Meg Waters (fencer)

Meg Waters

Personal information
Nationality	British (Welsh)
Born	c.1939 [1] Wales
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Event	Foil
Club	Cory Hall Fencing Club, Cardiff Salle Reynolds Fencing Club, Cardiff

Meg Waters (born c.1939) was a fencer from Wales, who competed at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (now Commonwealth Games).

Biography

Waters was educated at Lady Margaret High School for Girls in Cardiff and studied medicine at St Mary's Hospital, London. ^[2] She twice won the title at the British Schoolgirls Championships in the early 1950s. ^{[3] [4]}

She was a member of the Cory Hall Fencing Club in Cardiff ^[5] and was described as a fencing prodigy when she represented the Great Britain U21 team at the age of 15. ^[6]

In 1956, living at Bronwydd Avenue in Penylan, Cardiff, she had joined the Salle Reynolds Club in Cardiff, when she won the British U21 title for a second consecutive years. ^[7]

Waters represented the 1958 Welsh team ^{[8] [9]} at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, ^[10] where she participated in the individual foil event. ^{[11] [12]}

References

1. "Meg Waters" . Western Mail. 14 February 1955. p. 8. Retrieved 21 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Fencing" . Western Mail. 15 March 1954. p. 7. Retrieved 21 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Girl fencers win for Wales" . Western Mail. 31 March 1958. p. 5. Retrieved 20 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Schoolgirl fencers" . Evening News (London). 10 February 1955. p. 8. Retrieved 20 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Fencing" . Western Mail. 21 February 1955. p. 9. Retrieved 20 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Welsh Fencing Prodigy" . Liverpool Echo. 19 February 1955. p. 8. Retrieved 20 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Fencing Champion" . Liverpool Echo. 10 December 1956. p. 8. Retrieved 20 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
8. Newham, C. E. (1958). The Official History of the VIth British Empire and Commonwealth Games. Organising Committee of the VIth British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
9. "Four Welsh Games Teams Named" . Western Mail. 9 June 1958. p. 14. Retrieved 21 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
10. "Wales is Ready for the Empire Games" . Pontypridd Observer. 19 July 1958. p. 22. Retrieved 21 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
11. "Wales Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
12. "British Empire and Commonwealth Games". Rugby Relics. Retrieved 21 November 2025.