Clara Elicabe, 16, an Argentine international fencer in her age range, took time out from her school Hockey & Volleyball tour to York, Newcastle, Edinburgh & London - to fence at Whitchurch, whilst in Cardiff !
For full details, follow the link to the WHitchurch FC website: Whitchurch Fencing – friendly club, fully qualified coaches
Please find below the latest Veterans' Ranking Lists:
Welsh Fencing is delighted to select the following athletes to represent Wales at the 2025 Cadet Winton over the weekend of the 21st-22nd December 2025 at Bromsgrove School, Worcestershire.
The Cadet Winton is a long-standing event that brings fencers from across the UK together for two days of fun, fencing and camaraderie
Hello WF community,
September has been a busy month for our Veteran fencers with 2 key events taking place:
- Welsh Veteran National Championships
- Veteran Winton Cup
Please find below a short summary from each event plus some pictures of the national podiums and teams from the Winton Cup
Welsh Fencing are pleased to announce that we have been informed that the Senior & Veteran Championships will be going ahead in 2026.
The venue is Lagos, Nigeria. It will be held at Charterhouse School.
On the 12th-13th July 25 our senior regional welsh team came together in a rather warm Nottingham for the Winton cup. It was a great weekend of learning, competing and meeting lots of new people. Thank you to everyone who took part and allowed us to come together as a team, you all fenced so well and really brought the welsh team spirit with you. Special mention to Emma, Charlotte, Florence and Ayse who all are under the age of 16 and for some it was their first ever senior competition they all fenced amazingly despite everyone being much older than them.
Very well done to Whitchurch club member, Marc Walford, who took first place in Sunday’s `Clash in the Castle` open-air epee match, in Coity Castle, Bridgend, organised by Celtic Sword Fencing Club.
Celtic Sword’s inaugural Clash in the Castle was held in the ruins of the beautiful Coity Castle on Sunday 22nd June 2025. Whilst the black clouds above threatened rain, they definitely added some drama to the day, and thankfully it remained dry (if very windy…) for both the improvers match in the morning and the experienced match in the afternoon.
Following the Cardiff Vet Open this past weekend I am please to share the following selection recommendations for the up and coming Veterans Winton Cup taking place at Lilleshall National Sports Centre on 20th/21st September.
The selection recommendations were made by Marion Thomas, Phil Shepherd Foster and myself using the Vet Selection Policy (Veteran Selection Policy).
The lastest Vet Rankings can be found here: Veterans' Ranking Lists
Good luck to the team!
The Commonwealth Fencing Federation (CFF) has announced that the 2026 Commonwealth Fencing Championships for Seniors and Veterans will take place at Charterhouse School Campus in Lagos, Nigeria.
At the time of writing there is no further information available about any aspects of the event, including the date. A request for this information has been made to CFF.
We are pleased to announce the team selected to represent Wales at the 75th Winton Cup taking place on 12th/13th July at the Lea Westwood Sports Centre, Clifton Campus, Nottingham Trent University, NG11 8NS
These selections were recommended to the board by the WF selectors as per the selection policy Welsh Fencing Selection Policy
Hello Welsh Veterans,
It was great to see many of you competing at the BVF nationals. Following that event please find the updated ranking lists for your information: Veterans' Ranking Lists
If you see any errors please do get in contact
Please note our next ranking event is coming up - entries are possible via Sport80.
Selection for the Veteran Winton Cup will take place after the Cardiff Vet Open.
As always please do reach out to me if you have any questions or feedback
Best Wishes
Marc
Marc Burkhalter
Chair - Welsh Fencing
Mobile: +44(0)7779 583093
marc.burkhalter@fencing.cymru
For full results to the 2025 Veteran Home Nations, please follow the link: Veteran Home Nations 2025 Results
A photograph of the 2024 O’Sullivan Cup has been selected for display at a photographic exhibition in Birmingham in St Martin in the Bull Ring Church, in the Bullring Shopping Centre, Birmingham,
Welsh Fencing are delighted to support the launch of Girlguiding Cymru’s new fencing challenge pack and achievement badge. The challenge pack will allow girls and young women across Wales to discover more about the world of fencing and our Welsh fencing athletes and programmes.
