ACHIEVEMENTS + EXPERIENCE
GREAT BRITAIN AND NATIONAL TEAM SELECTION
2021-2022
GB TEAM SELECTION
I finish the 2022 season ranked 2nd in Great Britain. Starting the year ranked 126th, I couldn’t have wished for a better way to make my Senior debut. Some personal highlights:
British Champion 2022 (the 3rd youngest in history).
U23 British No1.
Birmingham International Champion 2022.
2x Elite Epee event wins.
8th - U23 Europe’s Mens Epee Team
Selection for U23 European, Senior European and World Championships.
Visiting 7 countries in the process with some of my closest mates
COMMONWEALTH CHAMPIONSHIPS:
Senior Commonwealth Championships 2022: London, England
England Team - Mens Epee – Individual
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS:
Senior World Championships 2022: Cairo, Egypt
GB Team - Mens Epee - Individual (78th)
GB Team - Mens Epee - Team
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS:
U23 European Championships 2022: Tallin, Estonia
GB Team - Mens Epee – Individual (U23)
GB Team - Mens Epee – Team (U23)
Senior European Championships 2022: Antalya, Turkey
GB Team - Mens Epee - Individual (50th)
GB Team - Mens Epee - Team (14th)
GRAND PRIX:
Doha, Qatar Jan 2022
GB Team, Mens Epee (Individual)
Budapest, Hungary March 2022
GB Team, Mens Epee (Individual)
Cairo, Egypt, May 2022
GB Team, Mens Epee (Individual)
WORLD CUPS:
Berne, Switzerland: Nov 2021
GB Team, Mens Epee (Individual)
GB Team, Mens Epee (Team)
Paris, France: April 2022
GB Team, Mens Epee (Individual)
SENIOR BRITISH CHAMPION 2022
INTERNATIONALS:
Birmingham, United Kingdom: April 2022
GOLD Medal - Mens Epee
NATIONALS:
ELITE EPEE
Manchester: December 2021
GOLD Medal - Mens Epee
Nottingham: January 2022
GOLD Medal - Mens Epee
2020-2021
GB TEAM TRAINING
Throughout Lockdown, Ben was given elite athlete status to travel to help at training and sparring camps for GB athletes preparing for the Tokyo 202O Olympics.
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS CANCELLED.
Training and sparring squad with Pentathlon GB
Olympic Preparation Training Camps, Pentathlon GB Headquarters Bath.
TEAM GB
PARIS 2024 AMBITION PROGRAMME
Ben has been selected for the TEAM GB Paris 2024 Ambition Programme and joined the other selected Athletes, Coaches and Olympians at the London Olympic Part during the Tokyo Olympics.
Selected GB Training Squad:
British Fencing
GB Training Camps London 2021
Pentathlon GB
Pentathlon GB Pre Olympic Training Camps 2021
2019-2020
GB TEAM SELECTION
Second year in the U20 age group saw some amazing performances from a team which is going from strength to strength.
An amazing top 8 finish at the Europeans Championships in Croatia in feb 2020 indicates the direction Bens individual performances are taking.
In the Team event Ben is excelling at pulling back the fight in the closing minutes and the team has produced some incredible and consistent results over the season.
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS:
European Championships 2020: Croatia
GB Team- Mens Epee – Individual (U20)
GB Team- Mens Epee – Team (U20)
WORLD CUPS:
Basel, Switzerland: Feb 2020
Great Britain Team, (U20) Mens Epee, (Individual)
Great Britain Team, (U20)Mens Epee, (Team)
Belgrade, Serbia: Feb 2020
Great Britain Team, (U20) Mens Epee, (Individual)
Great Britain Team, (U20)Mens Epee, (Team)
Udine Italy: Jan 2020
Great Britain Team, (U20) Mens Epee, (Individual)
Great Britain Team, (U20)Mens Epee, (Team)
Heraklion, Crete, Greece: Dec 2019
Great Britain Team, (U20) Mens Epee, (Individual)
Great Britain Team, (U20)Mens Epee, (Team)
Riga Latvia: Oct 2019
Great Britain Team, (U20) Mens Epee, (Individual)
Great Britain Team, (U20)Mens Epee, (Team)
2018-2019
GB TEAM SELECTION
MENS EPEE TEAM (U20)
Ben moved into the under 20’s category in September 2018 and in his first British Championships he won the British Champion Title for the third time.
This remarkable achievement in the first of three years in this age group ensured GB Team selection for the two World Cups in Latvia and Luxembourg.
Strong performances at both World Cups secured Bens selection for the last World Cup of 2018 in Crete where Ben finished 12th out of 235 of the worlds top ranked fencers. A significant boost to Bens international ranking saw Ben selected to individual and Team World Cup tournaments in Serbia and Switzerland.
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS:
World Championships 2019: Poland
GB Team- Mens Epee – Individual (U20)
GB Team- Mens Epee – Team (U20)
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS:
European Championships 2019: Italy
GB Team- Mens Epee – Individual (U20)
GB Team- Mens Epee – Team (U20)
WORLD CUPS:
Basel, Switzerland: Feb 2019
Great Britain Team, (U20) Mens Epee, (Individual)
Great Britain Team, (U20)Mens Epee, (Team)
Belgrade, Serbia: Feb 2019
Great Britain Team, (U20) Mens Epee, (Individual)
Great Britain Team, (U20)Mens Epee, (Team)
Heraklion, Crete, Greece: Dec 2018
Great Britain Team, (U20) Mens Epee, (Individual)
Great Britain Team, (U20)Mens Epee, (Team)
Luxembourg: Nov 2018
Great Britain Team, (U20) Mens Epee, (Individual)
Great Britain Team, (U20)Mens Epee, (Team)
Riga Latvia: Oct 2018
Great Britain Team, (U20) Mens Epee, (Individual)
Great Britain Team, (U20)Mens Epee, (Team)
2018
COMMONWEALTH SELECTION
NATIONAL TEAM SELECTION :
INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM
Ben became a Double Commonwealth Medalists at the Cadet and Junior Commonwealth Championships this week in Newcastle Upon Tyne, taking Team Silver days after securing Individual Silver medal.
