Hutchison & Cohen finish in top 15

7th May 2012

Women’s Foil World Cup – Shanghai
The weekend’s action began in Asia with...

Kruse wins bronze in Japan

30th April 2012
Richard Kruse took the bronze medal at this weekend's Wakayama Grand Prix in Japan and moved to 13th in...

Sheppard secures Olympic qualification

23rd April 2012
Natalia Sheppard has secured her place at the London 2012 Olympics by winning the women’s foil discipline in the final...

Beazley fencing showcase success

20th April 2012
With exactly 100 days to go to the fencing at the 2012 Games, Beazley held a showcase event for GB Olympic and Paralympic...

Blades at Hays

13th April 2012
With exactly 100 days to go to the fencing at the 2012 Games, GB Olympic and Paralympic fencing hopefuls will...

European zonal selections announced

9th April 2012
With Men’s Foilist Richard Kruse qualified automatically for the Olympics, each of the remaining five disciplines will...

Kruse qualifies for Olympics

24th March 2012
For the first time since before the Sydney Olympics, a GB fencer has automatically qualified for the Games through the World...

Tricky weekend of fencing for Brits

12th March 2012
Italy, Spain and Turkey were the destinations for this weekend’s fencing action and three Women’s World Cups. 28...

Fencing featured on BBC Breakfast

10th March 2012
BBC Breakfast News sports presenter, Mike Bushell, tries out a different sport each week for his Saturday Breakfast slot and...

Fencing YouTube channel launched

12th March 2012
British Fencing, in conjunction with Beazley, has today launched BritishFencingTV on YouTube. The channel is designed...

Three Brits finish in top 32

5th March 2012
It was a weekend of international men’s events this weekend as 24 British fencers took part in competitions across...

Beazley recognised for sponsorship

2nd March 2012
It has just been announced that Beazley has been shortlisted for the prestigious Hollis Sponsorship Awards, nominated in the...

Sheppard finishes 20th at Grand Prix

27th February 2012
It was an all female affair this weekend with a sabre World Cup in London, an epee Grand Prix in Budapest and a foil...

Davis finishes 16th in La Coruna

20th February 2012
It was the men on show this weekend, fencing sabre in Padua and foil in La Coruna at World Cup events.
...

Weekend World Cup round up 13.02.12

13th February 2012
A busy weekend of senior fencing action took place across the globe over the weekend including two World Cup events and...

Beazley brings fencing to Chelsea

2nd February 2012
Beazley has today announced that they will join forces with Hillier Nurseries and Garden Centres at the Royal...

Legnano Men’s Epee and Paris Men’s Foil

30th January 2012
Men's Epee
An astounding 242 fencers competed in the individual event at the season’s...

Sabre Summary

28th January
The men’s sabreurs continue their attempts to qualify for the Olympic Games in Plovdiv during the first weekend of...

Épée Exposé

26th January 2012
With just one male epeeist (Phillip Marsh) and one female epeeist (Corinna Lawrence) on the World Class Programme, the...

A positive weekend for GB fencing

23rd January 2012
Jenny McGeever & Corinna Lawrence hit form ahead of first Olympic Qualifier of 2012
...

2012 update from the Performance Manager

13th January 2012
The fight for Olympic qualification begins again at the end of January. By the end of March we will know which...

Foil Focus

3rd January 2012
The GB men’s foilists resume their efforts to qualify by rights to take part in the 2012 Games in Paris from 27-...

Beazley British Championships round up

19th December
Men’s Foil
By adding the British championship crown to his victory in the Leon Paul International...

Beazley British Championships results

12th December 2011
The Senior British Individual National Championships (the Beazley British Championships) were hosted at the English...

Itzkowitz wins silver at Junior World Cup

5th December 2011
In her first season as a junior GB fencer, Aliya Itzkowitz, 17 years old, from London took the silver medal at only her...

GB win gold at test event

28th November 2011
Great Britain’s men’s foil team (Laurence Halsted, Ed Jefferies, Jamie Kenber and Richard Kruse) ...

Men's foilists test London 2012 venue

25th November 2011
The Olympic fencing test event (The London Invitational) takes place 26th and 27th November at the ExCel Centre in London...

