Author: NY Fencing Academy (NYFA)

RESULTS

NYFA TAKES 6 MEDALS AT SUPER YOUTH CIRCUIT

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NYFA fencers showed great results at the Mission Super Youth Circuit over the past weekend and proved once more that we are a leading club in youth epee fencing in New York City.

  • Alan Temiryaev represented NYFA in Y10 and Y12 age groups where he earned silver and bronze medals respectively. Great Job Alan – you made our club proud.  Keep practicing so you take gold home next time.  Alan has been fencing for a little over a half a year and we congratulate him on great early results!
  • Bennett Cohen earned a second medal for NYFA in Y12.  Bennett fenced very well and was one touch away from taking a bronze medal home.  Bennett is fencing first year in the Y12 category and already shows that he is a strong competitor in this age group.  Good job Bennett!
  • Skyler Chin was silver medalist in Y14 age group where he showed again that he is one of the best Y14 fencers in USA. Sky was recovering this year from his ankle injuries and demonstrated that he is getting back in shape by making top 8 in the North American Cup a month ago and taking silver this time. Great job Sky, we wish you full recovery by Summer Nationals and we will try for gold there!
  • Romain Cannone fenced well and earned a bronze medal in Y14. He lost by one touch to his teammate Skyler Chin in a dramatic bout. Romain, you showed solid fencing and we are looking forward for your performance at Summer Nationals!
  • Abigail Soto made top 8 in Y12 women’s epee. It was her first time competing at a national tournament but Abigail managed to keep her focus and gave a good fight to many experienced fencers. Good job Abi!

Also we would like to encourage all our young fencers who practice hard and are on their way to becoming medalists on the national level:

  •  Jaclyn Khrol – was one touch away from earning bronze in Y10
  • Mark Dolgonos – won two bouts despite the fact that he is only 8 years old competing with 10 year old fencers
  • Katie Tan – fenced first time at SYC
  • Michael Burovsky – showed great fencing in pools but didn’t keep his focus for DE’s.
  • Brian Sanker – made top 16. Good job Brian you are consistently improving!
  • Ivan Shybaila – well done – very first tournament and 2 victories in pool!
  • Josh Sikarevich – also first year in Y12 but shows consistent improvement!
  • Nathan Vaysberg – was close to winning his DE! Wish you better luck next time – keep working on your “en garde”!
  • David Lu – fenced first time at SYC
  • Sam Burman – one touch away from top 16
  • Gideon Spano – first time at SYC but was fighting very hard!

And congratulations to Richard Kim who fenced in “Jeff Wolfe Div 1A & Div 2 ROC at Mission” – it was a C2 event and Richard made top 8 – he qualified for Division III Nationals and earned his “E2012”!

CLUB NEWS

NEW NYFA TOURNAMENTS ADDED

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We’ve added more NYFA events to our calendar.  Take advantage of these  opportunities to gain valuable competitive experience.  All NYFA tournaments are open to the public.  Ratings may be awarded per USFA guidelines.

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4/28 NYFA Saturday Epee Round Robin – NEW
4/29 NYFA Unrated Epee & Veteran’s Foil Challenge #1
5/12 NYFA Saturday Epee Round Robin – NEW
5/13 NYFA Youth Epee & Foil Challenge #4 – NEW
5/20 NYFA Cadet & Y14 Epee Challenge #2
5/27 NYFA Senior Epee Cup #2 – NEW
6/03 NYFA Youth Foil Musketeers
6/03 NYFA Unrated Epee & Veteran’s Epee & Foil Challenge #2
6/10 NYFA Cadet & Y14 Epee Challenge #3

Note:  the May 6th youth event was rescheduled to May 13

RESULTS

NYFA FENCERS EARN 3 MEDALS AT NORTH AMERICAN CUP

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Brooklyn’s New York Fencing Academy took home three medals from the North American Cup in Virginia Beach this past weekend.

NYFA was the only fencing club with two athletes making the top eight in the Y14 age group. Skyler Chin earned 5th place out of 107 fencers in the Y14 men’s epee. To attain this position he won all six bouts in his pool despite having missed the entire season due to injuries. The Cup was his first major tournament since the last Summer Nationals where he took 3rd place in Y14 and 2nd in Division 2.

Also competing in Y14, Romain Cannone made the top eight for the third time this fencing season. Although he had to face a stronger opponent due to losing two of the six bouts, Cannone still made 8th place out of 107 fencers.  After this tournament Romain is ranked #4 in USA in his age group.

In another age group, Y10, Brooklyn resident Alan Temiryaev took 8th place out of 29 fencers at his first national competition.   In addition, a good effort was put forth by Bennett Cohen who made top 32 in Y12 at his first North American Cup.

The North American Cup features competitors from the U.S. and countries around the world, making the competition tougher and stronger than regular tournaments. Held annually in April, the North American Cup is the most substantial tournament before the biggest tournament of the season, the Summer Nationals in July.

The New York Fencing Academy will continue to hone the skills of its members by hosting international fencers from Germany for the next two weeks.