Joyce Fenton Explained

Joyce Fenton
Birth Name:	Alison Joyce Francis
Birth Date:	9 July 1927
Death Place:	Auckland, New Zealand
Spouse:	Alan Harold Fenton
Country:	New Zealand
Sport:	Fencing
Nationals:	Foil champion (1962, 1964, 1965)

Alison Joyce Fenton (née Francis, 9 July 1927 – 15 January 2014) was a New Zealand fencer.

As Joyce Francis, she competed in the women's foil at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, where she recorded one win and finished sixth out of seven competitors.^[1]

Fenton won the New Zealand national women's foil title in 1962, 1964, and 1965.^{[2] [3]} At the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, she won the bronze medal in the women's foil team alongside Pam French and Gaye McDermit.^[4] At those games, she also competed in the individual foil, but was unplaced.^[4]

Fenton died in Auckland on 15 January 2014,^[5] and her ashes were buried at Purewa Cemetery.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results for the 1954 British Empire & Commonwealth Games: fencing – foil individual – women . 2014 . Commonwealth Games Federation . 15 February 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180216084934/https://www.thecgf.com/sports/results.asp?countryid=&resultid=&eventid=1544&sportid=1544&teamid=&catid=142&resultsid=1&gameid=3033&participants=0&categoryid=142&athleteid=&sortid=1 . 16 February 2018 . dead .
2. Book: An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand . New Zealand fencing champions . 1966 . McLintock . A.H. . Alexander Hare McLintock . 15 February 2018.
3. Book: New Zealand British Empire and Commonwealth Games Team, Kingston, Jamaica . 1966 . New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Department . Wellington.
4. Web site: Joyce Fenton . 2016 . New Zealand Olympic Committee . 15 February 2018.
5. News: Alison Joyce Fenton death notice . 18 January 2014 . New Zealand Herald . 15 February 2018.
6. Web site: Burial & cremation details . Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium . 15 February 2018.