Men’s Epee Medal Winners 2018-19

Gold Medal (Tournament)	Silver Medal	Bronze Medals
South of Ireland Open
Rory Hugh (Edinburgh/IRL)	Laurentiu Ricuta (Brian Boru/Rom)	Yves Carnec (Pembroke/Fra) Dawid Kulka (Brian Boru/Irl)
West of Ireland Open
David Losonczi (EGFC/PFC/Hun)	Joseph Carnec (PFC/Fra)	Duncan Salter (BBFC/GBR) Tom O’Brien (PI/BBFC/Irl)
Dublin Satellite 2018
Josef Mahringer (Aut)	Karol Kostka (PoL)	Pedro Arede (Por) Tristan Tulen (Ned)
Northern Ireland Open 2019
Dawid Kulka (Brian Boru/Irl)	Paddy Brennan (Pembroke/Irl)	Sean Ryan (UCD/MPAI/Irl) Andrew Pollock (Stockport/GBR)
East of Ireland Open 2019
Antoine Gentille (DCU/Irl)	Dawid Kulka (Brian Boru/Irl)	Yves Carnec (Pembroke/Fra) Jonathan Burnside (Magee Fencing)
Irish National Championships 2019
Tom O’Brien (Pentathlon Ireland/Irl)	Dawid Kulka (Brian Boru/Irl)	Benedict Chambers (FFF/Irl) Shane Whelan (Brian Boru/Salle Dublin)

Report

Dawid Kulka of Brian Boru Fencing Club won the Gold Medal in the Fencing Ireland Northern Ireland Open 2019 in Men’s Epee as well as Silver Medals in the Irish National Championships 2019 and the East of Ireland Open 2019, as he finished the year strongly. The Other major Gold Medal winners in Fencing Ireland Men’s Epee in 2019 were Tom O’Brien (Irish National Championships 2019), Antoine Gentile (East of Ireland Open 2019), Joseph Mahringer (Dublin Satellite 2018), David Losonczi (West of Ireland Open), and Rory Hugh (South of Ireland Open).

References

Logos

[1] Fencing Ireland Google Docs (2020) FI-Logo-top-white [Internet] Available from: https://www.fencingireland.net/wp-content/uploads/FI-Logo-top-white.png [Accessed 28 December 2020]

Websites

[2] Fencing Ireland (2019) South of Ireland Open 2018 | Men’s Epee [Internet] Available from: http://www.ncif.net/soi18/FTEvent2.htm [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[3] Fencing Ireland (2019) West of Ireland Open 2018 | Men’s Epee [Internet] Available from: http://www.ncif.net/woi18/FTEvent5.htm [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[4] Fencing Ireland (2019) Dublin Satellite 2018 | Men’s Epee [Internet] Available from: http://www.ncif.net/dsat18/FTEvent1.htm [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[5] Fencing Ireland (2019) Northern Ireland Open 2019 | Men’s Epee [Internet] Available from: https://www.nifencing.com/live/nio2019/FTEvent4.htm [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[6] Fencing Ireland (2019) East of Ireland Open 2019 | Men’s Epee [Internet] Available from: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/AF1E307929804F2F90D2B7E369AA94FB [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[7] Fencing Ireland (2019) Irish National Championships 2019 | Men’s Epee [Internet] Available from: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/726AA3BE85ED47A29D51B8091068272E [Accessed 24 August 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Mark Mullaney & Sinead.

About this document

Researched, written and compiled by by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 28 December 2020

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2019-2020

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Reserved.

