The 13th Annual Bromsgrove School Challenge
13th June 2010
Hereford & Worcester County Fencing Union Schools Competition

Thank you for attending this year’s competition. This was the thirteenth time this competition has been held, and I hope you will agree that it has been a success.
We held 16 separate events at two weapons with 124 entries from 35 Schools involving 465 fights.  50 medals were awarded. This year we presented 17 trophies.
Our entry was down on last year’s record high of 159. The standard of fencing remained high, between them the competitors have won 3 national titles that I am aware of.

Junior		Based on points scored in under 10, 12, 14 foil & Epee events.
1st 	Warwick       Winning the Bromsgrove Shield		74 points
2nd 	Abingdon Prep						68 points
3rd 	Bromsgrove						59 points
4th 	The Downs 						38 points

Senior	Based on points scored in under 16 under 19 & senior events.
1st	Warwick	Winning the Bromsgrove Challenge Cup	  55 points
2nd	Stoneyhurst College					  43 points
3rd 	Bromsgrove						  19 points

Best Overall Based or points scored in all events.
1st 	Warwick	Winning the Bromsgrove Sword     		129 points
2nd 	Bromsgrove	Winner of the H&W Shield for best County School
								78 points
3rd	Abingdon Prep						68 points
4th	Stoneyhurst College					43 points
5th	The Downs 						38 points
6th =	Birchfield 						37 points
6th=	Headington	Winning the ‘Wimbledon High Shield’ for
 				top girls school			25 points
8th	Kenilworth						25 points
9th	Cotswold 						24 points
10th =	RGS Worcester						21 points
10th =	Solihull							21 points
12th 	Heart of England						19 points
13th 	Godstow						17 points
14th 	Repton 							14 points
15th =	Abberley						12 points
15th =	St Peters							12 points
17th 	Meadow Green						11 points
18th = 	Winterfold						10 points
18th = 	Dragon							10 points
18th = 	Franch							10 points
18th = 	Woodrush High						10 points
22nd =	St Johns C of E						9 points
22nd =	Temple Guiting						9 points
24th =	Dunsdale						8 points
24th  =	Haybridge						8 points
24th  =	Offmore Primary						8 points
27th 	Oxford High						7 points
28th =	Tudor Grange						6 points
28th =	Clifton College						6 points
30th 	Packwood Hough 					5 points
31st 	King EWdward VI					4 points
32nd 	Stourport High						3 points
33rd =	Kings Norton						2 points
33rd =	Abbotsholme						2 points
35th 	Dickens Heath 						1 point

Numbers in brackets represent last years result. A L shows that the result was in a lower age group.
Boys Under 10 Foil 	8 entries (down 6)
1st 	Nataniel	Moatti	Dragon	
2nd 	Gabriel	Dobson	Abingdon Prep	
3rd=	Eshaan	Rai	Winterfold	
3rd =	Jacob	Rowland	Franche	
5th 	Austin	Welsh	Abingdon Prep	
6th 	Freddie	Harvey-Gilson	Winterfold	
7th 	George	Weston	Packwood	
8th 	Isaac	Morrow	Abingdon Prep	

Boys Under 12 Foil 	10 entries (down 17)
1st 	Robert	Feaster	Cotswold Sch    (2L)	
2nd 	Rory	Parsons	Abingdon Prep	
3rd=	Finlay	Anthoney	Kenilworth	
3rd=	Lucas	Hateley	Warwick            (1L)	
5th 	Jake	Pennington	Abingdon Prep   (9)	
6th 	William	Southhall	Kenilworth         (10)	
7th 	Patrick	Johnson	Abingdon Prep	
8th 	Jeptha	Rowan-Hull	Abingdon Prep	
9th 	Daniel	Shaw	Warwick	
10th 	Jan	Rudzki	Dickens Heath 	

Boys Under 14 Foil 	14 entries (up 5)
1st 	John	Feaster	Cotswold Sch    (1L)	
2nd  	Henry 	Harrison	Warwick            (5L)	
3rd =  	Oliver	Jones	St Peters            (3L)	
3rd = 	Charlie	Godman	Abberley	
5th 	William	Johnson	Abingdon Prep  (6L)	
6th  	Mirron	Webb	St Johns C of E  (7L)	
7th  	Reece	Crowhurst	Dunsdale            (3)	
8th  	George	Belsham	The Downs	
9th  	Ben	Priestley	Tudor Grange  (11L)	
10th  	Cyrus	Goodger	The Downs	
11th  	Matthew	Tyler	Solihull	
12th  	Thomas	Skuse	Warwick	
13th  	Alexander	Bray	Warwick	
14th  	Brendon	Parsons	Winterfold	

