| Carrick
Castle Fencing Tournament
& Tournament
Dinner
2009
held
in the medieval setting of
Carrickfergus Castle
Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland
on Sat 20th
and Sun 21st June 2009
2008
Carrick Castle Tournament Report
 Combat
at Carrick!
“What an amazing venue”; “I have
never fenced anywhere this great before”; “a
real friendly and fun event – I’ll be
back” – just some of the many comments
made by competitors at the end of this year’s
Carrick Castle Fencing Tournament.
The weekend of June 7th and 8th 2008 saw the sun shine
on the annual Carrick Castle Fencing Tournament. The
event was organised by Stormont Fencing Club and took
centre stage at Carrickfergus Castle with a record
number of fencers from the UK, USA, Spain, Hungary
and Norway. Each competitor received complimentary
Deep Riverrock Water kindly donated by Cola-Cola and
the tournament provided a magnificent added attraction
to visitors attending Archaeology Day at the Castle.
All visitors were admitted to the Castle free of charge
during the tournament days.
 Fencing
took place in the Banqueting Hall, the top of the
Keep, a Marquee and, with the co-operation of the
weather, two outdoor pistes located on the Castle
Battlements, providing a great spectacle and some
unique fencing.
Saturday saw a record turnout for the tournament
with the Men's and Ladies’ Foil and Sabre events.
The impressive 1st prize trophies of Ceremonial swords,
once again kindly donated by PBT, went to the following:
Ladies’ Foil – Katie Gillespie (NIR),
Ladies’ Sabre – Kaeli Ward (USA), Men's
Foil - Kieran Debbadi (NIR), Men' Sabre - David Downey
(NIR). Sunday saw the Epee competition with a record
37 entries in the Men's Epee event. Winners on the
day, after another day of closely fought competition,
were as follows: Ladies’ Epee - Fiona Haldane
(NIR) and in Men's Epee - Andrew Fenwick (NIR). Full
results can be found on our results page.
On Saturday night the “not to be missed”
annual Tournament dinner was held in the Clarion Hotel.
Prizes were awarded for the Saturday events and everyone
enjoyed traditional Northern Ireland hospitality.
The organisers would like to express their gratitude
to all those who helped with and supported the event;
Carrickfergus Castle and the Environment & Heritage
Service for providing such a spectacular venue for
the event; Carrickfergus Borough Council for financial
support; PBT for providing the magnificent 1st prize
ceremonial swords for all 6 events; Coca-Cola for
providing Deep Riverrock Pure Still Water and Powerade
for the competitors and, most of all, our competitors
themselves, many of whom travelled from far a field
to compete at the tournament, some making their first
visit to Northern Ireland.
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