Winton cup ( Cadet / Senior / Veteran )
The Winton Cup series of team competitions (Veteran, Senior and Cadet) was founded by Sir Nicholas Winton and his brother, Robert, in 1950. Sir Nicholas represented England in 1938 and was selected for the 1940 Olympics, which were of course, cancelled. For many years Sir Nicholas kept quiet that he was responsible for saving the lives of 669 Czechoslovakian children by running trains to the coast and re-homing them in the UK and Sweden. He died in 2015 aged 106.
These fiercely contested inter – regional team competitions are run in his honour.
Selection is made by the team captain and follows certain criteria. Fencers must be resident or fence in the South West.
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Women’s Foil : Tabitha De N’Yeurt, Becci Curwin, Phoebe Dolan
Women’ s Epee : Abagael Black, Jasmon Jawed, Elly Charlson
Women’s Sabre: Sofie Emmens, Keely Sawyer, Angela Findlay
Men’s Foil: Alberto Mascioli, Robin Gerlach, Luke Rees
Men’s Epee: Dan White, Daniel Miller, Toby Moore, Alex Sells
Men’s Sabre: James Martin, Alex Foster, Alex Varley
Team Manager: Arlen Veysey
Placed 6th
South West team at the 2017 Senior Winton
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