Dark Horse Fencing – Fredericksburg, VA

Lily Colon-Marrero, DHFC sabrist and 2010 Presidents’ Day Sabre Scrimmage champion with her trophy of General Grant. Congratulations.

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NAC – C is being held in Pittsburg, PA from Dec 4 to 6, 2009.
Ron Thornton competed in the Div 1 Saber Event. There were 105 men competing in the Div 1 Saber Event. Coach Ron finished 92nd. Coach Ron also competed in the Veteran Combined Men’s Foil event. There were 63 competitors and Coach Ron finished 33rd.
Tom Lauzon was one of 23 competitors in the Veteran 50 Men’s Saber event. Coach Tom finished 19th. Coach Tom also competed in the Veteran Combined Saber event. There were 33 participants and Coach Tom finished 18th.
Congratulations to both coaches for a job well done.

Danny Strock brought home a silver medal in the D & Under Mixed Epee Event. In the final bout he fenced another D rated fencer Drew Meyer. The final score was a close 13-15.

Austin Jones finished in 5th place in the D & Under Mixed Saber event.

C & Under Foil

John Vivian finished third out of a field of 27 fencers at the Richmond Alphabet Fracas.

E & Under Foil
Two fencers from Dark Horse Fencing Club competed in the E & Under Foil event. Marco Gomez Wong finished in 5th place and Jean Lauzon finished 34th out of 36 fencers.

Saber
Tom Lauzon finished 10th and Laura Colon-Marrero finished 14th out of 21 fencers in the Saber event in Richmond.

Dark Horse Fencing Club was well represented on Sunday at the VA Div Junior and Cadet Championships. The Junior and Cadet events were qualifiers for the US Junior Olympics. Danny Strock took home a gold medal in Cadet U17 men’s Epee qualifying for US Junior Olympics.

In Y10 mixed foil Gavin Cornell took 8th, Ned Maurer took 6th and Chip Maurer took 5th.

Y12 Mixed Foil Kyle Raymond finished 6th and Bri Maurer finished 9th.

John Vivian won the Gold in Cadet (U17) Foil qualifying for Junior Olympics. Marco Gomez-Wong finished 16th.

Alex Bartlet and Austin Jones finished 3rd and 4th in Cadet (U17) Saber and 5th and 6th in U20 Saber.

John Vivian finished 9th in U20 Foil.

Congratulations to all Dark Horse fencers who competed in this event.

Danny Strock with his gold medal

Chip Maurer, Gavin Cornell and John Maurer with their medals

Several fencers from Dark Horse participated in the Steve Sobel ROC in Wayne, NJ this week-end. John Vivian and Coach Ron Thornton fenced in the Men’s Foil event. John finished 32nd and Ron finished in 44th place. Congratulations

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Several Dark Horse fencers competed in the the Back to School Brawl in Charlottesville.

Highlights:
Y10 Mixed Foil: Gavin Cornell, John Maurer, and Charles Maurer finished in the medals in 5th – 7th places respectively.

Y12 Mixed Foil: Bridgette Maurer just missed a medal, finishing 9th out of 12.

C & Under Epee: Danny Strock picked up where he left off last season with a 5th place finish out of 23.

C & Under Mixed Foil: Coach Ron finished 6th, John Vivian 11th, and Veronica Thornton 12th in a C1 event with 23 competitors.

E & Under Foil: Veronica Thornton finished 9th and Breck O’Donnell finished 20th, out of 36.

C & Under Saber: Alexander Bartlett finished 9th out of 11.

Well done all!

High points – Youth (12 and under) – Kyle Raymond

From 2009 Award Winners

High Points Junior – Veronica Thornton. It was very close, with Danny Strock only 1 point behind.

From 2009 Award Winners

Scholarship Winner – John Vivian. John was awarded the first ever Dark Horse Fencing Scholarship for being the only junior to earn his C or better rating this season. John will be using the award to help pay for a week of high performance fencing camp at Penn State.

From 2009 Award Winners