British Fencing is almost a marginal sport now. There is so much emphasis on track and field, team sports, gymnastics and swimming that the martial arts are often sidelined by television and the sporting press. Fencing is one of the oldest Olympic sports. It has been represented in every Olympic Games since 1896 when...
More news from the British Fencing World Class Pathway Programme. Ten new members of the World Class Development Programme were announced earlier this year, and they are: ANNA BENTLEY (25 – Foil) CHRIS BUXTON (26 – Sabre) KEITH COOK (25 – Foil) LAURENCE HALSTED (22 – Foil) NEIL HUTCHISON (22 – Sabre) ED JEFFERIES...
“North West fencers Jon Willis and Stuart Marshall have qualified for the British Fencing and Sport UK for World Class Development status as part of the Olympic Pathway programme. They will each receive an Athlete Personal Award and will train on a full-time basis at the British Fencing Elite Training Centre in Hornsey, North...
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