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April 2010 £5.00 7751 SWORD APRIL USE!:April Issue 29/6/10 09:34 Page 2 7751 SWORD APRIL USE!:April Issue 29/6/10 09:34 Page 3 7751 SWORD APRIL USE!:April Issue 29/6/10 09:34 Page 1 British Fencing April 2010 £5.00 7751 SWORD APRIL USE!:April Issue 29/6/10 09:34 Page 2 7751 SWORD APRIL USE!:April Issue 29/6/10 09:34 Page 3 British Fencing April 2010 £5.00 New Series No. 101 April 2010 Front Cover: Soji Aiyenuro (right) clashes with Max Kindler of Germany in the Camden International Cadet Sabre Contents tournament (photo: Graham Morrison) FENCING NEWS 5 ENGLAND TROPHY 8 Photo-report from Graham Morrison British Fencing LONDON 2012: FENCING MANAGER’S UPDATE10 Hilary Philbin, Fencing Manager for the 2012 Olympics, outlines the programme 1 Baronʼs Gate, 33 Rothschild Road, of events London W4 5HT, Tel: 0208 742 3032, Fax: 0208 742 3033. OVERTRAINING AND THE USE OF DIARIES 11 Website: http//www.BritishFencing.com Performance coaches Jon Rhodes and Mike Williams consider the dangers of e-mail: [email protected] overtraining and the value of training diaries President: Keith Smith Chief Executive: Piers Martin CAMDEN INTERNATIONAL CADET SABRE 12 Malcolm Fare watches the strongest cadet sabre competition yet held in Britain ASPECTS OF TACTICS – SENSE OF TIMING 15 Editor: Malcolm Fare In the second of his articles on tactics in fencing, Zbigniew Czajkowski looks Pyndar Lodge, Hanley Swan, at the importance of timing Worcs WR8 0DN Tel: 01684 311197 FERRO IN LINEA: A CLASSICAL ITALIAN LEGACY 20 Fax: 01684 311250 Dr William Gaugler draws attention to the value of practising a much email: [email protected] neglected tactic: keeping the point in line Print and Layout: FENCING WITH AN IPHONE 23 Warwick Printing Co Ltd Michael Clemitson tells clubs how to run poules using an iPhone Caswell Road, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. CV31 1QD NOTES FROM A COACH24 Tel: 01926 883355 Henry de Silva assembles some questionnaires for pupils and coaches Fax: 01926 883575 OBITUARIES 26 Advertising: Nosheen Khan Bernard Ortt, Polytechnic Fencing Club Tel: 0208 742 3032 Email: REVIEWS 28 [email protected] Bonehill on Modern Saber Fencing by Zbigniew Borysiuk with accompanying DVD, Fare on the second edition of Richard Cohen’s By the Sword, Philbin on Handbook British Fencing accepts no responsibility for the contents of advertisements and of Epee and Sabre by Allan Skipp and Taylor on Learn Fencing – Foil Level 1 DVD reserves the right to refuse inclusion. ROUND-UP 30 The Sword, a quarterly magazine, is Kruse in Copenhagen, Mepstead in Modling, Lawrence in Budapest, Wheelchair distributed to all individual and club International, Novice Teams, Club News, Vets News members of British Fencing and its affiliates. It can also be obtained on YOUNG FENCER 33 subscription – UK £20 Overseas airmail European Cadet Championships, Newham, Finchley £26 – direct from HQ. Contributions are welcome. Photographs LETTERS 35 should include the names of those pictured and the photographer. RESULTS 36 Views expressed in The Sword do not necessarily reflect those of British Fencing. No part of the magazine may Next deadline: 24 MAY be reproduced without permission from the editor/photographer. British Fencing The SWORD 3 7751 SWORD APRIL USE!:April Issue 29/6/10 09:34 Page 4 7751 SWORD APRIL USE!:April Issue 29/6/10 09:34 Page 5 Fencing News Fencing News NATIONAL ACADEMY TRAINING CAMP WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Applications are sought from fencers born between 1994 Jacqui Catchpole, former U16 and U18 foil champion, and 1996 who would like to take part in the National fenced for Northern Ireland in the 2006 Commonwealth Academy training camp from Monday 16th to Saturday 21st Championships, picking up a team bronze medal in the August 2010 at Nottingham Trent University. There are process. Then she married a farmer, Mark Besley, and today places for only 20 fencers per weapon and preference will be she runs Proctors Farm Shop near Taunton, Somerset. given to those at the top of the national cadet rankings. For more details, contact Anika on [email protected]. CORRECTION The camp will also offer coach education training for up to ten The report on the 2009 world championships in the January Level 2 and Level 3 coaches at each weapon who wish to work issue stated incorrectly that Neil Hutchison was the sole GB towards their Level 3 and 4 coaching award. More details from representative at men’s sabre. In fact, Alex O’Connell also Charlie Miller on [email protected]. Closing participated, reaching the L64, and Chris Buxton was date for applications to both training events is the end of May. selected but was unable to go. This fencing ice statue was part of an ice sculpture trail commissioned by Norwich City Council to show Norwich at play. Made from around 10 tonnes of ice, it was hand-carved by a team of five sculptors over the course of three months and transported from London at -25˚C. The sculpture came about when Norfolk Fencing Club historian Peter Gallop met the organiser of the event while researching the development of fencing in Norwich. The SWORD 5 7751 SWORD APRIL USE!:April Issue 29/6/10 09:34 Page 6 Fencing News News from the President INTERNATIONAL event. Louise Bond-Williams made a the Camden Cadet International and SUCCESS welcome return to form with a top the women’s sabre World Cup a 16 result in Budapest and our men’s great success; in particular, to Pat The period since my last report has foil team were 5th in Venice. These Aiyenuro and Ronald Velden at seen significant international success results are all very encouraging and I Camden and to GLL for part- at Cadet, Junior and Senior level.This would like to congratulate each of sponsoring this important youth is really encouraging for the fencers, the fencers and their various support event. It was good to see armourers, their coaches and parents and also teams of coaches and parents, as well team managers and volunteering for British Fencing. At Cadet level the as Graham Watts our performance courses being organised in conjunction most significant success was our first director for the World Class with the women’s sabre event and ever European team medal, a silver programme. Thanks also to our my thanks to Jack Boteler, our Young won by the men’s foil team. Many managers who have looked after our Officials Development Officer, for all congratulations to Alex Tofalides, teams and squads at all levels and at his hard work. It is also a cause of Kristjan Archer, Kareem Cheriton and so many events. It is great that we satisfaction to me personally and to Alex Savin. Alex Tofalides also made have so many willing volunteers British Fencing that both Camden and the top 8 in the individual prepared to give of their time and the Manchester cadet competition are championship. At the same professionalism to help our fencers. to be included in the new European championships Caitlin Chang made In particular, I would like to thank cadet circuit. This will allow our the top 16 in women’s epee, the Neil Brown and Linda Strachan, fencers to compete against top men’s epee team was 6th and the respectively our Chef de Mission and international fields on home soil and women’s foil team 8th. Other good Team Manager for the Baku World allow us to hone the skills of our Cadet international results have Championships and who carried out referees and other officials. It is also included Philip Marsh 3rd in the same roles at the European important that we further develop Friedrichshafen and L8 in Gothenburg, Cadet Championships. our volunteers and officials, as we Caitlin Chang 3rd in Gothenburg, are hosting the Senior European Aliya Itzkowitz 3rd and Soji Aiyenuro Championships in July 2011 in 6th in Pisa and Amol Rattan 9th in Sheffield and then the Olympic Bratislava. At Junior level Marcus Games in London in 2012. Mepstead was 2nd and Huseyn INTERNATIONAL Rosowsky 8th in Modling, Jenny EVENTS McGeever and Caitlin Chang were in I am pleased that our two FIE World the top 16 in Modling and in Cup events (Eden Cup and England FIE REFEREES AND Logrono Sophie Williams made the Trophy) have been included in the top 8 and Maiyuran Ratneswaran revised FIE calendar. There will now DELEGATES and Alice Watson the L16. At Senior be only eight events per weapon and I am pleased that Tristan Hale (epee), level we have had two FIE World Cup the entries and quality of each World Lynne Melia (foil), Nick Payne (epee) winners. Richard Kruse retained his Cup will increase. We will also be and Chris Farren (sabre) all passed title in Copenhagen and Jon Willis hosting a world team competition as their FIE referee examinations in won in Kish Island. At Tallinn Jon part of the women’s sabre World Cup Budapest in January. These Willis and Nick Perry both made the circuit. Jon Milner and Piers Martin examinations were funded by British top 8 and Corinna Lawrence had a are currently investigating a new Fencing as part of the International successful event in Budapest, making venue for these World Cups. My Influence Programme that I manage the top 16 in the FIE Grand Prix thanks to all those who helped make and UK Sport funds. Chris Farren was The 6 SWORD 7751 SWORD APRIL USE!:April Issue 29/6/10 09:34 Page 7 Fencing News then selected by the European BRITISH FENCING RODNEY FRANCIS Confederation to be a referee at the ORGANISATION I am sorry to report that Rodney European Cadet Championships. Since the Board has delegated the Francis, a valued BF director, has David Sach has been selected by the daily operational running of British resigned from the Board, as he could FIE for the Cadet and Junior World Fencing to Piers Martin, our CEO, he is not agree to some of the proposed Championships in Baku and Janet responsible for the delivery of all changes following the management Huggins (SEMI) and Keith Smith agreed British Fencing functions on a audit.
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