12/07/2026
At the end of June, team Edel travelled to Marlow to compete at the Albion Cup! It was a tough tournament with remarkable fencing, but Aphra, Sophie and Arren gave it their all and certainly did us proud! (Photo credit: Andy McCormack .hematog)
Aphra completed in URG sabre and longsword, navigating some extremely challenging pools while doing so. She fought tooth and nail in a stacked sabre pool, and scored some brilliant ripostes in the process! She also performed well in longsword, employing some of the devices we have been working on in class to great effect, and finishing 12th in what was a stacked event!
Arren fought the outrageous heat in open longsword B, and facing some stiff competition managed to take several bouts to the final exchange with only points in them! A strong performance with brilliant moments aplenty!
Sophie fought in Open Longsword B, Open Sabre B, and Open Rapier B.
She had a decent start to longsword pools, winning all but one, but took a tough defeat in her first round of eliminations. Sabre was a tough one: with challenging opponents, she managed to win a few fights, but unfortunately did not make the cut for eliminations. Rapier however went well! Sophie swept her pool, and went on to win every fight afterwards, only faltering at the final, but still taking home a silver medal!
Well done fencers!
