Guildford Fencing Pictures 2002/2003

These are pictures of fencers from Guildford Femcing Club in the 2002-2003 season. Click on a picture for a larger image!

Club Competitions

These pictures were taken in the gyms at George Abbot school, mostly under flourescent light. We used a FinePix6900 camera on its 400ASA setting, subsequently processed with the Gimp.

	Nikki Hayes fences Andrew Parsonson in the Club Novices competition.
	Chris Hyder and Tony Palmer receive their medals after the Club Novices competition.
	Medal winners from the Club Novice Competition. LtoR: Tony Palmer (Bronze), Chris Hyder (Gold), Matthew Foyle (Silver).
	David Hydes fencing Alec Johnson in the club épée
	Phil Fenn fencing Simon Pearson in the club épée
	Tim Schofield demonstrating a parry octave against David Hydes. Not sure who won this point though.
	The winners of the club épée competition: Alec Johnson (silver), Simon Pearson (gold), Tim Schofield (bronze)
	Emily Harris (L) fences Jenna Hardy in the girls bout of the Club Junior competition
	Medal winners from the Club Junior Competition - girls U15, U11 and U13. LtoR: Emily Harris, Jenna Hardy, Grace Merry, Alice Merry.
	Bouts in the Club Junior competition
	The Boys 8-12 year Club Junior competition was fenced as a pool unique on 3 pistes. Thanks to Diane Austin, our visiting referee. John Guest is scoring and Tony Palmer is refereeing in this photo.
	Medal winners from the Club Junior Competition - U11 boys. LtoR: Chris Mitchell (silver), Basil Jennings (Gold), Anthony Buzwell (bronze).
	Medal winners from the Club Junior Competition - U13 boys. LtoR: Dara N (silver), Eugene Palmer (Gold).
	Medal winners from the Club Junior Competition - U15 boys. LtoR: Jonathan Cochrane (silver), James Frost (Gold), Ben Walker (Bronze).
	The winners of the Club Sabre. From left: Aaron Lewis, Derek Groves (referee), Christopeher Schofield, Steve Pope. (Large - 116 kbyte)
	Simon Pearson and Tim Harris, in a bout of the final pool.
	Contestants in the club Junior Sabre competition in March: Edmund Hartland (1st), Eugene Palmer (2nd), Jenna Hardy (3rd) and Emily Harris (4th)
	A bout in the final pool of the Club Foil competition in March. Julien Hartley and Nicky Hayes are on the piste in the foreground, with Simon Pearson refereeing.
	The last and deciding bout in the final pool of the Club Foil competition. Simon Pearson (left in picture) fences Tim Schofield. Rob is refereeing.
	Simon Pearson and Nicky Hayes, winners of the Club Foil and Club Ladies Foil, collect their trophies from Trevor Langford, the club's coach.

Sabre Match against the Royal Navy

A team from the RN visited on 13 June 2003, this year fencing sabre. Guildford put forward an "A" and a "B" team. Not an uneven competition, but we didn't do as well as at épée last year.

	Aaron Lewis - a point hit I think, or else it's a very flexible blade!
	Alex Cross, in his first adult match
	Chris Schofield performs one of his unexpectedly long lunges
	Steve Pope, with Derek Groves refereeing
	The GFC sabre teams. L to R: Simon Pearson, Chris Schofield, Steve Pope, Alex Cross, Aaron Lewis, Derek Groves

