On Saturday and Sunday, 9 and 10 May 2015, the national fencing championships were held at Tabor in Ljubljana – épée on Saturday, foil and sabre on Sunday. A total of 14 of our fencers took part. Our youngest fencers were the most numerous, with as many as 5 competing in the boys and girls D category. They all fenced excellent bouts and showed great progress. Brin did best of all and became national champion, while Jon, Lars, Jure and Tisa placed between 5th and 8th. Jaša, Bernard and Filip-Lan competed among the boys C: Jaša did best in 5th place, Filip-Lan was 9th and Bernard 13th. Among the girls C, Lucija took 3rd place, and she was also 3rd among the girls B. In the boys B category, Jakob was 3rd; he also competed among the cadets, finishing 9th. Dominik also competed among the cadets and placed 8th. Gregor competed among the senior men and finished 17th, while in the veterans' category he won a bronze medal. Eva and Gaja competed among the senior women: Eva became national champion and Gaja won a bronze medal.
They also competed on Sunday, trying their hand at sabre and foil. Eva became national champion in sabre as well and won a silver medal in foil, while Gaja won bronze in foil and sabre, just as in épée.
Congratulations to all our fencers!
Detailed results: épée, foil, sabre.
Gallery in the archive: National Championships 2015