More success for Swords

Wellington Swords held their annual competition at the Princess Royal Sports Complex on Sunday October 19.

Fencers competed from clubs and schools from Plymouth to Bristol.

There was an excellent performance from Wellington's fencers (pictured) with Rohan Knowles a gold medallist in the boys under 11’s, Simon Ames winning gold in the boys under 13’s and Tom Brain silver. Jessica Gundry won gold in the girls under 13’s and Jade Clark won gold in the girls under 11’s

Medals and trophies were presented by John Moore, a former Olympian and past governor of Wellington School, who is an ardent supporter of fencing in Wellington.

All competitors received a Wellington Fencing t-shirt donated by Mr Moore's company, Idass.

British title for Wellington fencer

Wellington Swords fencer Jason Retter has taken his first major national title, winning the British under 20's Junior Championship.

Jason is just back from eight months in Hungary, one of the world's leading fencing nations.

A former judo player, Jason has been fencing for five years with Wellington Swords and has been a GB fencer for three years.

75 fencers took part in the U20 championship over the weekend (4/5 October) in Sheffield. Chris Hay who also attended at the same competition came third in the U17 contest and finished 12th in the U20.

Remarkable results for Wellington Swords and their Hungarian coach, Cefi Felletar.

National League handball coming to Wellington

South West handball team, Bristol Handball Club, have selected the Princess Royal Sports Complex as their home venue for National League fixtures in the 2008/2009 season.

Bristol will host two tournaments at the PRSC in England Handball’s National League Division 2 (South) on Saturday 6 December 2008 and Saturday 4 April 2009.

The Princess Royal Sports Complex is one of only a handful of sports facilities in the UK able to offer a full-sized international standard handball court.

This fact has already been recognised by London 2012, who have designated the PRSC as a potential training camp venue for handball teams in the run up to the 2012 Olympic Games.

Competing against Bristol will be teams from Bournemouth University, Bath University and London.