The Cadet and Junior Commonwealth Fencing Championships took place in Newcastle between 23rd and 30th July 2018. Northern Ireland had fencers competing in all weapons throughout this competition at both Cadet and Junior level.
Our fencers obtained some hard-fought and thoroughly well-earned individual results across the board, including L16 finishes from:
- Keziah Beattie in Junior Women’s Foil
- Kieran Dowse in Junior Men’s Sabre
- Emma McLaughlin in Cadet Women’s Sabre
- Daniel Sigurdsson in Cadet and Junior Men’s Foil
- Michael Thompson in Junior Men’s Foil
In particular we would like to highlight the exceptional achievement of Beth Taylor who earned Bronze in Junior Women’s sabre, defeating the number one seed in her L16 bout, and earning a decisive victory in her L8.
Cadet Men’s Foil
Daniel Sigurdsson – 16th Finn McMullan – 27th Jonathan Connery – 32nd Rowan Luney – 34th Matthew McKay – 38th
TEAM RESULT: 7th |
Junior Men’s Foil
Daniel Sigurdsson – 14th Michael Thompson – 15th Finn McMullan – 18th Luke Wallace – 36th Jonathan Connery – 38th
TEAM RESULT: 5th |
Cadet Women’s Foil
Charlotte Slater – 21st Catherine McConvey – 26th Sarah Shaw – 33rd
TEAM RESULT: 8th |
Junior Women’s Foil
Keziah Beattie – 15th Charlotte Slater – 24th Catherine McConvey – 37th Sarah Shaw – 39th
TEAM RESULT: 8th |
Cadet Men’s Epee
N/A |
Junior Men’s Epee
Paul Verdon – 25th William Girvan – 29th Michael Thompson – 38th |
Cadet Women’s Epee
Charlotte Slater – 25th |
Junior Women’s Epee
Charlotte Slater – 21st |
Cadet Men’s Sabre
N/A |
Junior Men’s Sabre
Kieran Dowse – 12th Christian Hegarty – 27th Daithi Harkin – 31st
TEAM RESULT: 7th |
Cadet Women’s Sabre
Emma McLaughlin – 16th Ciara Cormican – 21st Jodi Desmond – 22nd
TEAM RESULT: 5th |
Junior Women’s Sabre
Beth Taylor – 3rd Ciara Cormican – 21st Emma Robinson – 22nd
TEAM RESULT: 5th |
We are very grateful to all fencers for representing Northern Ireland at such a prestigious event, and immensely proud of your achievements. We hope that you all have gained valuable experience that you can take forward as you continue to develop your skills in this sport.
NI Fencing would like to extend gratitude to the team staff for accompanying and organisation with the fencers – team manager Maitre Mike Westgate, assistant team manager Ásdís Lindal, and assistant coach Dr Gerard Madden. We would also like to thank all family members and friends for their support.
With the Cadet and Junior Commonwealth Fencing Championships now completed, we wish the best of luck to our fencers representing Northern Ireland at the Senior Commonwealth Championships which will take place in Canberra, Australia later this year.