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GB BCE 08 3 28/8/08

Bill Hoskyns Open

Good to see so many of you at the Bill Hoskyns Open (39). With 115 fencing the event was once again well attended and with two rounds of pools and DE with repocharge not to mention a plate competition for those who went out at the first cut everyone got lots of fencing. With all metal pistes and plenty of remote boxes, weights and gauges I think the fencing was good and fair. I hope you all agree the event went well and that the new venue was good.

Top eight were;
1 LAZZATI Alessandro HAVERSTOCK
2 PERITY Tony SALLE BONES
3 BURKHALTER Marc WARWICK
3 FARINA Gianluca HAVERSTOCK
5 JEFFERSON Lloyd CRAWLEY
6 EDGAR Stephen BROMSGROVE
7 CHALMERS John BATH SWORD
8 HARRIS James REDDITCH YOUTH

Top cadet was Philip Marsh of Bath Sword. Well done to him and to the four cadets that got last 32s; Jack Hudson 21, Matt Albers 22, Chris Hay 30, Alex Paige 31, as well as the 10 that got last 64s.

Full results can be found on our web site
http://www.gbboyscadetepee.co.uk/bill%20hoskyns%20home.htm
The updated ranking list can be found at
http://francisfencing.org.uk/men/index.htm

New Young Hoskyns under 13’s event

On the Sunday of the Bill Hoskyns open we had some spare capacity in the Hall. So we decided to put it to good use. We ran a new under 13 Epee event. The idea was that it provide an event for those who are not old enough to do the Open. It was fenced all on metal, and it will counts towards the GB Cadet development ranking list. It will also count for the English toward the selection of the England youth squad for the 2009
Poland trip.

We had 10 boys and 5 girls to this first event. It went smoothly and we will be running it again next year.

Results can be found on our web site
http://www.gbboyscadetepee.co.uk/bill%20hoskyns%20home.htm
The updated ranking list can be found at
http://francisfencing.org.uk/men/index.htm

Training day

After the success of the training day at Warwick back in April we are running a training weekend at Winterfold House Prep School (between Bromsgrove and Kidderminster) on the weekend of 5th 6th July. This event is open to all fencers, regardless of age or sex or experience and will be focused on ‘skills and technique’. We are aware that the EYCs are on the same weekend and will accept applications from fencers who just want to do the Sunday having competed on the Saturday.

Entry forms can be found at
http://www.gbboyscadetepee.co.uk/epee%20info.htm

Look forward to seeing lots of you there.

Nick Chapman.
GB Boys Cadet Epee Coach.

World Cadet Championships
Hi, It seems such a long time ago now but I am sure you will still all want to join me in congratulating our team for their efforts at the World Cadet Championships. The star of the season has to be Jonathan May, having had a disappointing result in the Europeans with his head not quite in the right place he excelled when it really mattered at the Worlds. 5th place at a World Cadet Championships is the best Boys Cadet Epee Result for many a season.
Well done Jonathan. Ben White should also be congratulated on an excellent season finishing 9th in the European Cadet Championships and being the only British Boys Cadet Epeeist to fence in three World Cadet Championships for as long as I can remember, Ben finished 61st at the worlds after a tough pool. Scott Chalmers the only one of the three not to have been to a World Championships before finished a very respectable 54th. Well done to all three and best wishes for your under 20's career.
For the full results visit the official web site
http://www.escrime-acireale.com

End of a season
And so ends the 2008 GB Boys Cadet Epee season. With a 11th at Modling (Ben White), a 9th at Friedrichshafen (Jonathan May) a 9th at the European Championships (Ben White) and a 5th at the World Cadet Championships and a 3rd at Gothenburg (Ben White), this has been our best season for international results in recent history. It has also been one of the best seasons for behaviour and team spirit on all of the international trips. On behalf of all the staff who helped this season to run the international trips, thank you and well done to all the members of the GB squad. On behalf of all the fencers who attended those trips I would like to thank Mike Thornton, Neale Thomas, Tristan Hale, and Adrian Speakman for all their help in making the trips possible.