We are pleased to announce the team selected to represent Wales in the Veterans 4 Nations.
These selections were recommended to the board by Marion Thomas (Foil), Phil Shepherd Foster (Saber) and myself (Epee). The Veteran Ranking Lists can be found here: Veterans' Ranking Lists, and the Selecction Policy is here: Veteran Selection Policy
We will be hosting the event at the Cardiff Academy of Fencing, Beignon Cl, Cardiff CF24 5PB. The event will run on Saturday 12th April 2025 with a gala dinner following in the evening.
Hi all,
It was lovely to see some of you at the Welsh National Championships this past weekend. I hope those that were there enjoyed the event.
I wanted to give a head’s up to the events coming up this year as well as the latest on the Vet 4 Nations which is progressing well from an organisation perspective.
The Welsh Fencing board would like to extend a heartfelt thank you on behalf of the whole fencing community to Matt Russell for his tireless work as Chair of Welsh Fencing over the last few years.
Since his appointment as Chair in 2020 Matt has worked extensively to promote and develop fencing in Wales. Throughout his tenure the position of Welsh Fencing has been strengthened through securing increased recognition on a national level, greater visibility within Wales, successful partnerships and continued success on the piste.
The Welsh Vet National Championships 2025 is scheduled to run over the weekend of 6/7 September, 2025. The venue will be the Cardiff Academy of Fencing.
As another year comes to a close, Whitchurch Fencing Club decided to celebrate it with a `Club Champion` competition, for which a modern statuette trophy was awarded. Format Poule Unique, and the winner, seen here with the trophy, is club member Marc Walford, whose day job is as Vicar in the Merthyr Tydfil ministry area. Well done, Marc !
Full report & results: https://www.whitchurchfencing.co.uk/ClubChampionship24.htm.
Please find below an update on various Veteran related developments:
We are pleased to announce that the Cadet Winton event has returned to its traditional format of fencing over 2 days with an overnight stay for the fencers. This years event is being held at its new venue of Bromsgrove School . It will take place over the weekend of the 21st/22nd December, and Welsh Fencing have selected the following fencers for this event:
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Well done to Catherine Bowd and Maxwell Rowe-Haynes of Celtic Sword, who were recently featured in episode of Iaith ar Daith on S4C, putting Kimberley Nixon and Matthew Graf through their paces!
You can see the episode here - with Celtic Sword featured from 14.23, https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0jp748j
Welsh Fencing are pleased to announce the following team selections for the Senior Five Nations event to be held in Derry/Londonderry on Saturday 16th November.
Selection for this event falls under the selection policy, as available on the Welsh Fencing website.
The approach to this team Event is to take the strongest team available.
Saturday Team
Sunday Team
Over the weekend of 21st/22nd September the Veteran Winton Cup was held at a rather damp Billesley Indoor Tennis Center in Birmingham – we were one of 10 regional teams vying for the title from across the UK. I was proud to captain the team this year and with the usual spread of seasoned Welsh stalwarts, new caps as well as a couple of honorary Welshies (shout out to Helen and Dominique) we stepped onto the piste together - some of us with Daffodils in hand or more accurately on heads!
Welsh Fencing are pleased to announce the following team selections for the Veteran Winton Cup.
The event will take place at The Billesley Indoor Tennis Centre, Wheelers Lane, Birmingham B13 0ST, over the weekend of 21st/22nd September. Good luck to the team!
On behalf of the entire fencing community in Wales, we would like to wish Gemma our very best wishes at the forthcoming.
Paralympics where she will be competing in the Category A Womens Epee and Sabre.
Please use the following link to find out more about Gemma and all the Welsh Paralympians competing in Paris: PARIS 2024 || Bonne Chance en France (disabilitysportwales.com)
Please find below an update on various Veteran related developments: