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CAMP THIS WEEK / RESULTS: JO’S, CAPITOL CLASH SYC + MORE

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WINTER BREAK CAMP:  Now through Friday, Feb 20th, 10 am – 3 pm. Cost: $350 for members, $100 daily.  If you sign-up for 4 days, we will prorate. Call or email to register now.

RESULTS:  Catching up with our athletes and the great results they’ve achieved —  Congratulations to all!

Junior Olympic Championships:

  • Skyler Chin – 20th out of 246 in Juniors
  • Skyler Chin, Anton Chmut, Nathan Vaysberg – 15th in Junior Team

Capitol Clash Super Youth Circuit & Cadet:  4 GOLD, 1 SILVER, 1 BRONZE! 

  • Anton Chmut – Gold in Cadet, Gold in Y14
  • Skyler Liverant – Gold in Y10, 5th in Y12
  • Caralina Khrol – Gold in Y10
  • Bennett Cohen – Silver in Y14
  • Nathan Vaysberg – Bronze in Cadet
  • Ethan Kushnerik – 6th in Y12

Other – Adult:

  • Anton Chmut – 6th at North Shore Senior Open
  • Alex Shifer – Silver at Ol’ Geezer’s Melee Veterans

NJFA Doc D’Ambola Regional Youth Circuit:  2 GOLD, 1 SILVER, 6 BRONZE!

  • Skyler Liverant – Gold in Y10, Silver in Y12, 6th in Y14
  • Anna Lanzman – Gold in Y14
  • Arevik Amroyan – Bronze in Y14, Bronze in Y12
  • Katherine Yenna – Bronze in Y14, 6th in Y12
  • Dylan Sergey Polkovsky – Bronze in Y12
  • Jordan Liverant – Bronze in Y12
  • Ian Goldfine – Bronze in Y10
  • Alan Slavinsky – 7th in Y12

Windy City Super Youth Circuit:

  • Jordan Liverant – Bronze in Y12
  • Michael Mogilevich – 6th in Y14
  • Ethan Kushnerik – 7th in Y12

Also, Romain Cannone has been selected to fence at the European Junior Championships in Maribor, Slovenia next week.  Go Romain!

Go NYFA!!

CLUB NEWS, RESULTS

HOLIDAY HOURS, WINTER CAMP, RESULTS

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Happy Holidays to all of our fencing friends and families!!

1.  Holiday Hours:

  • December 24 – Closed
  • December 25 – Open
  • December 26-30 – Open for Winter Camp!
  • December 31 – Closed
  • January 1 – Closed
  • January 2 – Closed

2.  Winter Camp starts Friday!  Get ready for the Sword in the Snow SYC in New Hampshire and the NAC in Salt Lake City.  Sign up now:  http://fencenyfa.com/fencing-camps/

3.  Here’s a recap of our fencers’ latest top results – Congratulations!

8th Annual Barbara Lynch Charity RYC in New Jersey:

  • Skyler Liverant – Gold in Y12 and Bronze in Y14
  • Jordan Liverant – Gold in Y12 and 8th in Y14
  • Ian Goldfine – Gold in Y10
  • David Pavlenishvili – Silver in Y10
  • Max Koustikov – Bronze in Y10
  • Anna Lanzman – 5th in Y14
  • Katherine Yenna – 5th in Y12
  • Mitchel Bekker – 7th in Y12
  • Michael Klur – 7th in Y14
  • Andrew Mufel – 8th in Y14

Bernie Stein Memorial SYC in Arizona:

  • Ethan Kushnerik – 8th in Y12

Long Island Division Junior Olympics Qualifier:

  • Matthew Ko – Silver in Cadets and 5th in Juniors
  • Bennett Cohen – 5th in Cadets and 7th in Juniors

North Shore FC Senior Epee:

  • Anton Chmut – 5th

Go NYFA!!

CLUB NEWS, RESULTS

LILOV RJCC & NYFA YOUTH#1 RESULTS / NEW ADULT CLASS

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Congratulations to the following fencers for their recent results:

Lilov Regional Junior Cadet Circuit (RJCC – JO qualifier):

  • Bennett Cohen – Gold in Juniors (u20) and A2014!!
  • Melanie Dolgonos – Bronze in Cadets (u17)
  • Anton Chmut – 7th in Cadets (u17)

NYFA Youth Challenge #1:

  • Ethan Kushnerik – Gold in Y12 & Bronze in Y14
  • Ian Goldfine – Gold in Y10
  • Joshua Sikarevich – Silver in Y14
  • Jack Kambeseles – Silver in Y12 & Bronze in Y14
  • Caralina Khrol – Silver in Y10 & 7th in Y12
  • Daniel Zaretsky – Bronze in Y12
  • Peter Kambeseles – Bronze in Y12
  • Anna Temiryaev – Bronze in Y10
  • Max Koustikov – 4th in Y10
  • Anna Lanzman – 5th in Y14
  • David Pavlenishvili – 5th in Y10
  • Michael Mogilevich – 6th in Y14
  • Joshua Yavoroskiy – 6th in Y10
  • Michael Klur – 8th in Y14
  • Serhiy Muts – 8th in Y12

We are starting a new class for adults on Sundays – call/email to sign up!

