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FIVE young fencers from Lisburn will be carrying the Olympic torch through various parts of Northern Ireland this summer.
Alistair and Jeremy McIlwee, Laurence Slater, his brother Philip and friend Kiara Kennedy are all members of the Gladiators Fencing Club in Lisburn.
They are students at Rathmore Wallace High Grammar Schools and were nominated by Laurence and Philip’s mother Alison for the honour.
The five young people were delighted to be selected.
Laurence will be carrying the torch in Ballynahinch, Philip will be carrying it through Augher and Kiara will be running through Omagh will the flame.
Alastair, 14, will run through Ballynahinch and Jeremy McIlwee, 12, will run in Antrim on June 7.All of the students are passionate about fencing. However, it was their commitment to volunteering that won them the coveted honour.
They all dedicated themselves to volunteering at the British Transplant and Boccia World Cup last summer, helping disabled athletes who were competing.
“I am nervous,” explained Laurence, “but this is a once in a lifetime experience and only 8,000 people get this chance within the whole of the UK.
“I’m am very honoured to have been chosen, but I hope I will be a good ambassador for all of us that volunteer, rain, hail or snow, and I hope it may encourage other young people to volunteer
It was through the fencing club they became involved with Volunteer Now Goldmark which rewards young people for their volunteering in sport. Alastair has already achieved his 50 hours award and is working hard towards his 100 hours award.
Jeremy said “I can’t wait to tell my children and grandchildren that I held the Olympic Torch in 2012 for a whole 300 metres.”
Alison said: “Both are hoping to be selected to help at next years Police and Fire games when they come to NI in 2013. They are excellent ambassadors for sport and Lisburn City.”
Kiara said the news came as a shock to her. “I was a bit surprised because I didn’t know I had been nominated,” she explained. “When I found out I was over the moon.”
Philip added: “When mum told us she had nominated us we were thrilled.
“It is a great honour.”
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Philip and Laurence performed exceptionally well and came away with the bronze medals in the 2012 British School Games, where the top 16 fencers from the home nations compete.
Both boys are still only 15 and have a further 2 years left in this U18 competition.
They are part of the Northern Ireland contingent who have had a great time competing and seeing other sports held in the Olympic venues.
Many thanks to the Sports Council and NI Fencing.
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Charlotte put in great performances at the British Youth Fencing Championships in Sheffield last weekend.
Following on from her British title success last year in the U10′s she stepped up to U12 section and came away 10th out of 51 fencers in girls foil and 11th out of 35 in the girls epee.
This was despite dubious decisions caught on video in her last 2 matches and bodes well for next year.
Other notable performances from the large Gladiators contingent saw Cameron lose out 15-12 to come 41st
Full Results List from British Youth Championships:
U12 Girls Sabre – Charlotte Slater 13th / Ciara Cormican 20th
U12 Girls Epee – Charlotte Slater 11th / Ciara Cormican 13th
U12 Girls Foil – Charlotte Slater 10th / Ciara Cormican 51st / Cleo Megaw 51st
U14 Girls Epee – Eve Megaw 46th
U14 Boys Epee – Cameron Wilson 41 / Thomas Cleeland 46
Eve and Thomas only started epee in March, Cameron has been doing it for 6 months entering senior comps.
Charlotte and Ciara had 2 weeks to practice epee and sabre with our new PBT kit and performed well.
A great weekend of fencing was had by the kids and parents and thanks to Alison for all the hard work in organising a great trip.
Thanks also to Stena Line and Lisburn City Council for their continued support.
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Many thanks to Ian at PBT for supplying us with our massive new kit order in time for the School Games and British Youth Qualifiers.
This will replace the bits and pieces of different branded kit from across the world, the club purchased as our club was getting established.
Many thanks to Alison for securing the funding and sponsorship for this equipment which our members will need to carefully maintain.
This equipment allows the club to train and coach in all 3 weapons now that Alison and other club coaches have successfully gained further qualifications.
This will also enable the club to continue to develop its community outreach program which has seen over 450 young people try fencing since christmas.
Community spirit it at the heart of our club and one of the reasons for our rapid growth and success to date, which has earned the club the prestigious Gold Mark for Volunteering.
Within the past 2 years the club has produced the only Northern Ireland Junior British Champion, fencers for the prestigious UK School Games and British Youth Championships. We now have U16 fencers in the top 200 senior rankings in both foil and epee and have lots of potential junior talent coming up through the ranks, which bodes well for a successful future.
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Gladiators club members Alison, Laurence, Philip, Alastair, Kiara, Lee, Jeremy and Felix have been chosen to carry the Olympic torch when it comes to Northern Ireland 3rd – 7th June. This is an amazing achievement as only 8000 people in the UK have been chosen and to have so many from the one club is unprecedented. All were selected as a result of their volunteering in sport. Well done everyone – Don’t drop It!
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Congratulations to Laurence, Philip, Kiara and Felix will be receiving their Volunteer Now 200 hours Goldmark certificates from the Dept of Education at a ceremony in March.
This is in recognition of all their volunteering in sport work they have completed. They are the first volunteers from NI Fencing to achieve this and have also enrolled in the LPJS refereeing scheme.
They are currently all working towards their exam and assesments and hope to complete this by end of March, again the first fencers in NI to join the scheme.
Well Done Everyone!
Lisburn Gladiators will be holding the Northern Ireland qualifiers for the team going to the British Youth Championships in May this year.
All fencers hoping to represent Northern Ireland at the BYC’s MUST attend this event in order to be selected.
Date: Saturday 25th Februry , 2012
Venue: The Wallace High School, Clonevin Park, Lisburn, BT28 3AD (double click map below for larger map)
Facilities: Fencing salles, changing areas, toilets, on site parking etc
Timings: check in on the day from 08.30 – all check in times to be confirmed depending on competition entries.
Entering: The 3rd round of the LPJS U10, U12 and U14 is entry as normal online payment or on the day.FULL DETAILS HERE Entries Close Wed 22nd February
Please note all 3 weapons will run male and female from U10-U18 in boys and girls (except U10 epee and U10 sabre which are not part of the BYCs yet.)
Affiliation: all fencers must be registered with either British or Irish Fencing in order to compete.
Equipment: all participants must ensure they have at least 2 working weapons of the correct size and at least 2 bodywires, fencing jacket, plastron, breeches, mask, socks, lame bib for U16 and U18 foil only, chestguards must all be compliant with current British Fencing Rules and guidelines. Swordpricefighters and Enlighten kit is likely to be banned as is Duellist clothing with UK labels and Bladesbrand breeches. Order kit in advance from LeonPaul or club sponsors PBT for a discounted price.
Control: Weapons and equipment may be tested at the discretion of the presiding referees and DT for compliance with BFA rules.
Competition will be ran in accordance with NI Junior Competition Rules: HERE
Charlotte with the U12 Excalibur Cup and Laurence with 3rd place in the U17 mixed event.
Philip came 5th after Laurence beat him 10-9 in d/e, after Philip was leading 7-4(oops)
Cameron came 5th in U14 event and Thomas came 11th
Joel and Madeline both got medals in the U10 and U8 categories respectively
Many thanks to everyone at Pembroke Fencing Club for a great day!
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