Scarisbrick Swords

We are proud to announce that Anya has been selected to fence for the England Under 15 Epee team for the Challenge Wratislavia tournament in Poland later this year. This is the result of a lot of hard work over three intensive years of training and competing. Very well done Anya!

Well done to everyone at the Merseyside Open yesterday. In the men’s we had Noah 31st, Harry 30th, James 9th and Arthur 7th. In the women’s Brogan 15th, Elaine 5th and Katy 3rd. Katy and Arthur won the highest placed under 18 awards and Elaine the highest placed veteran.

This March, we are offering a 4-week adult beginner programme for those who want something more engaging than another gym session. So if you’re looking for a sport that challenges you mentally as well as physically, this is it. Places are limited. Enquire now to secure yours.

Congratulations to all of our younger fencers who attended the Northwest selection event for the British Youth Championships. All made selection and most won in their categories. Very well done to you all!

Well done to Brogan who won a bronze medal at the Warwick Open on Sunday in the ladies epee.

Well done to our visitors from the Southport & Hesketh Round Table for taking part in their first mini-tournament! We hope you all enjoyed your foray into competitive fencing. Congratulations go to Danny, the eventual winner, who managed to prevail 5-4 against seed twice to win.

We will be running a series of taster sessions this month for anyone who would like to give fencing a try?

Congratulations to all our fencers at the first event of the Youth Series 25-26 season. Golds for Anya and Luke, silver for Charlie, and bronzes for Ella, Scarlett and Erin. Also a special mention for Erin for winning one of her matches at her debut tournament, very well done!

Congratulations to Anya who won a bronze medal at her first U14 British ranking event at Moulton College yesterday. This follows on from her 7th place finish at the England Youth Championships a couple of weeks ago and establishes her firmly in the top ten U14s. Very well done!

Congratulations to all our fencers at the grand final of the Youth Series last weekend. Gold for Anya, silvers for Gordon and Luke, and bronzes for Ella, Scarlett and Noah. Scarlett, Anya, Noah and Luke have additionally finished the season as series winners.

Congratulations to Katy (U18 girls) and Arthur (U16 boys) who won bronze medals in the British Youth Championships. In addition, Freya (U16 girls), Noah (U16 boys) and Anya (U14 girls) all gave accomplished performances in their age groups too. Well done all!

Well done to everyone attending the Youth Series event in Liverpool at the Weekend. Golds for Anya and Noah, Silver for Luke and Bronze for Scarlett.

We are immensely proud to announce that Katy Hawthorne has been selected to fence for Great Britain at the Cadet World Championships! Please support her GoFundMe campaign as all our international fencers are self-funded and really need our help. gofund.me/da6e1a22

We are offering free taster sessions at any of our Thursday club nights throughout January. Please contact us if you have any questions?

Well done to Richard for winning this year's Rapier and Dagger Christmas tournament. Here is the final with Nicholas.

This year the reindeer (with assistance from Santa) were clear winners in their seasonal contest with the elves! Merry Christmas to all from Scarisbrick Swords.

Please would you consider contributing to Arthur's GoFundMe campaign to help pay for his international travel for his fencing career with the Cadet Team GB. He has worked extremely hard to reach this level and thoroughly deserves our support. gofundme.com/f/support-arth…

Massive congratulations to Arthur who has just been selected to fence for the Cadet GB team going to Klagenfurt, Austria. This is the result of years of hard work and is very well deserved recognition for his efforts. britishfencing.com/efc-cadet-klag…

Great results from the first Youth Series event of the 24/25 season on Sunday. Gold's for Scarlett and Anya. Silver's for Noah, Charlie and Luke and a Bronze for Albie. Well done everyone!

We will be running an adult beginner's course starting on Thursday the 10th October: 'Learn to Fence Épée'. Please get in touch if you are interested. scarisbrickswords.co.uk/Documents/Adul…