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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
20^th place: Lachlan Fitzgerald
25^th place: Nick Topfer
38^th place: Oscar Hargreaves
=55^th place: David Jin
=67^th place: Ian Powell
69^th place: Alex Mei

Open Women’s Epee
13^th place: Elizabeth Duff
=19^th place: Melissa Yeung
22^nd place: Chloe Esposito
28^th place: Emily Principe
=29^th place: Anna Slowiaczek
32^nd place: Julie Seggie

Open Men’s Foil
Silver: Edison Weiting Cai
24^th place: Alex Mei
=36^th place: Andrey Tyshchenko
39^th place: Richard Purdie
45^th place: Alex Kennedy

Open Women’s Foil
5^th place: Lishan Sung
16^th place: Anna Slowiaczek

Open Women’s Sabre
Silver : Cheryl Chan
15^th place: Min Du

Veteran Men’s Epee
9^th place: Duncan Fairweather
15^th place: Rowan Turner

Veteran Women’s Epee
Silver: Julie Seggie
Bronze: Anna Slowiaczek

Veteran Men’s Foil
Gold: Andre Tyshchenko
Bronze: Philip Aitchison
5^th place: Rowan Turner
7^th place: Michael Prince

Veteran Women’s Foil
=3^rd place: Anna Slowiaczek
6^th 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) – 6^th place
Open Men’s Epee Team
Lachlan Fitzgerald (New South Wales B) – 7^th place
Open Women’s Sabre Team
Cheryl Chan (New South Wales A) – Gold

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.