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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: Jeremy Willson Charitable Trust
29 May 2008 SportsAid celebration
Harewood HouseI attended an event at Harewood House to celebrate £2million of fundraising for SportsAid Yorkshire and Humberside. Along with other Sheffield Buccaneers fencers I demonstrated epee and sabre fencing.
Sabre demonstration at Harewood House
Demonstrating sabre with Danny Ming at Harewood House, Leeds
Demonstration at Harewood House, Leeds to celebrate £2m for SportsAid
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. Find out more here
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
Joe Littler with the Master CutlerAlong 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! >> www.buyat/joelittler

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 Press 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.
GB epee squad - Freidrichshafen

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 easyfundraising and easysearch 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 easysearch 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. >> Current cadet rankings
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.
1st October 2007 Top 16
Following the Manchester Cadet Tournament, the carry over points from last season have been removed from the rankings. This has pushed me up into the top 16 of the GB Boys Cadet ranking list, making me eligible for selection for overseas events.
29th September 2007 Manchester Cadet International
Manchester Cadet Tournament, .... >> link
11th July 2007 English Youth Champion

England fencing champion
I won the under 15s English youth fencing championship for épée. This received good coverage in the Sheffield Telegraph.
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24th June Yorshire Youth League 3rd leg
Yorkshire Youth LeagueI added a gold, silver, and a bronze (épée, sabre and foil) in the Sheffield leg of the Yorskshire Youth League (under 14s) to add to a gold in épée in the previous leg in Hull.

Unfortunately I will be in Germany when the fourth and final leg is held in October so am unlikely to win the series overall, but should still come second.
June 2007 Referee training
Along with other Buccaneers fencers I began my training to be a Leon Paul junior referree, and have passed the written exam.
 
 
 
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