The summer has been another busy period for the WCP Talent Team.  A full round of talent assessment days took place.  Across all of the six weapons we tested another 37 athletes and were impressed by the quality of the athletes attending.  They were tested across a number of key areas including within a lesson situation, in footwork and in sparring situations.  They also all had a full medical assessment, a lifestyle and commitment discussion, and went through a battery of demanding physical tests.  Congratulations go to all those athletes that went through the assessments.

Please find below the new set of athletes selected from these assessment days:

Talent Programme Athletes
Dominic Al Meida – men’s foil
Jack Edmundson – men’s sabre
Rahpael Van Hoffelen – men’s sabre
Maria Chart – women’s sabre

Talent Identification & Confirmation (TIC) Programme Athletes
Kamal Minott – men’s foil
Lucy Taylor – women’s foil
Isabella Dmochowska – women’s foil
Leah King – women’s foil
Amber Moss – women’s foil
Kate Beardmore – women’s foil
Bethany Ellis – women’s foil
Matthew Dickinson – men’s epee
Samuel Boyle – men’s epee
Owen Jordan – men’s epee
Harrison Nicholls – men’s epee
Ben Schnieder – men’s epee
George Morris – men’s epee
Jamie Craze – men’s sabre
Simon Dacey – men’s sabre
Chloe Halliwell – women’s sabre
Kate Daykin – women’s sabre
Jessica Corby – women’s sabre

We now have a total of 53 athletes across our two talent programmes.  These new athletes will be joining the talent programmes across September.