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SHORTLIST FOR THE BRITISH FENCING COMMUNITY AWARDS 2019-2020 ANNOUNCED

The shortlist for the BF Awards 2019-2020 has been announced.

The annual British Fencing Community Awards recognise the best of our clubs, coaches, fencers and volunteers and their contribution to fencing. This year, the awards will be held online.

2019-2020 Shortlisted Nominees

Athlete of the Year Nominees

The athletes listed below have been nominated in one or more Athlete of the Year award categories of Performance, Young (Junior/U20) and Wheelchair.

Alec Brooke

Benjamin Andrews

Carolina Stutchbury

Marcus Mepstead

Piers Gilliver

Teagan Williams-Stewart

Coach of the Year Nominees

The coaches listed below have been nominated in one or more Coach of the Year award categories of Performance, Development and Community.

Anthony Klenczar

Chris Howser

Dan Kellner

Ian Lichfield

Neil Bromley

Paul Davis

Pierre Harper

Tamas Kovacs

Outstanding Contribution by a Referee Nominees

Jennifer Sancroft

Patrick Jennings

Phil Elliot

Outstanding Contribution by a Volunteer Nominees

Gillian Aghajan

Jacqui Lever

Viv Mills

Club of the Year Nominees

The clubs listed below have been nominated in one or more Club of the Year categories of Performance, Development and Community.

Bristol Blades

Crawley Sword

Fencers Club London

Knightsbridge Fencing Club

Newham Swords

Paul Davis Fencing Academy

University Club of the Year Nominees

Durham University

Lancaster University

University of Kent

Viveca Abrahams Memorial Innovation Award Nominees

Shield of Endeavour (Paul Davis Fencing Academy)

Street Swords (Beth Davidson/Stewart Watson)

Lifetime Achievement Award Nominees

Gillian Aghajan

Johnny Davis

Peter Jacobs

Pierre Harper

Professor Sue Benney

The winner of each category is decided by an independent panel and all winners will be announced throughout December.

Congratulations to all the nominees and our thanks to members of the community for submitting nominations.

Thank you to our panel, Esther Jones from UK Coaching, John Jones from London Youth and Navjeet Sira from The Change Foundation.