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