| 2010 Junior & Cadet World
Championships |
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February 25, 2010 -
The Canadian Fencing Federation is pleased to announce the final
team members
who will represent Canada at the 2010 Junior & Cadet World Championships, April
2-10, in Baku, Azerbaijan. |
| Congratulations to Hugues
Boisvert-Simard |
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February 8, 2010 - The
Canadian Fencing Federation would like to congratulate Hugues Boisvert-Simard
for his remarkable performance by winning the silver medal at the World Cup in "Cidade
de Lisboa" in Lisbon Portugal this weekend. This silver medal at a World cup
brought him up in the world rankings to the 12th best in the world. -
complete list of results |
Congratulations to our Medalists:
Igor Gantsevich, Andreanne Demers, Joseph Polossifakis and Mykaël Lambert |
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January 19, 2010 - Canada won
one silver and three bronze medals at the North American Circuit in San José on
the weekend. This competition gathered over 1000 of the best fencers from North
America and marked the last competition of importance before the selection for
the junior and cadet world championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, which are
scheduled in April of this year.
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| Mykaël Lambert wins Bronze |
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Gatineau, January 5, 2010 - Mykaël Lambert (Gatineau, QC) wins bronze at the Junior World Cup in Budapest, Hungary.
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2009 World Championships - Sherraine Schalm wins silver medal |
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Montreal, October 5, 2009 –
Sherraine Schalm of Ottawa earned Canada’s best ever
result at the world fencing championships on Monday winning the
silver medal in the women’s epee event at the competition held in
Antalya, Turkey. Schalm, whose previous best was third at the 2005
worlds, lost 9-8 in the final to Lubov Shutova of Russia. Anfisa Pochkalova of Ukraine and Sonja Tol of the Netherlands won the bronze medals. >>more |
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2009 World Championships |
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September 23, 2009 - The CFF is pleased to present the team who will
represent Canada at the upcoming 2009 World Championships, held
September 30 to October 8 in Antalya, Turkey. >>more |
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Junior World Cup in Luxembourg |
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September 13, 2009 - The CFF would like to congratulate Pascal Heidecker
and Christophe Lavoie for their great performances at the Junior World
Cup held September 13 in Luxembourg. In Men's Epee, Pascal won the
silver medal, while Christophe finished 6th. These results are a great
way to start the season. Congratulations! |
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National Sabre Coach |
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August 25, 2009 (Montreal) - The Canadian Fencing Federation is pleased to announce the arrival of Maitre Dmitry Ronzhin as Head National Sabre Coach.
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2009 Pan-Am Fencing Championships |
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July 9, 2009 (El Salvador) - Canada won a total of 9 medals at the 2009
Pan-Am Zone Fencing Championships in El Salvador, San Salvador.
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Montreal hosts three Fencing World Cups |
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May 13, 2009 (Montreal) - More than 200 fencers from 24
countries are headed to Montreal for three World Cup competitions
scheduled for May 29-31. Escrime Internationale de Montréal will
feature the world's best in men's foil and men's and women's epee.
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Pierre Manville wins two Bronze Medals |
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Pierre Mainville won two bronze medals, one in sabre and the second in epee, at the recent Wheelchair Fencing World Cup held in Montreal, May 1-2, during the Défi Sportif.
In sabre, Pierre met the Greek Emmanouil Bodgod in semi-finals, but lost 15-11. In epee, after an easy victory in quarter-finals against the American Ken Magaha (15-5), Pierre faced a difficult opponent: Alim Latrèche from France, the 2004 Paralympic Champion. Latrèche had the upper hand over the Quebecor and won 15-9.
