Sofia’s third place medal presentation.

On Saturday 2nd March 2024, Sofia attended the Kings LPJS Series in Canterbury, Kent. It was a busy day and the poules were scattered with formidable opponents. Taking a while to warm up to the event, Sofia managed three wins in the poules, with two losses. This led to her being the 8th seed in the Direct Elimination (DE) round and, with a bit of luck, a bye for the first round of the DE. The rest did her the world of good and she won her first DE with an amazing 15-8 scoreline and heading to a showdown in the next DE round with the number 1 seed! Not to be scared off or outdone in a tightly fought match, Sofia battled through and won with a great 15 v 11 scoreline, taking her into the semi-finals. In an extremely closely fought match, Sofia just came undone at the end and was beaten 15-13 by the opposing fencer, maybe showing that the effort of knocking out the number 1 seed, in the previous match, had proved too much. However, it shows that you can beat anyone if you believe in yourself and put your mind to it. Thanks, as always to Coach Will for his support and advice and, he was over the moon with Sofia’s efforts on the day, declaring her third place an “absolutely smashing result”. Well done Sofia, onwards and upwards for the next competition in a couple of weeks …where you can show the guys how it’s done!