The 2014 Commonwealth Fencing Championships was held in Largs, Scotland between the 10th and 15 November 2014 at the Inverclyde National Sports Training Centre
The venue was Inverclyde National Sports Training Centre [1] in Largs, Scotland
The event was hosted and run by Scottish Fencing [2] and is overseen by the Commonwealth Fencing Federation. The event director was Chris Hyde and the event manager was Roy Clarke.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual foil | Jamie Fitzgerald (SCO) | Zhenggang Zhang (SIN) | Jie Wu (SIN) Husayn Rosowsky (ENG) |
Team foil | England Kola Abidogun Peter Barwell Ben Peggs Dan Robinson Husayn Rosowsky | Scotland Keith Cook Jamie Fitzgerald Scott Brodie Jack Watson Callum O'donnell | Australia Patrick Daley Matt Foster Lucas Webber Dylan Devenish |
Individual épée | Dudley Tredger (ENG) | Marc Burkhalter (WAL) | John Downes (AUS) Tom Edwards (WAL) |
Team épée | Singapore Willie Zi Le Khoo Samson Mun Hou Lee Wei Wen Lim Kian Seng Ng | Wales Gareth Thomas Marc Burkhalter David Gregory James Taylor Tom Edwards | Scotland Neill Tannock Chris Hay George Liston Chris Rocks Tom Hoffmann |
Individual Sabre | Alex Crutchett (ENG) | Maiyuran Ratneswaren (ENG) | Glenn Sancroft (SCO) Stephen Rocks (SCO) |
Team sabre | England Alex Crutchett Maiyuran Ratneswaren Soji Aiyenuro Kirk Slankard | Singapore Yu Yong Choy Clive Yi Yang Leu David Wei Ren Chan | Scotland Michael Clarke Stephen Rocks Glenn Sancroft Rob Veitch |
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Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Singapore (SIN) | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
2 | England (ENG) | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
3 | Scotland (SCO) | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
4 | Wales (WAL) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
5 | South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
6 | Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
7 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Totals (7 entries) | 12 | 12 | 18 | 42 |
The event was nominated for a 2015 Scottish Thistle Award, EventScotland's Tourism Awards in recognition of the benefits to the local area of North Ayrshire. The event was part of Homecoming Scotland 2014
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