Lisburn Gladiators slay the competition

MEMBERS of Lisburn Gladiators Fencing Club were celebrating recently as they achieved success at the British Youth Championships in Sheffield, where the club had a fantastic Championship.
By The Newsroom
Published 16th May 2013, 14:53 BST

Charlotte Slater won the U12 Girls Epee, following on from her win two years ago, as Charlotte became the first fencer from NI to be a double winner, and in different weapons having won foil in 2011.

The club eight fencers qualify to represent Northern Ireland across the age groups and three weapons, considering the club has only been going for just over three years this is a remarkable achievement for the club and its three volunteer coaches.

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The competition brings together the best fencers from around the UK with over 950 fencers competing over the three days and Lisburn Gladiators fencers managed to achieve five top 10 finishes with Charlotte achieving a Gold medal, a finalist medal only losing by 1 point in her last match and a top 10 in all three weapons with Philip Slater and Ciara Cormican narrowly missing out on a finalist medal achieving a 9th place.

The club were the most successful club from NI at the event.

Philip is also the Irish National Cadet Champion in Epee and silver medallist in Foil winning this in March and Charlotte achieved two silvers and a bronze at the Irish Nationals were she was competing against U17 fencers aged only 12. Laurence Slater won silver at the Nationals in Sabre.

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