Friends and Family Day Returns!

Friendsandfamilyday

Calling all Youth fencers! Tell your friends, grab your family, because FRIENDS & FAMILY DAY is back again! 

This class is open to anyone above the age of 8 who would like an exposure to fencing. You don't even need to be a friend or family member of our current members to pop by :) Just come join us during one of the weekdays dressed in your athlete attire and take a water bottle with you! 

One Bronze and a Top 8: Success at the Cadet World Championships (Plovdiv, Bulgaria)

One Bronze and a Top 8: Success at the Cadet World Championships (Plovdiv, Bulgaria)

Qualifying to the World Championships is no easy feat - there are only 3 slot per weapon group per country. We were first stoked to have Julian and Amita qualify to represent the US and Singapore respectively at the competition; but nothing beats achieving success at the event.

Credit goes to Julian and Amita who have sacrificed, endured and triumphed. A well-deserved 7th place finish for Julian and Bronze medal for Amita indeed!

We should also not forget the crew who have supported them along the way -  coaches who have impacted their journeys, family members, and fellow club fencers. Yes, you who tried to beat them at every opportunity and made them stronger.

Here are the results in brief:

Julian

  • Table of 64: V15 - 8 (Moritz Schauer, AUT)
  • Table of 32: V15 - 10 (Shimpei Matsubuchi, JPN)
  • Table of 16: V15 - 12 (Tommaso Marini, ITA)
  • Table of 8: D10 - 15 (Vladislav Mylnikov, RUS)
  • Final Rank: 7th

Amita

  • Table of 64: V15 - 9 (Oleksandra Budenko, UKR)
  • Table of 32: V15 - 5 (Isabella Gill, GBR)
  • Table of 16: V15 - 8 (Hanna Andreyenka, BLR)
  • Table of 8: V15 - 6 (Anna Taranenko, UKR)
  • Table of 4: D10 - 12 (Nora Hajas, HUN)
  • Final Rank: 3rd

Replays of Julian's bouts can be found on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbfirZ_EmIA, switch the camera view to the one for the green strip.

Replays of Amita's bouts can be found on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7FALRMhxF8, switch the camera view to the one for the red strip.

The Junior Championships will begin on 5 April. To follow the event, check out http://fencingplovdiv.com/world/.

And finally, some photos of our fencers!

Photo credits: Augusto BIzzi, taken from FIE's Facebook page.

 

What's your favourite? Ours is this:

Julian giving it all in his ukulele jam session after defeating Tommaso Marini from Italy to advance to the Top 8. His song of choice? Michael Jackson's "Beat It", of course!

Julian giving it all in his ukulele jam session after defeating Tommaso Marini from Italy to advance to the Top 8. His song of choice? Michael Jackson's "Beat It", of course!

Grab em' New Winter Merchandise!

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Pom Pom Hat (in picture) - available in pink and red, $18

Slouchy Beanie - available in ombre blue, $15

Scarf - available in pink/white and blue/white, $15

 

Grab yours whilst stocks last!

Thank You to Those Who Filled the Sleigh!

We ended the last term of the year with good cheer and charity. Even old heroes like Coach Ralf dug out his stuff and borrowed some equipment to fence! Thank you to those who supported this charity drive, and congratulations to the winners of the Y14 Foil/Epee and Open Foil/Epee events.

Y14 Foil
Sha Yi Peng (Gold Fencing) (1st), Lisa Xu (2nd),  Kincaid DeBell (3rd), Naomi Millen (3rd)

Y14 Epee
Arthur Andreev (1st), Seva Plottinchenko (2nd), Joachim Laurent (3rd), Christopher Petter (3rd)

Open Foil
Jonathan Ding (1st), Anuj Sirsikar (2nd), Ralf Bissdorf (3rd), Reid Anctil (3rd)

Open Epee
Adam Maczik (1st), Liam Carpenter (2nd), Cameron Santos (3rd), Rebecca Pfeiffer (3rd)


The toys were donated to the Concord-Carlisle Community Chest. Here's a little Thank You note from them, along with stories of recipients who will be receiving gifts. 

A collection of photos from the evening: