Anna and Julie fenced very competitively against some of the most skilled fencers in the world at the Veteran World Championships. Congratulations on your fantastic performance.
Congratulations to the Women’s Epee Team for silver, and the Men’s Foil Team for bronze, as well as Julie’s gold medal in Veteran Women’s Epee Andrey’s bronze medal in the Veteran Men’s Foil.
Congratulations to the follow UTS fencers and staff on their selection to the Australian Teams
World Veterans Championships (Debrecen, Hungary, 21-26 October)
Sarah Osvath – Epee
Julie Seggie – Epee
Annabelle Slowiaczek – Foil
Commonwealth Veterans Championships (November 16-19, Largs, Scotland)
Attila Brungs – Sabre
Richard Purdie – Foil
Andrey Tyshchenko – Foil
Well done to Emily and Lizzy for their efforts at the 2014 Cadet National Championships
UTS Fencing Scholarship
Congratulations to Lachlan Fitzgerald who was awarded the 2014 UTS Fencing Scholarship. Lachlan is enrolled in the prestigious UTS Bachelor of Accounting program – a cooperative education scholarship program – at the UTS School of Business. Lachlan has also been awarded a sporting scholarship by UTS Union Ltd (ActivateUTS)
Our fencers had some very solid results in the Robyn Chaplin Tournament (7th -9th June 2014)
Open Women’s Foil
Gold: Lishan Sung
15th place: Annabelle Slowiaczek
Open Men’s Foil
8th place: Wei Ting (Edison) Cai
24th place: Richard Purdie
27th place: Andrey Tyshchenko
28th place: Michael Prince
Open Women’s Epee
16th place: Melissa Yeung
17th place: Elizabeth Duff
20th place: Emily Principe
21st place: Julie Seggie
35th place: Annabelle Slowiaczek
Open Men’s Epee
11th place: Alban Wallner
14th place: Daniel West
16th place: David Jin
26th place: Matthew Baker
39th place: Lachlan Fitzgerald
67th place: Duncan Fairweather
Veteran Women’s Foil
Gold: Annabelle Slowiaczek
Veteran Men’s Foil
Silver: Richard Purdie (60+ Gold)
Bronze: Andrey Tyshchenko
6th place: Michael Prince
Veteran Women’s Epee
Silver: Julie Seggie
6th place: Annabelle Slowiaczek
Veteran Men’s Epee
6th place: Richard Purdie
23rd place: Duncan Fairweather
2014 – Under-23 Australian Championship (8th June 2014)
Women’s Foil
Gold: Lishan Sung
Tony Dominguez Memorial (1st June 2014)
Open Women’s Epee
Gold : Elizabeth Duff
Silver: Julie Seggie
Open Men’s Epee
Silver: Lachlan Fitzgerald
Bronze: Daniel West
17th Place: Duncan Fairweather
Veteran Men’s Epee
Silver: Duncan Fairweather
May and June have been very good for our younger fencers – all producing terrific results in a range of School, Cadet and under-15 events. There were also medal winning performances in Open and Veteran events from senior UTS fencers. Below are their results in the Tony Dominguez Memorial event, NSW State Cadet Championships 2014 (25th May 2014), 2014 Schools Championships (24th May 2014) and NSW State U/15 Championships 2014 (18th May 2014)
Tony Dominguez Memorial (1st June 2014)
Open Women’s Epee
Gold : Elizabeth Duff
Silver: Julie Seggie
Open Men’s Epee
Silver: Lachlan Fitzgerald
Bronze: Daniel West
17th Place: Duncan Fairweather
Veteran Men’s Epee
Silver: Duncan Fairweather
NSW State Cadet Championships 2014 (25th May 2014)
Cadet Women’s Epee
Gold: Elizabeth Duff
Silver: Emily Principe
Cadet Men’s Epee
6th place: Max Ross-Clift
Cadet Men’s Foil
Bronze: Adam Chew
Cadet Women’s Foil
8th place: Karen Nonis
2014 Schools Championships (24th May 2014)
Senior Girls Epee
Gold: Emily Principe
Silver: Elizabeth Duff
Senior Boys Epee
Silver: Ian Powell
Senior Girls Foil
6th place: Karen Nonis
7th place: Christina Bui
NSW State U/15 Championships 2014 (18th May 2014)
U/15 Women’s Epee
Gold: Emily Principe
U/15 Women’s Foil
12th place: Karen Nonis
U/15 Men’s Foil
13th place: Dominic Au-Yeung
Congratulations to Lizzie and Emily – 1st and 2nd in 2014 NSW Cadet Women’s Epee Championship held on 25th May, the dynamic duo also dominated the 2014 NSW School Championships Senior Girls Epee event on the previously day, with Emily winning Gold and Lizzie going home with the Silver medal.
Congratulations to Karen Nonis – gold medal in the Under 13 girls Foil – mini-series #1
Karen (left) and Martina at the U13 mini series
UTS Fencing Club members performed well again at the national championships with a number of medal placings as well as strong individual performances. Our fencers also put in outstanding efforts in the NSW Team selections including gold medal performances.
The complete list of results can be found below:
2013 AFC National Championships
Open Men’s Epee
20th place: Lachlan Fitzgerald
25th place: Nick Topfer
38th place: Oscar Hargreaves
=55th place: David Jin
=67th place: Ian Powell
69th place: Alex Mei
Open Women’s Epee
13th place: Elizabeth Duff
=19th place: Melissa Yeung
22nd place: Chloe Esposito
28th place: Emily Principe
=29th place: Anna Slowiaczek
32nd place: Julie Seggie
Open Men’s Foil
Silver: Edison Weiting Cai
24th place: Alex Mei
=36th place: Andrey Tyshchenko
39th place: Richard Purdie
45th place: Alex Kennedy
Open Women’s Foil
5th place: Lishan Sung
16th place: Anna Slowiaczek
Open Women’s Sabre
Silver : Cheryl Chan
15th place: Min Du
Veteran Men’s Epee
9th place: Duncan Fairweather
15th place: Rowan Turner
Veteran Women’s Epee
Silver: Julie Seggie
Bronze: Anna Slowiaczek
Veteran Men’s Foil
Gold: Andre Tyshchenko
Bronze: Philip Aitchison
5th place: Rowan Turner
7th place: Michael Prince
Veteran Women’s Foil
=3rd place: Anna Slowiaczek
6th place: Julie Seggie
NSW Team Selection at 2013 AFC National Championships
Open Men’s Foil Team
Edison Cai (New South Wales A) – Gold
Alex Mei (New South Wales B) – Bronze
Open Women’s Foil Team
Lishan Sung (New South Wales A) – Gold
Open Women’s Epee Team
Elizabeth Duff, Melissa Yeung (New South Wales A) – Bronze
Chloe Esposito, Anna Slowiaczek (New South Wales B) – 6th place
Open Men’s Epee Team
Lachlan Fitzgerald (New South Wales B) – 7th place
Open Women’s Sabre Team
Cheryl Chan (New South Wales A) – Gold
