Hi all,

It was lovely to see some of you at the Welsh National Championships this past weekend. I hope those that were there enjoyed the event.

I wanted to give a head’s up to the events coming up this year as well as the latest on the Vet 4 Nations which is progressing well from an organisation perspective.

A second win for Maxwell Rowe-Haynes (Celtic Sword), in this popular competition, the 36th event in the series with 16 entrants (including 1 from Jersey).   Fast and furious throughout, Max led from the start, with a tie on 34 points at the end of the final round with Daniel Miller, (Bristol White Eagle).  This was settled  with  an exciting fence-off for first place, with Max getting the verdict.

Results:

Full report - whitchurchfencing.co.uk/sullivan  

The Welsh Vet National Championships 2025 is scheduled to run over the weekend of  6/7 September, 2025. The venue will be the Cardiff Academy of Fencing.

The Welsh Fencing board would like to extend a heartfelt thank you on behalf of the whole fencing community to Matt Russell for his tireless work as Chair of Welsh Fencing over the last few years.

Since his appointment as Chair in 2020 Matt has worked extensively to promote and develop fencing in Wales. Throughout his tenure the position of Welsh Fencing has been strengthened through securing increased recognition on a national level, greater visibility within Wales, successful partnerships and continued success on the piste.

As another year comes to a close, Whitchurch Fencing Club decided to celebrate it with a `Club Champion` competition, for which a modern statuette trophy was awarded.    Format Poule Unique, and the winner, seen here with the trophy, is club member Marc Walford, whose day job is as Vicar in the Merthyr Tydfil ministry area.  Well done, Marc !

Full report & results: https://www.whitchurchfencing.co.uk/ClubChampionship24.htm.      

Please find below an update on various Veteran related developments:

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Well done to Catherine Bowd and Maxwell Rowe-Haynes of Celtic Sword, who were recently featured in episode of Iaith ar Daith on S4C, putting Kimberley Nixon and Matthew Graf through their paces!

You can see the episode here - with Celtic Sword featured from 14.23, https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0jp748j