Monthly archive for October 2005

UTS Fencing Club excelled again at the Oceania and Australian Championships which were held from September 30 to October 4 in Sydney.

Of special note is that UTSFC members made up 4 out of 8 of the Men’s Foilist finalists and 3 out of the top 4 with a UTSFC member involved in taking out every gold medal available in Men’s Open Foil.

In total the medal haul was 6 National gold, 5 Oceania gold, 6 Silver, 7 Bronze

Women’s Open Sabre – 1st Min Yi Du (Australian and Oceania Champion), 7th Melissa Yeung, 8th Alex Andre
Women’s Open Sabre Teams – 2nd NSW A Team with Min Yi Du, 3rd NSW B Team with Melissa Yeung and Alex Andre
Women’s Veteran Sabre – 1st Anna Slowiaczek, 3rd Julie Seggie
Men’s Open Sabre Teams – 2nd NSW A Team with Frederic Jaccard and Michael Howard, 3rd NSW B Team with Keiran Thompson
Men’s Oceania Sabre Teams – 1st Australia with Michael Howard
Men’s Open Foil – 1st Frank Bartolillo, 2nd Steve Augoloupis, 3rd Joe Slowiaczek, 8th Alex Carioti
Men’s Open Foil Teams – 1st NSW A Team with Frank Bartolillo, Joe Slowiaczek and Steve Augoloupis
Men’s Oceania Foil Teams – 1st Australia with Frank Bartolillo and Joe Slowiaczek
Men’s Veteran Foil – 5th Rowan Turner, 8th Peter Witkop
Women’s Open Foil – 5th Dione Vosper (Oceania Champion)
Women’s Open Foil Teams – 1st NSW A Team with Dione Vosper and Karin Wang
Women’s Veteran Foil – 2nd Anna Slowiaczek, 3rd Julie Seggie
Men’s Open Epee – 5th Joe Slowiaczek
Men’s Open Epee Teams – 2nd NSW A Team with Joe Slowiaczek
Men’s Veteran Epee – 5th Duncan Fairweather, 7th Myles Wilmott, 8th Peter Witkop
Women’s Open Epee – 3rd Adele Haswell
Women’s Open Epee Teams – 3rd NSW A Team with Adele Haswell and Julie Seggie
Women’s Veteran Epee – 1st Julie Seggie, 2nd Anna Slowiaczek

Two of UTS Fencing Club’s younger members travelled to New Zealand to compete in the Oceania U/17 Championships held in Christchurch from September 24th.

David Donato followed on from winning the trophy for Best Boy Senior Division A at the Schools League Grand Final, with a 3rd place in the Men’s Foil and 9th in the Men’s Epee. Teneille Murray placed 8th in the Women’s Sabre and 13th in the Women’s Foil.