Rafa Maciel

Call me mad, but it feels very strange to have made it all the way through a major championships without hearing how the results were going to lead to a slashing of funding for  sport.  

Road Cycling - No substantive changes. Correction to email address under Section E2.
 
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Road Cycling - No substantive changes. Correction to email address under Section E2.
 
Squash - No substantive changes in the document. Dates for Pan-American Games changed from 16 Jul - 1 Aug 2027 to 23 Jul - 8 Aug 2027

Caveating the Edinburgh International Meet results - although I am posting the OQT, the only meet that will matter will be the Olympic Trials in April 2028. I'm putting the OQT so that we can see how close (or far) some of our swimmers are from hitting the qualifying time in various scenarios - for example, I'd be surprised if many of the squad had tapered going into this week's meet. 

Freddy Carrick Smith has taken silver in the men's slalom at the Junior World Championships

Entries for the Edinburgh swim meet can be found here:
 
https://swimswam.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/draft-programme-for-web.pdf
 
Peaty's first Long Course races since the Paris Olympics! All other GB stars are present too (apart from those competing in the NCAA).
 
Some of them (Morgan, Dean, Colbert etc.) are coming straight from 3 weeks of altitude training in Arizona so it'll be interesting to see where they're at.
 
I think most will then compete at the Giant Open in France next weekend.

2026 Week 10 (09 - 15 Mar) Events:
 
A fairly chunky week of events - one that kind of makes me regret starting this thread, but we're down the rabbit hole so might as well continue....
 
Aquatics - Swimming:
Edinburgh International Meet (13 - 15 Mar) - This event is always well attended by the British swim team, and this will be an opportunity to get qualifying times for Commonwealth Games later in the year. Entry lists aren't published yet but will keep checking.
 
Athletics:
European Throwing Cup (14 - 15 Mar) - UK Athletics have taken the decision not to send a team to the event in Nicosia, citing the ongoing situation in the Middle East.  
 
Badminton:
Yonex Swiss Open 2026 (10 - 15 Mar) - Kirsty Gilmour will face a qualifier in the first round of the Women's Singles. 
 
In the Men's Doubles, Christopher Grimley and Matthew Grimley face 7th seed  Daniel Lundgaard and Mads Vestergaard
Julie Macpherson and Ciara Torrance will take on  Arisa Igarashi and Chiharu Shida in the Women's Doubles. 
 
Alexander Dunn and Julie MacPherson take on  Mads Vestergaard and Christine Busch in the first round of the Mixed Doubles whilst Callum Hemming and Estelle Van Leeuwen face 2nd seed  Mathias Christiansen and Alexandra Boje. 
 
Baseball:
2026 World Baseball Classic (09 Mar)-  will finish their Pool games with a match against . They've lost all of their matches so far, so will be hoping they can come away with a win over the lower ranked opponents.
 
Basketball:
2027 Women's EuroBasket Qualifying -  have an away tie against  on 11-Mar followed by a home tie against  on 14-Mar. 
 
Cycling - BMX Freestyle:
Ride the Dragon - According to the UCI website, this should be taking place this weekend but according to the event website, it's on next week. Either way, I don't have an entry list as yet. 
 
Cycling - BMX Racing:
European Cup Legs I and II (13-14 Mar) - There should be a decent  presence in Verona with Bethany Shriever and Emily Hutt competing in the Women's Elite with Callum Russell, Kye Whyte, Jos Marnham, Matthew Gilston and Ross Cullen competing in the Men's Elite. 
 
Also worth saying that Ben Cornish, Bradley Russell, Danny Jake Monforte, George Hunt, Harrison Bell, Harry Tanner, Betsy Bax, Sienna Harvey, and Theia Gaynor competing in the Under-23 events. 
 
Cycling - Road:
Paris-Nice (08-15 Mar) - Lewis Askey, Josh Tarling, Joshua Giddings, Samuel Watson, Oscar Onley, Robert Donaldson, Max Walker and Callum Thornley will be competing.
 
Tirreno-Adriatico (09-15 Mar) - Ethan Hayter, James Shaw, Owain Doull, Mark Donovan, Connor Swift, Oliver Peace, Sean Flynn and Lukas Nerurkar will be competing.
 
Trofeo Alfredo Binda - Comune di Cittiglio (15-Mar) - Pfeiffer Georgi will be among the Brits taking part.
 
Equestrian - Dressage:
FEI Dressage World Cup - 's-Hertogenbosch (12-15 Mar) - Charlotte Fry will be competing on Everdale.  
 