Men’s Epee Medal Winners 2018-19

Tournament	Gold Medal	Silver Medal	Bronze Medals
South of Ireland Open	Rory Hugh (Edinburgh/IRL)	Laurentiu Ricuta (Brian Boru/Rom)	Yves Carnec (Pembroke/Fra) Dawid Kulka (Brian Boru/Irl)
West of Ireland Open	David Losonczi (EGFC/PFC/Hun)	Joseph Carnec (PFC/Fra)	Duncan Salter (BBFC/GBR) Tom O’Brien (PI/BBFC/Irl)
Dublin Satellite 2018	Josef Mahringer (Aut)	Karol Kostka (PoL)	Pedro Arede (Por) Tristan Tulen (Ned)
Northern Ireland Open 2019	Dawid Kulka (Brian Boru/Irl)	Paddy Brennan (Pembroke/Irl)	Sean Ryan (UCD/MPAI/Irl) Andrew Pollock (Stockport/GBR)
East of Ireland open 2019	Antoine Gentille (DCU/Irl)	Dawid Kulka (Brian Boru/Irl)	Yves Carnec (Pembroke/Fra) Jonathan Burnside (Magee Fencing)
Irish National Championships 2019	Tom O’Brien (Pentathlon Ireland/Irl)	Dawid Kulka (Brian Boru/Irl)	Benedict Chambers (FFF/Irl) Shane Whelan (Brian Boru/Salle Dublin)

Reference: [1-13]

Women’s Epee (Medal Winners) 2018-19

Tournament	Gold Medal	Silver Medal	Bronze Medals
South of Ireland Open	Kate Coleman (Brian Boru/MPAI/Irl)	Inga Gorceva (Brian Boru/Lat)	Kirsten Siig Palesten (Varde Faegteklub/Den) Kate Barrett (Brian Boru/MPAI/Irl)
West of Ireland Open	Kirsten Siig Pallesen (NUIG/VF/Den)	Camille Hindsgaul (DUFC/Den)	Phoebe Ireland (UCD/USA) Alisha Mullen (UCD/PI/Irl)
Irish Open 2018	Natalya Coyle (Brian Boru/MPAI/Irl)	Ventsislava Deninska (Bul)	Inga Gorceva (Brian Boru/Lat) Eva Melly (DUFC/Irl)
Northern Ireland Open 2019	Alisha Mullen (UCD/Irl)	Rachel Conner-Hill (Lazlos/Irl)	Camille Hindsgaul (DUFC/Den) Katie Gillespie (QUB/Irl)
East of Ireland Open 2019	Isabelle Clarke (Brian Boru/Irl)	Inga Gorceva (Brian Boru/Lat)	Alisha Mullen (UCD/Irl) Sorcha Mellon-Whelan (Brian Boru/Salle Dublin/Irl)
Irish National Championships 2019	Natalya Coyle (Brian Boru/Pentathlon Ireland/Irl)	Rachel Conner-Hill (Lazslo’s/Irl)	Isabelle Clarke (Brian Boru/Irl) Alisha Mullen (UCD/Irl)

Reference: [1-13]

Men’s Foil (Medal Winners) 2018-19

Tournament	Gold Medal	Silver Medal	Bronze Medals
South of Ireland Open	Christopher Lennon (Salle Boston/GBR)	Philip Cripwell (DUFC/Irl)	Andrea Petrignani (UCD/Ita) Claudio Sosa Smatrala (Pembroke/Irl)
West of Ireland Open	Andrea Petrignani (UCD/Ita)	Alastair Houldsworth (BELFC/GBR)	Jonathan Hertz (PFC/Irl) Claudio Sosa Smatrala (PFC/Irl)
Irish Open 2018	James Brosnan (University of Warwickshire/Irl)	Andrea Petrignani (UCD/Ita)	Jake Moore-McGillion (Fencing Academy of Westchester/Irl) Daniel Sigurdson (Grosvenor/GBR)
Northern Ireland Open 2019	Alastair Houldsworth (Belfast/GBR)	Michael Thompson (QUB/Irl)	David White (Belfast/GBR) Matthew McKay (RBAI/GBR)
East of Ireland Open 2019	Conor Nagle (Munster Blades/Irl)	Michael Thompson (QUB/RBAI/Irl)	Alastair Houldsworth (Belfast/GBR) Daniel Sigurdsson (Fence Like An Olympian/GBR)
Irish National Championships 2019	Stephen Brown (Grosvenor/Irl)	Alastair Johnson (Salle/Holyrood/Irl)	Claudio Sosa Smatrala (Pembroke/Irl) Christopher Lennon (Salle Boston/Irl)

Reference: [3]