Warwick Leon Paul
The second event counting points toward the development ranking list of the 2009 season was the Warwick Leon Paul, 26th April. Results can be found at: http://www.britishfencing.com/British_Fencing.asp?PageID=996
The updated ranking list can be found at:
http://francisfencing.org.uk/men/index.htm
Photos of the event can be found at:
http://francisfencing.org.uk/men/index.htm

Training day
The day after the Warwick Leon Paul (Sunday 27th April) at the same venue Boys Cadet Epee ran a successful training day. This event, open to all fencers, regardless of age or sex, was focused on 'ways to train'. The coaching staff were especially impressed with the work ethic of those participating. We have never previously had a course where everybody did everything that was asked of them. It was a long hard day and every fencer taking part did every part of the training. Well done to all the fencers. The next GB Boys Cadet Epee training is on the weekend of 5th 6th July at Winterfold House Prep School (between Bromsgrove and Kidderminster). Entry forms can be found at:
http://www.gbboyscadetepee.co.uk/epee%20info.htm
I hope you can come.

Bill Hoskyns Open
The next ranking point event of the season will be the Bill Hoskyns Open, 21st June. This event is a senior open so is only open to fencers over 13. This year it is being held in Kidderminster. Not only should you all (if you are old enough) be entering this event but as it is run by Boys Cadet Epee to raise funds to subsidise Cadet Epee trips you should also promote it to as many men's and women's Epeeists as you can. Entry form, a list of those entered and additional information can be found at:
http://www.gbboyscadetepee.co.uk/bill%20hoskyns%20home.htm
Hope we can get a record entry this year.

New Young Hoskyns under 13's event
On the Sunday of the Bill Hoskyns open we have some spare capacity in the
Hall. So we have decided to put it to good use. We are running a new under 13 Epee event. The idea is that it provides an event for those who are not old enough to do the Open. It will be fenced all on metal, it will count towards the GB Cadet development ranking list (for boys but not for girls, sorry girls). It will also count for the English (both boys and girls) toward the selection of the England youth squad for the 2009 Poland trip. If you are too young for the open please enter the new 'Young Hoskyns' and regardless of your age please tell every one about the new event. Entry forms can be found at:
http://www.gbboyscadetepee.co.uk/bill%20hoskyns%20home.htm

The rest of the 09 season
Normally by the time of the BYC Epee finals I have all the information for the new season sorted (or at least a provisional version of the information). This season things are a little different. There is a committee looking into the structure of Cadet Fencing in Britain and trying to rationalise and standardise the way things are done. There is therefore currently no definitive answer to the question of what the rest of the season will be like, but we are very close!
There will continue to be two ranking lists. One will be used to select the team for the European Cadet Championships and the World Cadet Championships. This will be called the British Team selection list. The other will be used for selecting the squad for overseas event. This will be called the Development ranking List.

The first events scoring point for the development ranking list will be the Arnold Leon Paul, the Warwick Leon Paul the Bill Hoskyns Open and the new Junior Hoskyns. None of these events will count toward selection for the European or the World Cadet Championships. The next event after these will not be until September. The Senior Nationals will not count.
I hope to have the full information out before the Bill Hoskyns.

Computer problems
I must apologise to those of you who have found some of this information repetitive it appears that a lot of people have not received my recent mail shots! I think the problem is that when I send it out to so many people the system rejects it as spam. I hope to avoid the problem this time by sending it in smaller batches. There might be a little trial and
error involved in this.

Nick Chapman.
GB Boys Cadet Epee Coach.

European Cadet Championships

I am sure you will all have heard by now of the successes of our fencers at the Europeans Cadet Championships in Rovigo.

Ben White finished 9th. An excellent result, the best British Boys Cadet Epee result at a major Championship for many years. Stephen Edgar finished 22nd with Jonathan May in 81st and Scott Chalmers in 85th.

The team event was good, we fenced 5 matches with wins against Austria, and Belarus. We finished 14th out of 22.

For more information and the full results visit the official web site http://www.rovigo2008.com/en/home.php

World Cadet Championships

I am sure you will want to join me in wishing our team, Ben White, Jonathan May and Scott Chalmers the very best of luck at the World Cadet Championships.

For all the latest info visit the official web site http://www.escrime-acireale.com

Our lads are fencing in their pools at 08.30 (that’s 07.30 British time) on Tuesday 8th April.

New Season

Our new season (that’s the 2008-9 season) got under way with the Arnold Leon Paul 16th March.

Numbers were a little down, possible due to the early date of Easter. The event went well with 8 metallic pistes and 10 remote control boxes.

