GB Fencing

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Marcus Mepstead has announced on social media he has not qualified for Paris. 

Edited February 23 by Sindo

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 team for European Qualifying Tournament

 

Women's Epee - Julia Caron (95)

Women's Foil - Carolina Stutchbury (30 and top seed)

Women's Sabre - Caitlin Maxwell (35 and 5th seed)

 

Men's Epee - Alec Brooke (149)

Men's Foil - Kristjan Archer (39 and 2nd seed) 

Men's Sabre - William Deary (62 and 6th seed)

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Kristjan Archer crashes out of the tournament in the first round and will finish in 11th place. He was the 2nd highest seed in the tournament based on world ranking but wasn't at his best in the pool matches. 

 

In stark contrast, Julia Caron was undefeated in her pool and moved into the knockout rounds as the 2nd seed and as such was given a bye to the quarter finals where she defeated Anna Zens of Luxembourg. Later today, she'll be up against Israel's Dar Hect in the semi-finals. 

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The European Fencing Championships have just wrapped up. Below are the results for Team GB:

 

Women’s Foil (66 competitors)

Carolina Stutchbury - SILVER

Amelie Tsang - 37th

Katie Castillo-Bernaus - 40th

Zoe Wagstaff - 64th

 

Women’s Saber (59 competitors)

Caitlin Maxwell - 36th

Maria Chart - 46th

Kate Daykin - 58th

 

Women’s Epée (96 competitors)

Susan Maria Sica - 58th

Daniella Lawson - 66th

Sophie Peat - 72nd

Julia Caron - 74th

 

Women’s Team Foil (13 teams)

8th 

 

Women’s Team Saber (13 teams)

12th 

 

Women’s Team Epée (18 teams)

14th 

Men’s Foil (71 competitors)

Kamal Minott - 12th

Jaimie Cook - 29th

David Sosnov - 42nd

David Williams - 61st

 

Men’s Saber (67 competitors)

Jonathan Webb - 38th

Samuel Allen - 48th 

Barnaby Halliwell - 62nd

Luke Haynes - 64th

 

Men’s Epée (115 competitors)

James Jeal - 42nd

Benjamin Andrews - 65th

Paul James Sanchez-Lethem 69th

Cador Beautyman - 84th

 

Men’s Team Foil (13 teams)

11th

 

Men’s Team Saber (13 teams)

13th

 

Men’s Team Epée (22 teams)

13th 

Edited June 19, 2025 by Jon

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Not sure we've picked this up previously, but it looks like Carolina Stutchbury has switched to compete for . As European Silver medalist, it's safe to say she was probably one of the strongest talents in GB Fencing. Hopefully some of the positive results we're seeing in the junior ranks can come up before LA. 

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European Juniors get underway tomorrow with Men's Epee, Women's Foil and Women's Sabre kicking things off.

 

Men's Epee:

Tristan Lumineau is the 19th seed

Cador Beautyman is the 37th seed

Fin Bennet is the 74th seed

Cheney Zhu is the 126th (and lowest) seeded fencer.

 

Lumineau has been drawn in pool 18. He'll face 18th seed  Arkadii Kardava. the rest of his opponents will be lower ranked - 54th, 55th, 90th, 91st and 125th.  

Beautyman has been drawn in same pool as top seed  Domonkos Pelle. He'll also face tricky opponent in 36th seed  Julius Edelmann. The rest of the pool are lower ranked opponents - 72nd, 73rd, 108th and 109th seeds.  

Bennet has been drawn in pool 2 against 2nd seed  Nikita Gorin. Bennet is the 4th seed in the pool so will have his work cut out for him. 

Zhu has been drawn in pool 17. He'll face 17th seed  Bence Balazs but given Zhu is the lowest ranked fencer in competition, he may find it difficult to progress. 

