Fencing

Giving juniors a jab at competing

THE Swashbucklers Fencing Club conducted their junior championships – Swashbucklers Fencing Duel – at their centre at the SunwayMas Commercial Centre in Petaling Jaya recently. Chief coach Annie Foo said the championships,...

Fencing club hits the mark

Even though the sport of fencing is still generally unknown to most people on ECU's campus, one student organization is trying to change that. Founded in 2005, the ECU fencing club's purpose is to teach and build awareness of...

Fencing Finishes Semester at Brandeis Invitational

On Sunday the fencing team will travel to Massachusetts for the Brandeis Invitational, Cornell’s last tournament of the semester. The team will face off against Boston College, St. John’s, Haverford, MIT, Yale and Brown, as...

Willette recounts Beijing Olympics

When Doris Willette recalled watching her teammate Erinn Smart get the final touch against the Hungarian fencing team, advancing the United States into the gold medal round, she described it as the most memorable experience of...

Fencing teams cruise to top spots at regional tournament

The men's and women's fencing teams both won their competitions at the Northeast Fencing Conference No. 1 tournament last Thursday at the University of New Hampshire. Both teams placed first by large margins, defeating five...

Kuwait competing strongly at Arab fencing event in Cairo

CAIRO, Nov 30 (KUNA) -- Kuwaiti fencing team earned Saturday night a number of silver and bronze medals at the Arab 18th championship in Cairo, in which 200 athletes from 11 different countries are taking part. Head of Kuwaiti...

Fencer Sherraine Schalm puts disappointment of Beijing behind her

CALGARY - Although she felt like "public enemy No. 1" in Beijing, Sherraine Schalm will continue to fence to the 2012 Olympics in London. Canada's most decorated fencer is going to do it differentl...

Olympians battle to stay in the public eye

By Marie-Louise Gumuchian MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's triumphant Olympic fencers are using all their fighting skills to stay in the limelight and promote their sport now that post-Beijing interest has waned. Huge attention...

Pentathlon wonders what's in a number

Almost from its inception in 1912 as an Olympic sport - an eclectic combination of pistol shooting, fencing, swimming, horse jumping and running - the modern pentathlon has seemed less than modern. Shooting and running will be...

Fencing: Twins are toast of Stonyhurst

Published Date: 27 November 2008 Fencing twins Simon and Magnus Whittle are the toast of Stonyhurst College. The rising stars are preparing to compete in the 2009 British Youth Fencing Championships in January. Simon won gold...

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