Well done to Jonathon Lambert winner of the under 17’s, Paul Sanchez-Lathem winner of the under 15’s and Matthew Duggan winner of the under 13’s.

The updated ranking list showing the start of season carryover points and the points from the Arnold can be found at http://francisfencing.org.uk/men/index.htm

Next Event

The next event where you can score ranking points that will count towards selection for the Great Britain squad to travel to international events is the Warwick Leon Paul, 26th April.

Entry form can be found at http://www.gbboyscadetepee.co.uk/epee%20info.htm

Hope to see you all there.

Bill Hoskyns Open

The third ranking point event of the season will be the Bill Hoskyns Open, 21st June. This event is a senior open so is only open to fencers over 13. This year it is being held in Kidderminster.

Not only should you all (if you are old enough) be entering this event but as it is run by Boys Cadet Epee to raise funds to subsidise Cadet Epee trips you should also promote it to as many men’s and women’s Epeeists as you can. Entry form and additional information can be found at http://www.gbboyscadetepee.co.uk/bill%20hoskyns%20home.htm

Hope we can get a record entry this year.

The rest of the 09 season

Normally by the time of the BYC Epee finals I have all the information for the new season sorted (or at least a provisional version of the information). This season thing are a little different. There is a committee looking into the structure of Cadet Fencing in Britain and trying to rationalise and standardise the way things are done. There is therefore currently no definitive answer to the question of what the rest of the season will be like.

There will continue to be two ranking lists.

One will be used to select the team for the European Cadet Championships and the World Cadet Championships. This will be called the British Team selection list.

The other will be used for selecting the squad for overseas event. This will be called the Development ranking List.

The first three events scoring point for the development ranking list will be the Arnold Leon Paul, the Warwick Leon Paul and the Bill Hoskyns Open. None of these three events will count toward selection for the European or the World Cadet Championships.

Computer problems

I must apologise to those of you who have found some of this information repetitive it appears that a lot of people have not received my last two mail shots! I think the problem is that when I send it out to so many people the system rejects it as spam. I hope to avoid the problem this time by sending it in smaller batches. There might be a little trial and error involved in this.

Nick Chapman.

GB Boys Cadet Epee Coach.

GB BCE 08 17 4/2/08

Medal at Gothenburg

I am pleased to report the fifth Boys Cadet Epee trip of the 2008 season was completed safely and successfully.

We took 19 Cadets (16 British and 3 British resident foreign fencers) to the Vigor Challenge, European Cadet Circuit Cadet Epee competition in Gothenburg, Sweden. This was the second time we have been to this event.

The event had 74 fencers (up over 50% on last year) from 16 nations (UKR, ISR, RUS, NOR, CZE, DEN, BEL, ESP, JAP, SVK, SWE, FIN, RSA, HKG, IRE, GBR). They fenced one rounds of pools (11 pools of 6 & 7) cutting to 56 for DE from an incomplete 64.

Final British results were;

3^rd Ben White

18^th Jonathan May

19^th Robert Allen                       

25^th Scott Chalmers                   

29^th Matthew Henderson            

33^rd Stephen Edgar                   

37^th Ben Hughes                       

43^rd James Allen                       

44^th Tim Cheung                        

46^th Ramana McConnon

48^th Alex Ferguson                    

52^nd Chris Hay                          

52^nd David Stewart-Watson

55^th Matthew Albers                   

57^th Adam Williams                   

59^th Harry Gulliver                      

61^st Jamie Albert                       

62^nd Jonathon Lambert               

Top places were

1^st Dino Milak (NOR)

2^nd Richard Pokorny (CZE)

3^rd Alexander Lahtinen (FIN)

3^rd Ben White (GBR)

There were 7 different nations represented in the top 8 places.

This event was very good.  The venue is split into two halls with a raised finals piste and coloured pistes in one hall.  There is a high standard of set up because of the Junior A Grade that is going on at the same time. 

The standard of behaviour of the cadets was high, they were focused, professional in their approach to the event and when eliminated they were interested in the competition and good at supporting the other members of the trip.  Needles to say as the coaching staff we were delighted to have a fencer in the medals.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mike Thornton (who only got semi finals to referee) and Neale Thomas.  Thanks lads.

I am sure you will all want to join me in congratulating Ben White in finishing in a medal position.  Well done Ben.

