The rescheduled Dundee Duel 2018 will on 12 May 2018
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Stirling Sword 2018 – Results
The Stirling Sword, as in previous years, provided a large number of competitors from various locations.
On Saturday, in the team events, we had various club members and visitors in various teams
Team Epee
- 8th – Glasgow Goners – GWEFC
Team Sabre
- 10th – West End Wanderers – GWEFC
- 11th – West End Rovers (Paris Branch) – GWEFC/ECE
- 13th – Sans Titre – Stirling Uni/Salle Rollo
On Sunday, for the individual events, we had various members and visitors
No fencing tonight (1st March)
Due to the current weather situation, Cally Uni's Glasgow campus will be closed on Thursday 1st March, so GWEFC will not be running.
Holiday Fencing
As has become tradition, we will take a break over the holiday period, but not before the Christmas Competition and Special Tactics Training (ie the Pub) nights.
Thursday 7th December
This will be our last fencing night and will be our usual Christmas Competition. This will be a team match, open to all, we will decide the teams and weapons at the start of the evening – possibly changing mid-way through depending on when the Epeeists arrive. Please try to arrive in time for team selection starting at 7pm.
M8 Open 2017 – Results
Unusually, this year's M8 Open was not plagued by snow, locked doors, fire alarms, locust swarms or any other random acts of nature.
A few members and irregulars at the club ventured to Bathgate to meet the challenge of combined Team and Individual competitions.
Sunday
Men's Individual Epee
- 16th – Andrew Munley
- 17th – Kris Moodley
- 18th – Samuel Whitby
(No special award for formation fencing guys)
Scottish Intermediates Championships 2017 – Results
The Scottish Intermediates Championships were held in Bathgate Academy on the weekend of 28th/29th October 2017.
Results for our club members and irregulars:
Men's Epee
- Silver – Kris Moodley
- 17th – Andrew Munley
- 19th – Symion Kolontayev
Women's Epee
- Silver – Mhairi Davidson
- 11th – Sarah Clancy
Women's Foil
- 5th – Helen Pitt
Men's Sabre
- Euan Sime
Veterans World Championship 2017
A couple of our club regulars were selected to represent GB at the Veterans Fencing World Championship 2017 was held in Maribor, Slovenia.
The Women's Foil team, including Sheila Anderson, won Bronze. She was also 12th in the Individual Women's Foil.
Stephen Rennie was 19th in Individual Men's Sabre
Scottish Open 2017 – Results
This year the Scottish Open returned to its new home of Oriam Health and Fitness centre at Heriot-Watt University.
Saturday
Men's Epee
- 24th – Kris Moodley
- 36th – Andrew Munley
Men's Sabre
- 11th – Keith Davidson
- 13th – Andy Pearson
Women's Sabre
- 11th – Sarah Dolan
Sunday
Men's Foil
- 25th – George Dolan
Women's Foil
- 24th – Helen Pitt
Beginners Welcome
GWEFC will be holding an introduction to fencing course on Thursday 2nd November. Give us a couple of hours of your time and we will teach you how to fence. Bring a friend – it's better to learn together. There is no charge for this course.
Glasgow Open 2017 – Results
As usual, it was a lovely sunny weekend for the Glasgow Open – ideal weather for staying indoors in a noisy fencing hall.
Several of our club members and irregular visitors competed in the event with the following results. Especially notable were Alex Wren taking Gold in Women's Epee and Constance Philippe taking Bronze in the Women's Foil (and winning Ladies Celtic Master-at-Arms).