School sports conference held in Wellington

The Tone Schools Sports Partnership held their sports conference at the Princess Royal Sports Complex on Thursday 9 July.

The Top Link conference saw over 100 local children and coaches take apart in a variety of activities throughout the day, all designed to develop them as young sports leaders.

New Zealand Paralympian, Tim Prendergast, was the guest speaker at the conference and talked about his experiences as an elite Paralympian and captain of the New Zealand Paralympic team in Beijing in 2008.

The next Tone Schools Sports Partnership conference will be held at the Princess Royal Sports Complex in March 2010.

Bronze to battling Bryony

Wellington Swords fencer Bryony Wedge-Thomas competed in the Manchester Open on 11 July and came a proud third. 

She lost to Louise Highton, who is twelfth in the senior national rankings. 

It was a close and long semi-final, and was eight all when Highton just managed to slip ahead, making the final score a near 15-12. 

Wellington fencers wins Oxfam Open

Ben Hodgson from Wellington Swords won the Oxfam Open 30/31 May 2009.

This was a senior national  ranking competition held in Cardiff to raise money for Oxfam. 

Ben fought well in the poules and made good progress through the early rounds of the direct elimination until he met James Taylor in the semi finals. Here Ben scored a significant victory over James who is ranked GB no.4. 

He then went on to beat Howard West, from London Thames Fencing Club, in the final.

Other Swords results; 10th Chris Hay, 29th Nick Clapham and 37th Raoul Wedge-Thomas.