MERSEYSIDE

The final ranking point competition of the 2008 season is the Merseyside next weekend.  I hope you have your entry in as they are oversubscribed.  A full lost of the entries can be found at http://www.moft.co.uk

Nick Chapman.

GB BCE 08 16 14/01/08

 Friedrichshafen

I am pleased to report the third Boys Cadet Epee trip of the 2008 season was completed safely and successfully.

We took 16 Cadets to the 30^th Zeppelin cadet competition in Friedrichshafen, Germany.

The event had 194 fencers from 12 nations (GER, HUN, DEN, BEL, SOL, AUT, SVK, SWE, FIN, LUX, SUI, GBR). On the Saturday they fenced three rounds of pools (28 pools of 7 in two waves on 17 metal pistes, cut to 138 for 23 pools of 6 in two waves, cut to 96 for 16 pools of 6) cutting to 64 for DE with repachage on the Sunday.

I am sure you will want to join me in congratulating all our fencers on their results.  Special congratulations to Jonathan May on his excellent result.

Final British results were;

9^th Jonathan May                    

23^rd Scott Chalmers                     

38^th Ben White                        

39^th Adam Williams                      

40^th James Allen                       

41^st Stephen Edgar                   

47^th Matthew Albers                 

54^th Chris Hay                         

57^th Joe Littler                               

64^th Harry Gulliver                         

74^th Matthew Henderson             

89^th David Stewart-Watson          

103^rd Ramana McConnon            

109^th Ben Hughes                     

127^th Alex Ferguson                  

154^th Jonathon Lambert              

Top places were

1^st David Zupancic (SLO)

2^nd Rudolf Haller (GER)

3^rd Konstantin Heidenrich (GER)

3^rd Nikolaus Bodoczi (GER)

This event was very good, on a par with Bonn if a little smaller.  We were well looked after and made to feel very welcome.

A cautionary tale to all, there was a black card in the 16 for a thrown mask!

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the lads on the trip for their good behaviour.  Their effort and focus is reflected in the high proportion of the squad making it to the 64.  Needles to say as the coaching staff, we were delighted to have 10 out of 16 in the 64.

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Mike Thornton (who once again refereed the final) Adrian Speakman (who refereed his first international quarter final).  Thanks lads.

Ranking list

The ranking list has been updated to take into account these results and can be found at http://francisfencing.org.uk

Next International

The next event is Gothenburg, Sweden in February.

Nick Chapman (GB Boys Cadet Epee Coach)

GB BCE 08 15 20/12/07

Mödling

I am pleased to report the second Boys Cadet Epee trip of the 2008 season was completed safely and successfully.

We took 19 Cadets (15 British Cadets and 4 foreign guests resident in the UK) to Modling in Austria.

The event had 117 fencers from 15 nations (BUL, GRE, CZE, RSA, AUT, SVK, HUN, CRO, SLO, POL, UKR, LAT, HKG, JPN, GBR). They fenced one rounds of pools (17 pools of 6 & 7 in two waves on 9 metal pistes, cut to 94 for DE without repachage. There was complete separation among the British fencers in the first round but there was some overlap with the foreign guests and the squad). There were a couple of Brit against Brit DE’s.

Final British results were;

11^th Ben White                      

12^th Robert Allen (RSA)            

14^th Scott Chalmers                  

21^st Tom Chung (HKG)            

22^nd Chris

24^th Jonathan May                     

34^th Matthew Albers                

37^th Matthew Henderson           

38^th Alex Ferguson                  

42^nd Adam Williams

48^th Stephen

51^st James Allen                      

57^th Ben Hughes                  

61^st Joe Littler                           

64^th Tim Chung (HKG)

66^th Chris Beagrie

81^st Jamie Albert                       

100 Ivan Abadjiev (BUL)          

101^st Sean Harbison

I am sure you will all want to join in congratulating them on their performances.

Top places were

1^st Michal Cupr (CZE)

2^nd Uhara Koshiro (JPN) (Training at Honved)

3^rd Aleksejs Markulis (LAT)

3^rd David Suto (HUN)

Full results can be found at http://www.oefv.com/downloads/ergebnissemoedlingddhfkad07.pdf

This event was good and about the right level.  The behaviour of the cadets was high, when eliminated they supported the other members of the trip, the hotel was nice, the food good, and the location very nice and also very festive.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mike Thornton (who once again refereed a final) Neale Thomas (who refereed the other semi final as well as coaching) and Klaus Kreil (a friend of Neale’s who lives locally and sorted our Taxi’s and meal bookings).  Without the help of these three running the trip would have been much harder. Thanks lads.