An interview with Laurence Halsted

22nd November 2011
With the London Test Event taking place on Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th November, we speak to men's foilist Laurence...

Fencing showcase at Devonshire Square

4th November 2011
Beazley guests and passers-by were treated to a stylish fencing demonstration in the grand setting of Devonshire Square,...

Sword fighting in the Square

26th October 2011
With less than a year to go to the 2012 Games, Olympic and Paralympic fencing hopefuls will be demonstrating their fast...

Wheelchair World Championships round up

24th October 2011
The Wheelchair Fencing World Championships in October 2011 were hosted alongside the able-bodied World Championships in...

World Championship round up

20th October 2011
The World Championships are the biggest annual event in a fencer’s calendar and in this pre-Olympic year the...

Men's foilists finish 9th at Worlds

17th October 2011
A round up of Day 8 of the action from the World Championships in Catania.

Laurence Halsted...

Women sabreurs come 11th

16th October 2011
A round up of Day 7 of the action from the World Championships in Catania.

Chrystall Nicoll...

Wheelchair fencers finish 10th

15th October 2011
A round up of Day 6 of the action from the World Championships in Catania

SIMON Wilson helped Britain...

Corinna Lawrence reaches L16

14th October 2011
A round up of Day 5 of the action from the World Championships in Catania

Corinna Lawrence was...

GB sabreurs set sights on team event

13th October 2011
A round up of Day 4 of the action from the World Championships in Catania.

Chrystall Nicoll has...

Hall-Butcher makes L16

12th October
A round up of Day 3 of the action from the World Championships in Catania.

Tom Hall-Butcher believes all...

Kenber targets last 16 in Italy

11th October 2011
A round up of Day 2 of the action from the World Championships in Catania.

Jamie Kenber insists he won...

Honeybone to face No.1 in Worlds

10th October 2011
A round up of Day 1 of the action from the World Championships in Catania.

It will be a case of déjà vu...

World Championships start tomorrow

7th October
The 2011 World Championships begin in Catania, Sicily tomorrow. Eight days of world class fencing across the three disciplines...

Richard Kruse on the Worlds

4th October 2011
At the GB squad preparation camp in Bath this weekend we spoke to Britain’s top fencer, 28-year-old Richard Kruse,...

Hungarian Wheelchair World Cup

3rd October 2011
The recent Hungarian Wheelchair Fencing World Cup competition was held at the Eger City hotel, Eger, Hungary, 8 - 12...

8 days until World Fencing Championships

30th September 2011
With now only 8 days to go to the start of the 2011 Fencing World Championships preparations are fully...

Meet the new Performance Manager

15th September 2011
Ahead of the World Fencing Championships in Italy next month, we speak to British Fencing's new Performance Manager...

British Fencing add to squad

9th September 2011
The British Fencing team for the World Championships in Catania, Italy, in October has been extended to include Jon...

Wheelchair Fencing squad announced

29th August 2011
The World Championships squad has been announced and the following wheelchair fencers have been selected to represent Great...

An interview with Craig McCann

22nd August 2011
A European Wheelchair Fencing Championships Overview
Great Britain’s Wheelchair Fencers...

World Championships GBR team announced

8th August 2011
The Great Britain (GBR) Fencing Team selected for the forthcoming World Championships is based on the recently announced new...

World Class Performance programme announced

1st August 2011
As of the 1st August, 2011, fundamental changes to British Fencing’s World Class Programme (WCP) get under way. ...

Room for improvement after Euros

25th July 2011
After a disappointing display at the European Fencing Championships in Sheffield in which GB did not achieve a podium finish...

Two days to go until the Euros

11th July 2011
There are just two days to go until the start of the 2011 European Fencing Championships in Sheffield, by far the biggest...

100 days to World Championships

27th June 2011
With just 100 days to go before the 73rd Senior World Fencing Championships, the under-secretary for the Italian Ministry of...

GB fencers selected for Euros

22nd June 2011
With just 21 days to go until this year’s European Fencing Championships in Sheffield, final preparations are well...

GB crowned European Veterans Champions

14th June 2011
A record entry of 1300 fencers took part in the European Veterans Championships hosted by the French Veterans Fencers...