Congratulations to Pierre for his bronze medals and good luck in Lonato at the next World Cup. |
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Sherraine Schalms wins silver at the Florina Fencing World Cup |
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16 March 2009, Florina (Greece) - Sherraine Schalm fenced her way to the
final at the Women's Epee Fencing World Cup, held March 14-15 in Florina,
Greece. She won the silver medal after losing to the Italian Cristiana
Cascioli by the mark 15-8. The other Canadian, Ainsley Switzer, finished
in 12th position. She was defeated 15-14 by the Italian and future
bronze medalist, Giulia Rizzi. Congratulations to Sherraine for her
silver medal and Ainsley for her top 16! For more details and photos,
please visit http://www.oxif.gr/worldcup2009/ |
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Five medals for Canada at the North American Cup in Louisville |
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Louisville (Kentucky, USA) - Five Canadian fencers medalled this weekend
at the North American Cup held January 16 -19 in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Heracles Junior World Cup |
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Canada Wins 8 Medals at North American Cup in St. Louis |
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St. Louis (Missouri, USA) - Canada won a total of 8 medals at the NAC
held November 7-10, 2008 in St-Louis, Missouri. >>more |
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Luan Wins Gold at 2008 Veterans World Championships |
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October 3 (Limoges, FRA) – The Canadian Jujie Luan won gold in the 50-59 Veteran Women’s Foil yesterday, at the Veterans Fencing World Championships held in Limoges, France. >>more |
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Canadian Fencers Win Eleven Medals at Pan-Am Championships |
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July 12, (Queretaro) - Canada won a total of 11 medals at the 2008
Pan-Am Zone Fencing Championships in Queretaro, Mexico. >>more |
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Canadian men win bronze in team epee |
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Montreal, June 1, 2008 (Sportcom) – Canada won its
first ever major international medal in the men’s team epee event on
Sunday with a third place finish at a World Cup competition at the
Claude-Robillard Centre. The s defeated France 44-43 in the bronze medal
match. France is ranked third in the world. >>more |
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Josh McGuire 13th at Montreal fencing World Cup |
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Montreal, May 30, 2008 –
Olympic-bound Josh McGuire of
Ontario finished 13th in the
men’s foil competition on Friday
at a fencing World Cup event at
the Centre Claude-Robillard.
The result will also improve
McGuire’s ranking for the
Olympic draw. >>more |
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2008 Olympic Games Qualification update |
The CFF congratulates the athletes who have earned nominative FIE
qualifications for the 2008 Olympic Games based on the world rankings on
March 31:
WE - Sherraine Schalm
WF - Jujie Luan
WS - Team (3 athletes and an alternate to be named at the end of June)
ME - Igor Tikhomirov
MF - Josh McGuire
MS - pending results Pan-AM Zone Qualifier |
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Pan-AM Zone Olympic Qualifier |
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Philippe Beaudry has been selected for the 2008 Pan-Am Zone Olympic Qualifier in Queretaro, Mexico on April 26. The winner of this competition will also earn a nominative FIE qualification for the 2008 Olympic Games. Canada can only send one fencer in MS to this competition since at least one athlete has qualified in each of the other weapons. |
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2008 WE and MF Team World Championships |
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The following athletes have been selected to represent CANADA at the 2008 WE and MF Team World Championships in Beijing, China from April 18-20, 2008. This is also the test event for the 2008 Olympic Games and only includes those weapons which do not have a team event in Beijing.
MF:
Josh, McGuire,
Nicolas Teisseire,
Julien Gaudreau-Pollender
WE:
Sherraine Schalm,
Ainsley Switzer,
Leslie-Ann Gervais |
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2007 Pan-American
Championships |
- Canada wins
gold in Men's Epee Team, Boulos shines in Men's Sabre Team
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Women's Sabre team on track for Olympic berth, Women's Epee and
Men's Foil teams win gold
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Jujie Luan wins
bronze, Philippe Beaudry sixth in Men's Sabre
- Bronze medal for Sandra Sassine
- Joshua McGuire wins silver, Teisseire third
in Men's Foil, Dunnette wins Women's Epee,
Schalm third |
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Canadian fencers win
record number of medals at Pan-Am Championships in Valencia, Venezuela |
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October 30
(Valencia) - Canada won a record 10 medals at the 2006 Pan-Am
Zone Fencing Championships in Valencia, Venzuela. The previous
high at a Pan-Am Championship or Games was five (87, 91 and 99).
Canadian fencers doubled that mark, winning 4 gold, 2 silver and
4 bronze medals. It also marked the first time that Canada won
more than one gold medal at the same Pan-Am Championships or
Games. >>more |
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Canadian
Olympic Committee Names Jacques Cardyn Assistant Chef de Mission for
2007 Pan American Games |
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MONTREAL, October 18, 2006 – The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC)
announced today that 1984 fencing Olympian and 1983 Pan American Games
gold medallist Jacques Cardyn has been appointed as the Assistant
Chef de Mission for Canada at the 2007 Pan American Games. >>more
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Historic medal for
Toronto’s Igor Tikhomirov at World Championships |
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2 October TURIN (Sportcom)
– Igor Tikhomirov of Toronto, a former fencer for the Soviet
Union, became Canada’s first-ever male medallist at the world fencing
championships on Monday earning the bronze in the men’s epee
competition. >>more
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Canadian Fencers Completely Dominate Commonwealth Championships In Belfast, Northern Ireland |
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September 25 (Belfast) - After a 12 year absence, Canada marked
its return to the 2006 Comonwealth Fencing Championships by
dominating the competition. >>more
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Hall of Fame
Inductions |
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Ottawa
- Michel Dessureault of Gatineau will be inducted into the
Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame at a ceremony Oct. 24 at the Canadian War
Museum. Dessureault was a 20-year member of the Canadian fencing team,
in epee and foil. He won a full set of medals over three Commonwealth
Games and two at the Pan Ams. He competed in three Olympics (1976-84-88)
and had Canada's best Olympic result in men's epee, placing 10th in
1984.