 

The top 94 ranked fencers after the pool round will continue to the elimination rounds. (32 fencers eliminated during pool round)

 

Women's Foil

Amelie Tsang is the 19th seed

Zoe Wagstaff is the 52nd seed

Megan Elliott is the 53rd seed

Rachel Adams is the 64th seed

 

Tsang is drawn in pool 8 alongside 8th seed  Irina Zorina but should be able to see of the other lower ranked opponents.

Wagstaff is drawn in pool 2 alongside 2nd seed  Stefania Chasovnikova, 25th seed  Petra Polonyi and 28th seed  Lihy Peer Koren so will definitely have her work cut out.

Likewise, Elliott is drawn in pool 1 against top seed  Milana Levchuk, 26th seed  Alara Atmaca and 27th seed  Polina Kozlova.

Adams is in pool 12 and has been drawn alongside 12th seed  Keren Aye and 15th seed  Zhou Xinyao 

 

66 fencers will progress to the elimination rounds (22 fencers eliminated during the pool round)

 

Women's Sabre

Hui Xin Sezille is the 20th seed

Keira D-Sallows 28th seed

Maya Sutton is the 35th seed

Ava Davies is the 49th seed

 

Sezille is the 2nd highest ranked fencer drawn in pool 3 alongside 3rd seed  Emese Domonkos.

D-Sallows is in pool 6 with 6th seed  Amalia Covaliu and 16th seed  Dorottya Csonka.

Sutton is in pool 10 alongside 10th seed  Maria Tretiakova and 13th seed  Rita Robineaux

Davies is in pool 5 with 5th seed  Karina Tallada and 18th seed  Maiia Velychko.

 

54 fencers progress to elimination rounds (18 fencers eliminated in the pool round) 

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European Juniors update

 

I didn't have this on my bingo card, but Tristan Lumineau was the top qualifier from the pool stage winning all of his bouts for the lost of just 12 points.  Cador Beautyman won 4 out of his 6 bouts and advances in a tie for 42nd place. Cheney Zhu performed very well considering he was the lowest ranked fencer in the event. He won 3 out of 6 bouts and advances in a tie for 61st place. Unfortunately, Fin Bennet is eliminated, having only won 2 of his opening 6 bouts resulting in him being ranked in 97th place. 

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And the good news keeps on coming. This time from the Women's Foil.

 

Amelie Tsang was the 19th seed but emerges from the pool round in 6th place having won 5 of her 6 bouts. Megan Elliott advances in 45th place having won 3 out of 6 bouts. Zoe Wagstaff is also through having won 2 from 5 of her pool matches - good enough for 55th place so broadly in line with her original seeding. 

 

Rachel Adams missed out on advancing to the elimination rounds, finishing in 70th place having only won 1 bout from 5. 

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Finally, Women's Sabre:

 

Hui Xin Sezille went into the competition as the 20th seed and progresses to the elimination round in 23rd place having won 4 of her 6 pool matches. is the 20th seed. Maya Sutton also lived up to her seeding, finishing in a tie for 33rd place with 3 wins from 5. Keira D-Sallows moderately under performed - going in as 28th seed she finished in 39th with 3 wins from 6 - but is still good enough to progress to the eliminations. Ava Davies makes it a full house - advancing to the elimination round in 51st place having won 2 of her opening 6 bouts. 

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I've started so I might as well finish (although not entirely sure why I started this )

 

Women's Epee:

Harriet Hillier is the 40th seed 

Kseniya Kushtan is the 68th seed

Emma Mitzova is the 72nd seed 

Olivia Eadie is the 78th seed.

 

 

Men's Foil - 's strongest discipline. 

Callum Penman is the 6th seed

David Sosnov is the 8th seed

David Kelly is the 33rd seed

Mohammed Belbouab is the 49th seed

 

 

Men's Sabre:

Eiger Swinscow is the 50th seed

Joe Evans is the 51st seed

John White is the 55th seed

Guy Lumsden is the 61st seed. 

 

No info yet on the pools - will update the post when the information becomes available.