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Congratulations to Edison, who has continued his great run of form by winning the NSW Super 8 Foil event last weekend in Sydney

Our fencers performed very well at the recent (27th October) NSW Men’s Foil Championships.

Congratulations to Edison for successfully defending his title and also to Alex Kennedy for his first bronze medal placing in an Open competition. Well done also to Rowan for his final’s  placing!

1^st place: Edison Cai
3^rd place: Alexander Kennedy
7^th place: Rowan Turner

Our UTS Men’s teams put in a very strong performance, finishing first and third

UTS A Men’s Team : Gold
UTS B Men’s Team: Bronze

UTS B team was defeated by the UTS A team in a semi final.   UTS A team went on to defeat Sydney University in a very exciting final. We were 33 to 40 down at one stage, but Edison Cai -the reigning National Men’s Foil Champion – brought the team home by winning the last bout by 12 hits to 3.    The final score was UTS 45 to Sydney University 43.

There was also a great effort by our young ladies foil team.   Outstanding Captaincy by Lizzy, who led the team with a steady hand and put in a good individual performance with foil. Christina and Karen showed pose in their first senior level competition and gave their much more experienced opponents a run for their money.

Good work Team UTS, which came away from 2013 AUG with 1 gold and 1 Bronze, and many personal bests.

Congratulations to:
Rita Tsiamoulis – Gold in Women’s Novice Foil (Rita’s first medal and first competition in fencing);
Jade Tainturier – Bronze in Women’s Novice Foil;
Zhuliang (Zac) Xu – 7th place in Men’s Epee;
Tan Nguyen – 7th place in Men’s Novice Foil;
Christian Jansen – top 32s in Men’s sabre;

UTS Epeeists are rocking, taking out both the Open Men’s and Open Women’s Epee Teams State Championship titles.   Well done teams.
Men’s Epee Team ( David Jin – Captain, Ian Powell, Oscar Hargraves, Regan Clarke);
Women’s Epee Team (Julie Seggie – Captain, Elizabeth Duff, Emily Principe);

UTSFC State Team Epee Champions

Congratulations to:
Elizabeth Duff – 7th place in the Women’s Epee even. Lizzy was the highest placing NSW fencer for this event;
Emily Principe – a well fought top 16s finish;

Congratulations to Anna Slowiaczek on her 7th place in Ladies’ foil (50+) event, and her 30th place in Ladies’ Epee (50+) event.
Also congratulations to UTS Staff member Sarah Osvath for her fantastic placing of 9th place in the Ladies Epee (50+) event;  and Richard Purdie for his top 16s finishes in the Men’s foil 60+ event.

Congratulations to Richard Purdie (Men’s Foil) , Annabelle Slowiaczek  (Women’s Foil and Epee) and Min Yi Du (Women’s Sabre) who have been who have been selected to compete in categories above in the 2013 World Veteran’s Championships in October.

Congratulations to all of our fencers who competed in the Robyn Chaplin Memorial tournament in Adelaide.
The club came away with 8 medals across a range of categories including first and third places in Women’s Foil and first place in Women’s Sabre:

Gold
Lishan Sung (Women’s Foil)
Cheryl Chan (Women’s Sabre)
Andrey Tyshchencko (Veteran Mixed Foil: Men)

Silver
Anna Slowiaczek (Veteran Women’s Epee)
Anna Slowiaczek (Veteran Mixed Foil: Women)

Bronze
Julia Lyaschenko (Women’s Foil)
Andrey Tyshchenko (Veteran Men’s Epee)
Richard Purdie (Veteran Mixed Foil: Men)

Lishan Sung has been announced as the winner of the 2012 Junior Magpie Award at the Magpie Award Sportsman’s Luncheon on Friday 31st May 2013.
Lishan was up against a field of very strong nominees from a range of sports for this award.
UTS Fencing congratulates Lishan and Ivan Zhao, Lishan’s long-standing coach, for their outstanding efforts.

A summary of Lishan’s 2012 achievements includes:

• 2012 Australian National Championships – Gold (Women’s Foil: IndividualTeam);
• 2012 Australian Junior Championships – Gold (Women’s Foil: Individual Team);
• 2012 Australian Cadet Championships – Silver (Women’s Foil: Individual Team);
• 2012 China Open National Amateur Championships – Gold (Women’s Foil Individual & Team);
• 2012 Hong Kong Junior Championships – Gold (Individual);
• 2012 World Cadet Championships – 28th place (Individual);
• 2012 NSW Open Championships – Gold (Women’s Foil);
• 2012 NSW Open Presidents Cup – Gold (Women’s Foil);
• 2012 NSW Junior Championships – Gold (Women’s Foil);