Luso International Fencing

Medals don't stop coming to Luso! Last weekend in London, a bunch of Luso fencers went to the Leon Paul Centre to take part in the Junior series. On Saturday, supported by coach Antonio, Verena, Danaya and Evie fenced in the U14 Women's epee. Good performance from Verena who, while recovering from a cold, went on to win the bronze 🥉 An interesting semi-final showed Verena what the next actions to work on will be. Jessica fenced well, winning multiple matches and showing a better understanding of the game that many adversaries. Danaya and Evie did well, won a few matches each, and proved once again that with some serious training, they can be even better. On Sunday, coach James led Marvin to a silver medal in the U10 boys' epee 🥈 and Sereena to a gold medal in the U10 girls' epee! 🥇 Ezra took part in the U10 and showed good control of the matches, his abilities improving every day. Bridget, in the U12 girls' epee, finished 6th, a decent performance from this young fencers who is working really hard to acquire new skills and techniques. Last event of these successful few weeks, the U17 Men's epee saw Orrick and Carson fighting each other in the final. A score of 15/11 gave Orrick the gold medal! Well done boys! 🥇🥈

Good day of fencing last Saturday in Moulton during the 6th event of the Elite Epee Junior Series. The morning started with the boys and girls of the U17. Luca takes home a bronze medal 🥉, losing only two matches during the day, one against Timeo (Chelsea), who then won the event. Good performance for Orrick (12th) and Zalan (14th), who both give away only a couple of bouts in the poule round. In the U17 girls, Beth takes the 26th place, in her first competition wearing Luso's colours. Tia struggles a bit to find the right mindset for the day, stopping in the table of 32. Verena and Eliana showed great progress, with a 15th and 14th place in one of their first Cadets events.
The day continued with more precious medals, with Ryan winning the gold 🥇 in the U10s Boys and Sereena winning the gold 🥇 in the U10s Girls! Well done both! In the U10s Boys, a convincing performance from Ezra showed good progress (9th), while Marvin struggles a bit to find the right actions (8th). In the U12s Girls, Bridget (8th) does not find the right key to read her matches, but we are sure that she will soon show everyone what she is capable of 💪🏻 In the U14 Boys, Luca closes his matches losing by just one point, a sign of his improvement and growth in such a competitive environment. Finally, in the U14s Girls, Eliana and Verena make everyone proud with a double medal! They both win all their poules matches and then carry on winning every DE until Eliana 🥉 stops in the semi-final. Verena 🥈 , instead, dominates the semi-final, but then surrenders to Denis (Chelsea) in a very well fought final match! Well done again to both of them! In the same age group, Evie (21st) and Danaya (17th) keep growing and learning lessons that we are sure will help them win more matches in the future!

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The last weekend for Luso has been amazing! For the first time ever, we hosted an Olympic gold medallist for three days full of fencing 🥇 Erika Kirpu, gold at the 2020 Tokyo games, led staff Kosmas Karakoulis and Vittoria Siletti in a high level workshop that saw atheltes from different clubs spar and learn about the skills needed to become top fencers. Erika, Kosmas, and Vittoria have been fantastic 👏🏻👏🏻💯 They spent time with each and every fencer at the workshop, showing them new techniques and strategies. We enjoyed working with so much that we are now working together with them towards a residential summer camp in July 2025 🎉 Follow our social media to learn more about it in the following weeks!

