Canlas, Ormoc fencers rule interclub tilt

Fencers from the University of the East, Canlas Fencing (CF) club and Ormoc City’s Modern Pentathlon emerged big winners in the 1st Canlas Fencing Inter-Club Challenge held recently at SM City Centerpoint Cyberzone hall in Sta. Mesa, Manila.

Victoria Ebdane of CF/Home School Global bagged the gold medal in the U12 Women’s Foil as she bested Jodie Danielle Tan of CF/St. Jude College School in the finals, 5-4. Victoria Paula Malvar and Yuna Samuelle Canlas—also from CF—settled with the bronze medals.

Ebdane teamed up with Nicol Amethyst Canlas and Erich Chloe Corpus as CF 1 defeated CF 2 of Willa Liana Galvez, Christine Morales and Tan, 36-25, in the U12 Team Women’s Foil.

In the U12 Men’s Foil, Iñigo Divinagracia of CF/Ateneo edged Jaime Yupangco of Republic Fencing, 10-4, in the finals.