Fencer launches Olympic Torch

8th June 2011
British Fencing’s no.3 Junior Sabreur and ‘Local Hero’, Soji Aiyunero, was invited to St. Pancras to attend...

European Fencing Championships launched

8th June 2011
British Fencing launched the 2011 European Fencing Championships today in the UK’s largest retail centre, Meadowhall,...

European Fencing Championship, Sheffield

31st May 2011
Tickets for the European Fencing Championship 2011 have been now gone on sale. The event is being held in Sheffield and it...

Kruse wins silver in Seoul

23rd May 2011
Richard Kruse took the silver medal at the Men’s Foil World Cup in Seoul at the weekend, coming through five matches,...

Female fencers impress in international...

22nd May 2011
Sabreurs
Louise Bond-Williams, Sophie Williams, Joanna Hutchison, and Chrystall Nicoll all made the top...

Honeybone impresses in Madrid

16th May 2011
In the Men’s Sabre Madrid World Cup, 20 year old Truro based James Honeybone finished an impressive 41st, following on...

Olympic hopeful stars in music video

11th May 2011
Brighton based six-piece Two Spot Gobi release their new track ‘Simon’s Song (Alright)’ on May 16th 2011...

Sophie Williams strong in Bologna

8th may 2011
As we enter into the Olympic Qualification period, Sabreur Sophie Williams notched up a great personal achievement at the World...

BFA announce new Head of Performance

4th May 2011
Alex Newton is to be the next Performance Manager of British Fencing making her the first person to take on the role full time...

GB Men's Foil victorious in Austria

27th April 2011
In preparation for the beginning of the Olympic qualifying period the Men’s Foil squad spent much of last week...

Coaching Award Win

21st April 2011

Newcastle University Director of Fencing, Iain Aberdeen, picks up Sport Newcastle’s Stan Calvert Award...

GB Fencers on the attack for London 2012

11th April 2011
It has been announced today by the British Olympic Association (BOA) that Great Britain can award eight host nation...

Veteran fencer's return from cancer

8th April 2011
Exactly a year after she was diagnosed with breast cancer for the second time, Mariette Mason aims to step back onto a...

Marsh wins Men’s Epee Junior World Championships

5th April 2011
Britain has a new Junior World Champion in 16 year old Philip Marsh from Bradford on Avon. Having finished in the top...

Newcastle Fencing Club awarded the Inspire Mark

2nd April 2011
Newcastle Fencing Club and Newcastle University has been granted the Inspire Mark; the badge of the London 2012 Inspire...

First pop up fencing event a huge success

1st April 2011
Beazley's first pop up fencing event held in the heart of the City at Leadenhall Market last night, played host to a...

First Beazley pop-up fencing event tonight

31st March 2011
Beazley are holding a pop-up fencing demonstration in Leadenhall Market, City of London, from 17.30 – 19.00...

GB female fencers all in action at weekend

28th March 2011
Britain’s female fencers were all in action again this weekend, with World Cup competitions taking place across Europe...

A busy weekend for GB female fencers

14th March 2011
This weekend Great Britain’s female fencers were in action across all three disciplines; the foilists in Turin, the...

Kruse up to 9th

7th March 2011
Richard Kruse reinforced his comeback from injury by finishing 10th at the Venice Grand Prix at the weekend, and in doing so...

Nicoll continues to climb rankings

28th February 2011
Chrystall Nicoll took centre stage again as international sabre arrived on our doorstep this weekend, as the world’...

International fencing comes to London

23rd February 2011
Some of the world’s top fencers will be competing at Crystal Palace from 2pm on Friday 25th February at the...

Willis wins bronze in Berlin

21st February 2011
Jon Willis, 30, who moved to Heidenheim last year in an effort to qualify for the London 2012 Olympic Games, came 3rd at...

Hendrie reaches finals in Poland

17th February 2011
George Hendrie, 16, made the finals in the Cadet European Circuit event in Warsaw last weekend. The Midhurst fencer...

Nicoll climbs three world rankings

14th February 2011
Chrystall Nicoll competed in the Orleans Grand Prix at the weekend, and finished a respectable 25th after two days of...

Hudson top eight finish in Gothenburg

7th February 2011
Jack Hudson, 16, and currently living in Texas, USA, finished in the top eight of both the under-17 and under-20 Vigor...

Jeffries valiant at Challenge Rommel

1st February 2011
This weekend the British Men’s Foilist team competed in the Challenge Rommel in Paris, taking a solid seventh place...

Stunning weekend for Fencers

24th January 2011
Gareth Thomas, 19, produced a fantastic result at the Men’s Epee Senior Satellite event in Stockholm this weekend by...

Beazley Sponsorship Launch

18th January 2011
Beazley, the specialist Lloyd’s insurer, has entered into a five year partnership with British Fencing, the national...

Wheelchair Fencing Camp

17th January 2011
Britain’s Wheelchair Fencing squad this week are in Stoke Mandeville for a high level training camp with an...

Kruse Returns to Training

13th January 2011
Previously injured Richard Kruse returns to full training this week, as the British Men’s Foil team takes part in a...

An Introduction to Fencing

Fencing is a fun, exciting sport; simple and cheap to start and keeps both your body and brain active! With 3 different weapons and a range of fun...

12 Facts About Fencing

1. Three weapons are used in fencing: foil – introduced in the mid-17th century as a practice weapon, epee – derived from the duelling...

Hutchison & Cohen finish in top 15

It was an all ladies weekend on the international...
Kruse wins bronze in Japan

Richard Kruse lands bronze in Wakayama Grand Prix
Sheppard secures Olympic qualification

Natalia Sheppard secures Olympic place with victory in...
Beazley fencing showcase success

Pop-up event marks 100 days until fencing at the...
Blades at Hays

Fencing showcase comes to London Bridge
European zonal selections announced

The British fencers to compete in the Olympic European...
Kruse qualifies for Olympics

Men's foilist Richard Kruse secures Olympic...
Tricky weekend of fencing for Brits

World Cup Round Up - Barcelona Women’s Epee, Turin...
Fencing featured on BBC Breakfast

Mike Bushell gets to the point of fencing
Fencing YouTube channel launched

British Fencing and Beazley launch BritishFencingTV
Three Brits finish in top 32

Three Brit's finished in the top 32 with Willis...
Beazley recognised for sponsorship

Beazley shortlisted for Hollis Sponsorship Award
Sheppard finishes 20th at Grand Prix

World Cup Round Up: women's sabre World Cup in...
Davis finishes 16th in La Coruna

World Cup Round Up: Padua Men’s Sabre and La Coruna...
Weekend World Cup round up 13.02.12

World Cup Round Up: Orleans Women’s Sabre,...
Beazley brings fencing to Chelsea

Beazley announces collaborative tie-up with RHS...
Legnano Men’s Epee and Paris Men’s Foil

World Cup Round Up: Legnano Men’s Epee and Paris Men’s...
Sabre Summary

What does 2012 hold for the GB men's and women...
Épée Exposé

What does 2012 hold for the GB men's and women...
A positive weekend for GB fencing

GB fencers win medals in women's epee and Junior...
2012 update from the Performance Manager

A pre-season update from Performance Manager, Alex...
Foil Focus

What 2012 holds for the GB men's and women's...
Beazley British Championships round up

A full round up of the action from the 2011 Beazley...
Beazley British Championships results

Results from the Beazley British Championships in...
Itzkowitz wins silver at Junior World Cup

Aliya Itzkowitz, 17 years old, won silver in Dormagen...
GB win gold at test event

Great Britain win Gold at the Men's Team Foil...
Men's foilists test London 2012 venue

The London Invitational Men's Foil Event takes...
An interview with Laurence Halsted

With the London Test Event taking place on Saturday...
Fencing showcase at Devonshire Square

Beazley hold a second pop up fencing event in the City
Sword fighting in the Square

Beazley's next pop-up fencing event is announced
Wheelchair World Championships round up

A summary of Team GB's performance at the 2011...
World Championship round up

A summary of Team GB's performance in the 2011...
Men's foilists finish 9th at Worlds

A round up of Day 8 of the action from the World...
Women sabreurs come 11th

A round up of Day 7 of the action from the World...
Wheelchair fencers finish 10th

A round up of Day 6 of the action from the World...
Corinna Lawrence reaches L16

A round up of Day 5 of the action from the World...
GB sabreurs set sights on team event

