Fencing is a family affair for Halifax’s Anna and Robert Martin. The siblings will represent Nova Scotia in the sport at the Canada Winter Games in P.E.I.
Anna and Robert Martin of Halifax will compete for Team Nova Scotia at this week's fencing competition at the Canada Winter Games in P.E.I. - CONTRIBUTEDFencing is a family affair for Halifax’s Anna and Robert Martin.
“It’s a sense of fulfillment, as our family has been in the fencing community for a long time,” added Robert, 15. “Our oldest brother started a little over 10 years ago and now all five of us have been in fencing. So, for our family, who’ve been a big part of fencing in Nova Scotia, to be able to be a part of this large competition like the Canada Games is really great.”
Fencing, with its traditional skills of swordsmanship, has had varying appearances on the Canada Games program. Anna and Robert Martin train for this week's Canada Winter Games in P.E.I. Fencing was on the Canada Games program from 1995 to 2003 and returned for the 2013 Summer Games in Sherbrooke, Que. It makes its comeback to the winter schedule for the first time in two decades. - CONTRIBUTED
“Just going to the Canada Games is already a successful thing,” said Anna, who will compete in epee. “Because Nova Scotia has such a small fencing community, all our competitions were mixed. All the competitions I have been in, I was up against female and male. This is, for me, the first one where it’s only female.
Robert, who will compete in foil, said not having any advanced scouting on his competition will temper his expectations.
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