Women’s Foil (Medal Winners) 2018-19

Tournament	Gold Medal	Silver Medal	Bronze Medals
South of Ireland Open 2018	Crystal-Rose Percival (DUFC/Irl)	Catherine McConvey (Fence Like An Olympian/Irl)	Rita Diczhazi (UCC/Hun) Leah McHugh (DUFC/Irl)
West of Ireland Open 2018	Rita Diczhazi (UCC/Hun)	Fiadhnait McDonough (Irl)	Crystal Percival (DUFC, Irl) Kirsten Siig Pallesen (NUIG/VF/Den)
Irish Open 2018	Emilia Velma (Pembroke/Irl)	Kaitlyn McGillion-Moore (Fairfield/Irl)	Joana Ramalho (Pembroke/Portugal) Rita Diczhazi (UCC/Hun)
Northern Ireland Open 2019	Catherine McConvey (FLO/GBR)	Rita Diczhazi (UCC/Hun)	Sarah Shaw (Hunterhouse/GBR) Gema Wright Ballester (RCSI/GBR)
East of Ireland Open 2019	Emilia Velma (Pembroke/Irl)	Anna Lee (Pembroke/Irl)	Dasha Lee (Pembroke/Irl) Joana Ramalho (Pembroke/Por)
Irish National Championships 2019	Genevieve Clarke (OFC Bonn/Irl)	Victoria Duxbury (Edinburgh/Irl)	Emilia Velma (Pembroke/Irl) Anna Lee (Pembroke/Irl)

Reference: [4]

Men’s Sabre (Medal Winners) 2018-19

Tournament	Gold Medal	Silver Medal	Bronze Medal
South of Ireland Open	Michalis Kirimlidis (Salle Dublin/Irl)	Aidan Clarke (Salle Dublin/Irl)	Nigel Johnson Steeves (UCC/Can) Christopher Lennon (Salle Boston/GBR)
West of Ireland Open 2018	Alex Reilly (DUFC/Irl)	Nigel Johnson Steeves (UCC/Can)	Christian Hegarty (MF/DUNFC/Irl) Brian Crowley (UCD/Irl)
Irish Open 2018	Stephen Concannon (Salle Dublin/Irl)	Michalis Kirimlidis (Salle Dublin/Irl)	Michael Jacob (MX Fencing/Irl) Aidan Clarke (Salle Dublin/Irl)
Northern Ireland Open 2019	Kieran Dowse (MX/Irl)	Niall Dowse (MX/GBR)	Alex Reilly (DUFC/Irl) Christian Hegarty (Magee/Irl)
East of Ireland Open 2019	Stephen Concannon (Salle Dublin/Irl)	Aidan Clarke (Salle Dublin/Irl)	Kevin MacSweeney (UCC/Irl) Colm Kelleher (DU/Salle Dublin/Irl)
Irish National Championships 2019	Kieran Dowse (Irl)	Michael Jacob (MX Fencing/Irl)	Christopher Lennon (Salle Boston/GBR) Michalis Kirimlidis (Salle Dublin/Irl)

Reference: [5]

Women’s Sabre (Medal Winners) 2018-19

Tournament	Gold Medal	Silver Medal	Bronze Medal
South of Ireland Open	Aoife O’Loughlin (Cyrano/Irl)	Kathryn Marshall (Magee Fencing/Irl)	Imogen McGucken (DUFC/Irl) Ciara Cormican (Lisburn Gladiators/Irl)
West of Ireland Open 2018	Lillias Healy (UCC/Irl)	Anna Zink (DUFC/Irl)	Sadhbh Skeehan (NUIG/Irl) Fiadhnait McDonough (Irl)
Irish Open 2018	Beth Taylor (QUB/Irl)	Aoife O’Loughlin (Cyrano/Irl)	Ciara Cormican (Lisburn Gladiators/Irl) Erin Barclay (Salle Dublin/UCC/Irl)
Northern Ireland Open 2019	Beth Taylor (QUB/Irl)	Imogen McGucken (DUFC/GBR)	Jodi Desmond (Magee/GBR) Emma Jane McLaughlin (Magee/Irl)
East of Ireland Open 2019	Aoife O’Loughlin (Cyrano/Irl)	Lillias Healy (UCC/Irl)	Rita Diczhazi (UCC/Irl) Imogen McGuckin (DU/Irl)
Irish National Championships 2019	Imogen McGuckin (DU/Irl)	Emma McLaughlin (Magee Fencing/Irl)	Eile Watson (UCD/Irl) Una de Bhuinn (Ravenwood/Irl)