Fencing:
FIE Westend Grand Prix Individual Epee (13 Mar) - Gregory Allen, Benjamin Andrews, Cador Beautyman, Tobias Berry, William East, James Jeal, Vladimir Kukharev, Tristan Lumineau, Charlie Lutyens-Humfrey, Paul James Sanchez-Lethem, Hugo Smith and Louis Taiwo-Williams will be competing in the men's event in Budapest whilst Lucy Grant, Kate Haswell, Kseniya Kushtan, Danielle Lawson, Hannah Nesbitt, Alexandra Powell, Jessica Rogerson, Susan Maria Sica and Katherine Townsend will compete in the women's event. 
 
Golf:
PGA: The Players Championships (12-15 Mar) - Matt Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, Harry Hall, Robert MacIntyre, Marco Penge, Aaron Rai, Jordan Smith and Justin Rose will be competing at Sawgrass.
 
Ladies European Tour: Women's Australian Open (12-15 Mar) - Cara Gainer, Alice Hewson, Darcey Harry, Annabell Fuller, Hannah Screen, Gabriella Cowley, Lydia Hall, Esme Hamilton, Chloe Williams, Lily May Humphreys, Amy Taylor, Gemma Clews, Charlotte Heath, Hannah Darling, Caley McGinty, Meghan MacLaren, Thalia Martin and Kelsey Macdonald are competing. 
 
Gymnastics - Artistic:
FIG Apparatus World Cup (12-15 Mar) - Courtney Tulloch and Remell Robinson-Bailey will be competing in Antalya 
 
Gymnastics - Trampoline:
FIG Trampoline World Cup (12-13 Mar) - Team  were due to send a team of 5 to  Alkmaar including Bryony Page and Isabelle Songhurst but for some reason they have withdrawn the team.
 
 
Judo:
Warsaw European Open 2026 (14-15 Mar): 
Men's -81Kg: Rory Tyrrell
Men's -90Kg: Kenneth Harris
Men's +100Kg: Joshua Whitehouse
Women's -48Kg: Summer Shaw and Ashleigh Barnikel
Women's -57Kg: Lele Nairne
Women's -70Kg: Rachel Hawkes
 
Rugby SVNS:
New York (14-15 Mar) - Team  women will likely go winless for another week - they face ,  and  in the pool matches.
 
For the  men, they have a decent pool if they can get their act together and will face , and .
 
Squash:
Australian Open (10-15 Mar): Joel Makin is the 2nd seed and has a bye to the second round. As does 4th seed Jonah Bryant is 4th seed and 7th seed Curtis Malik.
 
Patrick Rooney will face  Ryunosuke Tsukue whilst Simon Herbert will take on  Moustafa Elsirty in the first round. (Spoiler alert: they both lost in the first round)
 
Grace Gear takes on Alicia Mead in an all British first round with the winner going on to face the top seed  Sivasangari Subramaniam whilst Torrie Malik faces  Cindy Merlo for the right to take on 2nd seed  Tinne Gilis. 
 
Calgary CFO Consulting Services Women's Squash Week (11-15 Mar): Georgia Adderley is the top seed and, along with Millie Tomlinson who is the 8th seed, has a bye to the second round.
 
Kiera Marshall will take on  Helen Tang whilst Lowri Roberts will face Yasshmita Jadishkumar in the first round. 
 
Table Tennis:
WTT Feeder Otocec 2026 (07-11 Mar): Tom Jarvis is the 4th seed for the Men's Singles. Samuel Walker and Connor Green are also competing in both the singles and doubles. Tin-Tin Ho will compete in the Women's Singles. 
 
WTT Champions Chongqing 2026 (10-15 Mar): Anna Hursey will compete in the Women's Singles. 
 
Taekwondo:
Dutch Open 2026 (15 Mar):
Men's -54Kg: Finn Labong 
Men's -80Kg: Theoharys Stavropoulos
Women's -46Kg: Aysa Khorshidi, Lauren Dunsmore 
Women's -49Kg: Emily Clark
Women's -53Kg: Judy Marton and Ruby Lee
Women's -62Kg: Beth Christy
 

There are no changes to the main text. Updates are limited to section H Qualification Timeline. By the looks of things, there was an error in the 10th December Version as it said the Confirmation of quotas took place in November 2027 and the reallocation of quotas took place between December 2027 and June 2028. That section of the timeline has been removed from the March version. 

2026 Week 8 (23 Feb -01 Mar) Results:
 
 
Aquatics - Diving:
World Aquatics 2026 Diving World Cup I (26 Feb - 01 Mar) - There were a couple of podium finishes for Team GB in Montreal.
Ben Cutmore and Euan McCabe took bronze in the Men's 10m Synchro with a score of 399.12 - 1.29 points behind  in second and 70.11 behind champions . It was the same podium line up in the Men's 3m Synchro with Anthony Harding teaming up with Jack Laugher for bronze with 393.66 behind  (441.63) and  (461.37). In the Women's 3m Synchro, Scarlett Mew Jensen and Yasmin Harper were well down the field in 7th with score of 270.84.
 
