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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....


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