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Yorkshire Team Foil 2016
On Saturday 25th June this years Yorkshire Team Foil took place a t Penistone Grammar School. There we 10 teams taking part and after three rounds of poules direct elimination took place. In the final were two Sheffield Buccaneers Teams, namely Sheffield Buccaneers Mega Buccs ( Mike McKay, David Alexander and Matt Fitton) and Sheffield Buccaneers Fast Buccs (Nathan Doherty, Ed Howlett and James Rutherford), the competition was won by Mega Buccs 45-36. This is the 5th year in succession Sheffield Buccaneers has won this event and the 13th year since the foundation of the club in the 1990s.
The final positions were –
1st – Sheffield Buccaneers – Mega Buccs (David Alexander, Mike McKay, Matt Fitton)
2nd – Sheffield Buccaneers – Fast Buccs (Nathan Doherty, Ed Howlett, James Ratherford)
3rd – Sheffield University (Joe Kerr, John Glancy, Joseph Igali)
4th – Sheffield Buccaneers – Young Buccs (Ayman ElAmrani, Phoebe Newton-Hughes, Alex Wakeman, Adam Blight)
5th – Leeds Awe (Nick Stokes, Bertie Mandall, Kieran Sinfield)
6th – Bradford – Misspent Youth (Paul Halliday, Will Lawrance, Guy Haley)
7th – Barnsley Fencing Club (Cara Chambers, Anna Fillingham, Nic Fillingham, Marco Zaffino)
8th – Leeds Shock (Paul Sinfield, Jess Ridout, Ben Mackenzie)
9th – Royal Armouries (Alice Boyer, Finlay Caswell, and Sam Jackson)
10th – Bradford Doomed Youth (James Hopkins, Pete Fletcher, Vyom Gera, Tim Noble)
Details of the first seeding round are here – Poules – Results
Details of the Direct elimination are here – Team Match Tableaux – Results
Petr Krasnov wins Yorkshire Senior Foil for Sheffield Buccaneers
On Saturday 20th February in the Yorkshire Senior Foil, Petr Krasnov beat Nathan Doherty 15-10 in an all Sheffield Buccaneers final at the Railway institute in York. Other fencers from the club taking part included – Tom Exeter – 5th, Mike McKay – 9th, Aureliano Finch – 10th, Ruairi McKay – 14th, Adam Blight – 16th, Ayman El Amrani – 21st. Check out the video of this event on our videos page
Temporary Change of Venue
Due to activities within the school our fencing sessions on 17th February, i.e. THIS WEDNESDAY!!! will take place at The Park Centre, Duke Street, Sheffield S2 5QP.
Sheffield Buccaneers Closed for Christmas
Sheffield Buccaneers Fencing Club is now closed for Christmas and will be starting again in the New Year on Wednesday 6th January. Have a good Christmas everybody.
Sheffield Buccaneers Christmas Meal
Sheffield Buccaneers Christmas Meal
7:15pm Wednesday 2nd December
(no fencing that night)
At Proove Pizza Restaurant, 261 Fulwood Road. Broomhill, Sheffield S10 3BD
This restaurant was started by a former club fencer and makes very special pizzas. Check out www.proove.co.uk
Let me know if you want to add your name to the list.
Adam – 07761284378
We are the Champions……….Again!!!!!
On Sunday 28th June Sheffield Buccaneers won the Yorkshire Team Foil for the fourth year in succession, also this is the 12th time we have won this event since our first victory in 1998. Our club had three teams taking part amongst a total of 14 teams. Our winning team consisted of – Nathan Doherty, Ben Thomas and Adam Blight, this year we were without Mike McKay who was fencing for the British Veterans in Germany or Alex Spencer-Taylor who is on Work experience in Ireland. Our main concern was in our match against Louth who again were not able to field their strongest team as Andrew Chu was on Holiday, we met Louth in the semi final and our goal was to attempt to build a solid lead going into the last match which was to be Nathan Doherty V Sam Brougham, going into the last match the score was 40-24 to us giving Sam a very substantial challenge, as it was Nathan was able to beat Sam 5-3 to end on a final score of 45-27, In the final against Leeds we led from the start to finish 45-21. Our other teams were the B team consisting of – Alex Wakeman, Joe Kerr, Giacomo Spigler and Yuchen Zhang and our C team (decided they would prefer to be known by the more dramatic name ‘Batman’s Buccaneers’) consisting of our younger fencers – Ayman El Amrani, Ibrahim El Amrani, Adam Suha and Luke Hawdon. After an unfortunate defeat at 45-44 to Barnsley B our B team had to fight of in the lower section of the Tableaux to finish 9th, ‘Batman’s Buccaneers were very competitive and finished 5th and in fact were our A team’s highest scoring opponents in the last 8 achieving a score of 45-33.
