One of the UK's biggest & best fencing clubs. Top coaches, many international fencers & national titles, 150+ members & a school program with 400+ participants
Truro, Cornwall, England
Joined May 2010
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Brilliant 8th place by #Cornwall fencer Melissa Jane at World U17 Champs in Dubai - best result for GB sabre at Youth Worlds since Truro pair @Will_Deary in 2017 & @JHoneybone in 2008! Mel carries on Truro Fencing tradition of international success #Cornish #fencing & #Dubai2022
Tomorrow the Junior & Cadet World Championships begin in Dubai. Of the 8 GB sabre fencers selected for the U20 team, no less than 6 are from Truro Fencing Club! Follow the live results here tomorrow:
Women’s sabre
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Men’s sabre
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Good luck to the GB junior men’s sabre team who compete today at the European Championships in Serbia. 3 of the 4 strong team are from Truro! Good luck to D Holdsworth, M Cromie, S Allen & GB teammate from Brentwood, I Ho. Follow the live results here fencingtimelive.com/pools/sc…
Follow results at the Sofia U17 international in Bulgaria - 7 Truro fencers battle for results in a season-long bid to qualify for European U17 Champs in February & the World U17 Champs in April!! Good luck to them & all their GB teammates. Live results;
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Best of luck to our U17 Truro sabre squad competing in Sofia, Bulgaria this weekend. 3 each of our young women and men sabreurs representing Great Britain, & 1 male sabreur representing Austria.
Live results link to follow #letsgotruro #fencing #britishfencing
Truro Fencing Club retweeted
🤺GOOD LUCK to our 🇬🇧GBR🇬🇧 fencers heading to competitions this weekend! We'll be following our Cadet sabreurs' progress on the @eurofencing circuit this weekend in 🇧🇬 Sofia!
#BFProgress #worldclassfoundations
Breaking news... Truro DOUBLE GOLD at the British U23 Championships in London!
Women’s Sabre Champion - Melissa Jane (aged 16).
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Men’s Sabre Champion - Darcy Holdsworth (aged 18).
Full men’s results here: engarde-service.com/index.ph…
Follow Truro’s sabreurs competing for GB at Orleans Grand Prix in France tomorrow! Live results: engarde-service.com/?Organis…
Good luck @Will_Deary @Fencer22 Luke Haynes tomorrow, & @cait2020 & Maria Chart on Friday, also to their teammates from clubs around the U.K.
#letsgotruro
Amazing Truro performances at GB Championships!
- 7 of the top 8 places in men’s sabre
- 5 of top 8 in women’s sabre
- 1 top 8 in women’s epee
GOLD & FIFTH consecutive national title for @cait2020
GOLD & second GB title for @Will_Deary
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Many congrats to our young pentathletes Naomi Hawkins (u13 GOLD) & Daisy Hassell (u15 SILVER) for their amazing performances in the national Fence & Ride competition in Yorkshire today! A great start to their season - congrats to coach Balazs Kurucz #letsgotruro
Congrats Truro’s u17 & u20 men’s sabre squad at GB ranking event in Hatfield this wkend:
U20
GOLD D Holdsworth
BRONZE M Cromie
5th S Allen
6 H Martin
10 E Hilton
14 S Horne
25 E Swinscow
26 A Lawal
U17
5th H Martin
7 S Horne
26 A Lawal
31 E Swinscow
GB Champs next weekend!
Congrats to Truro’s women’s sabre superstars of the future, 1st and 2nd place in the first U17 GB ranking event of 21-22 season. GOLD Melissa Jane, SILVER Lexie Craze, & L16 Aimee Whitelegg
Truro Fencing Club retweeted
Introducing @ParalympicsGB's four wheelchair fencers for #Tokyo2020
Congratulations @PiersGilliver, @DCoutya, @GemmaCollis & @oliverlamwatson 👏🇬🇧🙌
ALT Piers Gilliver smiles broadly as he shows off his silver medal in Rio
ALT Dimitri Coutya yells in celebration
ALT Gemma Collis-McCann pushes forward as she attacks her opponent in wheelchair fencing
ALT Portrait photo of Oliver Lam-Watson in his GB kit
Congrats to our sabreurs at the Stratford Senior Sabre today. Great to see so many of you finally back on the competition piste! 2 medals & a top 8 finish in women’s event, & 3 x top 8 results in men’s, Full results here:
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Truro Fencing Club send condolences to friends & family of Welsh coach & fencer Mike Norfolk who sadly passed away last week. Mike was driving force behind Celtic Challenge Veterans event, which Cornwall & Wales have contested fiercely many times. @Welsh_Fencing #oggyoggyoggy
Next week Truro’s @Will_Deary & @cait2020 will represent GB at the European Zone Olympic qualification competition in men’s & women’s sabre. Follow their progress in Madrid LIVE at madridfencing2021.com as they fight to qualify for the #TokyoOlympics
#letsgotruro #teamGB
1/2 As well as providing insights into his training, psych & nutrition programme, Aron discussed his mindset under pressure, work ethic and love of the sport, and of course those two incredible Olympic gold medals from 2012 & 2016.
#TFConeandall #letsgotruro #winningatlockdown