Ranking list

The ranking list has been updated to take into account these results and can be found at http://francisfencing.org.uk

Next International

Next events are Friedrichshafen (Germany) and Dinant (Belgium) in January.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all the Cadets, their Parents and their Coaches from all the Boys Cadet Epee Staff.

Nick Chapman (GB Boys Cadet Epee Coach).

GB BCE 08 14 13/12/07

Hi

I trust that you are all well and getting ready for Christmas (except those of you who are getting ready for the trip to Mödling and those of you who are getting ready for the Cadet Winton Cup)?

Hereford & Worcester Open

This years H&W Open was a good well attended event.  It was good to see almost 40 cadets taking part.  Well done to the 12 cadets that got points. Especially well done to Jonathan May for finishing 3rd.

3^rd Jonathan May

8^th Scott Chalmers

19^th Ben White

25^th Stephen Edgar

45^th Matthew Henderson

46^th Ben Hughes

50^th Alex Ferguson

51^st James Allen

56^th Tom Chung

58^th David Stewart-Watson

61^st Chris Beagrie

64^th Adam Williams

Full results can be found at http://www.one4all.plus.com/hwo-results.html

Whitgift Leon Paul Epee

This years Whitgift LPJS was once again back in Whitgift.  With over 30 in both the under 13 and the under 15’s there was plenty of good fencing.  The under 17’s was a little disappointing with only 19 entries (mind you a few years ago we would all have been very pleased to see 19 in an Epee age group).

3^rd Jonathan May

Tom Chung won the under 17’s beating Ramana McConnon in the final.

Jams Allen won the under 15’s beating Matthew Henderson in the final.

Paul Sanches-Lathem won the under 13’s beating Jack McGlade in the final.

Full results can be found at http://www.leonpaul.com/lpjs/results.htm

Ranking list

The ranking list has been updated to take into account both of these sets of results as well as Jonathan May’s 54^th (Well done Jonathan) at the Junior A Grade in Lignano Sabbiadoro and can be found at http://francisfencing.org.uk

Mödling

The second international of the 2008 season is Mödling, Austria this weekend.  I am sure you will all want to join me in wishing all the best to the squad.

Gothenburg

The fifth international of the 2008 season is Gothenburg, Sweden.  Selection is based on the rankings after the Whitgift Leon Paul and invitations will shortly be sent out to the following;

I am sure you will all want to join me in congratulating them on their achievement in being selected and in wishing them all the best in Sweden.

Nick Chapman GB Boys Cadet Epee Coach.

GB BCE 08 13 21/11/07

Welsh Open

As we predicted the Welsh was a tough event reflected in a NIF count significantly higher than the Bristol.  Good to see over 30 of you taking part.  Well done to the 9 cadets that got points. Especially well done to Ben White and Stephen Edgar for their last 16’s.

11^th Ben White

14^th Stephen Edgar

45^th Jonathan May

64^th Scott Chalmers

65^th Chris Hay

68^th James Allen

76^th David Stewart-Watson

95^th Richard Cripps

96^th Jonathon Lambert

The ranking list has been updated and can be found at http://francisfencing.org.uk

Friedrichshafen

The third international of the 2008 season is Friedrichshafen.  Selection is based on the rankings after the Welsh Open and invitations have now been sent out to the following;

I am sure you will all want to join me in congratulating them on their achievement in being selected and in wishing them all the best in Germany.

Dinant

On the same weekend as the trip to Friedrichshafen we are taking a ‘Development Squad’ to Dinant (Belgium).  This is the fist time we have done this, we have been to Dinant before with the squad and guests, but we have not run trip to two different events on the same weekend nor have we had a development squad to whom we will give ranking points.  Selection for this trip is based on rankings after the Welsh Open and invitations have now been sent out to the following;

Tom Chung

Robert Allen

Once again I am sure you will all want to join me in congratulating them on their achievement in being selected and in wishing them all the best in Belgium.

Hereford & Worcester Open

Next nominated event of the season is the Hereford & Worcester Open

Information is available at http://www.one4all.plus.com/hwo.html

See you there.

Nick Chapman GB Boys Cadet Epee Coach.