COMMONWEALTH CHAMPIONSHIPS:
Newcastle: July 2018
England Squad – Individual – Silver Medalist
England Squad – Team Event – Silver Medalist
2017-2018
GB TEAM SELECTION
MENS EPEE TEAM (U17)
Following a successful season of European competitions Ben represented Great Britain at the European Championships in Sochi – Russia and at the World Championships in Verona – Italy.
Bens two highest results on the European Circuit during 2017-2018 were a 5th place in Turkey and as part of the GB Mens Epee Team in Copenhagen where Ben took 6th place.
Apart from the highest placed British Mens Epeeists at the European and World Championships [Junior and Cadet] for a second year, Bens highlight of the year was taking Britains first International Team Medal in the Mens Epee (u17) category [on record] in Austria. Ben then went on to secure a second Bronze Team Medal in Espoo Finland a few weeks later.
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS:
Junior and Cadet World Championships 2018: Verona Italy
GB Mens (U17) Epee (Individual )
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS:
Junior and Cadet European Championships 2018: Sochi Russia
Individual GB Mens (U17) Epee
Mens(U17) Epee Team
EUROPEAN:
Klagenfurt, Austria, European Fencing Circuit:
Great Britain Team, (U17) Mens Epee, (Individual)
Great Britain Team, (U17)Mens Epee, (Team)
Espoo, Finland, European Fencing Circuit:
Great Britain Team, (U17) Mens Epee, (Individual)
Great Britain Team, (U17)Mens Epee, (Team)
Grenoble , France, European Fencing Circuit:
Great Britain Team, (U17) Mens Epee, (Individual)
Great Britain Team, (U17)Mens Epee, (Team)
Luxembourg, European Fencing Circuit:
Great Britain Team, (U17) Mens Epee, (Individual)
Great Britain Team, (U17)Mens Epee, (Team)
2016-2017
GB TEAM SELECTION
MENS EPEE TEAM (U17)
Ben finished the 2016 – 2017 season by representing Great Britain at the Junior and Cadet European Championships in March and the Junior and Cadet World Championship a month later in April.
Highest place British Cadet Epeeist at both Championships Ben finished 19th in the Europeans and a top 16 finish at the Worlds. This followed a run of successful top 32 finished at international competitions in Austria (26th place), France (24th place) and Luxembourg (29th place)
One of the highlights was a top 16 finish in Copenhagen where Ben knocked out the European No I, Italian fencer, Leone Franceco.
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS:
Junior and Cadet World Championships 2017: Bulgaria
GB Mens (U17) Epee (Individual )
Lead Mens Epeeist in the GB Mixed Team Mixed Weapon competition
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS:
Junior and Cadet European Championships 2017: Bulgaria
Individual GB Mens (U17) Epee
Mens(U17) Epee Team
EUROPEAN:
Luxembourg, European Fencing Circuit:
Great Britain Team, (U17) Mens Epee, (Individual)
Copenhagen, Denmark, European Fencing Circuit:
Great Britain Team, (U17) Mens Epee, (Individual)
Grenoble , France, European Fencing Circuit:
Great Britain Team, (U17) Mens Epee, (Individual)
Klagenfurt, Austria, European Fencing Circuit:
Great Britain Team, (U17) Mens Epee, (Individual)
Great Britain Team, (U17)Mens Epee, (Team)
2015-2016
GB TEAM SELECTION
MENS EPEE TEAM (U17)
Bens debut representing Great Britain was in November 2015 in Copenhagen where he got a top 32 finish in his first international, the second highest GB Cadet in the individual event and was a member of the highest placed British Mixed Team of four fencers finishing 6th over all.
EUROPEAN:
Copenhagen, Denmark, European Fencing Circuit:
Great Britain Team, (U17) Mens Epee, (Individual)
Bratislava, European Fencing Circuit:
Great Britain Team, (U17) Mens Epee, (Individual)
ENLAND TEAM SELECTION
2014, 2015, 2016
Ben was selected to represent England at the annual Challenge Wratislava Tournament in Poland for three consecutive years, after qualifying at National Leon Paul Junior Series and Elite Epee competition and at the English Youth Championships
EUROPEAN:
2016 – Challenge Wratislava, Wroclaw Poland:
England Team, (U15) Epee, (Individual)
2015 – Challenge Wratislava, Wroclaw Poland:
England Team, (U15) Epee, (Individual)
2014 – Challenge Wratislava, Wroclaw Poland:
England Team, (U13) Epee, (Individual)
ADDITIONAL INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Ben traveled to Poland and Austria to gain international experience. At the age of 14 Ben competed in the Senior World Series Satellite Dublin where he finished 23rd.
WORLD:
Senior World Series Satellite Dublin 2015:
Senior Mens Epee, (Individual 23rd)
EUROPEAN:
European Cadet Circuit 2015 Klagenfurt, Austria:
(U17) Mens Epee, (Individual)
(U17) Mens Epee, (Team)
European Cadet Circuit 2015 Krakow, Poland:
(U17) Mens Epee, (Individual)
TEAM GB
Ben has been selected for the TEAM GB Paris 2025 Ambition Programme joined the other selected Athletes, Coaches and Olympians at the London Olympic Part during the Tokyo Olympics.