In the individual events, Euan McCabe was 5th in the Men's 10m Platform with score of 452.70 around 46 points off the podium.  In the Men's 3m Springboard, Ross Haslam was down in 10th place with score of 433.05 - over 50 points adrift of the podium places.  Jordan Houlden dropped his 4th round dive in qualifying resulting in 0 score putting pay to his hopes of qualifying for the final. Yasmin Harper finished in 24th place in the Women's 3m Springboard with score of 230.70 and failed to progress to the final.  
 
 
Badminton:
YONEX German Open (24 Feb - 01 Mar) - Harry Huang was the only Brit in the men's singles and exited in the first round after a 21-17 11-21 18-21 defeat at the hands of 4th seed  Chun-Yi Lin.
 
Kirsty Gilmour's time in Mulheim an der Ruhr was also short lived. She withdrew from her second-round match whilst trailing 4th seed  Tomoka Miyazaki 19-21 9-13 having seen off  Manami Suizu 21-7 21-13 in the first round of the women's singles. 
 
All 4  pairings in the men's doubles were given tough draws against seeded opponents and all 4 pairing fell in the first round. Oliver Butler and Samuel Jones lost 8th seeds  Junaidi Arif and Roy King 14-21 12-21. Alexander Dunn and Adam Pringle lost to 5th seed  Hsian Chieh Chiu and Chi-Lin Wang 13-21 11-21. Alex Green and Zach Russ came through qualifying before losing to 6th seeds  Bo Yang Chen and Yi Liu 10-21 11-21. Finally, Christopher and Matthew Grimley lost to 7th seed  Jhe-Huei Lee and Po-Hsuan Yang 16-21 15-21. 
 
In the women's doubles, Julie Macpherson and Ciara Torrance were another casualty in the first round - losing to  Kirsten De Wit and Meerte Loos 19-21 19-21. Abbygael Harris and Lizzie Tolman also fell in the first rounf, losing 17-21 21-18 18-21 to  Simona Pilgaard and Signe Schulz.
Lisa Curtin and Sian Kelly advanced to round 2 with a 21-16 11-21 21-16 win over  Nikol Carulla and Carmen Maria Jimenez before losing 8-21 4-21 to  Yi Duo Wang and Yi Jing Li. 
 
The results in the mixed doubles were at least a bit more positive. Alexander Dunn and Julie Macpherson got to the quarter finals taking out  Oleksii Titov and Yevheniia Kantemyr and 2nd seed  Xin Wa Guo and Fang Hui Chen on the way before falling to 8th seed  Mads Vestergaard and Christine Busch 11-21 18-21. 
Callum Hemming and Estelle Van Leeuwen got to the second round with a 21-17 21-14 win over  Rasmus Espersen and Amalie Cecilie Kudsk before losing to 7th seeds  Xing Cheng and Chi Zhang 15-21 17-21. Finally, Samuel Jones and Lizzie Tolman and Oliver Butler and Abbygael Harris both lost in the first round. 
 
 
Basketball:
2027 FIBA World Cup Qualifying (27-Feb) -  sit bottom of Group D after the first four matches in the qualifying competition. In a double header against ,  went down to a 57-93 defeat at home followed by a 75-84 loss in the away tie
 
 
Cycling - Road:
Omloop Nieuwsblad (28 Feb) - Robert Donaldson was the highest placed Brit in 34th place, just ahead of Ben Turner in 37th. Tom Pidcock was over 2 minutes off the pace in 48th place. Lewis Askey finished in the points in 59th place. Fred Wright was down the field in 80th almost 10 minutes off the pace. Ben Swift, Sean Flynn, Noah Hobbs, Matthew Brennan and Sam Watson all failed to finish. 
 
Cat Ferguson was just off the podium in 4th place 21 seconds behind eventual winner Demi Vollering. Millie Couzens was in 8th. Flora Perkins was in 25th, just ahead of Imogen Wolff in 27th.  Anna Henderson in 40th; Zoe Backstedt in 42nd and Josie Nelson in 43rd all finished in the points. Elynor Backstedt was well down the field in 106th whilst Carys Lloyd was DNF.  
 
Faun-Ardeche Classic (28-Feb) - Three Brits finished in the points with Ben Tulett in 13th place; Simon Carr in 18th and Bjorn Koerdt in 28th. Lukas Nerurkar was down in 46th; Mark Donovan in 52nd, just ahead of Thomas Gloag in 53rd. 
 
