1911 Netherlands–Belgium women's fencing meeting
| 1911 Netherlands–Belgium women's fencing meeting | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Salle De Vos |
| Location | The Hague, Netherlands |
| Dates | 1 March 1911 |
| Nations | 2 |
| Teams | 2 |
The 1911 Belgium–Netherlands women's fencing meeting was an international foil fencing meeting organized by Salle De Vos in The Hague, the Netherlands. It took place on 1 March 1911 with Dutch women's fencers of Salle De Vos competing against fencers of the Ladies Fencing Club from Antwerp.
It was one of the earliest women's international fencing competitions and contributed to the progress of international women's fencing.
The competition was won by the Belgian fencers with 46 points to 21 points.
Background
[change | change source]While fencing was already practiced by women during the 19th century,[1] fencing was in this era a male-dominated sport.[2] Fencing was among the few sports competed by women during the 1910s. After pogress of women's fencing during the 1910s, it was introduced in 1924 at the Summer Olympics.[2]
This fencing competition was one of the earliest international fencing competition in the history of women's fencing; after the Ladies Fencing Clubalready competed against women of the Bertrands Fencing Academy at the 1910 England–Netherlands women's fencing competition. The women of Salle De Vos would compete two weeks after this event at the 1911 England–Holland women's fencing competitions.
Officials
[change | change source]The officials of the meeting consisted of:[3]
- Knight van Karnebeek
- Knight de Beaufort
- Knight van Panhuys
- Knight Resselaer van Dril
- Baron Schemmelpenninck
- Count de Bylandt
Meeting
[change | change source]All Belgian participants were fencer of the Ladies Fencing Club from Antwerp led by fencing master M. Verbrugge. The Dutch participants were all fencers of Salle de Vos. Each fencer competed multipe bouts against fencers from the other country and gained one point for every victory. In the reports only the results were listed of the winning team Belgium.[4][3]
The meeting was attended by several notable people, including M. Yvan de Petersen, Russian Minister; M. Baron Van Tuyll van Serooskerken; Mme Baron van de Poll; Mme Baron Sirtemma Crovastin; Mme Count von Limburg Stirum; M. and Mme Donker-Curtius; M. Ridder de Bakker[3]
| Fencer | Matches | Wins |
|---|---|---|
| Leni Preetorius | 9 | 8 |
| G. Lowet | 8 | |
| De Decker | 7 | |
| Franckel | 7 | |
| E. Illner | 7 | |
| Van Leckwyck | 5 | |
| Jula Preetorius | 4 |
Overall classification
[change | change source]| Club | Points |
|---|---|
 Ladies Fencing Club (BEL) |
46 |
 Salle De Vos (NED) |
21 |
Aftermath
[change | change source]The meeting resulted in a return meeting, where the Dutch fencers of Salle De Vos went to Antwerp for the 1911 Belgium–Netherlands women's fencing meeting in December 1911.[4][3]
These meetings were some of the 1910s club-organized international fencing meetings that contributed to the progress of women's fencing and closing the gap between women's fencing and men's fencing.[5]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Bergès, Alexandre (1896). Désirée Benoist (ed.). L'Escrime et la femme (in French). Paris – via Bibliothèque nationale de France.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Terret, Thierry; Ottogalli-Mazzacavallo, Cécile (7 March 2012). "Women in Weapon Land: The Rise of International Women's Fencing". The International Journal of the History of Sport. 29 (2: Sport and the Emancipation of European Women: the Struggle for Self-fulfilment): 286–301.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Escrime | Belle victoire de nos escrimeurs". Le Petit Bleu du Matin (in French). 3 March 1911. p. 3. Retrieved 18 January 2025 – via BelgicaPress.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Escrime". Le Matin (in French). 2 March 1911. p. 3. Retrieved 18 January 2025 – via BelgicaPress.
- ↑ "Anvers". L'Indépendance Belge (in French). 6 January 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 18 January 2025 – via BelgicaPress.