Richard Brenda was the winner of the mixed sabre event at the Norfolk Open Fencing Competition in Norwich.

Richard was in second place after the preliminary rounds of the competition and fought hard to convincingly defeat several highly ranked opponents.

Former Alcester High School pupil Brenda, knocked his older brother David into third before going on to comfortably beat Jim Crawfurd, an experienced senior fencer from Bristol, 15-11 in the final.

The 16-year-old demonstrated a variety of well executed parry riposts to outfence his final opponent.

Richard's twin brother, Thomas, also a former Alcester High School pupil had previously been knocked into fifth by Crawfurd.

The three brothers, fencing as Team Brenda, were joined in the competition by father Paul and younger brother Christopher, aged 13.

The Alcester High student fought well against more experienced opposition and managed to edge his father, in only his second competition, into 24th. Christopher finished 23. Team Brenda will be fencing together in the first major competition of next season, The Hamlet Open, at King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon on Saturday September 7.