Tewkesbury Fencing Competition 2018

Tirlebrook participated in Tewkesbury's first-ever primary school's Fencing Competition.

Tewkesbury Primary School's Fencing Competition - Monday, 26th March 2018

Earlier in the year, some of our Year 4, 5 and Year 6 children attended an after-school Fencing Club, led by Joe O'Hara. In order to use those new skills and to participate competitively, the children were invited to take part in Tewkesbury's first-ever primary school's Fencing Competition, participating alongside Ashchurch and Deerhurst & Apperley primary schools, held at Tirlebrook. Some of our children helped with umpiring, including Oscar and Peyton, who put themselves forward to umpire, despite being told they could not go through to the finals if they did so. The event began with the first set of matches for each pool. The winner of each pool then went on to play in the semi-finals. From Tirlebrook, pool winners were Ellie and Fraser. Ellie successfully defeated her opponent, but was unfortunately knocked out of the competition in the next round, securing a third place position in the competition overall. This meant that she went on to receive a bronze School Games medal. Fraser went on to compete in the final, where he fought well and landed many accurate hits on his opponent. However, ultimately he was defeated as his opponent managed to achieve five hits first. Fraser proudly accepted his silver medal and the runners-up position in the competition. The success did not stop there. Tirlebrook's team of fencers won the overall competition by gaining the most points. It was a new sport for our Tirlebrook participants to enjoy and they experienced great success. Many thanks to Mr. O'Hara for running the club and for organising the event and to Mrs. Featonby for arranging for it to be held at Tirlebrook and for organising the children.

Squad: Jack Ballinger, Peyton Bunce, Owen Burford, Oliver Butler, Ruby Butler, Ellie Dallman, Edward Ferrier, Joshua Glass, Oscar Guthrie, Fraser Lucking & Callum Trust