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 The 3rd Annual Bromsgrove School Challenge
25th June 2000
Hereford & Worcester County Fencing Union Schools Competition

Thank you for attending this year's competition. As you know this was the third time this competition has been held, and I hope you will agree that it has been a success.
We held 9 separate events at two weapons with 91 entries from 25 Schools. 421 fights were fought and 31 medals were awarded for 14 different categories. This year we had six trophies. New trophies included the Doug Taylor cup for U19 boys foil, the Graham Orme cup for U16 boys foil & the Matt Taylor cup for U14 boys foil.
The number of entries was slightly down (9%) on last year but the number of fights was up (17%). The standard of fencing was also higher with 5 members of the Great Britain Under 17 squad and one England Under 16 fencer taking part.

Junior Based on points scored in Under 12 and Under 14 events.
1st Warwick 128 points
2nd Kings College Wimbledon 79 points
3rd= Bromsgrove 49 points
3rd= Arnold 49 points
5th Wimbledon High 39 points

Senior Based on points scored in Under 16 and Under 18 events.
1st Warwick 48 points
2nd Bromsgrove 43 points
3rd KEB 22 points
4th= KE Five Ways 20 points
4th= Kings College Wimbledon 20 points

Best Overall Based or points scored in all events.
1st Warwick, Winners of the Challenge Cup. 176 points
2nd Kings College 94 points
3rd Bromsgrove, Best H&W Team Winners of the Shield. 92 points
4th Arnold 49 points
5th Wimbledon High 43 points
6th KEB 24 points
7th KE Five Ways 20 points
8th Winterfold . 17 points
9th= St Josephs 14 points
9th= Blue Coat 14 points
11th KC One 13 points
12th KE Girls 12 points
13th North Leigh 11 points
14th=Edgbaston High 10 points
14th=Windsor High` 10 points
16th=Prince Henrys 7 points
16th=Grange 7 points
18th St Georges 6 points
19th Franche 5 points
20th=Kings High 4 points
20th=St Marys 4 points
22nd=Heart of England 3 points
22nd=Solihull 3 points
24th South Bromsgrove 2 points
25th St Benedict's 1 points
Best Average Only open to schools with three or more entries.
1st Arnold Average 12.25 points
2nd Kings College Wimbledon Average 11.75 points
Best Team Total of five highest scores from each School.
1st Warwick 60 points
2nd Bromsgrove 56 points
3rd Arnold 49 points
4th Wimbledon High 41 points
Thanks
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who acted as a taxi service for the young competitors, they are grateful even if they never get round to saying 'thank you'.
I would like to thank all those who lent equipment to allow others to fence. Without your generosity junior events would be tiny by comparison.
I would like to extend my very special thanks to those who gave freely of their time to referee. Lynne Melia, Mavis Thornton, Alan Perry, Peter Northam, John Ankrett, Peter Rome, Ed Coburn, and John Hutton. Without you this event would have been a very different affair.
I must also thank Mr John Thomas Director of Sports at Bromsgrove School, without him there would be no fencing at Bromsgrove and consequently no competition.
Finally I would like to thank you the competitors for taking part and making it such a fun day. See you all again next year.
If you have any queries about any aspect of the competition, if you would like to give any feedback about the way the event was run, or if you have any suggestions about next years event please contact the organiser Nick Chapman at 80 Salford Close Woodrow South Redditch Worcs B98 7UN.

 Numbers in brackets represent last years result. A ? shows that the result was in a lower age group.
Boys Under 12 Foil
1st Rhys Melia St Joseph's (2)
2nd Alex Phillpotts Bromsgrove (9)
3rd= Jake Wombwell Povey Warwick
3rd= Ben Hardinge North Leigh
5th Joseph Denton Winterfold (12)
6th Chris Taylor Bromsgrove
7th Rory Sherington Warwick
8th Will Norton Warwick
9th John Borton Bromsgrove (3=)
10th Matthew Roland Franche
11th Timothy Robbins Warwick
12th Sean Davies Winterfold
13th William Woodget Winterfold
14th Ryan Dunn Bromsgrove

