Asian Junior and Cadet Championships 2023

We are so proud of young NSW athletes representing Australia at Asian Junior and Cadet Championships 2023.

The Junior athletes’ list can be found here.

The Cadet athletes’ list can be found here.

The live results link: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/tournaments/eventSchedule/67FD6D3EF18041D6906D37C0A1E6F6AB#today

Day 1, 2 March 2023

Sophia and Tommy carry the torch for Australia and NSW at Asian Cadet Champs

Sophia Glasson and Tommy Xu were our best performers on day 1 of the Asian Cadet Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Both made the top 16.

In Women’s Foil, Sophia had a good 5V-1D pools round to rank 8th out of 51, earning a bye in the 64. In the round of 32, she beat a Hong Kong fencer 15-6 but had to concede her round of 16 bout 15-11 to a fencer from Taiwan.

In Men’s Epee, Tommy was 3V-3D in pools to rank 35 from 68. Putting in a great effort, he managed to finish the competition 21 places higher in 14th spot.

In the 64 he beat a fencer from Kazakhstan 15-30 then a fencer from Kyrgyzstan 15-14 in the 32.

In the 16, Tommy faced the gold medal winner, Nam from Korea, and lost 15-7.

Gutsy efforts from Sophia and Tommy.

Among our other fencers competing today, Amelia Whelan won her round of 64 bout 15-6 against a fencer from India then went down 15-12 against a Japanese fencer.

Oscar Shi and Daniel Iliffe were both knocked out in the 64 of the Men’s Sabre.