The Veterans' Winton Cup is an annual team event, with teams representing various regions around Britain.  Scotland has never managed to provide a team but was invited to join the North Britain team a few years ago.  

The 2016 Celtic Challenge was held in Dublin over the weekend of 23rd/24th July at DCU hosted by Ireland Fencing. Veteran fencers from various Celtic nations took part in competitions over both days with their individual results being accumulated to decide the overall result for the Dragon Trophy.

Results for the travelling group from our club:

Men's Epee - Scottish Team result 3rd

• 6th – Mark McKenzie
• 12th – Andrew Munley

Far in the frozen North (even in the Summer), a few brave souls from our club competed in the Aberdeen Open. 

Men's Foil

• 9th - Thomas Crowe

Women's Epee

• Bronze - Alex Wren

Men's Epee

• 7th - Kris Moodley

As is usual, a small select bunch of us traveled down to Carlisle for the Cumberland Open.  As usual, the pie was good, the locals friendly and some medals were liberated.

Results for our regulars:

Saturday

Women's Epee

• Gold - Alex Wren (Strathclyde Uni)

Men's Epee

• 10th - Kris Moodley (Kyle FC)
• 14th - Colin Macinnes

Men's Foil

Even though this year's event was smaller that last year's, there was a great amount of fun at the Glasgow Master at Arms.  People even put up with some very strange electrics - we have now decided that the Linlithgow electricity supply was too slow ;)  Next year we will aim to be back in the metropolis that is Glasgow where power is plentiful.

The Scottish Women's Foil team won Gold at the Veterans' Fencing 4 Nations match last weekend (9th/10th April).  The WF team contained several of our club members and regular visitors:

• Sheila Anderson (Capt) - Bellahouston FC
• Maria Cabrelli - GWEFC
• Helen Pitt - GWEFC
• Maire Steele - WFFC

This year's Glasgow Open was another well attended affair, with several club members competing on both days.  As usual we also had a full complement of people helping run the cafe.

The timing of the Sabre competitions in the afternoon meant that fencers could compete in both Epee and Sabre - although some scratched from Sabre to concentrate on their Epee results.

Men's Epee

• 21st - Mark McKenzie
• 23rd - Kris Moodley
• 31st - Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol
• 43rd - Ruadh Drummond

This year's Edinburgh Open was much busier than previous years - causing some delays in the poules, but was still well run and finished in good time.  Results our members and regular visitors.

Men's Epee

• 6th - Kris Moodley - GWEFC
• 8th - Mark McKenzie - GWEFC
• 13th - Bjarne Hogluand [Braveheart]
• 14th - Adam Gazalet [Braveheart]

A few brave souls ventured South of the border to Lancaster University to attend their open.  Results from our members and irregular vistors.

Men's Epee

• Bronze - Chris Anwyl [Lancaster Uni]
• 18th - Kris Moodley - GWEFC

Women's Epee

• Silver - Eleanor Akers - GWEFC
• 6th - Alex Wren [Strathclyde Uni]

Men's Sabre

• Bronze - Keith Davidson - GWEFC

Results from the Merseyside Open 2016 held over the weekend of 13th/14th Feb 2016 for our members / visitors / random fencers we know 

Saturday

Men's Foil

• Bronze - Jack Douglas and Jonathan Woollard  [Wallace FA]
• 26th - Mark Lauchlan  [Wallace FA]

Men's Sabre

• 24th - Keith Davidson - GWEFC

Women's Sabre

• 30th - Lorna Smith  [Strathclyde Uni]