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RESULTS SUMMARY

NEXT MATCH - Star Sword vs Gwent Sword

26/04/08 Star Sword Club loses to Cardiff University 133 - 130

24/04/08 Star Sword Club defeats Whitchurch Fencing Club 80 - 68

24/01/08 Star Sword Club defeats Gwent Sword Club 87 - 75

26/11/07 Star Sword Club defeats Whitchurch Fencing Club 78 - 59

6/11/07 Star Sword Club defeats Howardian Sword Club 70 - 57

10/09/07 Star Sword Club defeats Gwent Sword Club 90 - 77

 

MATCH REPORTS

Star Sword defeats Gwent Sword 87 - 75

On the 24th of January Gwent Sword Club came to face Star in an inter-club match. After a narrow defeat in the last match Gwent were out for revenge, fielding two strong teams. Star 'A' vs Gwent 'A' was close run throughout, with each team taking turns to edge ahead. A superb performance from Andrew McLeod kept Gwent in the runnings, in one fight making up nine points without conceding a hit! Going into the final Gwent had a two point lead and with another superb fight Andrew defeated Star fencer Max Weedon 5 - 4 to win! Or so we thought. When counting up points at the end it was found that gwent had actually not made it to 45, but the match had been stopped prematurely at 43 - 42! Unfortunately there wasn't time to fight the last few hits - mutterings of a rematch were swiftly heard.

 

Star 'B' vs Gwent 'B' was far more clear cut. Star managed to field a surprising strong team and great performances from all the Star fencers saw them maintain a comfortable lead throughout. Final score 45 - 32 to Star, despite some good come back fights from Catherine Fisher.

 

So overall a close victory for Star over Gwent 87 points to 75! Congratulation to all those who took part for an evening of excellent fencing. No doubt a rematch will take place very soon.

 

Star Sword Defeats Whitchurch Fencing Club 78 - 59

On Monday the 26th of June Star Sword played Whitchurch Fencing Club in Epée and Foil.

In the Epée Whitchurch were clearly the stronger team and took an early lead. Hayley Porter and Luis Santos made a concerted effort to keep the Whitchurch team from spiralling ahead. Tom Martin gave a superb effort in the final fight against Steve Parker securing 9 points before Whitchurch achieved victory. The final score was 45 points to 33.

Foil saw the Star Sword team dominate from the start. Of particular note was Chris Powell’s performance. He defeated all his opponents and only conceded one hit in the process. Despite a good effort from Paul Redmond, who regained 4 points against Tom Martin, the match finished 45 points to 14.

So in the final score Star managed to scrape a victory 78 – 59. Thank you to Whitchurch for a very relaxed and enjoyable evening of fencing. Hopefully a rematch will be arrange very soon!

 

Star Sword Defeats Howardian Sword 70 - 57

On the 6th of November SSC sent two teams up to the Howardian Centre for a foil and epee match against the resident club. Foil went on first, with Chris Powell and Louise Webster securing a comfortable lead against their opponents, Scott Hamilton and Mike Edwards. Stewart Kelly performed well for his first competitive event, but let the lead slip away in his match against Joe Attard. This was quickly regained and Star managed to maintained a comfortable lead to win the weapon 45 point to 33.

Next up was epee. Hayley Porter went one first, narrowly losing to Scott Hamilton 5-4. Tom Martin quickly regained control scoring six points in quick succession against Mike Edwards. Luis Santos retained the lead and Star were able to just scrape a 25-24 victory to time.

Congratulations to our teams on a superb result, and many thanks to Howardian for an extremely challenging and entertaining evening. The next match will be on the 26th of November against Whitchurch.

 

Star Sword Defeats Gwent Sword 90 - 77

On the 10th of September Star Sword Club sent two teams to compete against Gwent. The match is the first Star has taken part in since it's founding less than a year ago. Both SSC teams performed superbly, defeating their Gwent counterparts.

The Women's Team (Morwenna Perrot, Hayley Porter, Christabel Gingell and Marisol Taylor) soundly defeated Gwent Team 45 - 37.

The Men's Team (Chris Powell, Tom Martin and Luis Santos) had more difficulty with their Gwent opponents. Although leading throughout the first 7 fights, Chris entered the final bout 5 points down against his Gwent opponent, Ceri Richards. Things looked even worse when Ceri managed to score 4 points in swift succession, bringing the score to 44-40 to Gwent. However, Chris manage to change his tactics and score the final 5 points without conceding a single hit!