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Essex fencer honoured

The University's Fencing Club coach, Lyndon Taylor has received a prestigious award from the British fencing association on behalf of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for his dedication to Fencing in the region.

The award was issued by the IOC as part of 2001 International Year of Volunteers which allocated a number of diplomas to the federations of each of the Olympic sports for their issue. Lyndon received his diploma from the British Fencing Association at their AGM last month.

Lyndon has been coach of the Fencing Club for more than ten years. He is also Chairman of the Colchester Fencing Club, the Essex County Fencing Union and a member of the Eastern Region committee. Lyndon also serves on Colchester & District Sports Council

Fiona runs again!

Following on from her success in the 2002 London Marathon Fiona Embleton has recently completed the world's largest half-marathon, the Great North Run, in just over two hours.

Fiona, of the Academic Section, trained three times a week in preparation for the 13-mile race, regularly running between eight and 11 miles at a time. She crossed the finish line after two hours and 20 minutes of running and is delighted to have raised approximately £300 for the Leukaemia Research Fund.

A keen member of her local running club, Fiona has no plans for another marathon in the immediate future but is hoping to take part in the lesser-known Great South Run, based in Portsmouth, in September 2003.

Also in the printed November edition of Wyvern:

• Championing human rights in a year of international conflict
• International award
• New computer scientists at Essex