Team Medal Winners 2018-19

Event	Gold Medal	Silver Medal	Bronze Medals
Irish Open 2018
Team Mixed Epee	Denmark	Belgium	France Le Cannet
Team Mixed Foil	Pound of Fleche (Irl)	Smells Like Team Spirit	Wacky Wailing Inflatable Flailing Arm Tube Men (Irl)
Team Mixed Sabre	UCD and Its Caddy	U Can Compete (UCC/Irl)	Team Extreme (Irl)
Team Women’s Foil	Victoruis Secret	The Team (Irl)	–

References

Websites

[1] Fencing Ireland (2019) South of Ireland Open 2018 | Men’s Epee [Internet] Available from: http://www.ncif.net/soi18/FTEvent2.htm [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[2] Fencing Ireland (2019) West of Ireland Open 2018 | Men’s Epee [Internet] Available from: http://www.ncif.net/woi18/FTEvent5.htm [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[3] Fencing Ireland (2019) Dublin Satellite 2018 | Men’s Epee [Internet] Available from: http://www.ncif.net/dsat18/FTEvent1.htm [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[4] Fencing Ireland (2019) Northern Ireland Open 2019 | Men’s Epee [Internet] Available from: https://www.nifencing.com/live/nio2019/FTEvent4.htm [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[5] Fencing Ireland (2019) East of Ireland Open 2019 | Men’s Epee [Internet] Available from: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/AF1E307929804F2F90D2B7E369AA94FB [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[6] Fencing Ireland (2019) Irish National Championships 2019 | Men’s Epee [Internet] Available from: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/726AA3BE85ED47A29D51B8091068272E [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[8] Fencing Ireland (2019) South of Ireland Open 2018 | Women’s Epee [Internet] Available from: http://www.ncif.net/soi18/FTEvent5.htm [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[9] Fencing Ireland (2019) West of Ireland Open 2018 | Women’s Epee [Internet] Available from: http://www.ncif.net/woi18/FTEvent2.htm [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[10] Fencing Ireland (2019) Irish Open 2018 | Women’s Epee [Internet] Available from: http://www.ncif.net/io18/FTEvent3.htm [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[11] Fencing Ireland (2019) Northern Ireland Open 2018 | Women’s Epee [Internet] Available from: https://www.nifencing.com/live/nio2019/FTEvent5.htm [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[12] Fencing Ireland (2019) East of Ireland Open 2018 | Women’s Epee [Internet] Available from: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/FB21AD6AEF4F4C6A850929DDE48107A2 [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[6] Fencing Ireland (2019) Irish National Championships 2019 | Women’s Epee [Internet] Available from: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/DE8C781CA60B4A15B03D286922ED5A0D [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[15] Fencing Ireland (2019) South of Ireland Open 2018 | Men’s Foil [Internet] Available from: http://www.ncif.net/soi18/FTEvent4.htm [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[16] Fencing Ireland (2019) West of Ireland Open 2018 | Men’s Foil [Internet] Available from: http://www.ncif.net/woi18/FTEvent1.htm [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[17] Fencing Ireland (2019) Irish Open 2018 | Men’s Foil [Internet] Available from: http://www.ncif.net/io18/FTEvent1.htm [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[18] Fencing Ireland (2019) Northern Ireland Open 2018 | Men’s Foil [Internet] Available from: https://www.nifencing.com/live/nio2019/FTEvent1.htm [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[18] Fencing Ireland (2019) East of Ireland Open 2018 | Men’s Foil [Internet] Available from: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/EA1F134F20474AF39641003150C54A11 [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[6] Fencing Ireland (2019) Irish National Championships 2019 | Men’s Foil [Internet] Available from: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/5EA0C2D0147945F5A5D75CFDE44B93C2 [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[22] Fencing Ireland (2019) South of Ireland Open 2018 | Women’s Foil [Internet] Available from: http://www.ncif.net/soi18/FTEvent1.htm [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[23] Fencing Ireland (2019) West of Ireland Open 2018 | Women’s Foil [Internet] Available from: http://www.ncif.net/woi18/FTEvent4.htm [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[24] Fencing Ireland (2019) Irish Open 2018 | Women’s Foil [Internet] Available from: http://www.ncif.net/io18/FTEvent2.htm [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[24] Fencing Ireland (2019) Northern Ireland Open 2019 | Women’s Foil [Internet] Available from: https://www.nifencing.com/live/nio2019/FTEvent2.htm [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[24] Fencing Ireland (2019) East of Ireland Open 2019 | Women’s Foil [Internet] Available from: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/76DF707D6D2B421F9FD95532CA533C0C [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[6] Fencing Ireland (2019) Irish National Championships 2019 | Women’s Foil [Internet] Available from: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/078D601F8CD342D89116A347641BF4B3 [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[29] Fencing Ireland (2019) South of Ireland Open 2018 | Men’s Sabre [Internet] Available from: http://www.ncif.net/soi18/FTEvent3.htm [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[30] Fencing Ireland (2019) West of Ireland Open 2018 | Men’s Sabre [Internet] Available from: http://www.ncif.net/woi18/FTEvent6.htm [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[31] Fencing Ireland (2019) Irish Open 2018 | Men’s Sabre [Internet] Available from: http://www.ncif.net/io18/FTEvent4.htm [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[31] Fencing Ireland (2019) Northern Ireland Open 2019 | Men’s Sabre [Internet] Available from: https://www.nifencing.com/live/nio2019/FTEvent6.htm [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[31] Fencing Ireland (2019) East of Ireland Open 2019 | Men’s Sabre [Internet] Available from: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/45A89384008D497795C50C9C42823F8F [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[6] Fencing Ireland (2019) Irish National Championships 2019 | Men’s Sabre [Internet] Available from: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/6951B66E4C9D491A88E24CEEB65AD66E [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[36] Fencing Ireland (2019) South of Ireland Open 2018 | Women’s Sabre [Internet] Available from: http://www.ncif.net/soi18/FTEvent6.htm [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[37] Fencing Ireland (2019) West of Ireland Open 2018 | Women’s Sabre [Internet] Available from: http://www.ncif.net/woi18/FTEvent3.htm [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[38] Fencing Ireland (2019) Irish Open 2018 | Women’s Sabre [Internet] Available from: http://www.ncif.net/io18/FTEvent5.htm [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[38] Fencing Ireland (2019) Northern Ireland Open 2019 | Women’s Sabre [Internet] Available from: https://www.nifencing.com/live/nio2019/FTEvent3.htm [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[38] Fencing Ireland (2019) East of Ireland Open 2019 | Women’s Sabre [Internet] Available from: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/02C79AE5C25748BF9E938631ECD8763A [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[6] Fencing Ireland (2019) Irish National Championships 2019 | Women’s Sabre [Internet] Available from: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/7689CEB91A034966B30486DFED058553 [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[38] Fencing Ireland (2019) Irish Open 2018 | Team Mixed Epee [Internet] Available from: http://www.ncif.net/io18/FTEvent6.htm [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[38] Fencing Ireland (2019) Irish Open 2018 | Team Mixed Foil [Internet] Available from: http://www.ncif.net/io18/FTEvent7.htm [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[38] Fencing Ireland (2019) Irish Open 2018 | Team Mixed Sabre [Internet] Available from: http://www.ncif.net/io18/FTEvent9.htm [Accessed 24 August 2019]

[38] Fencing Ireland (2019) Irish Open 2018 | Team Women’s Foil [Internet] Available from: http://www.ncif.net/io18/FTEvent11.htm [Accessed 24 August 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Mark Mullaney & Sinead.

About this document

Researched, written and compiled by by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 24 August 2019

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2019

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Reserved.