August 2008 Sponsorship boost
I was very pleased to hear that the Jeremy Willson Charitable Trust has awarded me a grant for the coming year. I hope to meet up with representatives of the Trust at a competition soon to thank them in person. Find out about the good work of the trust at their website: |
29 May 2008 SportsAid celebration
 I attended an event at to celebrate £2million of fundraising for Yorkshire and Humberside. Along with other Sheffield Buccaneers fencers I demonstrated epee and sabre fencing. |
Demonstrating sabre with Danny Ming at Harewood House, Leeds |
Foil demonstration by Husayn Rosowsky and Danny Ming |
22 May 2008 Arches School Sport Partnership
I coached in a whole-day taster event to get 10-11 year old insterest in sport as part of Arches School Sport Partnership. The aim of the Partnership is to enhance the take up of sporting opportunities by 5-16 year olds within and beyond school. |
18 May 2008 Sheffield Open
I finished a creditable 22nd in the Sheffield Open, beaten on the way by the winner Jon Willis (who I took to 4-5 in the poule :-)) and the runner up Matt Henderson. I was the second placed cadet behind Matt. |
16 May 2008 The Master Cutler
 Along with Husayn Rosowsky, AbdElRahim Brown (from Sheffield Buccaneers), I met the Master Cutler at Cutlers Hall. |
4 April 2008 Raising money through Buy.at
I now have a Buy.at account. Please use it for your purchases, and they pay me for each transaction at no cost to yourself! >>
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30 March 2008 Cadet Potential Programme
The CPP is a scheme run by British Fencing. They select the top 6 fencers in each weapon and help them train for the European and World Cadet Championships the following April. The Championships are in Belfast in 2009 and I am training hard to win my place in the top 4. CPP subsidises attaendance at the training sessions. |
Tomorrow's Achievers visit to Poland & British squad training weekend
See news of my recent international event and training on the page. |
6th on the Cadet Development rankings
Following the removal of the older competitors from the ranking (they have moved up to Juniors)
I have moved up to 6th on the GB ranking for qualification for international events. |
13 January 2008 Top 64 in Friedrichshafen, Germany
This weekend I competed in my second international competition in Germany. I was really pleased to get through to the second day having successfully passed through three rounds of poules. There were 190 fencers competing and I should pick up some valuable ranking points from my 57th place, and 10th in the GB squad.
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16 December 2007 First International, Mödling, Austria
I picked up a valuable 800 points in Mödling, my first international competition, by finishing in the top half, which held my 13th position in the GB rankings. |
13 December 2007 raising money through easyfundraising and easysearch
I have signed up with and to help raise funds for my competitions. The idea is you do your normal internet shopping via my website, and I get a small commission on what you spend. And, it doesn't cost you any extra. Also if you click on and use that for your normal search engine, I get paid for that too every time you search! |
9 December British Youth Championships qualifiers
Having already qualified for next year's BYC due to finishing in the last 8 this year, the qualifiers this weekend mainly served as a warm-up for Mödling next weekend. I finished second in the epee competition, and also entered the sabre competition for fun, where I finished third. |
6th & 7th October 2007 Cadet
championships
This weekend I took part in two
important competitions, the Cadet Championhips open to
under 17s and the Junior Championships open to under
20s. I reached the top 16 in the Cadet competition and
the top 64 of the Junior. This has pushed me 4 places
further up the rankings to 12th place. |
3rd October 2007 Selection
for GB Boys Épée squad
I have been selected for my first overseas event, which
will be in Modling in Austria in December. I am the
youngest cadet in the top 16 and very proud to have
been selected to represent GB. |
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