The 2011/12 Northern Ireland Junior Foil Series was brought to an end with the 5th and final round of the series on the 28th April. This concluded an extremely successful year for the BFC juniors, with BFC fencers winning 3 of the 5 overall age group championships. Jake Bodels took the U14 boys top spot, while Keziah Beattie topped the U14 girls and Finn McMullan won in the U10s.

BFC overall 2011/12 NIJFS results:

Under 10s – 1st Finn McMullan, 6th Matthew McKay, 9th Natalia Szczepanska.

Under 14 Boys – 1st Jake Bodels, 5th Daragh Patterson, 7th Jack Walsh, 8th Theo Millar, 13th Ben Sloan, 13th Michael Law

Under 14 Girls – 1st Keziah Beattie, 10th Imogen Spence.

Under 12 Boys – 5th Jamie Doyle, 7th Reuben McCausland, 15th John Gildea, 17th Patrick Szczepanski.

Well done BFC juniors!

Finn is 2011/12 NIJFS U10 champ!

 Keziah 2011/12 U14 Girls Champion.

Jake lunges to win a point, on his way to becoming 2011/12 U14 NIJFS Boys Champion.

The fifth and last round of the 2011/12 NI Junior Foil Series was held on Sat 28th April at Grosvenor Grammar School. In total nine members of the Belfast Fencing Club junior section took part across 4 of the 5 age groups. BFC results:

Under 10s – 2nd Finn McMullan, 3rd Matthew McKay.

Under 12 Boys – 5th Jamie Doyle, 7th Reuben McCausland.

Under 14 Girls – 1st Keziah Beattie.

Under 14 Boys – 3rd Jake Bodels, 3rd Daragh Patterson, 5th Theo Millar, 7th Jack Walsh.

Theo and Darragh fight it out at Round 5 of the NIJFS.

The 2012 Belfast Open Fencing Tournament was held last weekend, Sat 31st March and Sun 1st April, run by Belfast Fencing Club at our home in Campbell College in the east of the city. For the full set of results see our Competition page. BFC had members competing in 4 of the 6 events:

Women’s Foil – 1st Victoria Duxbury, 3rd Rachel Philpott.

Men’s Foil – 3rd Alastair Houldsworth, 5th David White, 6th Peter Brown, 11th Callum Bodels, 14th Gerry Boyle, 16th John Doyle.

Women’s Epee - 6th Rachel Philpott.

Men’s Epee – 5th Alastair Houldsworth, 8th Gerry Boyle.

Well done all the above BFC competitors and a big thank you to all who assisted in the venue set-up, post event clear-up and on-the-day smooth running of the competition. Special thanks to Chris for DT duties over the two days and to Campbell College for the use of the premises.

BFC fencers and coaches at the 2012 Belfast Open

The fourth round of the NI Junior Foil Series was held on Sat 31st March at Campbell College Belfast as part of the 2012 Belfast Open Fencing Tournament. The Belfast Fencing Club junior section was well represented with members competing in 4 out of the 5 age groups and winning in 3 of them. BFC results:

Under 10s – 1st Finn McMullan, 3rd Matthew McKay.

Under 12 Boys – 5th Jamie Doyle, 7th John Gildea, 10th Reuben McCausland.

Under 14 Girls – 1st Jennie Pitt, 3rd Imogen Spence.

Under 14 Boys – 1st Jake Bodels, 2nd Daragh Patterson, 3rd Jack Walsh, 6th Theo Millar, 9th Michael Law, 13th Ben Sloan.

Well done to all the above fencers, a superb set of results from the BFC juniors.

Junior Fencers at the 2012 Belfast Open

The Irish Nationals were held last weekend 24/25 March in Maynooth, Kildare.This year a Cadet (U17) event was included for the first time. BFC results:

Cadet Women’s Foil – 1st Victoria Duxbury, 2nd Rachel Philpott, 3rd Keziah Beattie.

Cadet Men’s Foil – 1st Callum Bodels, 6th Jake Bodels.

Senior Women’s Foil – 1st Victoria Duxbury, 3rd Rachel Philpott, 5th Keziah Beattie.

Senior Men’s Foil – 3rd Peter Brown, 7th Callum Bodels, 11th David White.

BFC results.

Men’s Foil: Peter Brown 12th, David White 13th.

NIJFS Round 3 at Wallace High School in Lisburn on 25 Feb – BFC results.

U10 Mixed: 1st John Gildea, 2nd Natalia Szczepanska.

U12 Boys: 6th Jamie Doyle, 10th Patrick Szczepanski.

U14 Girls: 1st Keziah Beattie, 3rd Jennie Pitt.

U14 Boys: 2nd Jake Bodels, 5th Daragh Patterson, 7th Jack Walsh, 10th Michael Law, 13th Theo Millar, 17th Ben Sloan.

Well done BFC Juniors!

Congratulations Victoria, Rachel and Callum on selection to the 2012 N Ireland UKSG squad. For details on the 2012 UKSG see http://www.2012schoolgames.com/

BFC Results.

Victoria Duxbury 3rd women’s foil, Callum Bodels 26th men’s foil. Gerry Boyle 76th men’s epee.

The 2012 Belfast Open will be hosted by BFC and Campbell College on March 31 & April 01. See the Competition Page for details.