BYC medals for James and Timmy

James Dunmall (pictured, above) and Timmy Yakovlev both won bronze medals on the final day of the British Youth Championships (BYCs) in Sheffield on 5th May to keep the club’s podium streak going strong at national level.

In the U14 event, James fought his way past lefties and pommellers then the British number one in the quarter finals before going down to the eventual winner in a semi-final see-saw bout.

Timmy started strongly in the under 12 event, and held firm in his quarter final to win 10-7. He promptly celebrated with a Premiership-worthy knee slide then a 60-metre dash shouting “Yessss!” and waving his arms frantically in the air. Despite a tight loss in the last four, Timmy smiled all the way to the podium.

Backing up these best of British performances on the final day of the BYCs, both Logan Brown in the U14 boys and Artemis Nakos in the U12 girls made the last 16, whilst Willa Raymond (U12), Lorenzo Rehman (U12) and Roy Ching (U14) reached the last 32.

The first two days of the BYCs featured plenty of tough draws and near misses – with Sasha Yakovlev unfortunate to be double-whammied by both in the U18 boys event. However, Daisy Beadsworth and Annabelle Lavin made the last 32, and Izzie D’Abbraccio dazzled with 5th place in the U16 girls, signalling a turn in RTWFC’s luck as the nail-biters then started to go our way on the final day.

Throughout the competition, our fencers fought as hard as they could and conducted themselves admirably, and BYC newcomers Willa, Elsa Brondbjerg, Miles Yiu and Hugo Claringbull all acquitted themselves well.

As ever, our pride of lions made us all proud to be part of Royal Tunbridge Wells Fencing Club.

Full results:

3rd James Dunmall (U14 Boys) (78 fencers)

3rd Timmy Yakovlev (U12 Boys) (45)

5th  Izzie D’Abbraccio (U16 Girls) (53)

13th Logan Brown (U14 Boys) (78)

14th Artemis Nakos (U12 Girls) (39)

17th Alec Hargreaves (U16 Boys (68)

23rd Willa Raymond (U12 Girls) (39)

23rd Daisy Beadsworth (U18 Girls) (36)

24th Annabelle Lavin (U18 Girls) (36)

28th Roy Ching (U14 Boys) (78)

28th Lorenzo Rehman (U12 Boys) (45)

37th Sasha Yakovlev (U18 Boys) (63)

40th Hugo Claringbull (U16 Boys) (68)

46th Elsa Brondbjerg (U16 Girls) (53)

52nd Miles Yiu (U14 Boys (78)