Geoffrey Russell Cup
2025 sees the fifth running of Wiltshire's premier intra-club foil competition. Nathanael won through to take the trophy last year, but who will reign supreme this time? Anyone could win, so there is no excuse not to get involved. Remember: the more fights you have, the more points you can score.
Rules
- Each fight is the first to 5 hits and a maximum of 3 minutes, with priority and one further minute if scores are level.
- Fencers are awarded their hits plus 2 extra points for a win and 1 extra point for a loss.
- All fights must be fought on electrics on a marked piste and must be presided and timed.
- Each pair of fencers may fight each other only once in the rounds.
Finals
After a record number of qualifying fights and just a single point separating 4th from 5th, the results of the gala final were as follows:
| Semi-Final 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Matt N | 9 | 15 | Eddie |
| Semi-Final 2 | |||
| Kris | 15 | 8 | Glynne |
| Final (After Extra Time) | |||
| Kris | 8 | 7 | Eddie |
So Kris is this year's Champion by the narrowest of margins and Charlotte wins the award for Best Novice. Congratulations to them both!
Standings
The standings will appear here after each club night. The top four will go through to the semi-finals.
If any two fencers are level on points, the one with the fewer hits conceded will rank higher. If they are still tied going into the semi-finals, a 1-hit fight will be held to break the tie.
| Pos | Competitor | W | L | For | Against | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eddie | 11 | 1 | 55 | 24 | 78 |
| 2 | Glynne | 7 | 4 | 46 | 30 | 64 |
| 3 | Kris | 8 | 1 | 41 | 12 | 58 |
| 4 | Matt N | 7 | 3 | 40 | 28 | 57 |
| 5 | Ed | 6 | 5 | 39 | 33 | 56 |
| 6 | Pete | 5 | 6 | 37 | 36 | 53 |
| 7 | Nathanael | 5 | 5 | 36 | 33 | 51 |
| 8 | Anton | 4 | 6 | 31 | 42 | 45 |
| 9 | Devon | 3 | 5 | 25 | 35 | 36 |
| 10 | Rick | 1 | 6 | 14 | 31 | 22 |
| 11 | Charlotte | 1 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 19 |
| 12 | Matthew | 0 | 8 | 9 | 40 | 17 |
| 13 | Dan | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 |
Match list
| Date | Player 1 | Hits | Hits | Player 2 | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-25 | Ed | 2 | 3 | Matt N | Matt N |
| 2025-06-25 | Kris | 5 | 1 | Matt N | Kris |
| 2025-06-25 | Ed | 5 | 0 | Charlotte | Ed |
| 2025-06-25 | Dan | 0 | 5 | Eddie | Eddie |
| 2025-06-25 | Matt N | 5 | 1 | Rick | Matt N |
| 2025-06-25 | Matt N | 5 | 1 | Charlotte | Matt N |
| 2025-06-25 | Pete | 5 | 4 | Rick | Pete |
| 2025-06-18 | Eddie | 5 | 3 | Ed | Eddie |
| 2025-06-18 | Rick | 5 | 3 | Charlotte | Rick |
| 2025-06-18 | Matt N | 5 | 2 | Anton | Matt N |
| 2025-06-18 | Matt N | 3 | 5 | Nathanael | Nathanael |
| 2025-06-18 | Matt N | 5 | 4 | Glynne | Matt N |
| 2025-06-18 | Pete | 5 | 1 | Devon | Pete |
| 2025-06-18 | Eddie | 5 | 1 | Charlotte | Eddie |
| 2025-06-18 | Matt N | 5 | 2 | Devon | Matt N |
| 2025-06-18 | Rick | 1 | 3 | Ed | Ed |
| 2025-06-18 | Matt N | 3 | 5 | Eddie | Eddie |
| 2025-06-18 | Charlotte | 1 | 5 | Nathanael | Nathanael |
| 2025-06-18 | Rick | 1 | 5 | Glynne | Glynne |
| 2025-06-18 | Kris | 5 | 3 | Devon | Kris |
| 2025-06-18 | Pete | 1 | 5 | Matt N | Matt N |
| 2025-06-11 | Nathanael | 5 | 1 | Matthew | Nathanael |
| 2025-06-11 | Eddie | 5 | 1 | Devon | Eddie |
| 2025-06-11 | Glynne | 5 | 0 | Charlotte | Glynne |
| 2025-06-11 | Matthew | 0 | 5 | Pete | Pete |
| 2025-06-11 | Pete | 3 | 5 | Ed | Ed |
| 2025-06-11 | Kris | 5 | 0 | Matthew | Kris |
| 2025-06-11 | Ed | 5 | 3 | Devon | Ed |
| 2025-06-11 | Kris | 5 | 0 | Ed | Kris |
| 2025-06-04 | Kris | 5 | 0 | Nathanael | Kris |
| 2025-06-04 | Anton | 5 | 4 | Ed | Anton |
| 2025-06-04 | Glynne | 5 | 1 | Matthew | Glynne |
| 2025-06-04 | Glynne | 5 | 2 | Ed | Glynne |
| 2025-06-04 | Kris | 4 | 2 | Pete | Kris |
| 2025-06-04 | Ed | 5 | 1 | Matthew | Ed |
| 2025-06-04 | Nathanael | 2 | 5 | Ed | Ed |
| 2025-05-28 | Devon | 5 | 4 | Nathanael | Devon |
| 2025-05-28 | Pete | 5 | 1 | Anton | Pete |
| 2025-05-28 | Eddie | 5 | 3 | Pete | Eddie |
| 2025-05-28 | Devon | 5 | 2 | Glynne | Devon |
| 2025-05-28 | Nathanael | 5 | 1 | Pete | Nathanael |
| 2025-05-21 | Kris | 2 | 3 | Eddie | Eddie |
| 2025-05-21 | Glynne | 5 | 0 | Anton | Glynne |
| 2025-05-21 | Anton | 5 | 2 | Rick | Anton |
| 2025-05-21 | Kris | 5 | 2 | Glynne | Kris |
| 2025-05-21 | Charlotte | 5 | 1 | Matthew | Charlotte |
| 2025-05-21 | Glynne | 5 | 2 | Pete | Glynne |
| 2025-05-21 | Eddie | 5 | 0 | Rick | Eddie |
| 2025-05-14 | Eddie | 5 | 3 | Anton | Eddie |
| 2025-05-14 | Nathanael | 4 | 2 | Eddie | Nathanael |
| 2025-05-14 | Devon | 5 | 4 | Anton | Devon |
| 2025-05-14 | Nathanael | 2 | 5 | Anton | Anton |
| 2025-05-07 | Matthew | 1 | 5 | Eddie | Eddie |
| 2025-05-07 | Nathanael | 4 | 5 | Glynne | Glynne |
| 2025-05-07 | Matthew | 4 | 5 | Anton | Anton |
| 2025-05-07 | Pete | 5 | 1 | Dan | Pete |
| 2025-04-30 | Kris | 5 | 1 | Anton | Kris |
| 2025-04-30 | Glynne | 3 | 5 | Eddie | Eddie |
Results from previous years are also available.