Cape Fencing Academy dominated this weekend at the 2011 Senior National fencing championships held in Bloemfontein.
The club took two titles, with Jarryd New winning men’s epee and Jacques Viljoen winning men’s foil.
The two fencers also placed 1st and 2nd in men’s foil, with Viljoen beating New 15 - 11 in the final. Both fencers won their semi-final matches with ease as Viljoen beat Michael Erasmus (ranked 3 in SA) 15-4 and Jarryd New beating Robert McGregor 15-3. David Sandler and Skye Pym-Siljeur finished both made the quarter finals.
In men’s sabre, Ashley Marais narrowly lost the final to TUKS’ Oliver Mayhew in a very intense match. Gisselle Vicatos also palced 2nd in women’s foil and 3rd in women’s epee losing to former CFA fencer Shih-Ya Huang in the semi-final.
In the team event, Western Province pummeled Gauteng 45 - 17 in the final of men’s foil but lost 45-43 in men’s epee after being 40 - 37 up. The woman finished 3rd in both epee and foil.