Boys Under 16 Foil 	5 entries (down 5)
1st  	Daniel	Feaster	Temple Guiting        (3L)	
2nd  	Simon	Whittle	Stoneyhurst College (1L)	
3rd 	Magnus	Whittle	Stoneyhurst College (2L)	
4th 	Joshua	Burn	Woodrush                 (8L)	
5th 	Yoann	Belon	Stoneyhurst College (5)	

Boys Under 19 Foil 	6 entries (up 2)
1st 	Tom	Powell	Warwick           (1L)	
2nd 	Theo	Wasserberg	Solihul School  (2L)	
3rd 	Richard	Lelliott	Warwick             (4)	
4th 	Michele	Senso	Warwick	

Girls Under 10 Foil	1 entries (down 5)
1st 	        Alexandra      Powell		Meadow Green 	(1)

Girls Under 12 Foil	10 entries (down 3)
1st 	Danielle	Lawson	RGS Worcester	
2nd 	Annabel	Garrood	Godstow           (6)	
3rd	Roshan	Goodger	The Downs	
4th 	Rhiannon	Smith	Headington           (7)	
5th 	Hannah	Powell	Offmore Primary (2L)	
6th 	Tosca	Herson	Headington Prep  (6L)	
7th 	Freya	Parsons	Manor Prep	
8th 	Chinvati	Bhardwaj	Stourport High	
9th 	Miyako	Rogers	Dragon	
10th 	Eloise	Huxley	Headington	

Girls Under 14 Foil	7 entries (down 2)
1st 	Lydia	Stanier	Oxford High School (1L)	
2nd  	Alix	Turley	RGSAO                    (3L)	
3rd =	Catriona	Cayley	Headington	
3rd =	Harriet	Shirley-Prisst	Edgbaston High        (8L)	
5th 	Iona	Mosleley	Godstow                  (12L)	
6th 	Rosalind 	Dunn	Clifton College	
7th 	Faye	Kent	Solihull 	

Girls Under 16 Foil	5 entries (up 3)
1st	Elizabeth	Powell	Woodrush High	
2nd	Elizabeth	Smith	Haybridge          (2L)	
3rd	Helen	Root	Headington        (3L)	
4th	Sarah	Gulley	Kings Norton	
5th	Sarah	Vanhouse	King Edward VI	

Boy’s Senior Epee         Under 19’s. 14 entries 
1st 	Jonathon	Houlihan	Warwick                   (3)	
2nd 	Simon	Whittle	Stoneyhurst College (2L)	
3rd =	Tom	Powell	Warwick                   (5)	
3rd =	Magnus	Whittle	Stoneyhurst College (1L)	
5th 	Timur	Safin	Bromsgrove	
6th 	Michele	Senso	Warwick	
7th 	Sam	Griffiths	Solihull                     (12)	
8th 	Alasdair	Thornley	Heart of England       (7)	
9th 	Richard	Lelliott	Warwick                    (8)	
10th 	Yoann	Belon	Stoneyhurst College  (13)	
11th 	Alex	Lusty	Bromsgrove               (14)	
12th 	Christopher	Black	Bromsgrove	
13th 	Gregory	Roberts	Abbotsholme	
14th 	Richard	Horridge	Bromsgrove	

Boy’s Under 14 Epee         Under 14’s. 14 entries (up 6)
1st  	Sam	Boyle	Repton	
2nd  	Matthew	Lynch	Bromsgrove         (6)	
3rd 	Duncan	Thorley	Heart of England (6L)	
4th  	Henry 	Harrison	Warwick              (3L)	
5th 	George	Belsham	The Downs	
6th   	Tom	Skuse	Warwick	
7th  	Tom	Sheppard	Solhull	
8th  	William	Johnson	Abingdon Prep    (1L)	
9th  	Cyrus	Goodger	The Downs	
10th  	Joseph	Banks	Warwick	
11th  	Alexander	Bray	Warwick	
12th  	Fraser	Waddell	Solihull	
13th  	Marcus	Milton	RGS Worcester	
14th  	Henry 	Brewster	Bromsgrove	