  • Adult Stretching & Conditioning – Sundays, 12-1 pm.  All parents are welcome to join this class taught by an Olympic level gymnastics coach.  Learn to improve flexiblity, balance, body strength.  Adults only.  $20/class.

GO NYFA!!

CLUB NEWS, RESULTS

12 MEDALS AT SOBEL NJFA SYC & CLUB UPDATES

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We’re happy to share some club news and recent tournament results with you:

1.  KIDS’ HALLOWEEN PARTY – SATURDAY NOVEMBER 1:
NYFA kids are invited to our 2014 Halloween party at 6pm on Saturday, November 1.  Come enjoy pizza, soda, donuts, games, and fun with your fencing friends!  Costumes are great but optional.  Free; for members only.  Please RSVP.  (Parents:  this is a kids’ party, but you’re welcome to stay and bring other refreshments if you like.)

2. DISCOUNT PARKING:
The parking lot next to NYFA is offering discounted parking to our members for $5 per day with in and out privileges.  Please purchase sets of 10 parking tickets for $50 (no expiration) from either the parking lot or from NYFA.  When we host tournaments, participants will also be able to park in the lot for $5.

3.  FRIDAY CONDITIONING CLASS IN NOVEMBER:
Starting next session, we’ll be adding a conditioning class to our schedule on Fridays at 7:30-8 pm.

4.  RESULTS UPDATE:

These NYFA athletes racked up 12 medals for their top 8 finishes at the Steve Sobel / NJFA Super Youth Circuit & Cadet International!

  • Anton Chmut – Gold in Cadets
  • Ian Goldfine – Gold in Y8
  • Alan Temiryaev – Bronze in Y14
  • Mark Dolgonos – Bronze in Y12
  • Skyler Liverant – Bronze in Y10 and 7th in Y12
  • Caralina Khrol – Bronze in Y10
  • Joshua Sikarevich – 5th in Y14
  • Bennett Cohen – 6th in Y14 and 8th in Cadets
  • Ethan Kushnerik – 6th in Y12
  • Nathan Vaysberg – 7th in Cadets

And Michael Mogilevich took first place at NYFA’s Unrated Mixed Epee, earning him an E2014 rating!

Congratulations to all!

Go NYFA!

CLUB NEWS, RESULTS

SUMMER NATIONALS RESULTS & SUMMER SCHEDULE

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We are very proud of our 35 athletes who qualified and competed in the 2014 Summer Nationals in Columbus, Ohio — the world’s largest fencing tournament with over 4,300 participants!  We are happy for our youngest fencers who excelled in the Y10 and Y12 age groups despite the fact that for some of them it was their first Nationals.  We congratulate our Junior fencers who did great individually, as well as in teams where they showed fantastic team spirit and beat the strongest opponents including the gold and silver medalists from individuals.

Congratulations to all of our fencers and their families, whether you bravely competed at Nationals for the first time or skillfully earned national points and medals!

Top 8 Results:

  • Jaclyn Khrol – 3rd out of 45 in Y10 & 5th out of 84 in Y12 Women’s Epee
  • Skyler Chin – 5th out of 361 in Junior Men’s Epee and A2014
  • Ethan Kushnerik – 5th out of 63 in Y10 Men’s Epee
  • Team NYFA: Cannone, Chin, Bellomi – 8th out of 65 in Junior Team Men’s Epee
  • Alan Temiryaev – 8th ou t of 112 in Y12 Men’s Epee
  • Skyler Liverant – 8th in Y10 Men’s Epee

Top 16 Results:

  • Luca Bellomi – 10th in Junior Men’s Epee and B2014
  • Melanie Dolgonos – 14th in Y12 Women’s Epee
  • Mark Dolgonos – 14th in Y10 Men’s Epee
  • Caralina Khrol – 16th in Y10 Women’s Epee
  • Team NYFA: Brosgol, Chelnitsky, Kornak – 16th out of 29 in Junior Team Women’s Epee

Top 32 Results:

  • Katherine Yenna – 17th in Y10 Women’s Epee
  • Joshua Sikarevich – 18th out of 190 in Y14 Men’s Epee
  • Sophia Chelnitsky – 19th out of 114 in DivII Women’s Epee
  • Daniel Plechavicius – 20th in Y10 Men’s Epee
  • Romain Cannone – 22nd in Junior Men’s Epee
  • Anton Chmut – 25th in Y14 Men’s Epee
  • Michael Mogilevich  – 29th in Y12 Men’s Epee
  • Ethan Kushnerik – 29th in Y12 Men’s Epee
  • Jordan Liverant – 31st in Y12 Women’s Epee
  • Michael Burovsky – 32nd in Y14 Men’s Epee

View full results here

If you have photos or videos from Nationals that you want to share, please send them to info.nyfa@gmail.com.

Let us remind you that summer is a great time to boost your fencing while others rest!  You can still register for our Summer Camps – click here for more information:

  • Two beginners day camps: 7/14-7/18 and 8/18-8/22
  • Pennsylvania sleep away camp: 8/1-8/10
  • Pre-season day camp: 8/25-8/29

Summer Classes will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays: 5:30-6 footwork and 6-7:30 class.   We’ve received requests for summer weekend classes so please let us know by email or phone if you’re interested and we will schedule a class.

Finally, the annual USFA membership expires 7/31/14.  Register here and make sure to choose New York Fencing Academy as your primary club.

GO NYFA!