Congratulations to SVF's Geoffrey Tourette and Michael Li, who traveled all the way to Paris, France to post strong finishes in the Challenge Marathon Fleuret under-14 boys' foil event!
Over two days of competition featuring more than 300 fencers in three rounds of pools and direct eliminations with repechage, Geoffrey placed 5th and Michael finished 12th. Great job, boys!
Great job to our boys Michael Li, Sidarth Kumbla, and Geoffrey Tourette for taking gold, silver, and bronze medals at the Y14 Bay Cup event this weekend! Michael's gold medal finish updated his rating to C2012. Congratulations!
Y14 Boys' Foil (22 fencers):
1. Michael Li - Gold
2. Sidarth Kumbla - Silver
3. Geoffrey Tourette - Bronze
This past weekend, SVF fencers braved the cold, rain, and snow of Portland, Oregon to compete in the Division 1 and Junior foil events at NAC D. Jeffrey Chen earned the highest finish for an SVF fencer, with an outstanding top-16 result in Division 1 Men's Foil. Congratulations, Jeffrey! Taylor Chin and SVF alum Robbie Moore also had points finishes, earning top-32 results in their respective Junior foil events. Jeffrey also finished in the top-32 of Junior. Great job, guys!
SVF's Introductory Class schedule has been updated for January, February, and March of 2012. If you're looking for a new sport or skill for your New Year's Resolution, why not give fencing a try? See the Introductory Class page, or download the PDF schedule here: SVF Introductory Classes, Winter 2012.
Also, a reminder: SVF will be closed on Saturday, December 24th and Saturday, December 31st in observance of the Christmas and New Year's h
Congratulations our SVF foilists who qualified for the Junior Olympic Fencing Championships at the regional qualifying event this weekend! Henry Walter and Michael Schwiebert earned junior spots, finishing 1st and 2nd in Junior Men's Foil. Michael Li was 1st in the Cadet Men's Foil qualifier.
In women's foil, Isabel Wei qualified for Junior Women's Foil with a 2nd place finish, while Bella Kang and Olivia Xu claimed cadet spots by placing 1st and 2nd in the Cadet Women's Foil qualifier.
It was a great weekend for some of SVF's youngest competitors! In the Y10 Boys' Foil Bay Cup in San Carlos, Ashton Daniel, Cole Johnson and Ethan Knight combined to take gold, silver, and bronze medals in a field of 32 participants.
In the 42-person Y12 event, Geoffrey Tourette and Blake Broszus claimed gold and bronze, respectively. Andrew Tran, Nihar Mitra, and Drew Wadsworth also finished in the top-8.
Full results:
Y10 Boys' Foil (32 fencers):
1. Ashton Daniel - Gold
2. Cole Johnson - Silver
3T. Ethan Knight - Bronze
20T. Brian Park
20T. Derek Shay
Y12 Boys' Foil (42 fencers):
1. Geoffrey Tourette - Gold
3T. Blake Broszus - Bronze
6. Drew Wadsworth
7. Andrew Tran
8. Nihar Mitra
14. Cole Johnson
18. Ashton Daniel
30. Ethan Knight
32. Brian Park
Congratulations to our medalists: Michael Li (1st, Y12), Gabriel Li (3rd, Y10), Ashton Daniel (5th, Y10), Sidarth Kumbla (7th, Y14), and Paloma Mitra (7th, Y10)!
Y10 Boys' Foil: (24 fencers)
3. Gabriel Li - Bronze
5. Ashton Daniel
10. Ethan Knight
14. Cole Johnson
Y12 Boys' Foil: (51 fencers)
1. Michael Li - Gold
12. Blake Broszus
17. Ashton Daniel
19. Nihar Mitra
31. Gabriel Li
40. Cole Johnson
Y14 Boys' Foil: (49 fencers)
7. Sidarth Kumbla
12. Michael Li
21. Blake Brozsus
24. Sergio Valente
33. Nihar Mitra
All of our members and guests are invited to SVF's first holiday party! Come join us at the club on Monday, December 19th at 6:00 pm. The party is a potluck, and you can find sign-up sheets for bringing food or treats to share at the front desk at SVF.
Practice is cancelled for the evening, but the floor will be open for bouting prior to 6:00pm for fencers so inclined. Happy Holidays!
SVF's Jeffrey Chen made his highest-ever finish in the European Cadet Circuit, taking 13th place (out of 181 fencers) at the event in Halle, Germany over the holiday weekend! Taylor Chin finished 87th out of 191 fencers in the Cadet Designated Women's Foil in Tauberbischofsheim, Germany.
Good job and welcome home, Jeffrey and Taylor.
You can see the full Halle results here, and the results from Tauber here.
