Fencer clinches bronze medal in British Championships - 8/10/09

Published: 08 October, 2009

GB fencer and Plymouth College Modern Pentathlon scholar, Georgina Barrington, 16, has walked away with a bronze medal in the U17 British Fencing Championships. 

Held in Sheffield, Georgina won all six fights in the round-robin pool stages to qualify as one of 32 in the main event.  She went onto win three out of four fights to secure her podium finish.

Director of Modern Pentathlon, Andy Hill, said: "This was another great result for Georgina.  She continues to go from strength to strength and I'm delighted to see all her hard work rewarded in this way."

Georgina is pictured far left in both photographs.