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At the 2012 Australian Fencing Circuit Championships held in Canberra, the top results for WA were dominated by Excalibur fencers. The crowning glory was victory for WA in the Men’s Sabre Teams event on Tuesday, the first time WA has won a national team championship.* WA’s A Team was an all-Excalibur affair, comprising Sutherlan Scudds, [...]

Here are all the results for the four Excalibur fencers who competed in the Commonwealth Veteran Fencing Championships 2012, held in Singapore from 27 to 30 September. Men’s Sabre Individual 9 Steve Johnson 11 Gary Sudran 12 Paul Jewell 19 Max Lebedev Men’s Sabre Teams 2 England (Steve Johnson) 4 Australia (Gary Sudran, Paul Jewell) [...]

Foil U13 Boys 1 Ignacio Dominguez 2 Lachlan Bunney 3= Felix North-Hickey 3= Tom Harvey 5 Antonio Ruffo 6 Seth Nylund 7 Luis Santos 8 Rafe Harrison-Murray 9 Drew Minto 10 Ethan Ellis 11 Joylon Harrison-Murray 12 Evan Blandin 13 Liam Ellis 14 Michael Vinsen 15 George Dale 16 Tom Smith U13 Girls 1 Melissa [...]

Foil Cadet (U17) Men 1 Darren Martin 2 Llewelyn Foley 3= Jay English 3= William Reynolds 5 Antonio Ruffo U15 Boys 1 Jay English 2 William Reynolds 3 Antonio Ruffo Cadet (U17) Women 1 Briana Martin 2 Sarah Mulhern 3 Louise Johnson 4 Melissa Bauer 5 Selene Hartas 6 Orlando Hadwin U15 Girls 1 Louise [...]

The AFF national rankings have just been updated and can be found here. There are 58 top-50 Australian rankings for Excalibur fencers, including 20 top-10 positions and 4 top-ranked fencers in their age categories. Open Men’s Sabre: 3 Zak Leonhard, 8 Sutherlan Scudds, 14 Andrew Scott, 20= Jadryn Dick, 20= Steve Johnson, 26= Hamish Graham, [...]

At the recent Australian Fencing Circuit 3 event held at Kingsway Stadium, the stand-out performance by a WA team was the Excalibur A team’s win over a very strong University of NSW team in the Australian Sabre Club Team Championships. For Sutherlan Scudds, it was his second gold of the day, following his victory in [...]

The AFF national rankings have just been updated and can be found here. There are 27 top-50 Australian rankings for Excalibur fencers, including 16 top-10 positions and three top-ranked fencers in their categories. Open Men’s Sabre: 3= Zak Leonhard, 6= Sutherlan Scudds, 14 Andrew Scott, 24= Hamish Graham, 35= Steve Johnson, 44= Jadryn Dick Men’s [...]

The AFF rankings for 2011 can be found here. There are 26 top-50 national rankings for Excalibur fencers, including 15 top-10 positions and one top-ranked fencer. Veteran rankings are not included because AFF did not update them at the end of the year; a separate post will be made for the updated veteran rankings later. [...]

Here is a wrap-up of the top-4 results by Excalibur fencers in WAFA open competitions this year: WAFA Open 1 Men’s Sabre: 1 Zak Leonhard, 3= Jadryn Dick, 3= Steve Johnson Women’s Sabre: 1 Tori Leonhard, 2 Lisa Blyth WAFA Open 2 Men’s Sabre: 1 Zak Leonhard, 2 Jadryn Dick, 3= Steve Johnson Men’s Foil: [...]

Excalibur fencers walked away with a swag of trophies at the Western Australian Fencing Association awards night on 10th December, including top club in both foil and sabre. Here are this year’s Excalibur state champions and other award winners: Men’s open sabre champion – Sutherlan Scudds Men’s junior sabre champion – Zak Leonhard Men’s cadet [...]

An excellent weekend of fencing was had by the competitors at the Excalibur Masters Competition. The field included four international representatives of three different nations and was fought with a fine spirit of camaraderie, typical of veteran fencing. Here are the medallists from the individual competitions: Foil Overall 30+ 40+ 50+ 60+ Gold Mathew Williamson [...]

The AFF rankings for 2010 can be found here. Here are the top-50 national rankings for Excalibur fencers, which include 16 top-10 positions: Open Men’s Foil: Steve Johnson 48= Open Men’s Sabre: Sutherlan Scudds 1, Zak Leonhard 12=, Steve Johnson 21=, Andrew Scott 30=, Jadryn Dick 30=, Peter Lebedev 30=, Nate Ruback 30=, Hamish Graham [...]

The final WAFA rankings for 2010 can be found here. Here are the top 10 rankings for Excalibur fencers: Open Men’s Foil: Steve Johnson 6=, Mathew Williamson 9, Luke Mitchell 10=, Michael Mroz 10= Open Men’s Epee: Steve Johnson 9 Open Men’s Sabre: Sutherlan Scudds 1, Zak Leonhard 2, Andrew Scott 3, Jadryn Dick 5, [...]

In the Australian Championships and Oceania and Australia Veterans Championships held in Brisbane last month, three fencers representing Western Australia achieved top-three individual results, and all three were Excalibur fencers! They were: Sutherlan Scudds – 1st, Open Men’s Sabre Steve Johnson – 2nd overall, Veteran Men’s Foil Gary Sudran – 3rd overall (1st in 50+ [...]

Excalibur-trained fencer Sutherlan Scudds’ winning performance in last month’s Australian Championships has been highlighted by the WA Institute of Sport in their news item here. We wish Sutherlan all the best as he performs internationally this year in the lead up to next year’s Olympic Games.

The following trophies were awarded to our club fencers at the Excalibur AGM on 4 December. Congratulations to all! Foil Club Championship Junior Female – Olivia Coker Junior Male – Josh Berthold Senior Female – Sarah Berger Senior Male – Simon Lovell Sabre Club Championship Junior Female- Tori Leohard Junior Male – Zak Leohard Senior [...]

Excalibur fencers walked away with a swag of trophies at the Western Australian Fencing Association AGM on 12th December. This included three clean sweeps; there was an Excalibur champion in every women’s foil category, and every men’s and women’s sabre category. Men’s open sabre champion – Sutherlan Scudds Men’s junior sabre champion – Sutherlan Scudds [...]

Congratulations to all our young fencers who recently travelled to Melbourne to take part in the Junior National Championships. Here are the Excalibur results, which include two gold and three third place performances: Junior Men’s Sabre 1 Sutherlan Scudds 3= Zak Leonhard 5 Andrew Scott Junior Women’s Sabre 3= Lisa Blyth Junior Women’s Foil 12 [...]

At the 2010 Commonwealth Fencing Championships and Commonwealth Veteran Fencing Championships that has just finished in Melbourne, there were four Excalibur fencers competing (including Sutherlan Scudds, now based in NSW). Here are their results, which include three medals: Sarah Berger Women’s Foil: 21= Women’s Foil Team (Australia): 3 Steve Johnson Veteran Men’s Foil: 9 Veteran [...]

Congratulations to all of our young Excalibur fencers who participated in last weekend’s Activity Weekend competitions at UWA. Every single one of our fencers won at least one bout, so even the least experienced fencers came away with something to be proud of. We also came away with a swag of medals, and we saw [...]