British team for Plovdiv 2014
The Cadet and Junior World Championships will be in Plovdiv, Bulgaria 3rd-12th April later this year and British Fencing is pleased to announce the GB squads that will be taking part.
Fencers listed in alphabetical order by surname.
Cadet
Men’s Epee
Charlie Dean (Truro Fencing Club)
Owen Jordan (Frisby Fencers)
Aml Sinclair (Brixton Fencing Club)
Non-travelling reserve: Benjamin Schneider (Abingdon Fencing Club)
Women’s Epee
Lydia Stanier (Fechtclub Furth)
Alix Turley (RGS Worcester)
Medora McCathy (Cardinal Fencing Club)
Non-travelling reserve: Elsa Philipson (CADS)
Men’s Foil
Harry Bird (Salle Boston)
Kamal Minnot (Newham Swords)
Daniel Kiss (Salle Kiss)
Non-travelling reserve: John Feaster (Malvern Hills Sword Fencing)
Women’s Foil
Yasmin Campbell (Fighting Fit Fencing Club)
Jade Clarke (Wellington Swords)
Emma Kurtis (Hymers College)
Non-travelling reserve: Isabella Dmochowska (Fighting Fit Fencing Club)
Men’s Sabre
Will Deary (Truro Fencing Club)
Joshua Maxwell (Truro Fencing Club)
Fraser Woodburn (Truro Fencing Club)
Non-travelling reserve: Eden Amsalem (Camden Fencing Club)
Women’s Sabre
Laura Gladdish (MX Fencing Club)
Caitlin Maxwell (Truro Fencing Club)
Isabel Turnbull (MX Fencing Club)
Non-travelling reserve: Maria Chart (Truro Fencing Club)
Officials
Linda Strachan – Chef de Mission
Maggie Maynard – Team Manager
Kenichi Yamamoto – Epee Coach
Pierre Harper – Foil Coach
Chris Buxton – Sabre Coach
Juniors
Men’s Epee
Nick Beaumont (King’s Recreational Fencing Club)
Philip Marsh (Club Levallois)
Paul Sanchez-Lethem (Brixton Fencing Club)
Tomas Curran-Jones (Brixton Fencing Club) – Individual reserve and team member
Women’s Epee
Amy Radford (Malvern Hills Sword Fencing)
Men’s Foil
Kristjan Archer (Newham Swords) – awaiting confirmation from fencer
James Brosnan (Salle Paul) – awaiting confirmation from fencer
George Hendrie (Chichester Fencing Club)
Daniel Kiss (Salle Kiss) – Individual reserve and team member
Women’s Foil
Yvonne Chart (Truro Fencing Club)
Chloe Dickson (Edinburgh Fencing Club)
Ayesha Fihosy (Salle Boston)
Jade Clarke (Wellington Swords) – Individual reserve and team member
Men’s Sabre
Jonathan Webb (Camden Fencing Club)
Women’s Sabre
Aliya Itzkowitz (Camden Fencing Club)
Kate Daykin (Salle Ossian)
Officials
Joanna Cook – Chef de Mission
Pat Aiyenuro – Team Manager
Neale Thomas – Epee Coach
Maciej Wojtkowiak – Foil Coach
Ian Williams – Sabre Coach
Speaking about the selections, Joanna Cook, British Fencing’s Head of Pathway Development said; “Every member of this team has proved themselves capable of meeting the minimum standards that we set to qualify for the World Championships. We have the small matter of the European Championships to contend with in a few weeks but after that all of our focus will be on maximizing the performance at the Worlds.”
View the official Championship website here.
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