Congratulations to EFC foilists who took part in the British Youth Championships u18 Girls' Foil on the 3rd May, representing Scotland East. Katie Smith took second place, undefeated until the final and Ailsa Morrison finished 5th. Congratulations too to the winner, Yvonne Chart representing the South West - Yvonne's second club is EFC and she represented us at this season's British Team Championships
Four of our Girls Team took part in one of the biggest fencing events in Britain - Birmingham International Open on Saturday 19th April.
In a field of 65 all of our girls finished in the top 10 and Ruth Clarke finished 2nd (losing the final by only 15-13) - Ruth 2nd, Katie Smith 6th, Chloe Dickson 7th and Lisa McKenzie 10th.
Mark Legkowski was undefeated in a field of over 70 fencers to win the Glasgow Open on Sunday 6th April. On the same day Katie Smith came 3rd in the Women's Foil.
Also on the same day, Katie's Team mate Chloe Dickson represented Great Britain in the Junior World Championships in Plovdiv (Bulgaria) and finished 46th.
After four years of coaching and ten years of training at EFC, Matt D'Agostino is leaving the club to move to London. During his time at EFC he competed in numerous internationals for Scotland and Britain, and won the UK School Games. As a coach, Matt delivered the Wednesday night youth Sabre class and worked hard to create new links to feeder clubs.
Congratulations to the Edinburgh University Girls' Team who on Wednesday 26th March won the British Universities' Championships by defeating Cambridge.
This was the culmination of the season's knock out matches that saw the girls undefeated against teams from the universities of Durham, Aberdeen, York, Birmingham, Oxford and Surrey.
The Team victory follows individual British Universities' success with Lisa and Catriona coming 1st and 2nd in the Women's Foil only weeks before.
After four years of coaching and ten years of training at EFC, Matt D'Agostino is leaving the club to move to London. During his time at EFC he competed in numerous internationals for Scotland and Britain, and won the UK School Games. As a coach, Matt delivered the Wednesday night youth Sabre class and worked hard to create new links to feeder clubs.