Doreen Plews

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Doreen Plews
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born28 August 1930 [1]
South Shields, England
Sport
Sport Fencing
Event
Foil
ClubChester Fencing Club

Doreen Evelyn Plews (born 28 August 1930) is a former fencer, who represented Scotland at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games (now Commonwealth Games).

Biography

Plews was born in South Shields, England but lived in Newtonlea Avenue in Newton Mearns in Renfrewshire for many years. Plews represented the 1958 Scottish Team, [2] at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where she participated in the individual foil. [3]

In 1967, Plews was a member of the Chester Fencing Club and won their foil championship. [4] She helped Chester win the A.F.A. Coaches Trophy in Glasgow during the same year. [5]

In 1974 she was still competing for the club, in addition to being on the committee for them [6] and in 1981 she became chairman. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "In Foils Event" . Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette. 29 July 1958. p. 13. Retrieved 8 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "Scots pick boxers for Empire Games" . Liverpool Daily Post. 26 May 1958. p. 6. Retrieved 8 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Scotland Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  4. ↑ "Chester Fencing" . Cheshire Observer. 9 June 1967. p. 3. Retrieved 8 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Chester Fencers Do Well" . Cheshire Observer. 16 June 1967. p. 4. Retrieved 8 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Congraulations of Chesters's Young Fencers" . Cheshire Observer. 23 August 1974. p. 2. Retrieved 8 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "En garde! Chester fencers get straight to the point" . Cheshire Observer. 1 May 1981. p. 34. Retrieved 8 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
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