Everybody had a really great fun day with lots of fencing for every team taking part. The final positions of all 14 teams were –
1st – Sheffield Buccaneers A
2nd – Leeds Fear
3rd – Louth Mixed
4th – Barnsley B
5th – Batman’s Buccaneers
6th – The Bull Boys
7th – Leeds Surprise
8th – Louth Ladies
9th – Buccaneers B
10th – Bradford Bulls
11th – Harrogate Ladies
12th – Leeds Royal Armouries
13th – Barnsley A
14th – Bradford Bantams
Results from the pool stage of the competition are here – Yorkshire Team Foil 2015 pool matches
Results from the Direct Elimination Stage can be got from here – Yorkshire Team Foil 2015 Direct Elimination
The video of Sheffield Buccaneers A team’s last 8, semi-final and final is here –
Yorkshire Youth League 2015 – Results
Today’s Yorkshire Youth League event held at Penistone Grammar School ran very well and for this tremendous gratitude is due to the many volunteers and helpers who make it happen and to the excellent referees who worked hard throughout the day. One significant item of lost property to mention is a nice fold up chair, if this is yours send me an email. The final positions for all the competitors are –
| Name | Club | Place |
| Under 16 Boys Foil | ||
| Isaac Bull | Harrogate | 1 |
| Jordan Garcia | Leeds | 2 |
| Under 16 Boys Epee | ||
| Billy Shepherd | Skipton | 1 |
| Nathan Foster | Skipton | 2 |
| Finlay Caswell | Royal Armouries | 3 |
| Under 16 Boys Sabre | ||
| Isaac Bull | Harrogate | 2 |
| Morgan Steed | Doncaster | 1 |
| Under 16 Girls Foil | ||
| Alleiya Shazad | Harrogate | |
| Under 14 Boys Foil | ||
| William Lonsdale | Louth | 1 |
| Archie Broughton | Louth | 2 |
| Robert Kemp | Louth | 3= |
| Sam Blair | Louth | 3= |
| Charlie King | Harrogate | 5 |
| Euan Gray | Buccaneers | 6 |
| Max Rowlands | Buccaneers | 7 |
| Under 14 Boys Epee | ||
| Cosmin Siia | Skipton | 1 |
| Rhys Williams | Mount St Mary’s | 2 |
| Under 14 Boys Sabre | ||
| Aiden Stafford | Sheffield Sword | 1 |
| Edward Burrage | Doncaster | 2 |
| Benjamin Cole | Sheffield Sword | 3= |
| Jacob Siddle | Marshall Fencing | 3= |
| Samuel Amos | Bradford | 5 |
| Jacob Furness-Wiles | Leeds FC | 6 |
| Under 12 Boys Foil | ||
| Wilf Broughton | Louth | 1 |
| Joe Blair | Louth | 2 |
| Nicholas Williams | Sheffield Hallam | 3= |
| Alex Judge | Louth | 3= |
| Morgan Wood | Buccaneers | 5 |
| William Ashton | Hymers | 6 |
| Henry Unsworth | Louth | 7 |
| Edward Tonks | Mount St Mary’s | 8 |
| Under 12 Boys Sabre | ||
| Eli Bush | Marshall Fencing | 1 |
| Thomas Wiggins | Ridings | 2 |
| Under 12 Girls Foil | ||
| Lucy-Belle Williamson | Skipton | 1 |
| Georgia May Vizard | Doncaster | 2 |
| Ellie Jackson | Skipton | 3= |
| Martha Meadows | Harrogate | 3= |
| Leala Whitaker-Rimmington | Buccaneers | 5 |
| Sana Salim | Hymers | 6 |
| Under 12 Girls Epee | ||
| Martha Meadows | Harrogate | 1 |
| Ellie Jackson | Skipton | 2 |
| Befreen Jones | Hymers | 3= |
| Erin Martin-Porter | Hymers | 3= |
| Angelique Aberley | Mount St Mary’s | 5 |
| Under 10 Foil | ||
| Lexie Williamson | Skipton | 1 |
| Erin Martin-Porter | Hymers | 2 |
| Ethan Dakin | Buccaneers | 3= |
| Grace Hobson | Hymers | 3= |
| Elle Stone | Skipton | 5 |
| Angelique Aberley | Mount St Mary’s | 6 |
| Nicholas Freitas | Louth | 7 |
| Nathan Mooney | Harrogate | 8 |
| Finnian Zaffino | Barnsley | 9 |
| Lewin Houston | Harrogate | 10 |
| Ben Brown | Barnsley | 11 |
| Indigo Zaffino | Barnsley | 12 |
Temporary Change of Venue
Due to exams taking place at Birkdale School, Buccaneers fencing sessions will be based at The Park Centre, Duke Street Sheffield S2 5QP. –
May 13th – 7.00pm
May 20th – 7.00pm
May 27th – 8.00pm
June 3rd – NO SESSION!
June 10th – 7.00pm
June 17th – 7.00pm
Cancelled Fencing Session
Cancelled Club Sessions
For two sessions Sheffield Buccaneers Fencing Club will not be able to take place. This is due to activities in the school and the unavailability of an alternative. The opportunity to fence will be available at Mount St Mary’s College on Mondays. The dates which are cancelled are:–
November 19th
December 3rd
For further information – ask Adam Blight – 07761 284378
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