External Competitions

	May 2003 - Simon won the Isle of Wight Veteran's Trophy, finishing 2nd in the Men's Epee to Per Andersson
	The victorious Surrey team at the quadrangular county competition, held at LTFC. From left: Nick Perry, Tim Schofield (Guildford), Tim Buzwell, Chris Schofield (Guildford), Alan Perry, Sue Groves, John, David Albeury.
	Tim Schofield, having recovered from his broken ankle in October, fencing James Duggin in the last 64 at the Slough Open in February
	Tim Schofield fencing Anton Pollard from Haverstock in the last 32 at the Slough Open. Anton won 15-8.
	Chris Schofield in the seeding rounds at the National Cadet Championships in Bristol.
	Chris Schofield in the last 32 at the National Cadet Championships in Bristol
	Steve Pope, fencing in the Leicester Open - before a bout in the rounds, and after scoring a hit
	Vilya Harvey, fencing in the Sussex Open against Martin Cott (who finished 12th), and another. These shots were taken using his Sony DSC F505V. Copyright 2002 by Tim Harris.
	Vilya, fencing in the Sussex Open against David Riseley (who won the competition). Copyright 2002 by Tim Harris.

Club Handicap Competition

These pictures are from the finals of the 2002/2003 Handicap Competition, in the gyms at George Abbot School.

	Simon Wood fencing Shen Li (R), Tim Schofield refereeing.
	Simon Wood (L) fencing Chris Hider.
	James Frost fencing Simon Wood (R), Steve Pope refereeing.
	James Frost fencing Phil Walker.
	Simon Wood, the proud winner. (Proof also that the handicap system is effective - Simon has just finished the 6-week course!).
	James Frost, receiving the medal for second place from Trevor Langford.
	Chris Hider, receiving the medal for third place.
	The winning trio.

Surrey County Youth Championships

The Surrey Youth Championships were held in the sports hall of Beverley School, Kingston.

	Charles Price (Guildford-L) vs Doug Day (Claremont) in the rounds of the U14 Boys foil. Doug won 2-5. David Allbeury refereeing
	Stephanie Ties (KCS-L), tests her weapon against her former teammate Libby Duke from Guildford in the U14 Girls Foil. Stephanie beat Libby 5-1
	Edmund Hartland (Guildford-R) fencing unknown (centre) in the rounds of the U14 Boys foil, Ian de Whalley refereeing.
	Alec Johnson (Guildford-R) vs unknown on his way to third place in the U18 Boys Epee, and his coach Trevor Langford.
	Alec Johnson (Guil;dford) with the trophy for third place in the U18 Epee.
	Edmund Hartland (Guildford-R) fencing Joshua Lill (Aldershot) in the direct elimination of the U14 Boys foil. Edmund won 10-8.
	Edmund Hartland (Guildford-R) fencing Patrick McGlone (KCS) in the final of the U14 Boys foil, Ian de Whalley refereeing. Patrick won 10-7.
	Edmund Hartland (Guildford) receives his trophy for second place in the U14 Boys foil from Keith Smith, competition organiser.
	Basil Jennings (Guildford-R) fencing Thomas Ellis-Rees (Salle Coton), Joe Shackell refereeing, in the final of the U12 boys foil. Thomas won 10-0.
	Basil Jennings (Guildford) with trophy for second place in the U12 boys foil, and his coach Trevor Langford
	Chris Schofield (Guildford-L) fencing Duncan Martin in the pools of the U16 Sabre, Joe Shackell refereeing. Duncan won 4-1
	Chris Schofield (Guildford-L) testing weapons before the semi-final of the U16 Sabre. Alec Massey (Whitgift-R) won 15-13
	Chris Schofield (Guildford-L) receives his trophy for third place in the U16 Sabre from Keith Smith, competition organiser.
	Chris Schofield (Guildford) with trophy for third place in the U16 Sabre, and his coach Trevor Langford

Please contact Tim Schofield if you can identify any of the "unknown" fencers!

Autumn Season at the Club

These pictures were taken in the gyms at George Abbot school in late October.

	Stephanie Glover receiving her medal for 7th place in the U9 Premier Foil Series from Trevor Langford
	Stephanie Glover and Trevor Langford
	Simon and Andrew refereeing at practice sessions before the Surrey Age Group competition
	Andrew refereeing at practice sessions before the Surrey Age Group competition
	Richard refereeing at practice sessions before the Surrey Age Group competition
	Tim, Matthew and April prepare to use the electric box.
	Alec and Simon fencing Epee