Battuo, ergo sum!
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 |
Vet Division fencers will be fencing, and eating, at Dark Horse this weekend! Check the schedule for details or to pre-register.
Dark Horse will be hosting a youth competition on May 2. The events scheduled are:
Y10 Mixed Foil
Y14 Mixed Epee
Y14 Mixed Foil
Y14 Mixed Saber
Entries will be limited to 24 in each event. Preregister now to make sure you can compete. Prizes will be awarded to the top 4 in each event.
Wow!!!! It was an awesome youth “Winter Campaign” fencing scrimmage we held today at the NTGOC. Great fencing, terrific prizes, delicious food, and superb support by so many DHFC families and friends of fencing.
Ridemakerz sponsored terrific prizes (remote control cars and trucks) for the first and second place winners in all three of our events. Visit their store in the Spotsylvania Towne Center, to see the kinds of cool toy vehicles they have for sale.
A brief summary of the results:
In the Y-14 foil event, there were initially 19 competitors, but our own Veronica “Nicki” Thornton had to withdraw because of illness. The only DHFC members to make it to the medal round were Breck “Viper” O’Donnell and Marco “the Fox” Gomez-Wong. They each won bronze medals. Viper was the #3 seed entering the Direct Elimination. He lost a close semi-final match to the #2 seed, lefty Clinton Rodell. The Fox, who is also a lefty was seeded #5. He also lost a very close one to the #1 seed, James Ott. Clinton went on to defeat James for the gold medal and the “2009 Dodge Ram” monster truck by Ridemakerz. James won the silver medal and a “2009 Dodge Challenger” by Ridemakerz.
In the Y-14 epee event, there were about 10 competitors, including four from DHFC (Alexander Foster, Sean Mades, RD Scoggins, and Joe Anderson). This was the first epee competition for our new epee. The more experienced epee fencers from the other clubs succeeded in shutting our novices out of the medal round.
In the Y-10 foil event, there were about seven competitors. Kyle “Wolf” Raymond battled Andrew Grasse, Virginia Academy of Fencing for the gold medal and one of the Ridemakerz prize vehicles. Andrew edged Kyle in both their bouts to win the best of three series, 2 - 0. Kyle won the silver medal and a Hot Rod, while Andrew won the gold and a customized Mustang.
I want to give thanks to all those who provided support to our scrimmage: Father John and the parish council of the NTGOC for the use of their outstanding facility. Referees Bruce Callander, Dave Ando (Amelia Steel), and Dan Taylor-McNally (Have Blade Fencing Club). Bout committee: Tom Lauzon, Bruce Callander and Lynn Jones (Secretary of the VA Division of the US Fencing Association). Urgent Needs Equipment: Dan Taylor-McNally for loaning us a replacement reel and epees when we needed them to continue running the scrimmage smoothly. Food concessions staff: Chef Lincoln Marquis and Mrs. Kelly Mades. Facility set-up, take-down and cleaning: The Mades family, the Raymond family, the Schlee family, Dave Ando, et.al. Computer printer support: The Thornton and Schwartz families. Last but not least, to our sponsor, Ridemakerz, and Ms. Ryann Jones of Ridemakerz. As you can see, even a small-scale scrimmage requires a lot of support to run smoothly.
Thank you all.
The foil competitors.
 |
| From Winter Campaign at DHFC |
After the pool round, the referee from each strip selected a sportsmanship award winner.
 |
| From Winter Campaign at DHFC |
The foil medalists.
 |
| From Winter Campaign at DHFC |
The epee medalists.
 |
| From Winter Campaign at DHFC |
Dark Horse is hosting a youth scrimmage for Y14 Mixed Foil and Epee and Y10 Mixed Foil on 2/28. This is a non-sanctioned event so USFA membership is not required. It is the perfect first formal competition for youth fencers just starting out. Due to space constraints each event is limited to 21 fencers, so preregister now.
11 youth fencers participated, 8 in foil and 3 in epee. First place in each weapon was good for a signed photo from the gold medal bouts at the 08 World Cup. (Signed by the other participants tonight, not the World Cup fencers!).
More importantly, a good time was had by all.
Y14 Foil:
Breck O’Donnell - 3rd place
Y12 Foil:
Kyle Raymond - 3rd place
Y10 Foil:
Kyle Raymond - 2nd place
Alex Orton - 9th (his first USFA competition!)
Y14 Saber
Veronica Thornton - 3rd place
Monday: Regular schedule.
Tuesday: Coach Greg will conduct the foil and saber classes at 8 PM.
Wed & Thursday: Closed.
CNN has a nice story about Olympic medalist Sada Jacobson.
E & Under Foil: 59 competitors
Breck O’Donnell - 8th place medal
Marco Gomez-Wong 29th place in his first senior competition ever!
C & Under Saber: 20 competitors
Tom Lauzen - 9th place
C & Under Foil: 25 competitors
John Vivian - 6th place medal
C & Under Epee: 28 competitors
Herman Orgeron - 23rd place.
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |