“๐๐ณ ๐บ๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐, ๐ถ๐ณ ๐บ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐.” ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐น๐ถ
Yes he did it! Our fabulous foil captain Richard Barnes-Webb, bagged gold at the South East England Foil Championships ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ, winning overall gold in mens foil as well as veterans mens champion. Richard started his career as a fencer at school in his native South Africa ๐ฟ๐ฆ. Bored of cricket practice he began ‘stick sword fighting’ with a mate. He initially attended fencing club to get out of doing homework, but eventually reached county level, ultimately representing SA at multiple international events. All we can say is, cricketโs loss is fencingโs gain! Bravo ๐ Richard! We are super duper excited and proud! Thanks to Oksana Larsen for her magnificent coaching & Nick Payne for coaching Richard during the bouts! Credit video photography ๐ธ @swordfighting1 & photography @crawleyswordclub Kingstonfencing.co.uk ๐ฌ๐ง
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