The 2014 Veterans Fencing World Championships started today in Debrecen, Hungary and take place until October 26^th. This is the 18^th edition of the Championships with 668 athletes taking part (431 men & 238 women) from 43 countries.

A total of 14 Canadian fencers have qualified and made the trip to Hungary to take part in the event for top fencers in the A (50+), B (60+) and C (70+) age categories. Representing Canada are:

Women’s Epee A & Women’s Foil A:  Sylvie Guichaova, Gabriela Shand

Women’s Sabre A: Grace Born

Men’s Epee A: Bela Suveg, Franck Fournier

Men’s Epee B: Robert McLean, Mark Ballard, Claude Plasse

Men’s Epee C: Howard Simmons

Men’s Foil A: Dominique Teisseire, Paul Warren

Men’s Foil B: Mark Ballard

Men’s Foil C: Gaby Weisz

Men’s Sabre A: Mike Krasnich, Dale Dorosh

Canada will also be fielding teams in Men’s Foil and Men’s Epee.

For further information and to follow results, please refer to the following links:

Website: http://www.veteranfencingwch2014.com/#close

Program: http://www.veteranfencingwch2014.com/Program/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/veteranfencingwch2014

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