Faun Drome Classic (01-Mar) - Lukas Nerurkar finished in 9th place whilst Bjorn Koerdt was in 19th. Simon Carr was well down the field in 107th with Oliver Stockwell in 126th. The rest of the Brits - William Smith, Thomas Gloag and Ben Tullett all failed to finish. 
 
 
Equestrian - Jumping:
FEI Jumping World Cup: Helsinki (26 Feb - 01 Mar) - Robert Whitaker retired in round 1.
 
 
Fencing:
European Junior Championships (24-27 Feb) -
Men's Epee: Tristan Lumineau took bronze in the individual event.  Cheney Zhu finished in 31st with Cador Beautyman in 47th and Fin Bennet in 97th. As a team they finished in 9th place overall.
Men's Foil: David Sosnov took gold with Mohammed Belbouab taking silver. Callum Penman finished in 6th with David Kelly in 21st. There was disappointment that the team couldn't defend their team title and had to settle for bronze.  
Men's Sabre: John White and Eiger Swinsow finished in 60th and 61st respectively. Joe Evans was in 74th with Guy Lumsden in 80th. As a team, they placed 14th overall.
Women's Epee: Emma Mitzova was the highest placed Brit in 51st, just ahead of Harriet Hillier in 54th and Kseniya Kushtan in 60th. Olivia Eadie was well down the field in 85th. As a team, they finished down in 19th place. 
Women's Foil: Amelie Tsang took bronze with Megan Elliott in 32nd. Zoe Wagstaff was down in 55th with Rachael Adams in 70th. As a team, they achieved 6th place overall. 
Women's Sabre: Maya Sutton finished in 26th with Keira D-Sallows in 29th; Hui Xin Sezille in 37th and Ava Davies down in 52nd.  As a team, they placed 12th overall. 
 
 
Golf:
LPGA: HSBC Women's World Championship (26 Feb-01 Mar) - Mimi Rhodes, Charley Hull and Lottie Woad were all in a tie for 10th place on -6 whilst Gemma Dryburgh was +1 in 47th. 
 
Ladies European Tour: Ford Women's NSW Open (26 Feb-01 Mar) - Charlotte Heath was in 4th place on -13 with Caley McGinty in 5th on -12. Chloe Williams in a tie for 20th on -8 with Hannah Screen in 33rd on -5. -4 was enough for a tie for 37th for Meghan MacLaren. Cara Gainer was in 45th on -3. Lydia Hall and Annabell Fuller were on -2 in tie for 49th. Luca Thompson and Gemma Clews were tied for 56th on +1. 
 
Esme Hamilton, Kelsey Macdonald, Alice Hewson, Amy Taylor, Lily May Humphreys, Darcey Harry, Hannah Darling, Gabriella Cowley all missed the cut.
 
PGA: Cognizant Classic (26 Feb-01 Mar) - Aaron Rai and Jordan Smith were in a tie for 23rd on -7. Matt Wallace was -4 in 40th along with Dan Brown. John Parry's +2 was enough for 63rd. Paul Waring and Danny Willett missed the cut.   
 
DPT: Investec South African Open (26 Feb-01 Mar)  - Eddie Pepperell finished in 5th place on -10. Ewen Ferguson and Nathan Kimsey finished in tie for 9th on -7.  -6 was a tie for 14th for Alex Fitzpatrick and Joe Dean. Matthew Jordan and Calum Hill were in tie for 20th on -5 with Todd Clements on -4 in 24th. -3 was enough for 29th place for Marcus Armitage, Andy Sullivan and Scott Jamieson. Sam Bairstow was the last of the Brits in 43rd on -2. Dan Bradbury, Connor Syme, Ben Schmidt, Richie Ramsay, Jamie Rutherford, Rhys Enoch and Will Enefer all missed the cut.  
 
 
Shooting:
European Championships 10m (27 Feb-05 Mar): 5 athletes have been announced in the  team to compete in Yerevan :
Seonaid McIntosh was down in 21st place in the women's 10m air rifle qualifying whilst Ruth Mwadumba was in 64th place. 
Dean Bale finished in 60th place in the men's 10m air rifle qualifying.
 
James Miller finished in 29th place in the men's 10m air pistol qualifying. Charlotte Hicks was 18th in the women's 10m air pistol qualifying. 
 
In the mixed team events, McIntosh and Bale teamed up in the mixed 10m air rifle team and finished in 20th place whilst Hicks and Miller teamed up in the rifle event and finished 10th place.
 
 
Squash:
McMillan Goodfellow Classic 2026 (24-28 Feb): Greg Lobban was the top seed and made it to the semifinals before losing to eventual champion  Yahya Elnawasany 11-9 6-11 5-11 6-11.
Both 6th seed Adrian Waller and 7th seed Rory Stewart had would lose in the second round along with Simon Herbert and Perry Malik.
 
