Jason cutting it with the best in Wales

11:30am Thursday 20th November 2008

Pembrokeshire fencer Jason Scourfield earned a major boost in the UK rankings last week when he finished second in the Welsh Open foil competition in Cardiff.

The Welsh open is one of the major events in the British fencing calendar and the 18-year-old reigning Welsh closed foil champion battled to the final despite a leg injury, finding only Northumbria’s Tristan Rowcliffe too hot to handle.

Welsh open results (south west Wales fencers): Men’s foil: 2, Jason Scourfield, Bristol/Pembroke; 87, Stephen Morris, Pembroke; 102, Rob Mason, Pembroke.

Men’s epee: 123, Daniel Arnold, Ddraig Wern.

Men’s sabre: 44, Killion McKenzie, Lampeter; 67, Philip Shepherd-Foster, Ddraig Wern; 85, Rob Mason, Pembroke.

Women’s foil: Nikki Evans, Bristol/Pembroke.

Women’s epee: 45, Meg Shepherd-Foster, Ddraig Wern; 74, Hannah James, Ddraig Wern; 75, Ceilidh Hodge, Ddraig Wern; 90, Martha James, Ddraig Wern.

Women’s sabre: 20, Libby Jones, Lampeter; 32, Annabel Smith, Ddraig Wern; 35, Teresa Norejko, Ddraig Wern; 51, Patricia Shepherd-Foster, Lampeter; 53, Lisa Evans, Pembroke.