The South of England got coloured in purple on Sunday, when our U14 and U18 epeeists took part in the British Youth Championships qualifiers in Swindon. Luso's fencers took the event by storm and took home a gold in every single epee event! Carson in the U14 boys did not lose a single bout throughout the day and took home a well deserved gold after a 12 - 5 win in the final against Howell 🥇 the same happened in the U14 girls, where Verena did not give away anything to her opponents and won the final with an astonishing 12 - 6 against Careless 🥇 Great results from Eliana as well who lost only one bout, the semi-final against her teammate Verena! Well done, Eliana 🥉in the U18 boys and girls, Luso proved to be the strongest epee club this year. In the boys' event, Leo approached the final after winning against his teammate Garrick. An all Luso final between Leo and Muaadh got everyone cheering and celebrating, with Leo finally winning the match 15 - 11. On the other side of the hall, the U18 girls also saw a Luso final between Sofia and Abila. Abila, who stepped on the piste after beating her teammate Elizabeth in the semi-final, tried her best, but Sofia experience has once again proven the best. Amazing job from all of them!
Overall, Luso qualifies to the national event in May a total of 14 fencers, and now we look forward to the second event in March with the U12s and U16s. A special mention for Oscar, Zach, Elizabeth, Jessica, and Nel at their first or second competition ever! They made us proud and fenced well, showing all the hard work put during training in the past few months.
U14 Boys - Carson 🥇 (Q), Luca T 5th (Q), Oscar 11th, Zach 12th
U14 Girls - Verena 🥇 (Q), Eliana 🥉 (Q), Jessica 6th (Q), Evie 9th (Q), Danaya 10th, Laura 12th
U18 Boys - Leo 🥇 (Q), Muaadh 🥈 (Q), Garrick 🥉 (Q), Sebastian 12th
U18 Girls - Sofia 🥇 (Q), Abila 🥈 (Q), Elizabeth 🥉 (Q), Romilly 5th (Q), Nel 6th (Q)

We are tremendously proud to let everyone know about our new partnership with the Olympic fencers at 🏆🤺
From the 21st to the 23rd of February, Luso will host Olympic champion Erika Kirpu 🇪🇪 (🥇gold medal Tokyo 2020), Greek champion Karakolis Kosmas 🇬🇷 and Vittoria Siletti 🇮🇹 (🥈silver medal Riyadh World Championships 2024) 🤩
The three days epee workshop will take place in Hampton (London) and it is designed to challenge and inspire fencers of all levels by diving deep into the art of preparation, action and reaction. Prepare to master the nuances of strategic thinking in fencing!

Hurry up, before the limited spots available go sold out! Visit: https://futurechampionsacademy.com/camp/london-fencing-camp-2025/

A new extraordinary generation of fencers is growing at Luso 💯 on the 24th of Novemeber, coach James took some of our U10 to London for an event of the Leon Paul Junior Series. In the girls event, Sereena was ranked 2nd after a mixed poule round where she lost only against her teammate Ryan. After easily win her first DE, Sereena won the final 10/6 against Wagdi (Salle Paul), 1st gold medal of the day 🥇🎉🥳
In the boys event, Ryan does not lose a single match throughout the day and gets himself a gold medal after defeating Barik (Knightsbridge) 10/4 🥇💯🎉 In the same age group, Marvin finishes just outside the podium (5th) and Ezra, for the first time taking part in a competition, takes home an 11th place! 👏🏻👏🏻💪🏻
The Cadets also went to London the following weekend to take part in the BRC A event. 56 fencers took part in the men's event and Muuadh was the best fencer from Luso with his 11th placement. Luca came 20th, Zalan 29th, Orrick 44th and Carson 46th. In the women's event, Tia breaks in the top 32 while Eliana, at her first BRC A experience, ends 48th 🙂⚔️
Stay tuned as soon we will share with you all the amazing European experiences our fencing are living this season! 🇪🇺

Our fencers don't stop amazing us! Yesterday a delegation from Luso took part in the C***s Moor Woods Epee Championship in Birmingham and they did an incredible job in supporting each other.
In the U13 Boys Carson took a bronze medal 🥉 the semifinal was the only match he lost all day! In the same age group, Luca fenced well while practising what we worked on at club 👏🏻👏🏻
In the U13 Girls Eliana got a bronze medal as well 🥉 unfortunately the quarter finals saw Eliana fence against Verena, who ended the competition in 7th place.
The two clubmates are respectively 2nd and 3rd in the British 🇬🇧 U14 ranking! A result never achieved before by our fencers, amazing! 🥳👏🏻👏🏻🎉
In the U15 Boys Orricks ended his event in 8th position while his sister, Sereena, in the U9 Girls, took home the gold medal 🥇🥳👏🏻👏🏻
Finally, in the U11 Girls Bridget ended her competition with a 8th place. Not bad for this young and promising athlete! 👏🏻👏🏻
A great day of fencing where our athletes had to support and coach each other, showing maturity and intelligence.

Let's continue our update week on Luso's amazing fencers. On Saturday, 19th October, we went to City of London to take part in another Elite Epee event ⚔️ another golden day for our young athletes, as Ryan (U10) and Sereena (U10) took the most precious medal home 🥇🥇 in the U14, Eliana got a bronze after a great day of competing 🥉 another success for this young, promising girl. Other members of our club also fenced very well and showed impressive efforts.
In the U14 Carson finished 7th, in the U10 Marvin took the 5th place. 6th, 7th and 10th place for Bridget, Victoria and Anna in the U12. Danaya closes her competition in 14th place while Verena takes the 10th in the U14. In the U17 events Tia is 8th, Romilly 15th, Orrick 24th.
Coach James, after supporting all our fencers during the day, said he was very happy with their performances and confident that the work done at club is going in the right direction.

It is time for an update on our amazing fencers and their successes ⚔️💪🏻 this weekend in Manchester Luso took part in the Elite Epee event and let us tell you: it was incredible! After dominating their age groups, Sereena (U10), Verena (U14) and Ryan (U10) brought home a gold medal each 🥇🥇🥇🥳🎉 great results from the other young fencers too: in the U12 Victoria is 6th, Bridget 10th, Imogen 13th; in the U14 Alden is 9th.
The Cadet BRC events saw Muaadh, Luca, Orrick, Zalan and Tia fencing well, showing good knowledge of the game and a smart use of the recent footwork practised at club.
In the meantime, in London, Carson got a silver medal at the Leon Paul U14 Open 🥈🥳🎉 with our coaches busy in Manchester, Carson did an incredibly good job all on his own.
Finally, in Riga, Latvia 🇱🇻, Eliana represented team GBR at the European Confederation U14 Circuit. A good 20th place for her in a tough competition! Well done! 👏🏻👏🏻
Overall, it was a good weekend for Luso, with our coaches being immensely proud of all our fencers who are showing that the hard work at the club is paying off.

Another weekend of medals for Luso 🥳🎉 at the U14 BRC event in London, Carson gets a silver medal after a well fought competition 👏🏻👏🏻🥈 Eliana, after a great performance that saw her trying new tactics, misses the medal just by one point 😢 Vereena gets a bronze medal in the same age group, and confirms herself in the top 8 of the national ranking 🥉🎉 the future of these young fencers looks bright and the whole club is happy to celebrate their successes 😎🥳

A couple of weeks ago we went to the Elite Epee event in Moulton. A great day of sport for all our young fencers 🎉
In the U12 Girls Epee, best result for Bridget (6th), followed by Victoria (10th) and Anna (12th) at her very first competition, well done Anna! 💯
In the U10 Boys Epee Marvin gets an amazing 3rd place after a bit of a mess up during the DE round 🥉🥳 first place for Luso's last addition: Ryan 🏆😎
Sereena gets a silver medal in the U10 Girls epee, the only match lost during the day! 💪🏻🥈🎊
Carson in the U14 Boys epee takes home a good 6th place. A bittersweet result for this young fencer who got seriously penalised by a referee decision on the 11-11.
Another new entry at Luso, Eliana, gets a well-deserved 2nd place in the U14 Girls epee 🥈🎉 she has been fencing extremely well throughout the day and lost the final by just 2 points! In the same competition Verena takes the 8th place and Danaya the 12th.
Finally, in the U17 age group, Orrick makes the top 8 😎
The coaches were both very pleased with the results and very proud of all the fencers who decided to compete so early in the season, well done everybody!

Amazing weekend of fencing in Nottingham for Luso! 💯 for the first time in the club's history, one of our fencers made the top 8 in the U17 National Championship 🥳 two days of great and convincing performances from our young athletes that made the coaches proud.

In the U17 Epee, Muaadh takes a brilliant 7th place after showing great maturity and control. Luca improves his previous results by 30 positions, getting a very good 17th place. Zalan and Henry also perform well, although not in their best shape. For the first time at a national event this big, Tia and Eliana do well and get that very valuable experience that will allow them to get great results soon.

In the U20 epee, Bence improves his ranking from last year by 41 positions! A well-deserved 15th placement after knocking out two tough opponents. Leo fences well in his first Junior National and we are sure he will do even better during the season. Sofia and Zoe both do an incredible poule round, not giving much space to the opponents. Zoe, with her 21st place, improves her result by 18 positions. Sofia got a bit unlucky as mid fight for the L16 she struggled with an injury from the previous competition. She ended the competition in the 19th place, an improved from last year.

