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Putting our best feet forward while fencing at Queen’s

Written on November 29, 2019. Posted in Lifestyle, Student Life.

This week, The Journal’s Sports editors teamed up with Queen’s Fencing to try out one of the swankiest combat sports around. While they didn’t transform into pros after one lesson, they did learn a couple of great moves and some fun and fancy footwork. After returning to the safety of The Journal...

Fencing: A sport with a point

Written on January 15, 2016. Posted in Sports.

In the eighth year of his fencing career at Queen’s, Captain Jimmy Wintle — weapon in hand — is a force to be reckoned with. But after competing for nearly a decade, Wintle may be ready for a whole new sort of force. “I think if [the team] were given lightsabers, we could definitely hold our own,”...

Gaels’ sabre savant

Written on February 6, 2015. Posted in Sports.

Lily Jiang’s second OUA medal was a little bittersweet. The second-year Gaels fencer captured bronze in the individual sabre at last weekend’s OUA championships in Toronto, a year after winning gold as a rookie in the same event. She also spearheaded Queen’s to their second consecutive provincial...

Sports in brief

Written on January 16, 2015. Posted in Sports.

Mullins receives Alessio scholarship While men’s basketball couldn’t pull out a win last Saturday, one Gael did come away with something special. Queen’s matchup with the Laurentian Voyageurs was the sixth annual Marco W. Alessio Memorial Game, and prior to tip-off, second-year guard Mike Mullins...

Titles from new talent

Written on September 19, 2014. Posted in Sports.

While it may not be the most popular sport on campus, Queen’s fencing is fighting hard to show that it’s one of the university’s most successful. Tucked away to train in the Duncan MacArthur Hall gym on West Campus, the men’s and women’s varsity fencing club features a mix of newcomers and experienced...

Foiled by the flourish

Written on November 1, 2013. Posted in Lifestyle.

As I entered the gym at Duncan McArthur Hall last week, the clashing sounds of cold steel signalled an evening of competitive camaraderie. Here at the Queen’s Fencing Club’s practice, value isn’t placed on size or strength, but on mental endurance and light-speed reaction time. Something about this...

Fencing wins provincial title

Written on February 14, 2012. Posted in Sports.

The men’s fencing team won a dramatic second straight OUA title on Sunday, defeating the University of Toronto Varsity Blues in an improvised sudden-death tiebreaker at the ARC. After the individual championships on Saturday, the Gaels and the Varsity Blues finished Sunday’s team competition tied...

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Putting our best feet forward while fencing at Queen’s

Fencing: A sport with a point

Gaels’ sabre savant

Sports in brief

Titles from new talent

Foiled by the flourish

Fencing wins provincial title

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