Boys Under 14 Foil
1st James Thornton Arnold
2nd Andrew Hibberd Arnold
3rd = Jonathan Bradley Kings College
3rd = Arran Smith Kings College
5th Greg Mann Warwick
6th Peter Mason KC One
7th Graham Heydon Warwick
8th Will Hall Warwick
9th Hamish Haldang Kings College
10th Ben Parks Windsor High
11th Robert Balmer Warwick
12th James Skelding Grange
13th Rupert Carter Warwick
14th Chris Hawksford Warwick
15th David Caine Warwick
16th Simon Gardiner Warwick
17th Adam Noony KEB
18th David Price St Benedict's

Boys Under 16 Foil
1st Nicholas Perry Kings College (1)
2nd Mandeep Dhillon Warwick (13?)
3rd = Oliver Tagg Bromsgrove (7)
3rd = David Ankrett KE Fiveways (5)
5th Jonathan Stone Warwick (15?)
6th Tom Fray KEB (13)
7th Chris Grant Warwick

Boys Under 19 Foil
1st David Thomas KEB (1)
2nd Doug Taylor Bromsgrove (2?)
3rd = Jonathan Lee Warwick (6)
3rd = Helen Dawson KES Girls
5th Andrew Millward Solihull
6th Harley Pope Bromsgrove (16?)
7th Triston Hale Prince Henrys (7)

Girls Foil U12
1st Beth Burleigh Heart of England
2nd Francesca Pioli Winterfold
3rd = Elizabeth Parkes Windsor High

Girls Foil U14
1st Natalia Lubomirsha Wimbledon H (2)
2nd Sian Nooney KES Girls (3)
3rd = Rachael Ditchburn Wimbledon High
3rd = Abigail Simpkin St Georges
5th Sian Salmon St. Mary's (6)
6th Naomi Taylor Bromsgrove
7th Helen Shine South Bromsgrove (5)
8th Laura Gearey Bromsgrove

Girls Foil U16
1st Sioban McClughen EHS (1?)
2nd Malissa Stonehouse Wimbledon Hi (8?)
3rd = Victoria Leech Kings High (9?)

Girls Foil U19
1st Helen Dawson KES Girls

Senior Epee Under 16 Under 18 Combined
1st Doug Taylor Bromsgrove (3)
2nd David Ankrett KE Fiveways (9)
3rd Tim Perry Blue Coat Coventry
4th Nicholas Perry Kings College (5)
5th David Thomas KEB (6)
6th Jonathan Lee Warwick (12)
7th Mandeep Dhillon Warwick
8th Oliver Tagg Bromsgrove (18)
9th Chris Grant Warwick
10th Sioban McClughen EHS (3=?)
11th Triston Hale Prince Henrys (3)
12th Harley Pope Bromsgrove (16)
13th Jonathan Stone Warwick
14th Victoria Leech Kings High (5?)
15th Malissa Stonehouse Wimbledon High (2?)
16th Tom Fray KEB
Top Under 19's in Senior Epee
1st Doug Taylor Bromsgrove (3)
2nd David Thomas KEB (6)
3rd Jonathan Lee Warwick (12)
Top Under 16's in senior Epee
1st David Ankrett KE Fiveways (9)
2nd Tim Perry Blue Coat Coventry
3rd Nicholas Perry Kings College (5)
Top Girls in senior Epee
1st Sioban McClughen EHS (3=?)
2nd Victoria Leech Kings High (5?)
3rd Malissa Stonehouse Wimbledon High (2?)

Junior Epee Under 12 Under 14 Combined
1st Natalia Lubomirska Wimbledon High (1)
2nd Jonathan Bradley Kings College
3rd James Thornton Arnold
4th Aaron Smith Kings College
5th Graham Heydon Warwick
6th Rachel Ditchburn Wimbledon High
7th Naomi Taylor Bromsgrove
8th Will Hall Warwick
9th Greg Mann Warwick
10th Hamish Haldane Kings College
11th Chris Taylor Bromsgrove
12th David Caine Warwick
13th Will Norton Warwick
14th John Borton Bromsgrove
15th Jake Wombwell Povey Warwick
Top Under 14's in Junior Epee
1st Jonathan Bradley Kings College
2nd James Thornton Arnold
3rd Aaron Smith Kings College
Top Under 12's in Junior Epee
1st Chris Taylor Bromsgrove
2nd John Borton Bromsgrove
3rd Jake Wombwell Povey Warwick
Top Girls in Junior Epee
1st Natalia Lubomirska Wimbledon High (1)
2nd Rachel Ditchburn Wimbledon High
3rd Naomi Taylor Bromsgrove