The Singapore contingent achieved a few firsts at these Championships with fencers qualifying for the round of 64 in the men's sabre, epee and foil and women's foil individual categories for the first time.
Maxine Wong Jie Xin, 12, of Singapore, won gold when she beat American Maia Mei Wentraub 7–2 in the final to win the Under-12 gold at the 2013 Singapore Minime Fencing Championships.
Joshua Ian Lim, 17, finished 14th out of 50 fencers at the 2013 Asian Fencing Championships to stay on course to qualify for the 2016 Olympics in the men’s foil event.
St. Margaret's emerged as champions during the National Inter-School Fencing Championships, with a total of 112 points.
The final day of the 2013 Asian Junior and Cadet Championships saw the Singapore’s women epee team snatch a historic team silver medal for the Republic in the junior category.
Hwa Chong Institution (HCI) bagged the A Division boys' title while Raffles Institution (RI) took the A Division girls' title at the National Schools Fencing Championships.
The Singapore team comprising Joshua Lim, Chan Weiyu, Christian Lim and Jet Ng lost 27-45 to Hong Kong in the Boys foil' finals.
Joshua Lim, a secondary four student from Hwa Chong Insitution, beat Hong Kong’s Ryan Choi 15-12 in the Boy’s Foil final. Joshua, who prevailed 15-10 against Syed Emir Putra from Malaysia in the semi-finals, was delighted with his win from a pool of 59 fencers.