Saskatoon - Allan Francis will be inducted into the Saskatoon Sports
Hall of Fame on November 4. Allan was a junior national team member in
1991, a senior team member in 1992, 1993 and 1994 and twice represented
Canada at the Pan-American Games. In 1992 he won gold at an Olympic
qualifying tournament in Argentina and was selected for the Men's Epee
team for the 1992 Olympic Games. |
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Sherraine
wins 2006 Women's
Epee World
Cup Circuit |
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Havana, Cuba – World
no.1 women’s épée fencer and author of Running with Swords, Sherraine
Schalm-MacKay was one point away from winning her sixth world cup of
the season before falling 15-14 to her Hungarian training partner, Emese
Szasz, in the final of the Havana World Cup Grand Prix today.
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Sherraine
wins Vancouver World
Cup |
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VANCOUVER – World No.1 women’s epee fencer,
Sherraine Schalm-MacKay, won the
Peter Bakonyi
International World Cup
in Vancouver defeating Megumi Harada of Japan 15-12 in the final
Saturday!
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Sherraine
wins in Australia |
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SYDNEY - The world No.1 women’s epee
fencer,
Sherraine Schalm-MacKay, defeated Imke Duplitzer from
Germany 15-12 to win the Sydney Challenge 2006 Grand Prix World
Cup Saturday.
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Sherraine Schalm-MacKay wins bronze medal in Rome; Julie Leprohon
seventh |
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ROME, Italy –
Sherraine Schalm-MacKay of Brooks, Alta. won a bronze medal at the
women’s epee World Cup in Rome on Saturday following a 14-13 defeat at
the hands of the eventual gold medallist Xiaojuan Luo from China. >>more
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Sherraine MacKay wins third straight World Cup |
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Tauberbischofsheim, GER –
MacKay of Brooks,
Alberta, continued her hot streak today winning a third consecutive
World Cup title defeating, world No.2, Imke Duplitzer of Germany 15-10
in the final of the Women’s Epee Würth World Cup. >>more
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MacKay wins 2nd
straight World Cup; becomes #1 in the world! |
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St-Maur, FRA – Sherraine MacKay of Brooks, Alta.,
won her second consecutive gold medal in dramatic fashion topping
Imke Duplitzer of Germany 15-14 in the final of the Saint Maur World Cup
Grand Prix Saturday. >>more
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MacKay wins Prague World Cup
gold! |
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PRAGUE – Sherraine MacKay of Brooks, Alta., won the gold
medal defeating Xiaojuan Luo of China 15-11 in the final of the Prague
d’Or Epee World Cup Sunday. >>more
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Sherraine MacKay
earns silver at Budapest World Cup |
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BUDAPEST, January 21, 2006 - Canada's top women's epee fencer and
author of Running With Swords, Sherraine MacKay, put on a
sparkling performance to kick off the 2006 World Cup season by
winning the silver medal at the Westend Cup in Budapest today.
