Students in running for champ honours
Year 11 student Oliver Plumb won the under-16s and Chris Kirkman of Year 12, was awarded a bronze medal in the under-18 category at the South-East Regional Foil Championships hosted at Worth.
Their successes qualified both boys for the British Youth Championships, which take place in the new year. Oliver's winner's medal in the foil category will go alongside that which he won in the epee just a couple of weeks ago.
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Hide AdCommenting on Oliver's significant achievement, Fr Peter Williams, fencing co-ordinator at the school, said: "He fenced with great style and authority and was only seriously challenged in the final, in which he led all the way and won 15-13.
For full story see West Sussex Gazette November 26