A round up of Day 4 of the action from the World...
Hall-Butcher makes L16

A round up of Day 3 of the action from the World...
Kenber targets last 16 in Italy

A round up of Day 2 of the action from the World...
Honeybone to face No.1 in Worlds

A round up of Day 1 of the action from the World...
World Championships start tomorrow

The 2011 World Championships in Catania, Italy, take...
Richard Kruse on the Worlds

We speak to Richard Kruse ahead of the World...
Hungarian Wheelchair World Cup

Seven British fencers travelled to Hungary recently to...
8 days until World Fencing Championships

The 2011 Fencing World Championships in Catania start...
Meet the new Performance Manager

An interview with Alex Newton, British Fencing's...
British Fencing add to squad

British Fencing have extended their World...
Wheelchair Fencing squad announced

The fencers to represent Great Britain at the World...
An interview with Craig McCann

An overview of the European Wheelchair Fencing...
World Championships GBR team announced

British Fencing announces World Championships GBR team...
World Class Performance programme announced

British Fencing announce new World Class Performance...
Room for improvement after Euros

The British Fencing team did not achieve the results...
Two days to go until the Euros

With just two days to go until the European...
100 days to World Championships

100 days to go before the Senior World Championships...
GB fencers selected for Euros

Team GB is selected ahead of the European Fencing...
GB crowned European Veterans Champions

Great Britain finished top in the European Veterans...
Fencer launches Olympic Torch

Soji Aiyunero joins Olympic greats to be one of the...
European Fencing Championships launched

Richard Kruse, Laurence Halsted and Simon Wilson...
European Fencing Championship, Sheffield

With less than a month to go to the Europeans, get...
Kruse wins silver in Seoul

Richard Kruse takes silver at World Cup
Female fencers impress in international competition

GB female foilists and sabreurs show signs of...
Honeybone impresses in Madrid

A round up of the weekend's GB fencing results
Olympic hopeful stars in music video

Laurence Halsted stars as a frustrated fencer in a new...
Sophie Williams strong in Bologna

Sabreur Sophie Williams is top performing Brit in...
BFA announce new Head of Performance

Alex Newton is appointed as Head of Performance at the...
GB Men's Foil victorious in Austria

Salsburg clean sweep for GB Men's Foil teams
Coaching Award Win

Newcastle University Director of Fencing, Iain...
GB Fencers on the attack for London 2012

BOA awards British Fencing eight host nation...
Veteran fencer's return from cancer

Mariette Mason returns to competition after fighting...
Marsh wins Men’s Epee Junior World Championships

Philip Marsh wins gold at the Junior World...
Newcastle Fencing Club awarded the Inspire Mark

Newcastle Wheelchair Fencing Project recognised by the...
First pop up fencing event a huge success

A review of Beazley's first pop up fencing event
First Beazley pop-up fencing event tonight

Come to Leadenhall Market at 17.30 on 31st March
GB female fencers all in action at weekend

Sabreurs finish March strongly
A busy weekend for GB female fencers

All disciplines in International action
Kruse up to 9th

RIchard Kruse lifts his world ranking up to 9th
Nicoll continues to climb rankings

Nicoll continues to climb international rankings...
International fencing comes to London

London Trophy brings international fencers to Crystal...
Willis wins bronze in Berlin

Jon Willis wins bronze in Berlin's White Bear
Hendrie reaches finals in Poland

George Hendrie makes the finals in Warsaw
Nicoll climbs three world rankings

GB Women’s Sabreur moves up world rankings
Hudson top eight finish in Gothenburg

16 year old Jack Hudson narrowly missed out on a medal...
Jeffries valiant at Challenge Rommel

The GB Men's Foilist team come seventh in Paris
Stunning weekend for Fencers

Gareth Thomas, 19, produced a fantastic result at the...
Beazley Sponsorship Launch

Beazley enters five year partnership with British...
Wheelchair Fencing Camp

Britain’s First International squad camp
Kruse Returns to Training

Previously injured Richard Kruse back in training
An Introduction to Fencing

A fun and exciting sport steeped in history
12 Facts About Fencing

12 facts you may not already know about fencing