Emyr Evans and Tom Walsh exited in the first round.  
 
Steel City Open (25 Feb-01 Mar): Georgina Kennedy was the 2nd seed and lived up to her ranking, finishing as runner up to top seed  Satomi Watanabe 9-11 5-11 6-11. Watanabe also defeated 4th seed Jasmine Hutton in the semifinals 11-5 11-5 11-6. 
 
Saran Nghiem made it to the quarterfinals whilst Alicia Mead lost in the first round.
 
 
Taekwondo:
Bulgarian Open 2026 (27 Feb):
Men's -54Kg: Thomas Bailey appears to have lost in the first round. 
Men's -58Kg: Alexander Sherratt finished in 3rd place whilst Zack Sarsoza was runner-up. 
Men's -68Kg: Matthew Howell appears to have lost in the first round. 
Men's -80Kg: Dantrell Knight-Mitchell and Zak Angell got to the round of 16. Sohrab Alipour appears to have lost in the first round. 
Men's +87Kg: Caden Cunningham finished in 3rd place.
Women's -49Kg: Phoenix Goodman got to the round of 16.
Women's -53Kg: Jodie McKew appears to have lost in the first round. 
Women's -57Kg: Ava Bett appears to have lost in the first round whilst Teigan Smith exited in the round of 32. 
Women's -62Kg: Both Beth Christy and Neve McPhillie appear to have lost in the first round
Women's -67Kg: Chloe Roberts got to the round of 16 whilst Courtney Kramoh appears to have lost in the first round.
Women's -73Kg: Ruby Mackay appears to have lost in the first round.
Women's +73Kg: Lauren Williams was defeated in the quarterfinals. 
 
 
Tennis:
WTA500 Merida Open (23Feb - 01Mar):  Katie Boulter continues her climb back up the women's rankings. This week she defeated  Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-4 6-4 in the first round, before progressing to the quarterfinals when  Camila Osorio was forced to withdraw. It was a great match, but ultimately Jasmine Paolini was able to end Boulter's 7 match winning streak 0-6 6-3 6-3.
Heather Watson returned to the tour after long layoff due to injury. She safely navigated the qualifying draw before losing to 7th seed  Jessica Bouzas Maneiiro 3-6 1-6.
 
WTA250 ATX Open (23Feb - 01Mar):  Fran Jones returned to the tour for first time since retiring in her Australian Open first round match. She was facing 4th seed  Peyton Stearns and went down to a 6-3 3-6 2-6 loss.
 
ATP500 Dubai Duty Free Tennis championships (23-28 Feb) - Jack Draper made his return to the tour in Dubai. Seeded 4, he dispatched  Quentin Halys 7-6 6-3 in the first-round but couldn't repeat that performance in the round of 16 where he fell to  Arthur Rinderknech 6-7 7-6 4-6. Jan Choinski came close to qualifying for the main draw but came up just short against Giovanni Mpetshi-Perricard in the final qualifying round. 
 
In the doubles, Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool were the top seeds and got through to the semifinals where they lost to eventual champions and 3rd seeds Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten 4-6 6-7. Given the difficulties the finalists had in getting out of Dubai, perhaps the rest of the Brits don't have too many regrets about exiting the tournament early. 
 
ATP500 Albierto Mexicano Telcel Presented By HSBC (23-28 Feb) - Cam Norrie was the 7th seed and fell in the first round to  Wildcard Rafael Jodar 6-3 6-2. 

Quality journalism from BBC as always:
 

 
So according to the BBC, Kyle Waddell has a brother called Waddell Waddell 

All  Final!! 

European Juniors Day 2
 
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.
 
Hillier is in pool 10 alongside 10th seed  Gwendoline Laharotte, 21st seed  Oliwia Janeczek. The rest are all lower ranked at 51st, 70th and 99th seed 
Kushtan has been drawn in pool 8 alongside 8th seed  Eva Steffens, 23rd seed  Ceren Cebe, 38th seed  Laura Misiak with the rest of the pool being the 53rd, 83rd and 98th seeds.
Mitzova is in pool 12 along with 12th seed  Giulia Paulis the 19th seed  Lilana Cherchesova, and the 42nd, 49th, 79th and 102nd seeds
Eadie is in pool 13 with 13th seed  Louise Ulltjarn, 18th seed  Alina Dmytruk along with the 43rd, 48th, 74th and 103rd seeds. 
 
