Julia Beelaerts van Blokland
While there was the international competition in London 1911, it was two years later a first national women’s fencing competition was held. Female fencers from Breda and The Hague competed against each other in the 1913 Breda–The Hague women's fencing competition on 27 April 1913. In this competition Beelaerts van Blokland won the second prize, losing from T. van de Berg, also of Salle De Vos. Soon after this first cometition she took her revanche. She became champion of Salle De Vos in May 1913 after an exciting battle with T. van de Berg.