Meg Waters
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (Welsh) |
| Born | c.1939[1] Wales |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Fencing |
Event | Foil |
| Club | Cory Hall Fencing Club, Cardiff Salle Reynolds Fencing Club, Cardiff |
Meg Waters (born c.1939) was a fencer from Wales, who competed at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (now Commonwealth Games).
Biography
[edit]Waters was educated at Lady Margaret High School for Girls in Cardiff and studied medicine at St Mary's Hospital, London.[2] She twice won the title at the British Schoolgirls Championships in the early 1950s.[3][4]
She was a member of the Cory Hall Fencing Club in Cardiff[5] and was described as a fencing prodigy when she represented the Great Britain U21 team at the age of 15.[6]
In 1956, living at Bronwydd Avenue in Penylan, Cardiff, she had joined the Salle Reynolds Club in Cardiff, when she won the British U21 title for a second consecutive years.[7]
Waters represented the 1958 Welsh team[8][9] at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales,[10] where she participated in the individual foil event.[11][12]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Meg Waters". Western Mail. 14 February 1955. p. 8. Retrieved 21 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Fencing". Western Mail. 15 March 1954. p. 7. Retrieved 21 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Girl fencers win for Wales". Western Mail. 31 March 1958. p. 5. Retrieved 20 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Schoolgirl fencers". Evening News (London). 10 February 1955. p. 8. Retrieved 20 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Fencing". Western Mail. 21 February 1955. p. 9. Retrieved 20 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Welsh Fencing Prodigy". Liverpool Echo. 19 February 1955. p. 8. Retrieved 20 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Fencing Champion". Liverpool Echo. 10 December 1956. p. 8. Retrieved 20 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ Newham, C. E. (1958). The Official History of the VIth British Empire and Commonwealth Games. Organising Committee of the VIth British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
- ↑ "Four Welsh Games Teams Named". Western Mail. 9 June 1958. p. 14. Retrieved 21 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Wales is Ready for the Empire Games". Pontypridd Observer. 19 July 1958. p. 22. Retrieved 21 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Wales Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
- ↑ "British Empire and Commonwealth Games". Rugby Relics. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
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