Fencing in College

Congratulation to Lydia Kopecky on her full scholarship to Columbia University.

We all wish her luck and success.

Kentucky Division SYC 2009

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For those of you who attended our Tounament in Louisville, thanks for coming and fencing! We had a really good turnout despite the Easter weekend, and we plan on hosting another one next year.

Currently we are scheduled in March, 2010, but we are looking at moving to December 10th-12th to avoid conflicts with other SYC events.

For those of you who fenced, photos are now available On Line

Friday Photos http://tinyurl.com/SYC-Friday

Saturday Photos http://tinyurl.com/SYC-Saturday

Sunday Photos http://tinyurl.com/SYC-Sunday

The photographer has his information on each site, so you can order photos from him if you are interested.

There are some good shots so take a look.

Louisville Super Youth Fencing results

On April 10th, 11th & 12th, The Grand Ballroom of Gault Convention Center was the host of the 2009 Louisville Super Youth Tournament.

Windy City Fencing sent a team of nine fencers to compete. One must conclude that WCF had a great weekend

Samamta Perry was on fire, taking Gold medals in both Y 12 and Y 14.

Harrison MacRae brought home a gold for his Y 12 victory as well as getting points in his Y14 event.

Harrison Rogers got Bronze medal in Y10.

Emma Malueg got bronze at Y14 girls

At the last minute Y10 woman's Epee was called off, otherwise WCF would likely have seen Ms. Lavia take home a gold.

Arpad Nealy placed 8th in Y 12.

Lane Lubell was seated 2nd going into the Y12 event but had to drop out as a result of his father forgeting to chew his food.

Dante Lavia and Lane Lubell both competed in the Y 14 event. August Malueg faced a tough pool and really fenced great.

A few week ago, Dante got 6th in the Super Youth competition in San Jose, Ca and made Summer Nationals 09 .CONGRATS TO ALL ....

The next big stop for WCF is the NAC (North American Cup) in Portland.

We will have 13 fencers there to fence in Y10, Y12 and Y14. Mason Speta will also be competing Div 1.

The compitition at a NAC is always fierce; so all fencers will have have to work extra hard.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL.....TSANKO

Y12 Epee:

Congratulations to the top finishers in this weekend's Tournament
1 Alexander, Brandon MCFC Metro Chicago Fencing Center
2 Lubell, Lane WCFC Windy City Fencing Club
3 Malueg, August WCFC Windy City Fencing Club

San Jose Summer Results

For more info: USFA Summer Nationals Results http://www.usfencing.org/usfa/content/view/2340/181/.

Message from Tzanko

Last weekend was great for both our Silver and Gold teams. Teams.The Gold Team was just SUPER at Sectionals in Minnesota.In Juniors Michael Zook won the Gold Medal.Albert Starshak and Nabil Salem got 3rd and 4th. Kevin Shapiro came in 6th place.Jacky Swietochovski also snaged the Bronze medal .They all are going to Summer Nationals.They also did great in DIV 1ANabil got the bronze and Michael was 5th.
Kevin Shapiro ended up with a 10th place finish in very tough competition.Nabil and Michael will fence Div 1A at Nationals too.
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The Silver team also pickup up a victory.
At the same time the Gold team members were dominating in Minnesota
Mason Speta won the Y 12 SYC in Wellesley, Ma and took 5th in Y14 Girls event.

Congratz to everyone and GOOD LUCK NEXT WEEK IN PORTLAND at the NAC where most of the SILVER TEAM will be competing.
I also want to take a moment to wish the best for LYDIA KOPECKY IN HER D1 NAtionals Championship.

There is so much to cheer about this year.

News From Windy City Fencing

As you know some of our Silver and Bronze memberscompeted this week at a Super Youth tournament in Louisville.
All the kids did a great job and did their best.
Windy City Fencing dominated the competition by winning 2 gold medals in both Y12 events. Mason Speta took first in Y12 Woman’s and Sam Perry followed up with a 3rd place finish.
Dante LaVia won the Y12 Men’s events, as well as a Bronze medal in Y 14.
Mason Speta came in 3rd in the Y14 Woman’s
In Y10 epée the Silver medal went to August Malueg and theBronze was won by Arpad Neale
One of the directors of the event made a comment praising both the competitors as well as their parents for really acting as a teem and supporting one an other.It was clear that not only did Windy City dominate the competition; we were also the heart of the social aspect of the event. It seems at each event the number of fencers from other clubs that seem to be hanging out in the windy city circle grows.