A review of the past season will appear here shortly. Below are some of the reports written during the season.
British Cadet Championships 2009
A great weekend for Newham Swords with Amol Rattan winning the British Cadet championship and Alex Savin finishing 8th, full report to follow.
Newham Fencing Championships A Great Success!
Plaistow’s Lister Community School hosted the 2009 Newham Fencing Championships at the weekend, where a record total of 75 youngsters took part from local primary and secondary schools. Children competed in five age-groups, battling it out for nine trophies and forty medals. “The Newham Champs were a great success, not only because of the great turn out, but also because of the fact that they helped unearth some talent for the future”, said Olympic fencer and Lister School PE Teacher, Linda Strachan. “There is so much raw talent in this Borough”, continued Linda who also manages the Borough’s successful Newham Swords Fencing Club.
Results were as follows:
U9 Boys
1. Halim Boaziz (CanningTown) 2. Ethan Appiah (Southern Road)
3. Jerdane Calder (Tollgate) and Nassir Omar (Hallsville)
U9 Girls
1. Alice Campbell (Squirrels Heath)
2. Erica Boateng (Southern Road)
3. Naatunchida Kerdrai (Southern Road)
U11 Boys
1. Steven Jake-Hadder (Portway)
2. Nathan Dickenson (Portway)
3. Patrick Kaczmarek ( Plaistow) and Jesse Isiko (Brampton)
U11 Girls
1. Rachel Shaw (Park)
2. Caitlin Nunez (St. Winefride’s)
3. Eugenia Appiah (Southern Road) and Andrea Morais (St. Winefride’s)
U13 Boys
1. Kamal Minnott (Rainham Village)
2. Florian Kabasuabo (Brampton)
3. Robbie Shaw (Lister) and Joao Souza (Lister)
U13 Girls
1. Hannah Lyndsay
2. Ruhi Singha (The James Olgothorpe)
3. Saleemah Omadayo (Lister) and Jannai King (Lister)
U15 Boys
1. Michael Koudou (Lister)
2. Dylan Nunez (St. Bonn’s)
3. Jeffrey Cobblah (Lister) and Jason Brown (Lister)
U17 Girls
1. Katherine Maranan (St. Angela’s)
2. Ellen Laur (Tower Hamlets College)
3. Michaela Walsh (Lister)
U17 Boys
1. Arthur Duncan (Cannon Palmer)
2. Matt Neal (Lister)
3. Arnas Vaskelis (Lister) and Abdul Manna (Lister)
Newham Swords Continue Medal Streak!
Newham Swords continued their medal streak by taking one gold and three bronzes at the Eton National Junior Tournament, held at Rickmansworth at the weekend.
In the Boys U15 Age-Group, England international, Alex Savin, took bronze. In the Boys U13 Age-Group, Raj Rai took gold whilst Kamal Minott took the bronze. In the Girls U11 Age-Group, Rachel Shaw took the bronze medal after narrowly missing the silver spot.
Other outstanding performances on the day came from Alice Campbell who achieved 6th place in the Girls U9 Event (in only her second competition) and Daniel Alzapiedi who came 6th in the Boys U13 Event.
Newham Swords Fencers results in Europe
Newham Swords fencers achieved some wonderful results in the recent internationals. Amol Rattan came 38th in the Cadet competition in Pisa, while Ife Kubler finished in the L64 of her first international appearance in Paris. While Kaloyan Danchev, representing Bulgaria reached the L64 of the European Cadet Championships. Pride of place goes to Alex Savin who won the Paris Marathon, which is renowned as the strongest U15 competition in Europe if not the world. This year there were 365 fencers from 23 countries and Alex became the first ever British winner of this event.
Newham Swords Achieve International Success!
Newham Swords started the year in fine style by taking three bronze medals at last weekend’s British Youth Championships, held at RAF Cosford in Wolverhampton.
In the Boys U16 Age Group, Amol Rattan took bronze after losing to the eventual winner, and number one seed, Alex Tofalides. In the Boys U18 Age Group, Don Isiko took bronze after losing to the eventual winner and GB international, Tom Hendry. In the Girls U14 Age Group, Ife Kubler lost on the last hit to eventual winner, Ayesha Fihosy, whom she beat in December to win the Newham National Junior Event. “This is a great start to the year”, remarked Newham Swords Manager, Linda Strachan, “and fantastic preparation for this month’s junior internationals”.
Alex Savin and Ife Kubler will now travel to Paris next weekend to compete for England in an U15 International, whilst Amol Rattan travels to Bratislava to compete for GB in an U17 International.
“It is great to see some of the Newham Swords fencers making it to England and GB standard after only two years of fencing”, said Head Club Coach, Pierre Harper. “This goes to show what can be achieved over a short space of time when young people have the potential and are prepared to work hard”
Newham Swords Set New Club Record
Newham Swords set a new club record at the weekend when it won a total of ten medals at the Eastern Region Qualifier which took place at Brentwood School. All medallists have now qualified for the British Youth Championships which will take place in January 2009.
Top honours went to Rachel Shaw and Ruhi Singa (who came 5th and 7th respectively in the Girls U12); Ife Kubler, Hannah Lyndsay and Jasmine MacFarlane (who took gold, bronze and bronze respectively in the Girls U14); Kamal Minott, Florian Kabasuabo and Alan Lozovik (who took gold, bronze and 7th place respectively in the Boys U12); Raj Rai, Jai Birch and Robbie Shaw who took bronze, 5th and 17th place respectively in the Boys U14); Amol Rattan and Alex Savin (who took silver and bronze respectively in the Boys U16) and Don Isiko and Boris Kabasuabo (who both took a bronze in the Boys U18).
