Author: Rosie McInally
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Wuxi 2025: Cadet & Junior Worlds Round-Up
Our Cadet and Junior fencers faced tough competition at this year’s World Championships. With many athletes achieving their personal best, the event equipped GBR with an immense amount of experience. This year’s event took place in Wuxi, China, on the 7th-15th April 2025. The Championships kicked off with the Junior Men’s and Women’s Individual Sabre…
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History Made At Antalya 2025 Euros
At an unprecedented Cadet & Junior Euros, our teams made history by becoming the first-ever GBR Junior European Champions. On the first day of the Junior team events, our Junior Men’s Epee team of Cador Beautyman, Alec Brooke, Tristan Lumineau and Sameer Sunder-Rajan made history becoming the first-ever European Champions in the team…
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David Schalit: The Youngest Olympic Judge?
The Sword was recently contacted by the family of one David Shalit, who believed he was the youngest person ever to judge at an Olympics, when he officiated at the 1948 Games in London, aged just 17. We spoke to Mr Shalit and his daughter Belinda along with fencing historian Malcolm Fare in March 2024…