Fencers Concede Narrow loss against Poly

So far sitting a respectable mid table  position, Women’s Fencers  faced top of the table Northumbria.

Women’s Fencing

Newcastle 1sts 109-129 Northumbria 1sts 

First weapon was epee, Northumbria’s speciality, the away side gaining a valuable lead from the start. Struggling to fight Newcastle finished the weapon 20 points behind, leaving an uphill battle for the rest of the tie.

Next was Sabre, which was fairly evenly matched throughout, with some nice hits coming from both Sarah Willis and Holli Prescott, helped by Captain Laura Mason.

Foil was last. Prescott gave a decent starting bout, with Amy coming on to follow. Although Amy’s debut season fencing for the firsts she had no need to have been nervous before stepping on the piste, as she blew everyone away with her skills and point scoring techniques, against their finishing fencer.

Refusing to stay quiet, Northumbria gradually clawed their way back in to the weapon finishing only six points behind Newcastle.

Unfortunately those points lost in the first weapon proved crucial and the final score sat 109-129 to the Poly. Although defeated Newcastle are now even more determined to achieve success over the Poly in two weeks time.