Crawley Sword Club's A Team won both the Mixed Foil Team and Mixed Epée Team competition at the Sussex Team Challenge in Portslade. Crawley A (Michael Questier, Dudley Tredger & Sarah Shears) beat all three other teams in the foil team competiton, holding off very stiff competition from Kingston. Michael Questier, of Crawely A, pulled back a 40-34 deficit in his final three minute bout against Kingston to tie the match at 43-43. Michael then went all out to get the final touch in a gripping sudden death final to win the match 44-43. Crawley B were fourth.
In the Team Epée competiton Crawley A won their three team poule (Chichester, Crawley A & Portslade) to face Eastbourne in their semi-final. Crawley B missed out on making the semi-finals after losing tight matches to Streatham and Eastbourne in their three team poule. Crawley A beat Eastbourne in their semi-final to face Streatham in the final. Crawley A was able to hold off a strong Streatham team to win their second title of the day.
Full results can be found here.
