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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 [...]

Draft updated national rankings have now been published on the AFF site, including the results from the recent AFF#3 tournament. Draft Rankings AFF#3 Results Top 30 national rankings for Excalibur fencers include: Open Men’s Sabre: 1, 11=, 26=, 26=, 26=, 26= Open Women’s Foil: 7, 24=, 24= Open Women’s Sabre: 12, 14=, 23=, 23= Veteran [...]

WAFA is having technical difficulties posting updated results to its web site at the moment, but thanks to Mike Dunham we are able to have them here. Please see the WAFA Information page for the latest State rankings, which take into account the recent results from AFF#3. There are a host of top 10 rankings [...]

Big congratulations to Sutherlan Scudds for his excellent World Cup performance in Thailand, where he made the quarter finals. Full results here. Click here for WAIS article. Click here for Sutherlan’s biography.

Congratulations to Excalibur fencers Sutherlan Scudds and Zak Leonhard for their great results in the recent Open Men’s Sabre of the D H McKenzie Tournament (AFF#1). Sutherlan won the competition and Zak placed 9th. Full results here.

This veterans’ event, hosted by Excalibur, was a great success. It was fenced with a competitive but very friendly spirit. Excalibur fencers enjoyed some excellent results, netting some 25 medals: Excalibur Medal Count (3 weapons) Overall: 2 x gold, 5 x bronze Age groups: 6 x gold, 5 x silver, 7 x bronze Here are [...]