The top 78 ranked fencers after the pool round will continue to the elimination rounds. (26 fencers eliminated during pool round)
 
Men's Foil - (Our strongest discipline -  are the reigning European Junior Champions in the Team Event)
Callum Penman is the 6th seed
David Sosnov is the 8th seed
David Kelly is the 33rd seed
Mohammed Belbouab is the 49th seed
 
Penman is the top seed in pool 6. His highest ranked opponent will be 23rd seed  Denis Trestyanszki. The rest of the pool are the 34th, 79th, 62nd, 51st and 90th seed.
Sosnov is the top seed in pool 8. He'll face 21st seed  Henrik Barby. The rest of the pool are the 36th, 50th, 64th, 77th and 92nd seeds.  
Kelly is in pool 5 alongside 5th seed  Andor Zsogon and 24th seed  Max Kavecy. The rest of the pool are lower ranked - the 52nd, 61st, 81st, and 89th seeds.
Belbouab is in pool 7 alongside 7th seed  Rostislav Khamdamov, 22nd seed  Ran Traitel Crystal and 35th seed  Maxime Dubreuil. The rest of the pool are lower ranked - 63rd, 78th and 91st seed.  
 
 
The top 72 ranked fencers after the pool round will continue to the elimination rounds. (24 fencers eliminated during pool round)
 
 
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. 
 
Swinscow is in pool 2 along with 2nd seed  Leonardo Reale, 23rd seed  Poyraz Kumuk, 26th seed  Paul Rouviere, and the 46th, 71st and 74th seeds.  
Evans is in pool 3 with 3rd seed  Pavel Graudyn, 22nd seed  Stanimir Pelov, 27th seed  Daniel Berkeszi along with 47th, 70th, and 75th seeds. 
White in drawn in pool 6 against 6th seed  Edoardo Reale, 19th seed  Kiram Iarullin alongside 30th, 43rd, 67th and 78th seeds. 
Lumsden is in pool 12 with 12th seed  Casian Cidu, 13th seed  Zalan Szalai, 37th, 38th and 60th seed
 
The top 62 ranked fencers after the pool round will continue to the elimination rounds. (21 fencers eliminated during pool round)

guaranteed 2 medals on day 1!
 
It's double bronze after Tristan Lumineau made it through to the semifinals of the men's epee. He fell 15-10 to 12th seed  Fedor Khaperskiy who went on to take the title. 
 
Amelie Tsang came so close to getting to the gold medal match having pulled it back to 14-14. 7th seed  Ludovica Franzoni just edged it 15-14. 

guaranteed 2 medals on day 1!
 
It's double bronze after Tristan Lumineau made it through to the semifinals of the men's epee. He fell 15-10 to 12th seed  Fedor Khaperskiy who went on to take the title. 
 
Amelie Tsang came so close to getting to the gold medal match having pulled it back to 14-14. 7th seed  Ludovica Franzoni just edged it 15-14. 

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. 

2026 Week 6 (09-15 Feb) Results:
 
 
Aquatics - Artistic Swimming:
World Aquatics Artistic Swimming 2026 World Cup I (13-15 Feb):
Ranjuo Tamblin took home treble gold from Medellin  winning both the Men's Solo Technical before teaming up with Isabelle Thorpe to take the wins in both the Mixed Duet Technical and Mixed Duet Free. 
 
 
Athletics:
UK Athletics Indoor Championships (14-15 Feb):
I won't post the results here as plenty of our Olympic contenders skipped the event. If I get time I might take a look at the results and post them in the athletics thread. 
 
Badminton:
2026 European Men's & Women's Team Championships (11-15 Feb):
 men came through their group in second place behind  after sweeping past  5-0 before sneaking past  3-2. For some reason which doesn't make huge amount of sense, the semi finals just repeated the group match between the top two rather than being a cross group match. So  had to face  again. Having lost the group match 5-0,  lost the semi 3-1. 
 
 
Cycling - Road:
Figueira Champions Classic (14-Feb) - It was a 10th place finish for Thomas Gloag. Sean Flynn was in 47th; Max Poole was in 56th and Harrison Wood down in 83rd. 
 
Classic De Almeria (15 Feb) - Lewis Askey was the top finishing Brit in 31st, ahead of Joshua Giddings in 47th, Fred Wright in 96th and Louis Sutton in 107th. 
 
 
Equestrian - Dressage:
FEI Dressage World Cup: Neumunster (12-15 Feb) - Annabell Pidgley scored 70.696 to finish 7th in the Grand Prix. She withdrew before the Grand Prix Freestyle to Music. 
 
 
Fencing:
FIE Epee Junior World Cup (Individual & Team) (13-14 Feb) - There wereno Brits competing in the women's event in Hangzhou  and only 2 men will compete in Vrsac  Sameer Sunder-Rajan was a creditable 32nd with David Mina down in 165th. 
 
