2026 BRITISH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS & GB CUP ROUND-UP

This year’s British Senior and Para National Fencing Championships took place in Sheffield, accompanied by the GB Cup. A round-up of the weekend, including links to results, photos, and videos.

The British Senior and Para Fencing National Championships take place annually, this year falling on the 25th-26th April. They took place at the EIS Sheffield, the venue of many BF Championship events. The GB Cup (DEU Championships), also a staple of the BF events portfolio, took place on the Sunday.

The Senior National Championships include an individual event, taking place on the Saturday, as well as a team event on the Saturday. The top-ranked fencers in the UK who are eligible to compete for GBR are invited to the Individual Championships. For the team event, clubs across the country can enter fencers – including those who aren’t eligible to compete for GBR – for the chance to qualify a team for the European Cup of Club Champions.

The Para Fencing National Championships were split across both days, with epee on Saturday and foil and sabre on Sunday. Once again, the event was open to fencers eligible to compete for GBR, as well as those who are classified domestically or internationally.

The GB Cup (DEU Championships) was open to fencers listed on the intermediate rankings and who hold a D, E or U rating. The eligibility criteria was updated for 2026, and more info can be found here. The event provided an opportunity for local and regional fencers to fence in a British Championship event. The event is part of the BF Ratings Scheme, which can be found here.

We’d like to thank our referees, DT, volunteers, armoury, and our partners at Leon Paul for supporting the event.

RESULTS

Congratulations to our 2026 National Champions and GB Cup winners:

Senior National Championships (Individual):

• Individual Women’s Foil: Amelie Tsang (ZFW Fencing Club)
• Individual Mixed/Men’s Foil: Mohammed Belbouab (ZFW Fencing Club)
• Individual Women’s Epee: Susan Maria Sica
• Individual Mixed/Men’s Epee: Benjamin Andrews
• Individual Women’s Sabre: Kate Daykin (Salle Ossian Fencing Club)
• Individual Mixed/Men’s Sabre: William Deary (Salle Paul Phoenix)

Senior National Championships (Team):

• Team Women’s Foil: ZFW Fencing Club
• Team Mixed/Men’s Foil: Fencers Club London 1
• Team Women’s Epee: Brixton Fencing Club
• Team Mixed/Men’s Epee: Derbyshire Epee Academy
• Team Women’s Sabre: Salle Paul Phoenix 1
• Team Mixed/Men’s Sabre: Salle Paul Phoenix 1

Para National Championships:

• Women’s Epee A: Susanne Seddon-Cowell (University of Bath Fencing Club)
• Women’s Epee B: Justine Moore (Touche Fencing Club)
• Mixed/Men’s Epee A: James Burke (Bristol Blades Fencing Club)
• Mixed/Men’s Epee B: Dimitri Coutya
• Women’s Foil A: Wiktoria Mucha (Dunedin Fencing Club),
• Women’s Foil B: Justine Moore (Touche Fencing Club)
• Mixed/Men’s Foil A: Oliver Lam-Watson (Fencers Club London)
• Mixed/Men’s Foil B: Dimitri Coutya
• Women’s Sabre A: Susanne Seddon-Cowell (University of Bath Fencing Club)
• Women’s Sabre B: Justine Moore (Touche Fencing Club)
• Mixed/Men’s Sabre A: Oliver Lam-Watson (Fencers Club London)
• Mixed/Men’s Sabre B: Dimitri Coutya

GB Cup:

• Individual Women’s Foil: Pui Ying Li
• Individual Mixed/Men’s Foil: Jeremy Chan (Fencers Club London)
• Individual Women’s Epee: Hannah Bradley (Derbyshire Epee Academy)
• Individual Mixed/Men’s Epee: Paolo Trezzi (Heriot Watt University Fencing Club)
• Individual Women’s Sabre: Camelia Cornigeanu (Premier Sabre Academy)
• Individual Mixed/Men’s Sabre: Zonglin Ji (Salle Ossian Fencing Club)

View the full results via Fencing Time Live.

The full list of winners with podium photos for each event can be found on our Facebook page.

Photos from this event are available on the BF Digital Portal. The event album can be viewed here.

A full playlist of the finals, which were live-streamed via our YouTube channel, is available below:

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