In the gold medal match, MacKay, currently ranked 4th
in the world, lost 15-10 to Anna Branza of Romania. >>more
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2005 CFF Athletes of the Year |
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December 22, 2005 – The Canadian
Fencing Federation (CFF) is pleased to announce the recipients
of its athlete of
the year awards for 2005. >>more
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Olympian Julie
Mahoney Joins Canadian Olympic Committee’s Montreal Office |
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MONTREAL, November 18, 2005 – The Canadian
Olympic Committee (COC) announced today the expansion of its Montreal
office with the appointments of Olympians Sylvie Frechette and Julie
Mahoney to the positions of Program Manager – Athlete Programs and
Program Coordinator respectively, and Jacinthe Lussier to the position
of Program Manager. >>more
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Another best ever
for Women's Epee at World Championships |
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LEIPZIG, Germany - The Canadian women’s epee
team had yet another historical moment today by finishing sixth at World
Championships. >>more
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Bronze medal for
Sherraine MacKay at World Championships |
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LEIPZIG, Germany (CP) - A few days ago
Sherraine MacKay was struck by a sense that
she would win a gold medal at the fencing
world championships. Turns out her premonition was right about
the medal, wrong about the colour. The native of Brooks, Alta., made some
history Monday, taking the bronze in the
women's epee for Canada's first ever medal
at fencing world championships. >>more
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Triple bronze at
Peter Bakonyi International World Cup |
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Vancouver has been
overrun with swordplay as over 200 fencers from 22 countries have
gathered to compete in the last world cup of the season before the
October World Championships. Saturday’s action saw 3 Canadians pick up
bronze medals. >>more
Results
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Canadian fencing
returns to Universiade in 2005 |
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OTTAWA (CIS, July 6,
2005) - Canadian Interuniversity Sport, as the Canadian representative
of the Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire (FISU),
announced on Wednesday the athletes and staff who will represent Canada
in fencing at the 2005 Summer Universiade. >>more
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Women's Epee Team
fifth
at Barcelona Grand Prix |
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Barcelona, Spain
(June 5, 2005) - The Canadian women's epee team
finished fifth out of twenty countries in the Barcelona Grand Prix
team event today winning all but one match. >>more
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Sherraine MacKay wins bronze at Barcelona Grand Prix |
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Barcelona, Spain
(June 4, 2005) - In the largest World Cup turn-out of the year (161
fencers), epee fencer Sherraine MacKay of Brooks, Alta., won the bronze
medal eventually losing 15-8 to the gold medallist Anna Sivkova of
Russia. >>more
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Sherraine MacKay wins bronze at Nanjing Grand Prix |
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Nanjing, China (May
14, 2005) - Sherraine MacKay of Brooks, Alta., added a bronze medal to
her fencing world cup hardware collection at the Nanjing Grand Prix
after a tight fought 15-14 loss to eventual silver medallist Hajnalka
Kiraly-Picot of France. >>more
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Fencer crosses swords with the best |
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Monique Kavelaars
felt like a hockey player from Mexico. >>more
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Olympic
Revenge; Canadian women’s epee team defeat France at Würth Cup Grand Prix, finishing
fifth |
20 February 2005
Tauberbischofsheim,
Germany – The
Canadian
women’s epee team got
sweet revenge on
France with an exciting 45-44
come from behind victory to finish fifth at the
Würth Cup Grand Prix on
Sunday.
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Sherraine MacKay
finishes 11th at Budapest Westend World Cup Grand Prix |
22 January 2005
Budapest, Hungary - Sherraine MacKay of Brooks,
Alta., started out the 2005 world cup season with an eleventh place
finish after losing a third round match heartbreaker 15-14 to Li Zhang
from China.
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Sherraine on CBC Radio |
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23 November 2004
November 18
on Sounds Like Canada on CBC Radio One, Shelagh Rogers and special
guest Bill Richardson launched the 2005 edition of Canada Reads.
They revealed the five celebrity panelists and their five Canadian
book choices, and gave you a sense of some of the fun that's
ahead. One of the celebrity panelists will be our own Sherraine
MacKay, who defends No Crystal Stair by May Ruth Sarsfield.
The Canada Reads debates will air on CBC Radio One and CBC
Newsworld during the week of February 21-25, 2005. For details log
on to
www.cbc.ca/canadareads
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Athens 2004 Olympic Games |
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26 August 2004
Photo
Gallery
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Athens 2004 Olympic Games |
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20 August 2004
Women's Epee Team places 4th! -
detailed results
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Athens 2004 Olympic Games |
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16 August 2004
Results
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Sherraine MacKay wins
Gold in Puerto Rico |
27 June 2004
Carolina,
Puerto Rico
– In the last World Cup of the season before the much anticipated Athens
Olympics, Canadian epee fencer Sherraine Mackay of Brooks, Alta., defeated
2001 World Champion, Claudia Bokel of Germany 11-10 in overtime at the Gigante
World Cup in Carolina, Puerto Rico today to capture the gold
medal.
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Sherraine MacKay
finishes fifth in Havana Grand Prix |
22 June 2004
Havana,
Cuba - Sherraine Mackay of Brooks, Alta., finished fifth on Saturday
after falling 15-12 to Russian Anna Sivkova in the quarter final at the
World Cup Grand Prix in Havana Cuba.
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2004 Nationals |
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24 May 2004
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Complete Results |
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Canadian Fencers
Prepare to Duel at Summer Nationals |
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18 May
2004
The fencing
Summer Nationals are just around the corner, taking place on May 20-24th
at the Centre Sportif Val-des-Arbres in Laval, Quebec. >>more
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Sherraine MacKay climbs
podium at World Cup in Italy |
2 May 2004
LEGNANO, ITALY
- Tuning up for Athens, Canadian epee fencer
Sherraine MacKay of Brooks,
Alta., won the bronze medal at the Legnano World Cup in Italy today. She
was defeated 15-12 by the eventual gold medalist Li Na from China.