Boy’s Under 12 Epee         12 entries (up 3)
1st   	Joshua	Laurence	Birchfield	
2nd  	Josh	Gilbert	Bromsgrove       (1L)	
3rd  	Nathan	Hardwick	Birchfield	
4th  	Thomas	Lynch	Bromsgrove       (8)	
5th  	William	Southhall	Kenilworth	
6th  	Lucas	Hateley	Warwick            (9)	
7th  	Elliot	Neuberg	Bromsgrove	
8th  	Patrick	Johnson	Abingdon Prep	
9th  	Jeptha	Rowan-Hull	Abingdon Prep	
10th  	Qareem	Smith	Birchfield	
11th  	Daniel	Shaw	Warwick	
12th  	Ellis	Simpson	Bromsgrove	
13th  	James	Oliver	Bromsgrove	
14th  	Isaac	Morrow	Abingdon Prep	

Boy’s Under 10 Epee         2 entries (down 3)
1st   	Jacob	Rowland	Franche	
2nd   	George	Weston	Packwood	

Girls Senior Epee 	Under 19’s. 5 entry (up 1)
1st 	Elizabeth	Powell	Woodrush High	
2nd 	Elizabeth	Smith	Haybridge         (2L)	
3rd =	Helen	Root	Headington       (6L)	
3rd = 	Sarah	Vanhouse	King Edward VI	
5th 	Elizabeth	Stone	Bromsgrove	

Girls Junior Epee           Under 14’s. 6 entries (down 2)
1st	Lydia	Stanier	Oxford High School  (1L)	
2nd	Alix	Turley	RGSAO	
3rd	Rosalind 	Dunn	Clifton College	
4th	Rhiannon	Freneguelli	Kenilworth	
5th	Catriona	Cayley	Headington	
6th	Iona	Mosleley	Godstow                     (7)	

Girls Under 12 Epee  		5 entries (down 3)
1st  	Annabel	Garrood	Godstow             (3)	
2nd  	Rhiannon	Smith	Headington         (5)	
3rd 	Danielle	Lawson	RGS Worcester	
4th 	Hannah	Powell	Offmore Primary	
5th  	Roshan	Goodger	The Downs	

Best Average
Only open to schools with three or more entries.
1st      Birchfield                         Average of 12.33 points
2nd   Kenilworth                       Average of 8.33points
3rd =  Stoneyhurst College        Average of 6.25 points
3rd =  Warwick                          Average of 5.83  points
	
Best Team
Total of five highest scores from each School.
1st = 	Bromsgrove	              61 points
1st =	Warwick                            61 points
3rd	Abbingdon                        43 points
4th 	Stoneyhurst                       41 points
5th 	The Downs                        37 points
6th 	RGS Worcester                 23 points
7th 	Headington                        22 points
	
Medal Tally 
Listing schools with 2 or more medals
                                                       Gold, Silver, Bronze
1st             Warwick                              2         1         3
2nd            Cotswold                             2                    
3rd            RGS Worcester                   1         2         1
4th            Godstow                              1          1
5th =          Franch                                 1                    1
5th =         Birchfield                            1                    1
6th            Stoneyhurst College                       2         2
7th =          Bromsgrove                                   2            
7th =          Abbingdon                                     2
9th            Haybridge                                      2
10th          Headington                                     1         3

Thanks. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who acted as a taxi service for the young competitors, they are grateful even if they never get round to saying ‘thank you’.  I would like to thank all those who lent equipment to allow others to fence. Without your generosity junior events would be tiny by comparison.
I would like to extend my very special thanks to those who gave freely of their time to referee, Helen Cormack, Ellie Cormack, Adrian Mason, Peter Whittle, Raph Aldis, Jennie Douglas, Matthew Thompson, Nick Weston, Richard Burns, Stephen Edgar, Richard Morris, Louisa Millar, Gabby Kettle, Tom Fullwood and Simon Holburn not to mention the fencers who also refereed.  Without you this event would have been a very different affair.  My thanks also go to Peter Whittle the armourer, my special thanks got to Matthew Edgar for his work with the computer and Karen Edgar for all her organisational work.
I must also thank Mrs Bowen-Jones, Mr Mullins and the Headmaster for their continued support for the sport of fencing at Bromsgrove School.
Finally I would like to thank you the competitors for taking part and making it such a fun day despite the high temperatures.	       
See you all again next year.
If you have any queries about any aspect of the competition please contact the organiser
Nick Chapman at 80 Salford Close Woodrow South Redditch Worcs B98 7UN.
Or on nick.chapman@blueyonder.co.uk