Under the guidance of Valerijs Schipanovs, several of Wrexham’s senior and junior members all gained medals at the First Chester Intermediate Open 2010 this weekend.
The International honours list at Wrexham Fencing Club is becoming cluttered, as two more of the club’s fencers answer the Nation’s call. Carolyn Benson and David Gregory have both been selected to represent Great Britain at the forthcoming Under 23 European Championships.
Easter was not a time for several of Wrexham Fencing Club’s members to be filling their stomachs with chocolate. Instead they were engaged in meaningful competitive fencing. The Birmingham International Open provided the last opportunity for Welsh fencers to gain ranking points before the forthcoming Commonwealth Games selection. Due to take place in September and October later this year, the lure of securing additional points for the Melbourne venue far outweighed the pleasures of chocolate eating.
Several of Wrexham’s up and coming top boy foilists made the trip over to Poland at the weekend. A very well run competition in Wroclaw “Challenge Wratislavia” Poland, with 1773 fencers attending from 187 clubs and 48 countries, there were 6003 fights.
