Thanks to everyone who competed in this year’s Mercia Novice Open, here are the results – full results can also be found here:

Mixed/Men’s Epee

1 John Barnetson Laszlo’s Fencing Club
2 Euan Irvine Unaffiliated
3T Kevin Bayman Mansfield Fencing Club
3T David Duell Birmingham Fencing Club
5 Mark Greenmoore Colchester & District Fencing Club
6 George Roberts University of Nottingham
7 Liam Kershaw Radcliffe Sword Club
8 Roman Lemeshko Radcliffe Sword Club
9 Harrison Mudge Foiled Again Fencing Club
10 William Brown Northampton Fencing Club
11 Craig Thomas Birmingham Fencing Club
12 Timothy Richardson Birmingham Fencing Club
13 Santino Shan Northampton Fencing Club
14 Paul Grist Huntingdonshire Fencing Club
15 Robert Docherty Northampton Fencing Club
16 Harry McCaughey Sheffield University Fencing Club
17 Milo Hazel Wingerworth Fencing Club
18 McKenzie Dilleigh Foiled Again Fencing Club

 

Best First-time Competitor:  Mark Greenmoore
 

Women’s Epee

1 Kathryn Fletcher Millfield School
2 Amy Newbolt Wingerworth Fencing Club
3T Lily Gibson 3 Blades Club
3T Christiane Matt Wingerworth Fencing Club
5 Dulcie Fay Wingerworth Fencing Club
6 Monika Gibson 3 Blades Fencing Club
7 Brooke Curry Rugby & Daventry Fencing Club
8 Grace Goodwin Foiled Again Fencing Club
9 Briar Kirk North Kesteven Fencing Club

 

Best First-time Competitor: Monika Gibson

 

Mixed/Men’s Foil

1 Edward Massey North Kesteven Fencing Club
2 Harry Sparkes Birmingham Fencing Club
3T Paul Dixon Bury St Edmunds Fencing Club
3T Qifan Wang Birmingham Fencing Club
5 Andrew White Leeds Fencing Club
6 Wojtek Stelmaszczyk Norfolk Fencing Club
7 Edward Anderson Warwick University Fencing Club
8 Fred Kelly Northampton Fencing Club
9 Joshua Moyle University of Salford Fencing Club
10 Sam Wright Sheffield University Fencing Club
11 Josh Hemmings-Buckler Northampton Fencing Club
12 Ibraheem Bin Suhayl Northampton Fencing Club
13 Aktar Hussain Northampton Fencing Club
14 Nathan Yu Unaffiliated
15 Alva Kenyon University of Nottingham

 

Best First-time Competitor:  Josh Hemmings-Buckler

 

Women’s Foil

1 Anthea Chan Hinckley Fencing Club
2 Claire Rice Bristol Fencing Club
3T Patricia Reid North Kesteven Fencing Club
3T Anne Yates Sheffield University Fencing Club
5 Michelle Xu Chilwell Blades Fencing Club
6 Amber Kirk North Kesteven Fencing Club
7 Afifah Makda University of Salford Fencing Club
8 Lowri Rennick Sheffield University Fencing Club
9 Maisy Billington Radcliffe Sword Club
10 Anna Ismahilova Leicester Fencing Club
11 Lamya Abdi Binni’s Bladez
12 Dominika Laki Radcliffe Sword Club
13 Tamrae Murray Northampton Fencing Club

 

Best First-time Competitor:  Dominika Laki

 

Mixed/Men’s Sabre

1 Elliot Oxley Sheffield University Fencing Club
2 Syed Hamzah Nafees University of Salford Fencing Club
3T Jack McBride KK Fencing Club
3T Tom Silver KK Fencing Club
5 Oliver Andreas University of Salford Fencing Club
6 Marco Riganello Leicester Fencing Club
7 Fin Nightingale Sheffield University Fencing Club
8 Rowan Pilcher Radcliffe Sword Club
9 Ahmed Alyafeai Sheffield University Fencing Club
10 Vadims Koslovs Sheffield University Fencing Club
11 Shakeel Ahmed Hussain Radcliffe Sword Club
12 Shaheer Shafqat University of Salford Fencing Club
13 Jack Ellingworth Foiled Again Fencing Club
14 Euan Bremner-Harrison Sheffield University Fencing Club
15 Tymoteusz Krzyzanowski Sheffield University Fencing Club
16 Lennon Elsmore Sutton Coldfield Fencing Club
17 Jacob Arnold Foiled Again Fencing Club

 

Best First-time Competitor:  Shaheer Shafqat

 

Women’s Sabre

1 Aleesha Khan Sheffield University Fencing Club
2 Stephanie Doran Warwick University Fencing Club
3T Mia Hammond University of Salford Fencing Club
3T Emily Corrigan Warwick University Fencing Club
5 Shengyao Yuo Sheffield University Fencing Club
6 Annabelle Cotton-Hill University of Salford Fencing Club
7 Ems Belton Sheffield University Fencing Club
8 Heather Swiffin Sheffield University Fencing Club
9 Millicent Dawson University of Salford Fencing Club

 

Best First-time Competitor:  Millicent Dawson