“What a fantastic performance from the Newham fencers”, said Newham Swords Team Manager, Linda Strachan. “Not only have they set a new club record by winning ten medals in one single day, but they have also set a new national record by being the only club in England to have ten fencers qualified for the British Youth Championship Finals, taking place in January.
The Succesful Fencers from the Eastern Region Qualifier
16th March 2008: Invicta Open
Men: Kaloyan Danchev 13th, Amol Rattan 24th, Alex Savin 33rd, Boris Kabasubabo 38th, Don Isiko 53rd, Darrell Scarfe 78th
Women: Emilie Kabasubabo 23rd, Aimee Parsons 27th
15th/16th March 2008: Eton Leon Paul
U11 Boys: Alan Lozovik 2nd
U15 Boys: Amol Rattan 3rd, Alex Savin 3rd
8th March 2008: Premier League Bristol
U14 Boys: Alex Savin 1st
U14 Girls: Jasmine MacFarlane-Wright 2nd
24th February 2008: Ashton Foil Leon Paul Junior Series
U13 Girls: Jasmine MacFarlane-Wright 7th
23rd February 2008: Premier League Southampton
Newham Swords win their 100th Medal within a year!
Results:
U11 Boys: Florian Kabasubabo 3rd, Alan Lozovik 10th
U11 Girls: Hannah Lindsay 1st
U14 Boys: Alex Savin 1st, Jai Birch 8th, Robbie Shaw 20th, Robert Flynn 24th
U14 Girls: Ife Kubler 1st
16th February 2008: Hampshire Open
Results:
Men: Kaloyan Danchev 8th, Alex Savin 29th, Don Isiko 39th, Boris Kabasubabo 57th.
Women: Fanny Chevet 15th, Aimee Parsons 32nd.
2nd/3rd February 2008: Slough Open
Men: Amol Rattan 23rd, Kaloyan Danchev 48th, Alex Savin 61st, Don Isiko 92nd.
Women: Fanny Chevet 14th, Aimee Parsons 57th.
27th January 2008: Premier League Godalming (Grand Prix)
U11 Boys: Alan Lozovik 6th, Kamal Minott 11th, Florian Kabasubabo 17th.
U14 Boys: Alex Savin 1st, Jai Birth 20th, Robbie Shaw 31st, Matt Neal 55th.
U14 Girls: Ife Kubler 3rd, Jasmine MacFarlane-Wright 5th.
19th/20th January 2008: British Youth Champships
U12 Girls: Hannah Lindsay 20th
U14 Girls: Jasmine MacFarlane-Wright 14th, Ife Kubler 21st
U12 Boys: Jai Birch 7th, Robbie Shaw 23rd, Alan Lozovik 26th
U14 Boys: Alex Savin 5th
U16 Boys: Amol Rattan 15th, Kaloyan Danchev 46th
U18 Boys: Don Isiko 30th
10th/11th/12th September 2007: Punjab National Club Championships.
Amol Rattan competed in the Punjab National Club Championships in India as a guest. He went undefeated in his age group all week.
8th September 2007: Leon Paul Junior Series - Leicester.
Don Isiko won Gold in the U-18 boys.
1st September 2007: Essex Open.
Newham Swords entered a team in the Essex Open, one of British fencing's 'Big Six' senior competitions. Some of the best fencers in the country attended including several of the top 25. Newham Swords achieved some notable results with Eric Tuffor finishing in 49th place, Paige Dolding in 61st place and Alex Savin in 64th place. To finish in the top 64 is a highly creditable performance especially as Eric is only 18, Paige 16 and Alex 13. Full results:
Men - Eric Tuffor 49th, Alex Savin 64th, Nhan Vu 86th, Amol Rattan 100th and Don Isiko 131st.
Women - Paige Dolding 61st.
21st/22nd July 2007: British Senior Championships.
Newham Swords entered the British Senior Championships for the first time. We had fencers in both the individual and team competitions, the results were:
Individual Men - Nhan Vu 112th.
Individual Women - Aimee Parsons 56th, Paige Dolding 58th, Dena Dolding 61st.
Men's Team - Newham Swords 'A' 15th, Newham Swords 'B' 18th.
Women's Team - Newham Swords 5th.
Action from the Men's Team Event.
7th July 2007: English Youth Championships.
Alex Savin won the silver medal in the U13 boys competition at the English Youth Championships in Stoke on Trent. He will now represent England at the prestigious Paris CEP Tournament next February.
Full results from English Youth Championships:
U11 Boys - Jai Birch 9th, Alan Lozovik 11th, Amin Sahmoud 15th, Florian Kabasubabo 18th.
U13 Boys - Alex Savin 2nd, Matt Neal 30th.
U13 Girls - Ife Kubler-Agyemang 19th, Jasmine MacFarlane-Wright 21st.
U15 Boys - Kaloyan Danchev 17th, Amol Rattan 30th, Boris Kabasubabo 35th.
U15 Girls - Dena Dolding 21st.
17th June 2007: London Youth Games.
Newham Swords - representing the London Borough of Newham win the fencing competition at the London Youth Games. This is the first time Newham have ever won the fencing event in the history of the London Youth Games.