 
Field Hockey:
FIH Pro League (09-10 Feb) - Both the  men and women had another two matches in the Pro League this week. The men's team got two wins with a 4-3 penalty shoot out win over  followed by a 4-2 regulation win over  in Valencia. The women's team  recorded a 2-0 win over  after losing 1-3 to  in Yunfu.
 
After 8 matches,  men sit in 5th place in the table, 7 points behind leaders . Likewise, the women also sit in 5th but are 14 points behind leaders .
 
 
Golf:
Ladies European Tour: PIF Saudi Ladies International (11-14 Feb) - Charley Hull shot a final round 65 (-7) to seal the title in Riyadh, finishing on -19. Mimi Rhodes was in a tie for 6th on -16. Esme Hamilton's -10 was good enough for tie of 25th whilst Gabriella Cowley was +5 to finish down in 64th.
 
Hannah Darling, Cara Gainer (-1), Hannah Screen (-1), Charlotte Laffar (Par), Lydia Hall (Par), Darcey Harry (+2), Chloe Williams (+2), Alice Hewson (+2), Hannah Darling (+6), Bronte Law (+8), Annabell Fuller (+10) and Hannah Burke (+10) all missed the cut. 
 
 
PGA: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (12-15 Feb) -  Colin Morikawa took the title with -22. Tommy Fleetwood's -20 put him in a tie for 4th.  Matt Fitzpatrick was in a tie for 14th on -17. Harry Hall's -14 put him in a tie for 24th. Both Justin Rose and Robert MacIntyre scored -11 and were in a tie for 37th.  Marco Penge was well down the field in a tie for 64th, whilst Aaron Rai was +1 in tie for 73rd. 
 
 
Judo:
2026 Ljubljana European Open (14-15 Feb):  There are 19 Brits listed to compete in the  capital. 
Men's -60Kg: Charlie Ayre lost in the first round.
Men's -66Kg: Neil MacDonald got through to the round of 16 before losing to top seed  Julien Frascadore.
Men's -73Kg: Harry Le Mare and Thomas Jackson both lost in the first round whilst Finlay Allan exited in the round of 32.
Men's -81Kg: Eryk Neumann and Rory Tyrrell were both first round casualties. 
Men's -90Kg: Jared Sey reached the round of 16 whilst Corey O'Neal-Narcis exited the competition in the round of 32
Men's +100Kg: Daniel Ede lost his first bout
Women's -48Kg: Summer Shaw had another first round exit.
Women's -52Kg: Caitlin Barber lost in the first round.
Women's -57Kg: Tomi Imrie and Madeleine Birri both lost their first fight.  Ammi Takahashi would ultimately finish in 5th place after going into repechage as runner up of her pool.
Women's -70Kg: Rachel Hawkes lost in the first round.
Women's -78Kg: Performance of the week belongs to Shelley Ludford who took top step on the podium. 
Women's +78Kg: Sarah Adlington returned to ranking level international competition for the first time since the 2023 Ulaanbaatar Grand Slam. Her return was shortlived as she lost in the first round. 
 
 
Shooting:
European Junior Championships 10m (09-15-Feb): 12 athletes have been announced in the  team to compete in Burgas :
Pistol: Lucinda Evans was the top finishing Brit in the Women's 10m Air Pistol in 46th, just ahead of Lucy Banner in 48th and Matilda Baker in 51st. Isobel MacTaggart was 58th.
 
The stand out performance was Sash Mikhailov's 12th place finish in the Men's 10m Air Pistol. The rest of the Brits didn't have a great tournament. Isaac Baxter was in 80th (and last place). Hamish McDonald didn't fare much better in 79th with Ayush Chauhan in 72nd.
Rifle: Sophie Page was 78th in the 10m Air Rifle with Jess Tomalin in 89th and Libby Hart in 92nd. In the men's 10m Air Rifle Oliver McCabe was DNF.
 
 
Squash:
Texas Open (12-16 Feb): 3rd seed Marwan ElShorbagy  got to the semi-finals before falling to top seed  Diego Elias 1-11 11-6 1-11 1-11.
 
5th seed Mohamed ElShorbagy had a bye in the first round but would ultimately lose his opening match.
 
Nick Wall and Nathan Lake both made it through their first-round match before losing in the second round. 
 
Sam Todd was an early casualty, losing in the first round to  Gregoire Marche. 
 
3rd seed Georgina Kennedy who, made it to the semi-finals before losing to 2nd seed  Olivia Weaver 5-11 3-11 4-11.
 
6th seed Georgia Adderley got to the quarterfinals before losing out to the top seed and eventual champion  Nour ElSherbini 5-11 1-11 3-11. 
 
Lucy Beecroft, Torrie Malik, Lucy Turmel and Grace Gear all made it through their first-round matches but couldn't get beyond the 2nd round.  
 
 
Table Tennis:
WTT Star Contender - Chennai (10-15 Feb) - Anna Hursey had a bye in the first round and advanced to the round of 16 with a 3-1 victory over  Sarah De Nutte. In the last 16 Hursey was up against top seed  Satsuki Odo and put up decent fight before losing 11-8 9-11 4-11 1-11. 
 
 
Tennis:
WTA1000 Qatar TotalEnergies Open (09-15 Feb):  Emma Raducanu made a positive start in her match against  Camila Osorio taking the first set 6-2 but it went downhill from there. After losing the 2nd set 6-4, she eventually retired while trailing 2-0. Sonay Kartal got through qualifying and put up spirited performance against  Magda Linette before losing 4-6 6-3 3-6 in the first round.
 
ATP500 Dallas Open 2026 (09-15 Feb) - Jack Pinnington Jones is had a dream run in Dallas, reaching the quarter finals where he ran out of steam against  Marin Cilic losing 1-6 4-6. 
 
ATP500 ABN Amro Open 2026 (09-15 Feb) - Jack Draper was due to compete this week but withdrew before the event started. Cameron Norrie was the 6th seed and dispatched  Roberto Bautista Agut 7-6 6-1 in the 1st round but fell to  qualifier Chris O'Connell in the round of 16 in a 6-7 4-6 defeat.

It's fine - we'll all promise to buy an extra Toblerone when we next go through duty free

It's fine - we'll all promise to buy an extra Toblerone when we next go through duty free

It's fine - we'll all promise to buy an extra Toblerone when we next go through duty free

Don't engage with him - you just encourage his constant drivel about funding. Last week he was predicting the withdrawal of all funding for winter sports.  Strangely enough he went quiet when  won multiple golds. 

Don't engage with him - you just encourage his constant drivel about funding. Last week he was predicting the withdrawal of all funding for winter sports.  Strangely enough he went quiet when  won multiple golds. 

Don't engage with him - you just encourage his constant drivel about funding. Last week he was predicting the withdrawal of all funding for winter sports.  Strangely enough he went quiet when  won multiple golds. 

So going into the last round of matches, both  and  are qualified for the semis. 
 
   and  are fighting it out for the final 2 places with one of  or  guaranteed a place. 
 
I think the only way  qualifies for the semis is if they beat . If they lose, then they would be out as they have weaker head-to-head against the others.
 
Likewise, for , I think the only path for them to the semis would be to defeat . 
 
If  can defeat , they would move to 6-3 and would qualify. If they lose, then they would need  to defeat . I think they would then go through on the basis that they had defeated whoever is the loser of the / match. 
 
For  to qualify, they need to defeat  and would need  to defeat . If  win their match, then ,  and  would all be on 5-4. Each would have a win/loss record of 1-1 in the head-to-head.  would qualify through the draw shot challenge. If  win, then it would be ,  and  on 5-4. In that case  would qualify as they defeated both of them in the round robin. 
 
Happy to be corrected though. 

So going into the last round of matches, both  and  are qualified for the semis. 
 
   and  are fighting it out for the final 2 places with one of  or  guaranteed a place. 
 
I think the only way  qualifies for the semis is if they beat . If they lose, then they would be out as they have weaker head-to-head against the others.
 
Likewise, for , I think the only path for them to the semis would be to defeat . 
 
If  can defeat , they would move to 6-3 and would qualify. If they lose, then they would need  to defeat . I think they would then go through on the basis that they had defeated whoever is the loser of the / match. 
 
For  to qualify, they need to defeat  and would need  to defeat . If  win their match, then ,  and  would all be on 5-4. Each would have a win/loss record of 1-1 in the head-to-head.  would qualify through the draw shot challenge. If  win, then it would be ,  and  on 5-4. In that case  would qualify as they defeated both of them in the round robin. 
 
Happy to be corrected though. 

So going into the last round of matches, both  and  are qualified for the semis. 
 
   and  are fighting it out for the final 2 places with one of  or  guaranteed a place. 
 
I think the only way  qualifies for the semis is if they beat . If they lose, then they would be out as they have weaker head-to-head against the others.
 
Likewise, for , I think the only path for them to the semis would be to defeat . 
 
If  can defeat , they would move to 6-3 and would qualify. If they lose, then they would need  to defeat . I think they would then go through on the basis that they had defeated whoever is the loser of the / match. 
 
For  to qualify, they need to defeat  and would need  to defeat . If  win their match, then ,  and  would all be on 5-4. Each would have a win/loss record of 1-1 in the head-to-head.  would qualify through the draw shot challenge. If  win, then it would be ,  and  on 5-4. In that case  would qualify as they defeated both of them in the round robin. 
 
Happy to be corrected though.