New Coaching Qualifications Achieved - March 2008

Congratulations to Ben Waldon who passed his BAF Level 3 foil coaching award at the Academy easter course this year. 

Liam Harrington also passed his Diploma (level 5) sabre coaching award on the same course. 

Three Counties League Match V St Albans - March 2008

Predictably St Albans fielded their strongest foil team, however this time things did not go their way as the our team of, Ben Waldon, Chris Jennings and Pervez Choudhury fought their way to a comfortable 6-3 victory, in a contest that saw Pervez Choudhury score a notable victory over the much more experienced Terry Salinger.

Our epee team have had a difficult time of it this season, and unfortunately this match was no different. Things started brightly enough for us with Duncan Cave winning the first bout. That proved to be our only success however, and St Albans romped home to an easy 8-1 win, taking the match 11- 7 overall.

Three Counties League Match v St Albans - February 2008

This was our first home match of the season. St Albans fielded a strong foil team, including veteran fencer Tony Conyard. His experience in competing on the national veterans circuit gave them the edge they needed, and St Albans went on to win 6-3.

The epee was much closer and the teams stood at 4 fights all going into the last bout. Watford’s Amie Watson took an early lead scoring the first two points, but her opponent David Reid quickly learned to adapt to Amie’s counter attacks, and staged a comeback to win the fight 5-3, and secure a 5-4 victory at epee for St Albans, giving them a 11-7 victory in the match overall.

Three Counties League Match v Bedford - February 2008

This month saw us travel to Bedford Fencing club for our first away match of the season.

Our foil team of Chris Jennings, Ben Waldon and Pervez Choudhury, overcame a competitively inexperienced Bedford team without any difficultly going on to win 9 all nine bouts.

Bedford are capable of fielding a strong epee team however, and that side of the match was always going to be difficult for us. Things started well with Liam Harrington defeating his opposite number Graham Heale 5-0. After that though it was all one way traffic, as Bedford went on to win 7 of the remaining eight fights, with only Tony Bardell managing to grab a consolation victory for Watford.

However the two victories at epee gave us enough to secure the match 11-7 over all.

Club Championships results August /September 2007

The club championships were once again well attended and keenly contested this year. Results of are as follows:

MF: 1st Liam, 2nd Andy D, =3rd Chris, Craig
WF: 1st Charlotte, 2nd Laura, 3rd Juliette
ME: 1st Liam, 2nd Paul, =3rd Duncan, Chris
WE: 1st Juliette, 2nd Niamh, 3rd Charlotte
MS: 1st Liam, 2nd Andy D, =3rd Ben, Paul
WS: 1st Juliette, 2nd Charlotte, 3rd Laura

Master At Arms: Liam

Many thanks to Duncan for organising it once again.

Veterans World Championships September 2007

Our longest standing member Tony Bardell was selected for the GB team for the Vets world Championships in Sydney.

Fencing in CAT B (Over 60) Sabre, Tony finished in the last 8, a very respectable result. He only lost his last bout 10/9, so just one more point and he would have finished in the medals!

New Fencing Master August 2007

Club coach Gianpaolo Marini completed his Hungarian Coaching course this year, passing his coaching diploma at all three weapons, a spectacular achievement, and the result of years of hard work.

This means the club is now lucky enough to have Fencing Master as coach for the first time in many years.

New Coaching Qualifications Achieved July 2007

Congratulations to Ben Waldon who passed his BAF level 2 foil coaching award at the Academy summer course this year. Only being 18, the youngest age at which somebody can hold a coaching award, Ben is one of the youngest, (if not the youngest), qualified coaches in the country at the moment.

Liam Harrington also passed his Advanced (Level 4) sabre coaching award on the same course. Liam now holds advanced coaching awards at all three weapons, and has also passed is written exam, making him the BAF’s newest Provost coach.

Herts. County Team Foil

The club did well again this year, finishing 1st and 2nd with TRYB 3rd. Results
1st Watford A: Ben, Caleb, Liam
2nd Watford B: Paul C, Tony, Paul R
3rd TRYB A: James, Adrian, Gianpaolo