The competition was run by Salle Lawrence Fencing Club committee members who  have been involved in running competitions successfully for many years on behalf of Devon County Fencing Union. All the children fenced on the electric boxes with referees also provided by Salle Lawrence Fencing Club. The event ran very smoothly with all the children thoroughly enjoying themselves.

All the children helped each other onto and off the electric equipment and supported each other, it was really nice to see. And the children were all extremely polite and followed fencing etiquette to the levels and expectations of world class competitors. The standard of fencing was also outstanding for their age groups, all the children whether they had been learning for nearly a year or 4 weeks looked and showed that they new what they were doing and were implementing all they had learnt in training.

As a coach Rhiannon says “it was so pleasing to see all the children enjoying what they were doing and using what they had learnt. There were no tears when fencers were eliminated, all children acted like professional sports men and women right through from the 7 to 18 year olds.”

What a credit they all were to Rhiannon, their parents and also their schools. Medal winners were as follows:                                                              

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Under 11 Boys Epee: In first place Daniel Moore from Salle Lawrence Fencing Club. In second place Patrick Ahern from Compton CE Primary School, in joint third was Connor Farthing from Chaddlewood and Connor Thompson from Salle Lawrence Fencing Club.

U11 Girls Epee: In first place was Eloise King, second place Hannah Hill and in third place was Olivia Butcher all from Compton CE Primary School

U13 Boys Epee: In first place Eddie Ward from Tavistock Fencing Club (Salle Lawrence), in second place Daniel Cookson (Salle Lawrence Fencing Club) and in 3rd place  Oliver Miller Salle Lawrence Fencing Club.

U13 Girls Epee: In first place Emma Thompson from Salle Lawrence Fencing Club.

U13 Mixed Girls and Boys Foil: In first place Emma Thompson from Salle Lawrence Fencing Club. In second place Kieran Roberts from Stoke Dameral Community College.

U18 Girls and Boys Foil: In first place Kristina Lawrence from Salle Lawrence Fencing Club, in second place Myles Jackson from Stoke Dameral Community College, in joint third place Shaun Teo and Zune Quing Teo both from Stoke Dameral Community College.

On Sunday 13th December Salle Lawrence Fencing Club Plmouth and the School Sports Partnership (SSP) organized a fencing competition involving all the children that Rhiannon Lawrence teaches to fence both through fencing clubs that she is involved with and schools that she delivers to through the SSP. These clubs and schools are Salle Lawrence Fencing Club, Tavistock Fencing Club (Salle Lawrence), Sir John Hunt, Stoke Dameral Community College, Compton C.E Primary School, Chaddlewood Primary School and Goosewell Primary School. The idea behind running this competition was to raise standards for fencing within Plymouth by encouraging children to move from school or local clubs into a more competitive environment. The day could not have been more of a success. Over 35 children took part throughout the day over two weapons. All the primary school children competed in Epee in the morning and all the senior school children competed in foil in the afternoon.

Stoke Dameral children fencing with size 3 foils on the electric boxes!