Sullivan Fencing: N Ireland Junior Foil Series Round 6 and Final Series Results

The 6^th and final round of the 2025/2026 N Ireland Junior Foil Series was held last Sunday 8^th March in the Sullivan Upper Sports Hall. SUFC had 22 fencers competing across U12, U14 and U16 age groups with a total of 6 medals won: 2 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze.

U12s

There were 6 SU fencers in the U12F category: Lydia Snoddy, Ella Murphy, Emma Markey, Nico Suto-Murphy, Kate Stewart and Vanessa Chiu. Lydia won bronze, which secured for her overall 3^rd place in the end of series rankings, while Ella’s 4^th place (combined with her previous 4 round wins) won her the overall U12F championship title. Emma and Nico were 5^th and 6^th, while Kate and Vanessa were 8^th and 9^th. James Jebb, who was Sullivan’s only U12M entrant, finished 7^th.

U14s

In the U14 girls Grace Tsang won gold, making a year total of 6 wins from 6 rounds and giving her the overall U14F series championship title. Olivia Morse won silver on the day, which took her to 2^nd in the overall rankings, making it a SUFC U14F one-two. William Penny won his 3^rd gold of the year, which maintained his position at the top of the U14M points table and gave him the overall U14 boys’ championship title. Along with William’s win, the U14M mid-field positions show the current strength of SUFC’s junior fencing, with places 4 to 9 all filled by SU fencers: Flynn Woolsey-Jensen, Eric Hutchinson, Shion Suto-Murphy, Mark Ross, Zach Fyffe and Rory Wilson respectively.

U16s

Lydia Hamilton, Amy Walker and Erin Keough finished 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th respectively in the U16F. Once their points were added to the overall series totals, Lydia and Erin were tied for 1^st place. The tie-break rules gave the series title win to Lydia, with Erin in 2^nd. In the U16M Ethan Dilworth finished 5^th, but had already scored enough points in the previous rounds to hold his 3^rd place overall in the year’s series rankings. Patrick John was 6^th and Adam Sugar 7^th.  

Sullivan Overall 2025/2026 Series Results

After totalling of points from the best 5 results of the 6 NIJFS rounds, Sullivan fencers finished in the following series positions.

This was an amazing year in terms of junior competition results for SUFC, with SU fencers winning N Ireland championship titles in 4 of the 6 age group categories entered. Along with the 4 title winning trophies, two 2^nd place and two 3^rd place trophies were also won.

David White

SUFC Coach

12 Mar 2026