24 October 2011

UCT sports stars glitter at awards

South Africa's top-ranked men's foil fencer, Jacques Viljoen, is UCT's 2011 Sportsperson of the Year, winning the coveted Jamison Cup for the second time. The final-year fine arts student won the same award in 2009, a trajectory that's seen him bag the national tournament title for the past three years.

Viljoen was one of many UCT students who were féted at the annual Sports Awards dinner on Friday, 21 October, at the Cape Sun.

The Fencing Men's First Team also won the Butterworth Cup for team of the year.

October 2011:

Marguerite Langton - 6th medal at Veteran's World Fencing Championships

Congratulations to Marguerite Langton who won her sixth medal at the Veteran's World Championships. Marguerite first won the title in 2006. In 2007 she won the silver medal, but was back on top in 2008 and 2009. She won bronze in 2010 as well.
Marguerite trains at Tyshler Fencing School in Gauteng. She was assisted once again by Olympic sabre fencer Adele du Plooy.

July 2011:

SA fencers win medals at African Championships

The South African Senior fencing team won several medals at the African Fencing Championships in Cairo, Egypt.

The medals are:

* Men's Epee: Bronze
* Men's Foil: Bronze
* Women's Epee: Silver
* Women's Sabre: Bronze

August 2010:

Senior National team announced for African Championships and World Championships 2010

The Senior National team who will compete in World Fencing Championships and African Fencing Championships have been announced. South Africa will be represented by:

Africa Fencing Championships:
Men's epee:
Sello Maduma
Sharidon van Rensburg
Jay New

Men's foil:
Michael Erasmus
Jacques Viljoen
Skye Pim-Siljeur

Men's sabre:
Gunter Schroder

Women's epee:
Shih-Ya Huang
Gisele Vicatos
Daniella Klonarides

Women's sabre:
Jyoti Chetty

Senior World Fencing Championships
Men's epee
Sello Maduma
Mike Wood
Jay New
Sharidon van Rensburg

Men's foil:
Jacques Viljoen
Michael Erasmus
David Sandler
Jay New

Men's sabre:
Gunter Schroder
Paul Swartz

Women's epee:
Shih-Ya Huang
Gisele Vicatos
Adele du Plooy

Women's sabre:
Adele du Plooy

November 2009:

Team events for London 2012 announced!

It was announced at the FIE congress that men's epee and women's sabre team events will NOT feature in the London 2012 programme. The team events at the next Olympic Games will be Women's Foil and Epee and Men's Foil and Sabre. All weapons will feature on the individual programme.

November 2009:

South Africa features in Escrime magazine

Download a PDF version of the article on South African fencing that appears in the latest edition of Escrime!

November 2009:

Jay wins sportman of the year award

Jarryd New was awarded the prestigious Cape Peninsular University of Technology (CPUT) ‘Sportsman of the Year’ award. Jay is studying Industrial Design at CPUT, and the long hours and the hard work required to sustain his studies while training, competing locally and traveling to national and international competitions, have paid off.
All in all, it has been a very exciting year, but the greatest honour was receiving the Cape Peninsula University of Technology’s ‘Sportsman of the Year’ award for 2009. The award was made at a glittering dinner, sponsored by Nedbank, at the Cape Sun Hotel. Jay was competing in Turkey at the time of the awards, and his parents received the award on his behalf. Jay only received the good news on returning to Cape Town a few days later.
Along with the trophy and price money, Jay was awarded a bursary for his studies in 2010.
He would like to thank CPUT Sports Department and Nedbank for their encouragement and support, and his coach, Dr Misha Galhoukin, for many years of training and sound advice.

October 2009:

Congratulations to our Junior Team!!

Congratulations to the following fencers who have been selected to represent South Africa at the Cadet and Junior World Fencing Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan from 3– 12 April 2010.

Cadet Men’s Epee
Andrew Hochfelden
Manyane Sefularo

Cadet Men’s Foil
Landon McClure
Skye Taylor
Andrew Hochfelden

Cadet Women’s Epee
Daniella Klonarides
Wanda Matshaya
Ondela Mandongana

Cadet Women’s Foil
Kirsten Steyn
Ashleigh Arton
Demi-Lee Schultz

Junior Men’s Epee
Ivan Du Toit
Martin Smit
Willem Dryer
Emil Schroder (Team reserve)

Junior Men’s Foil
Skye Pym-Siljeur
Ryan Churchill
Emil Schroder
Andrew Hochfelden (Team reserve)

Junior Women’s Epee
Daniella Klonarides
Ondela Mandongana
Caroline Kemp
Wanda Matshaya (Team reserve)

Junior Women’s Foil
Kirsten Steyn
Ashleigh Arton
Demi-Lee Schultz

Junior Men’s Sabre
Oliver Mayhew

If you are a member of this team - please visit the Selection Criteria page and make sure you are familiar with all the forms and rules relevant to your age group.

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September 2009:

Marguerite Langton - 3 times World Veteran's Women's Sabre Champion

Congratulations to Marguerite Langton who just successfully defended her World's Veteran's Women's Sabre title at the Veteran's World Championships in Moscow. Marguerite first won the title in 2006. In 2007 she won the silver medal, but was back on top in 2008 and now in 2009.
Marguerite trains at Tyshler Fencing School in Gauteng. She was assisted in Moscow by Olympic sabre fencer Adele du Plooy.

June 2009:

Sello wins his first National Gold

Sello Maduma, Olympic Epee Fencer, who hails from Mamelodi in Northern Gauteng won his first Senior Men's Epee title at this years Senior National Fencing Championships that took place in Cape Town.