Saturday, November 23rd, saw twelve Tasmanian Foilists come together at Tarremah Steiner School in the South of the state to compete in the Novice and/or Open Senior events.

DT’d by Karina Halys, and with volunteer referees (Emil, Daniel, Isaac and Tim), volunteer score-keeper (Jacqui), volunteer and photographers (Alma - 8 years old - and Avery), the tournament ran smoothly and had a lovely, friendly atmosphere.

The tournament’s namesake, Brian Sibson, stayed for the whole day both spectating and providing valuable coaching insight. Everybody shared a delicious cheesecake to mark his October birthday belatedly.

We had the pleasure of meeting friends and loved ones of some of our fencers. :)

Our Novices all fenced so well, with only a couple of points between places after their pool. Both semi-finals were close - won 10-9! In the end, Tom emerged as the 2024 Novice Champion - in spite of having begun fencing at the start of this term!

There were eleven entrants for the Mixed Open Seniors event. Three of our novices entered, putting up a good fight. After several hours of energetic and sometimes very tense fencing, Karina emerged as the 2024 Open Champion, having beaten Noah in their Finals match, and prior to that narrowly beating Quincy by one point in their Semi-final.

Final results:

Mixed Novice:

1st: Tom Galpin

2nd: Willem Harrison-Narraway

3rd: Newton Jones

4th: Vienna Rule

Mixed Open Seniors

1st: Karina Halys

2nd: Noah Clarke

3rd: Isaac Laredo

=3rd: Quincy Green Carlos

5th: Daniel Muller

6th: Tim Harvest

7th: Ashley Collison

8th: Titia Bohlken

9th: Newton Jones

10th: Vienna Rule

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