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Congratulations to Leonora Mackinnon, 2014 Junior Women’s Épée Pan-American Champion!!

The first class for session 2 of the Youth Learn to Fence Program will be January 14 instead of January 7.

http://www.thewhig.com/2013/11/14/hutchinson-no-1-among-canadian-junior-fencers

Two Cutting Edge athletes enjoyed excellent results at the North American Cup in Cleveland this past weekend. On Sunday, Kerr Hutchinson finished an impressive 13th out of 310 competitors and achieved the second best Canadian result in Division 1 men’s épée. Then on Monday, Leonora MacKinnon finished 8th out of 145 in junior women’s épée and had the best Canadian result.

Nine medals for Cutting Edge at Brock:

Danielle Burghgraef – double gold medallist in cadet (U17) and junior (U20) women’s sabre

Matthias Leuprecht- double gold medallist in cadet and U15 men’s sabre

David Eliot – silver in cadet and bronze in junior mens epee

Tristan Phillips – gold in junior men’s sabre

Zaq Quinsey – gold in U15 men’s épée

Michael Johnson – bronze in U15 men’s épée

Congratulations to Michael Mussari and Zaq Quinsey, gold and bronze medallists in cadet men’s épée at the Queen’s Open.

Danielle Burghgraef won the gold today in cadet women’s sabre at the Queen’s Open!

Fencers win medals at Canada Cup | The Kingston Whig-Standard.

Athletes from Cutting Edge Fencing competed at the first national level competition of the season this past weekend. The club’s newest member, Leonora Mackinnon, who recently decided to compete for Canada instead of her native Great Britain, took the gold in senior and silver in junior women’s épée. A number of club members just missed the podium and achieved top 8 results, including Matthias Leuprecht in under-15 men’s sabre, Danielle Burghgraef in cadet women’s sabre, Zaq Quinsey in U15 men’s sabre, and Kerr Hutchinson in junior men’s épée.

The registration deadline for the Canada Cup in Sherbrooke is October 5. More info can be found at: http://www.fencing.ca/content/canada-cup-sherbrooke-0