Filipino fencers won two gold, three silver and three bronze medals in the ongoing 2017 Brunei Open Fencing Championship being held at the Indoor Stadium Hassanal Bolkiah in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam. Muinuddin Masri of Brunei and Aung Wine Thet of Myanmar took the bronze medals. Ralph Justin Mendones of the Philippines and Muhd Haziq Asahrin of Brunei bagged the bronzes. The Philippine team is composed of fencers from UST, UE and Ateneo de Manila University. The other participating teams in the Brunei tournament are Brunei-Muara Team and Kuala Belait Team from host Brunei; Blade KL Team, Swash Buckler Team and Sabah Team from Malaysia; Myanmar; Chulalongkorn University Team from Thailand; and the Fencing Arena Team from Hong Kong.

Source: Manila Times January 13, 2017 10:46 UTC