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Fencing Back at Birkdale and Competition!!
Sheffield Buccaneers Fencing Club will be back to our usual venue of Birkdale School from Wednesday. ALSO!!! we will be running our ‘End of the Month Competition’ on Wednesday. Any of our fencers who are short of equipment ( I know some of you have non-working foils) can borrow what they need for the competition. Fencers from Leeds, Nottingham and Harrogate have said they are coming down to join in, including Archie Broughton, Edward Lusted, Jacob Smith and others. The format for the competition will be a fencing ladder so everybody gets lots of fencing and trophies and prizes will be awarded including Overall Winner, Best Novice (3 years).
End of the Month Competition – May 31st
At the last Wednesday in May we held a Team Competition. There we three teams made up of club members and individuals taking part were ranked based on individual points scored minus points against. The overall results were –
HS HA ind
1st – Mike McKay 48 12 +36
2nd – Arthur Eakin 14 8 +6
3rd – Ross Greenwood 15 9 +6
4th – Adam Blight 14 13 +1
5th – Nathan Ireland 9 10 -3
6th – Alistair Guest 14 19 -5
7th – Amy Freeth 23 28 -5
8th – Madoc Dawson 9 17 -8
9th – Jude Anderson 13 31 -18
End of the Month Competition for May!!
Sheffield Buccaneers Fencing Club will be running a competition on Wednesday 31st May as part of our club session as the next in our series of ‘End of the Month Competitions’. This competition will take the form of a team event!!! Teams will be selected on a random basis to ensure a mix of fencers of different ages and abilities in each team. Prizes will be awarded for individual performances including – trophies for the overall best score, ‘Best Novice’ (under 3 years fencing) and each month the winners names are added to the trophy. There will also be other prizes. The competition will the ‘team relay’ format, which is great fun. Remember!! we are currently based at – The Park Centre, Duke Street, Sheffield S2 5QP.
Temporary Change of Venue
Due to Birkdale not being available because of school exams our fencing sessions on these dates will take place at The Park Centre, Duke Street, Sheffield S2 5QP.
17th, 21st, 31st May
7th, 14th, 21st June
End of the Month Competition – April 23
Sheffield Buccaneers End of the Month Competition for April was a great success last night with everybody having a great night of fencing. The format used was a fencing ladder with nobody getting eliminated as the competition progressed and everyone getting plenty of bouts. It was good to have a group of fencers from Sheffield University joining in this time. The final positions of everybody is –
- Mike McKay
- Joel Mason
- Ron Law (best 14 and Under)
- Andrew Martin
- Luca
- Jeremy Chan
- Catherine Duncum (Best Beginner AND Best Novice)
- Adam Clarke
- Nathan Ireland
- Ross Greenwood
- Libby Pell
- Jude Anderson
- Madoc Dawson
- Rob Deniszczyc
End of the Month Competition
Sheffield Buccaneers End of the Month Competition for March was a great success last night with everybody having a great night of fencing. The format used was a fencing ladder with nobody getting eliminated as the competition progressed and everyone getting plenty of bouts. There were some non electric bouts allowing those who had recently completed our beginners course to take part and fence against regular club fencers for the first time
- Mike McKay – 1st
- Ron Law – 2nd and Top Under 14
- Rory Gibson – 3rd
- Jeremy Chan – 4th
- Nathan Ireland – 5th and Top Beginner
- Felix Prendergast – 6th
- Rob Deniszczyc – 7th and Top Novice
- Adam Clarke – 8th
- Hector Prendergast – 9th
- Alistair Guest – 10th
- Carlos Lewis – 11th
- Jude Anderson – 12th
- James Mullen – 13th
- Libby Pell – 14th
- Catherine Duncum – 15th
- Homan Panahi – 16th
End of the Moth Competition
Sheffield Buccaneers Fencing Club will be running a competition on the last Wednesday of every month starting on 29th March. There will be trophies for the overall winner and ‘Best Novice’ (under 3 years fencing) and each month the winners names will be added to the trophy. There will also be other prizes. The competition will follow a ‘fencing ladder’ format, which means that everyone can participate regardless of when they arrive and finish at the club and nobody get eliminated. The competition will be open to all adults and junior fencers who have competitive experience and routinely train with the adults.
In the Fencing Ladder Competition fencers will compete on a ladder of fencing pistes and by winning their bouts get to the top piste on the ladder. The results of all bouts will be recorded and count towards the final positioning.
Competition Rules
- The winner of a bout will go to the next piste up and referee the next bout on that piste. They then take the place of the winner of that bout and fence against the loser.
- The loser of a bout stays in the same position except on the top piste the loser must withdraw and can rejoin at the bottom. The winner of the top piste remains in place.
- A winner may not withdraw from the ladder and later rejoin during the same ladder session. Losers of any bout may withdraw from the ladder and rejoin at any time at the bottom of the ladder.
- In the event of fencers withdrawing from the ladder, fencers moving up the order take up vacant places and the bout may need to await a referee from the lower piste.
- The final positions will be determined on the basis of the formula V (V÷B) (Victories ÷ Bouts x Victories for those with a calculator). This formula ensures good result to the fencer who fences a larger number of bouts and wins a high percentage of those bouts. Where fencers have the same results through this formula points difference will be used in the usual way.
Temporary Change of Venue
Due to Birkdale not being available for May 18th, 25th, June 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, our fencing sessions on these dates will take place at The Park Centre, Duke Street, Sheffield S2 5QP.
Temporary Change of Day and Venue
Due to Birkdale not being available for 23rd Feb & 2nd Mar, our fencing sessions on these dates will take place on Thursday 24th Feb & 3rd Mar at The Park Centre, Duke Street, Sheffield S2 5QP.
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! our first fencing session will be this Wednesday (5th). In view of the current covid situation, anyone attending should email buccaneers@adamblight.plus.com before hand confirming that they have no covid symptoms and also, when not actually fencing during the session face masks should be worn.
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