Australian Fencing Team – Asian Champs Korea
The Australian Fencing Team competing at the Asian Championships.
Seoul Korea 7-13 July.
Congratulations to all who competed.
Womens Epee: Evelyn Halls 10th, Jo Halls 17th, Catherine McKay 23rd, Dianna Sher 28th / 65.
Mens Epee: Seamus Robinson 28th, Will Dolley 30th , John Downes 32nd, James Lewis 37th / 69.
Womens Foil: Jenny Bonney-Millet 22nd, Lishan Sung 27th, Claire Daniel 33rd, Sarah Berger 36th /42.
Mens Foil: Joe Slowiaczek 22nd ,Marek Jamrozy 23rd, Dean Williams 41st, Feng Yeng 56th /58.
Womens Sabre: Caitlin Taylor 23rd, Jess Brooks 25th, Alex Carroll 28th, Cheryl Chan 38th /42.
Mens Sabre: Sutherlan Scudds 17th, James Walsh 21st, Mitch Fox 45th, Adam Wilcock 48th /50.
Team Results:
Womens Foil Teams: Aussies Ranked 9th, won their first d/e to make the 8 (Indonesia?), they then unfortunately lost to Korea 45:9, then in the exhaustive Format, Singapore 23:45, then Thailand 36:45 finishing in 8th place.
1st Korea, 2nd Japan, 3rd China.
Mens Sabre Teams: Aussies Ranked 10th, won their first d/e to make the 8 (Singapore?), they then unfortunately lost to China 45;14, then in the exhaustive Format, Iran 30:45, then Malaysia 35:45 finishing in 8th place.
1st China, 2nd Korea, 3rd Hong Kong.
Mens Foil Teams: Aussies lost their first d/e, they then beat Malaysia 45:20 in the exhaustive Format, but lost to Thailand 34:45 finishing in 10th place.
1st China, 2nd Japan, 3rd Korea
Womens Epee Teams: Aussies Ranked 7th, won their first d/e to make the 8 over Qatar 45:13, they then unfortunately lost to (1) China 45:27, then in the exhaustive Format, they beat Chinese Taipei 45:34, then also beat Kyrgystan 45:28 finishing in 5th place! Fantastic Result…
1st China, 2nd Japan, 3rd Korea
Mens Epee Teams: Aussies Ranked 7th, won their first d/e to make the 8 over Qatar 45:24, they then unfortunately lost to (2) China 45:23, then in the exhaustive Format, they lost to Japan 45:31, then lost to Uzbekistan 45:44 finishing in 8th place…
1st Korea, 2nd China, 3rd Kyrgystan
Womens Sabre Teams: Aussies lost their first to d/e to finish in 10th / 11…
1st Korea, 2nd China, 3rd Japan