November 2008
Stanmore sponsors an Olympic hopeful!
Stanmore is delighted to announce that they have recently agreed to
sponsor Emily Ruaux who at the tender age of 13 is already an English
Youth Fencing Champion.
Emily who is a pupil at Rivington Park Independent School was introduced
to the sport two years ago and is currently a Sabreuse which to the
uninitiated is a female fencer who fences with a sabre. Emily was the
British Youth Champion U12 last year and English Youth Champion U13
and is currently ranked 7th in the U17's GB Rankings and 21st in the
U20 GB Rankings.
Having recently returned from the U17 international in Godollo, Hungary
Emily was delighted to finish 44th out of 138 fencers which was the
third highest result in the British squad. Godollo is the most fiercely
contested European U17 event and is dominated by the fencing power houses
of the Ukraine, Hungary, Russia and USA.
Emily's fencing goals this season are to break into the top 4 in the
U17's and therefore earn selection for the GBR U17 World and European
Championship Squad. Emily trains in Hungary over the summer for two
weeks as part of the GBR elite fencing training programme with a further
UK based 1 week residential camp in the summer holidays. She is determined
to make the 2012 Olympics and we hope our sponsorship will help her
achieve her goals! |