Southampton bring home 2 Team Silver Medals!

Southampton fencers won team silver medals in both Mens Foil and Mens Sabre at the 16th X-Challenge Tournament in Paris this year. The Mens Epee team also reached the quarter finals of their competition.

In the Womens individual events Eleanor Hayward finished 6th, Lindsay Badger 7th and Cath Oakes 13th in the Sabre whilst Beth Ricketts came 15th in the Epee.

The 2 day competition, hosted by the Ecole Polytechnique is in its 16th year and is one of the biggest international student competitions of the year. This is the second year that Southampton have competed and the teams achieved the best results of any University in the competition.

As well as top-level fencing the competition is a great social event and a good opportunity to meet other fencers from across the world while representing Southampton University.

Well done to all the fencers!