Last weekend the national fencing championships took place at Dolgi most. Our club had 28 entries in the individual events, winning a total of 15 medals: 5 gold, 3 silver and 7 bronze.
On Saturday, only our coach Eva competed for us, fencing in senior women's foil and finishing 3rd.
On Sunday, a whole army of our fencers took part!
In boys' épée U-10, Brin Babnik and Viktor Mramor competed. Brin finished 2nd and Viktor 6th.
In boys' épée U-12, Jon Ponikvar, Vito Hvala, Maks Krivec Križ and Nejc Hudej competed. Jon finished 1st, Maks and Vito shared 3rd place, and Nejc was 6th.
In girls' épée U-14, Devi Kuščer and Nika Korošec competed. Devi finished 3rd and Nika 6th.
In boys' épée U-14, as many as 8 of our fencers competed! Jakob Pavlin finished 1st, Lars Ponikvar 2nd, Leon S. Černjak 3rd, Brin Božič 6th, Jernej Mustar 7th, Martin Mlajevec 8th, Jaša Osojnik 9th and Jon Babnik 10th.
In senior women's épée, Eva Jeza, Eva Figel, Gaja Kores and Neža Mravlje competed. Eva J. finished 1st, Eva F. 3rd, Gaja 5th and Neža 7th.
In senior men's épée, Jure Jeza, Bernard Baler, Andraž Goršak and Dominik Šteblaj competed. Jure finished 1st, Bernard 7th, Andraž 10th and Dominik 12th.
In veterans' épée, Mojca Grebenc, Myles Geiran and Dominik S. Černjak competed. Mojca finished 1st, Myles 2nd and Dominik 3rd!
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The championships also included a team event, though more for fun than for real: fencers of all ages could compete, and teams could be mixed. Four teams took part, three of them from our club. Everyone fenced excellently and, above all, had a great time!
If anyone forgot or lost something, look for it in the photos at this link.
