From the fourteen nations represented at the Commonwealth Fencing Championships, New Zealand was 6th equal with India for the Wilkinson Sword Trophy (186 points). England won the Trophy with 608 points well ahead of the runner up, Australia's 424.
Special mentions for our medal winners: Gold: Individual Women's Foil - Ping YUAN Silver: Individual Women's Epee - Jessica BEER Bronze: Team Women's Epee - Jessica BEER, Jennifer JACKSON (nee Hope), Sheryl FAN, Nancy LUI, Katherine TAYLOR
Top performers special mention by event: Men's Foil: Hamish CHAN, 16th Men's Epee: Kyle Macdonald, 8th Men's Sabre: Luke Robertson, 21st Women's Foil: Ping YUAN, 1st Women's Epee: Jessica BEER, 2nd Women's Sabre: Sasha Green and Katherine TAYLOR, both =29th
Women's Foil - 8 teams 3rd seeded NZ beat 6th seed Wales 43-42 (Monique Coleman injured during match) NZ lost 42-21 to 2nd seed Singapore in semi-final NZ Lost 43-25 to 5th seed Australia in bronze medal match Final place 4th
Men's Epee - 33 fencers 8 Kyle MACDONALD 10 Mark RANCE 23 Andreas SESUN 27 William BISHOP 31 Seino JONGKEES
Andreas Sesun equalises the score against Samson LEE (Singapore)
Not too much room ... James Lewis (AUS) facing defeat against Kyle Macdonald. Refeee Ian Hunter (Scotland) keeps his distance and eye on the action
Men's Epee - 7 teams 5th seeded NZ lost 45-32 to 4th seed Australia Final placing 7th
Women's Epee - 36 fencers 2 Jessica BEER 21 Jennifer JACKSON (nee Hope) 29 Nancy LIU 33 Sheryl FAN 35 Katherine TAYLOR
Jessica BEER Silver medalist
Women's Epee - 8 teams 5th seeded NZ beat 4th seed India 45-38 NZ lost 45-36 to 1st seed Australia in semi-final NZ beat 2nd seed England 45-31 in Bronze Medal match Final placing 3rd
Men's Sabre - 38 fencers 21 Luke ROBERTSON 23 Michael MERCER 28= Alex CHAN 33 Luke CROZIER 37 Rick JIANG
Men's Sabre - 7 teams 6th seeded NZ lost 45-29 to 3rd seed Australia Final placing 6th
Women's Sabre - 30 fencers 29= Sasha GREEN 29= Katherine TAYLOR
Women's Sabre - 6 teams NZ did not compete
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