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Final Olympic
Qualifications
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10 May 2004
Women's Epee
Women's Foil
Women's Sabre
Men's Epee
Men's Foil
Men's Sabre
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Canadian Fencers
Qualified for Athens |
7 May 2004
For the first
time since the 1992
Barcelona Olympics,
Canada will be sending fencers from all 3 weapon disciplines. >>more |
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Fencer Sherraine MacKay
finishes 17th after OT loss |
2 May 2004
MODLING, AUSTRIA - Last year at this time,
Sherraine
MacKay, of Brooks, Alta., climbed the podium to claim the Modling World
Cup gold medal in Austria. Today she found herself on the losing end of
a 14-13 overtime match against Renata Fodor of Hungary, finishing 17th. >>more |
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Epee Fencer Tomy
Linteau finishes 16th at Vancouver World Cup |
21 Mar 2004
Vancouver, British Columbia – On a day of upsets,
Tomy Linteau of Quebec City ousted #7 in the world Marcus
Robatsch of Austria 15-13 en route to his best result of the year finishing 16th in the
Peter Bakonyi Epee International on Saturday. >>more |
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| Michel Boulos finishes
11th at Bangkok World Cup |
9 Mar 2004
Montréal, 7
March 2004 (Sportcom) - Michel
Boulos placed 11th at the Men's Sabre World Cup in Bangkok,
Thailand, advancing two places in the world rankings. >>more
(en français) |
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Sherraine MacKay
places 17th at Luxembourg World Cup |
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Mar 2004
Luxembourg, 7 March 2004 – Canadian epee fencer
Sherraine MacKay of Brooks, Alta., finished 17th, losing 13-9 to Sangita Tripathi of France at the J. Nowara Challenge World Cup. MacKay is now ranked 8th in the world. >>more
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Women’s epee team
qualifies for Athens - 20 Feb 2004 |
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TAUBERBISCHOFSHEIM, GER – For
the first time in fencing history Canada will be sending a women’s epee team to
the Olympics. Despite
Canada’s first round loss 45-39 to France at
the Würth Cup in
Tauberbischofsheim,
Germany today, the moment Team USA lost their first match to China, Canada had
their Athens Olympic ticket in hand. >>more
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Diary of a Fencer - Sherraine
MacKay |
21 Feb 2004
Special
to the
Toronto Star
"MacKay hits her target in providing a humorous and
no-holds-barred look at the delights and deprivation of life on
the road for an amateur athlete." |
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Sherraine
MacKay Interview |
20 Feb 2004
The Inside Track Sunday, February, 22, 2004
1:30 p.m. |
A trip back to
the Athens of 1896 this week on The Inside Track, with a look at
the first modern day Olympics. And an update from fencer
Sherraine MacKay, who's pursuing her Olympic dream in Paris. |
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'Fencing Press Officer'
Geordie MacKay joins forces with the CFF |
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20 Feb 2004
PARIS, FRANCE
- Geordie MacKay of Ottawa, Ont., the husband of the top Canadian
women's epee fencer Sherraine MacKay, has recently committed to being
the Canadian Fencing Federation's "Press Officer". >>more
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Julie Leprohon finishes
15th at World Cup - 15 Feb 2004 |
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15 Feb 2004
LONDON, ENGLAND – Julie
Leprohon of Montreal, Que., finished 15th at the Ipswich Cup losing
to Marijana Markovic of Germany 15-12. On her road to the top
16, Leprohon easily defeated Amber Parkinson of Australia and
Claudia Panuschka of Austria. >>more
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2004 Cadet/Junior World
Championships - 12 Feb 2004 |
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Team Canada
for Plovdiv 2004 Cadet/Junior World Championships |
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Sherraine
MacKay Interview - 30 Nov 2003 |
Host Robin Brown of CBC's The Inside Track interviews
Sherraine MacKay.
Listen
to interview (requires RealPlayer
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Promotional
2004 Calendar |
| Promotional
2004 Calendar - sold out |
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Junior
Fencers Climb Podium at World Cup - 13 Nov 2003 |
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ON - Three of Canada's top junior fencers delivered medal
winning performances at the Junior World Cup, a major
international competition held this past weekend in Louisville,
Kentucky. >> more |
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Sherraine
MacKay ranked Second in World - 27 Oct 2003 |
| Ottawa, ON - Fencer
Sherraine
MacKay, originally from Brooks, AB and currently living and training in Paris, has just moved up two spots, from fourth to second in the FIE World rankings for Women's Epée.
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