Lincoln. We had an excellent day winning Both men's and women's epee championships and runner-up in the ladies foil.
Hannah Lawrence started us off by winning the women's epee. Hannah won every pool fight easily b....
Brirtish Youth Championship Fencing Results - Tony Klenczar; - 23/01/2007;
The BYC were held at Fenton Manor, Stoke last weekend. Helen Solly U-16, Adam Edwards U-14 and Nathaniel Marsh U-12 all qualified in Novemeber to represent the East Midlands Region. They all achieved excellent results being placed 34th 36th and 51st respectively. Helen and Nathaniel were highest pla....
Future Senior Competitions - Tony Klenczar; - 14/01/2007;
Entry forms for the following competition's can be downloaded from the BFA website.
28/01/07 East Midlands Championship's
11/02/07 Merseyside Open
04/03/07 Nottingham Open
11/03/07 British Veteran's Championship's
08/04/07 Birmingham International ....
Junior's qualify for British Youth Foil Fencing Championships - Tony Klenczar; - 12/01/2007;
Three Wingerworth juniors qualified for the BYC at the end of January. Helen Solly, Nathaniel Marsh and Adam Edwards all qualified for the foil competition at the East Midland regional qualifiers. Jacob Coe and Alex Marsh were unlucky not to qualify.....
Wingerworth Fencing Club Foil Competition - Tony Klenczar; - 12/01/2007;
Teenagers scoop fencing honours
07 December 2006
Sword-weilding youngsters showed they were a cut above the rest when Wingerworth Fencing Club held its annual foil competition at Sharley Park Leisure Centre.
Helen Solly (15), a pupil at Tupton Hall School, won the women’s cup while Chris....
Hannah Lawrence Junior GB Fencing Squad Budapest  - Anthony Klenczar; - 12/01/2007;
Hannah was picked for the GB junior squad to fence in an 'A' grade in Budapest. Hannah was 132nd which was the 2nd highest GB performance. ....
Wingerworth Fencing Club Christmas Dinner 2003 - David Nash; - 12/12/2003;
Most of the senior fencers atended our Christmas Dinner at the Smithy Pond in Wingerworh where we all had a 3 Course Meal.....
Lottery Grant Helps Out Chesterfield Fencing Club - David Nash; - 24/06/2002;
We have just been awarded nearly £5,000 by the National Lottery for new kit and taining. We have applied a few times for the grant and finally it has paid off. Thanks to the dedication and hard work of Tony, Lin and Paul.

The money will go towards purchasing new juniors kit, 2 new electroni....
Wingerworth Fencing Club AGM - David Nash; - 18/03/2002;
We have just had our second official AGM of the club, 2 new committee members were elected taking the total to 5.

Malcolm Tooley has been elected as the Competition and Coaching Organiser and David Nash has been elected as the Fund Raising Coordinator....