As 2023 comes to an end, I thought it would be interesting to looks at some of the key stats from the last 12 months. Although entries are still down on pre-covid times, there was a significant increase in competition participation when compared with 2022. Domestic competition activity for 2023 rose from 1619 fencers in […]
Fencing Club Profiles & Recent Results
I thought of this a few years ago but never got around to coding it – essentially if you’re running a fencing club social media account, website news page or maybe you announce the recent results at club nights, it’s very easy to miss who competed in what competition. Fast forward to now, several years […]
Youtube Finals Videos Added To Epee Results
I recall a few years ago I thought it would be nice to see competition videos next to the results listings but never actually got round to sorting it out. As it goes, there aren’t that many domestic finals videos on youtube, but there are enough to make it a worthwhile feature I think, so […]
Challenge Wratislavia – Performance Breakdown By Country & Age Group
I can’t say for certain, but it can’t be far from the truth, Challenge Wratislavia is one of the biggest International youth fencing competitions in the world. It’s been in and out of favour as a selection event with England Fencing over the past few years, but rewind a few years and this is what […]
Fencing Competition Results – Where Are We in 2023?
If you had some involvement in fencing (epee that is) before 2019, the chances are you used my web site epee.me. Four years have now passed since I closed the site down and I thought I’d have a look at where we are with competition results and ranking data. First up, let’s take a look […]
Are entries declining for senior mens epee ranking events in Great Britain?
Speak with anyone who was fencing at senior open events 20 years ago and they’ll talk of massive competitions with 150-200 enties in mens epee being common place. So what’s happened – where have all the entries gone?