Newham Swords Fencing Club

Congratulations to Lynne Sakulsom who took DOUBLE GOLD at last weekend's LPJS Foil International by winning both the U10 and U12 Women's Foil Events (as well as the U10 and U12 Mixed Foil categories). The Newham Swords Family is really proud of you!!

Well done to all our fencers who competed at last weekend's English Youth Championships:

U10 Girls:
Lynne Sakulsom: Silver
Tara Gollen: 8th

U12 Girls:
Sophia Chu: Silver
Lynne Sakulsom: 7th

U12 Boys:
Nathan Gollen: 5th
Axel Ansah: 10th
Lennie Shulman: 13th

U15 Girls:
Veronika Kushtan: Bronze
Darcy Attwood: 6th

U15 Boys:
Ethan Hu: Bronze
James Hernon: 5th

Special thanks to our coaches, Pierre Harper and Linda Strachan, who did a great job of looking after everyone over the whole weekend!!

British U14 and Senior Open:

Well done to all our fencers who competed at this weekend's British U14 and Senior Open.

British U14 Open:

U14G:
Veronika Kushtan: Silver (a career best at this event)
Shun-Yuet Wong: 12th (competing in her first British Open)
Sophia Chu: 15th

British Senior Open:

Georgia Silk: 6th
Holly Thompson: 15th
Darcy Attwood: 39th (also competing in her first British Senior Open)

Many Thanks to coaches, Pierre Harper and Linda Strachan, who did a great job looking after all our fencers over the two days!

The Newham Swords Family is really proud of you all!!

Another "Super Saturday" for Newham Swords Fencing Club which took a total of ten medals and five Series Winners Shields at the Newham Junior Series Event last Saturday.

Well done to:

U10G:
Lynne Sakulsom: Gold
Tara Gollen: 6th
Louisa Berta: 9th

U10B:
Bela Dietz Debicki: 10th

U12G:
Lynne Sakulsom: Gold
Sophia Chu: Bronze and Series Winner
Enock Lin: Bronze

U12B:
Nathan Gollen: Bronze
Yuvraj Panesar: 8th
Ran Hu: 12th

U14G:
Veronika Kushtan: Gold and Series Winner
Safiyah Eslami: 7th
Amelia Davey: 8th
Sukhmani Panesar: 9th
Kristiyana Angelova: 10th

U14B:
Tyler: Series Winner

U17B:
James Hernon: Gold and Series Winner
Tyler Osborne: Silver

U17G:
Darcy Attwood: Gold and Series Winner
Veronika Kushtan: Silver

Many thanks to the Newham Swords Family who helped with the set-up, check-ins and set-down, to our DT, (Alex Savin), our coaches on the day (Emilija and Linda), our Armourer (Andrew Nisbet) and all of the Referees who worked tirelessly in extreme heat!

The Newham Swords Family is extremely proud of you all!!

Well done to all our fencers who competed at the LPJS GB Challenge and FCL Senior Open at the weekend.

LPJS GB Challenge Foil:

U10G:
Lynne Sakulsom: Silver

U12G:
Lynne Sakulsom: Bronze

U12B:
Yuvraj Panesar: 14th

U14G:
Sophia Chu: Bronze
Farah Viegas-Trimble: 6th
Veronika Kushtan: 9th
Sukhmani Panesar: 15th

U17G:
Veronika Kushtan: Silver

Thanks to our coaches on the day, Emilija Lukaite and Jamaal lbn Mahbub, who did a great job looking after them all!

FCL Senior Open:

James Hernon: 29th (competing in his first Senior Open at 14 years of age)

Jamaal lbn Mahbub: 46th

The Newham Swords Family is extremely proud of you all!!

Newham Swords Takes It's 100th Individual Medal This Season at the British Youth Championships!

Well done to all 16 fencers who competed at last weekend's British Youth Championships in Sheffield.

Congratulations to:

U12 Boys:
Nathan Gollen: 15th
Ran Hu: 18th
Lennie Shulman: 25th
Yuvraj Panesar: 30th

U12 Girls:
Sophia Chu: 6th

U14 Boys:
Tyler Osborne: 5th

U14 Girls:
Farah Viegas-Trimble: Bronze
Veronika Kushtan: 12th
Sukhmani Panesar: 42nd

U16 Boys:
James Hernon: 7th
Ethan Hu: 17th
James Cheng: 51st

U16 Girls:
Darcy Attwood: 7th

U18 Boys:
Jamaal lbn Mahbub: Bronze
Sarim Baig: 46th

U18 Girls:
Emily Cheng: 21st

A big shout out to our coaches, Pierre Harper, Linda Strachan and Emilija Lukaite, who did a fantastic job of looking after them all over the three days of competition.

The Newham Swords Family is really proud of you all!!

Congratulations to Georgia Silk and Holly Thompson who came 5th and 7th respectively in the Individual Event at last weekend's British Senior Championships. Well done also on their 7th place (with Darcy Attwood) in the team event.

A big thanks to Head Coach, Pierre Harper, who looked after them all.

Congratulations also to club-mate, Sophia Chu, who made the top 16 at the EFC U14 Zrenjanin International.

The Newham Swords Family is really proud of you all!!

Congratulations to Veronika and Lynne who took four medals between them at the Leon Paul LPJS, held last weekend!

Lynne Sakulsom:
Silver in the U10 Girls
Bronze in the U12 Girls

Veronika Kushtan:
Bronze in the U12 Girls
Bronze in the U14 Girls

The Newham Swords Family is extremely proud of you both!!

A fantastic weekend for Newham Swords at the Wratislava Challenge International.
All ten fencers were able to set personal bests and were a great support for one another.

Massive congratulations to Sophia Chu who took GOLD in the U11 Girls (out of 146 fencers), achieving her first international podium finish, and to James Hernon who came 5th in the U15 Boys (out of 189 fencers), also achieving his first international podium finish!!

Well done also to:

U13 Boys (209 Fencers)
Axel Ansah: 15th
Nathan Gollen: 49th
Ran Hu: 64th

All three boys have never fenced in an international event before so there results are outstanding!

U13 Girls (192 Fencers):
Farah Viegas-Trimble: 13th
Veronika Kushtan: 31st
Sukhmani: 138th

U15 Girls (174 Fencers):
Darcy Attwood: 63rd

U15 Boys (189 Fencers):
Tyler Osborne: 52nd

A big shout out to our coaches, Pierre Harper and Emilija Lukaite, who did a fantastic job of looking after all ten fencers across the two days of competition, and to the parents who added their support!!

The Newham Swords Family is super proud of you all!!!

Well done to Newham Swords Fencing Club which took two medals at the Public Schools Championships this week.

Congratulations to Darcy Attwood who took Gold in the Girls Mount-Hayes Foil event, and to James Hernon who took Silver in the Boys Junior Foil. Well done also to club-mate, Ethan Hu, who came 18th in the Boys Junior Event.

The Newham Swords Family is extremely proud of you all!!!