The shortlist for the BF Awards 2019-2020 has been announced.
The annual British Fencing Community Awards recognise the best of our clubs, coaches, fencers and volunteers and their contribution to fencing. This year, the awards will be held online.
The athletes listed below have been nominated in one or more Athlete of the Year award categories of Performance, Young (Junior/U20) and Wheelchair.
Alec Brooke
Benjamin Andrews
Carolina Stutchbury
Marcus Mepstead
Piers Gilliver
Teagan Williams-Stewart
The coaches listed below have been nominated in one or more Coach of the Year award categories of Performance, Development and Community.
Anthony Klenczar
Chris Howser
Dan Kellner
Ian Lichfield
Neil Bromley
Paul Davis
Pierre Harper
Tamas Kovacs
Jennifer Sancroft
Patrick Jennings
Phil Elliot
Gillian Aghajan
Jacqui Lever
Viv Mills
The clubs listed below have been nominated in one or more Club of the Year categories of Performance, Development and Community.
Bristol Blades
Crawley Sword
Fencers Club London
Knightsbridge Fencing Club
Newham Swords
Paul Davis Fencing Academy
Durham University
Lancaster University
University of Kent
Shield of Endeavour (Paul Davis Fencing Academy)
Street Swords (Beth Davidson/Stewart Watson)
Gillian Aghajan
Johnny Davis
Peter Jacobs
Pierre Harper
Professor Sue Benney
The winner of each category is decided by an independent panel and all winners will be announced throughout December.
Congratulations to all the nominees and our thanks to members of the community for submitting nominations.
Thank you to our panel, Esther Jones from UK Coaching, John Jones from London Youth and Navjeet Sira from The Change Foundation.
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