Joyce Fenton

{{short description|New Zealand fencer}}

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| birth_name = Alison Joyce Francis

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|07|09|df=y}}

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|01|15|1927|07|09|df=y}}

| death_place = Auckland, New Zealand

| spouse = Alan Harold Fenton

| country = New Zealand

| sport = Fencing

| nationals = Foil champion (1962, 1964, 1965)

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{{MedalSport|Women's fencing}}

{{MedalCompetition|British Empire and Commonwealth Games}}

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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.{{cite web |url=http://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 |title=Results for the 1954 British Empire & Commonwealth Games: fencing – foil individual – women |year=2014 |publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=15 February 2018 |archive-url=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 |archive-date=16 February 2018 |url-status=dead }}

Fenton won the New Zealand national women's foil title in 1962, 1964, and 1965.{{cite book |url=https://teara.govt.nz/files/1_638_Fencing_Championships_0.pdf |chapter=New Zealand fencing champions |year=1966 |title=An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand |editor-last=McLintock |editor-first=A.H. |editor-link=Alexander Hare McLintock |access-date=15 February 2018}}{{cite book |title=New Zealand British Empire and Commonwealth Games Team, Kingston, Jamaica |year=1966 |publisher=New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Department |location=Wellington}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://olympic.org.nz/athletes/joyce-fenton |title=Joyce Fenton |year=2016 |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee |access-date=15 February 2018}} At those games, she also competed in the individual foil, but was unplaced.

Fenton died in Auckland on 15 January 2014,{{cite news | url=http://notices.nzherald.co.nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/obituary-preview.aspx?n=alison-joyce-fenton&pid=169141338 | title=Alison Joyce Fenton death notice | date=18 January 2014 | work=New Zealand Herald | access-date=15 February 2018}} and her ashes were buried at Purewa Cemetery.{{cite web |url=http://www.purewa.co.nz/view/?id=138236 |title=Burial & cremation details |publisher=Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium |access-date=15 February 2018}}