Congratulations to the Scottish Veterans fencing team who were competing at the Veterans Home Nation Quadrangular in Cardiff earlier this month.
The women’s foil team, who were missing their captain Sheila Anderson, met very strong opposition from the other three teams. The women’s epee team fought valiantly achieving a bronze medal after beating the Irish and only narrowly losing to the Welsh.
In the women’s sabre team, Sylvia Brown sustained an injury in the first match, meaning reserve Karen Grant had to rush onto the piste straight from the epee medal ceremony. The Sabre ladies won against the Welsh, lost narrowly by only 3 points to the Irish. The English ladies won all three weapons.
All three of the men’s teams won silver medals. This left Team Scotland in third place overall, one point behind the Welsh hosts. England won, as usual, with the Irish team a couple of points behind Scotland.
Full results for the 2025 Veterans Home Nation are here:
The teams were:
Women’s Foil
Ruth Davidson
Louisa Dawson
Rosalind Graham
Helen Pitt
Women’s Sabre
Silvia Brown
Viven Frith
Rosalind Graham
Michele Narey
Women’s Epee
Karent Grant
Lorna Smith
Maggie Tait
Men’s Foil
Rory Gibson
Mick McKay
Nick Mort
Paul Stanbridge
Men’s Epee
Al Baker
Andrew Brown
Hugh Kernohan
Tim Stephens
Men’s Sabre
Keith Davidson
Richard Foster
Mo Mansoori
Brent Myers
First row Men’s Foil, Men’s Sabre, Women’s Epee, Women’s Epee
Second Row Women’s Foil, Women’s Sabre