This weekend, we said goodbye to Bence and Zoe, who will move to uni soon. The whole Luso family wishes them the very best of luck. We have no doubt they will have a brilliant career! 🏆🎉

Cadets Men's epee
Muaadh 7th
Luca 17th
Zalan 41st
Henry 55th

Cadets Women's epee
Eliana 48th
Tia 50th

Juniors Men's epee
Bence 15th
Leo 43rd

Juniors Women's epee
Sofia 19th
Zoe 21st

The end of the season is here and at Luso that means it is time for the award presentation! A great party saw fencers, families, coaches and supporters get together to celebrate another amazing year.
This follows an amazing weekend that saw Vereena dominate the U14 BRC event in Moulton 🥇🏆 Bridget, Victoria and Evie also fenced incredibly well and then stayed to support her teammate during the finals stages of the event. Well done to Muaadh, Garrick, Bence, Sofia and Zoe in the Junior event and Luca in the U14 competition 👏🏻👏🏻

The winners of the Luso award this year are:
Funniest fencer - Marvin (U12)
Best beginners U12 - Ezra
Best student - Bence
Best hit - Leo
Best fencer U12 - Sereena
Best fencer of the year - Victoria (U12)
Best athlete - Zalan
Best beginners over 12 - Anna
Best competitions results - Muaadh

We are very proud of all fencers at Luso and we look forward to another year together!!

Good results for Luso at the Southern Region Sneior Championships. In the Men's epee, Garrick won a tough competition against more experienced fencers, and Dylan came 3rd! Well done to Muaadh too who is still working very hard to find his own style 💪🏻 Orrick showed great effort as well fencing against much older and experienced fencers.
In the Women's epee, Anna gets a great bronze medal. Tia also took part in the event and got some extremely useful experience ahead of her first season in the Cadet circuit.
In the Men's foil, Dominik and Jasper fence well, but struggle a bit to find the right read for some hard matches.
For the first time Luso has hosted an official competition and we would like to take the time to thank all the volunteers who made this possible. Bence and Harrison did an amazing job in running the competition, showing that all the experience and teachings they got while at Luso have prepared them well to take on such a big responsibility. Thanks to Jeff who took on the role of Welfare Officer and thanks to the amazing families who baked cakes for everyone to enjoy.

Orrick, James and Garrick looked very proud at the British Youth Championships qualifiers in Swindon, and rightfully so!😁
Over two days of competitions Luso and Salle Eton took part in 13 events out of 24, with 35 fencers from both clubs fencing across all three weapons💪🏻⚔️
19 fencers ended in the medal zone and 28 actually qualified for the finals in Sheffield! 😎🤯
5 gold medals 🥇
5 silver medals 🥈
9 bronze medals 🥉
What amazing results from our fencers and coaches, well done you all! You deserve to be praised for all the hard work you have put into your training in the last year.

Well done...
Isa 🥇 Sofia 🥈 Zoe 🥉, Abila, Leo 🥈, Harrison and Garrick 🥈, William, Liam, Alex 🥇Leanna 🥈 Danaya 🥇 Laura 🥉, Victoria, Alice, Laurence, Ashley 🥇Riya, Dominik 🥉James, Mohnnish, Tia 🥈Anna 🥉, Romilly, Muaadh 🥇, Henry 🥈 Luca 🥉, Zalan, Sebastian, Verena 🥉, Emily, Andrea, Orrick 🥈, Jacob and Selina!

Great weekend for fencers of Luso and Salle Eton. At the British Youth Qualifier event in Swindon, our fencers, supported by coaches James and Cat, showed once again how strong the club is.
In the U16 boys epee, an ocean of purple overwhelmed the competition. Gold medal for Muaadh, silver for Henry and bronze for Luca! 🤩🥇🥈🥉👏🏻 Well done to Zalan (5th) and Sebastian (10th).
In the U16 girls, Tia misses the gold medal by just a few points, but two out of three medals are still purple: silver for Tia and bronze for Anna 🥉🥈🎉 well done to Romilly (5th) and Alice (8th)