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Fencing – The Wellington Open 15/05/16 Three years ago this weekend, this would have been my first experience of an open fencing competition. In this case familiarity only breeds greater affection each year and I think this will always be my favourite open being the sentimental soul I am! In 2015 I was equal third […]
British Fencing Senior Nationals 16/04/16 Arriving almost in the dark at the hotel in East London, having navigated my way (without any hiccups so far!) from home, plus all the fencing kit still intact and not got myself lost on the DLR, I wandered round the car park looking for the way in! As it […]
Birmingham International 26/03/2016 First fencing competition of 2016 and it feels like a lifetime since my last (the Welsh in November) and like yesterday at the same time. The venue itself was easy enough to find – and no arguments with doors! Fascinatingly, the sports complex is like a maze over two floors! Unfazed – […]
Fencing at the Welsh Open 2015 This was another ‘first time’ individual fencing event for me at the suggestion of a few friends during the Bristol Open. Arriving two hours before Foil check-in as a good friend of mine who brought us is fencing in the Epee event, I’m already buzzing and fighting to contain […]
September 20th 2015 Almost as soon as I hit the ‘entre’ option on the competition form the adrenaline butterflies begin! Even carting around the kit, manipulating, steps, trains, other bags plus white cane and trying not to decapitate any innocent passenger in the process is all part of the build-up for me. Arriving in Bristol […]
