WORLD CHAMPIONS
Congratulations to Susie Scanlan, a member of the first U.S. Junior Women's Epee team to win the gold medal at World Championships! Susie and her teammates were seeded third for this event, held in Acireale, Italy, the first week in April 2008. En route to the gold medal match, they beat Spain, China, and Estonia. The final match pitted them against the top-seeded Italian team, who enjoyed a strong "home court" advantage with a large and loud cheering section. The American girls took control of the match early and never looked back, eventually winning by a large margin of 9 touches.
The team was coached by Ro Sobalvarro, a member of the National Coaching Staff and our very own TCFC Head Coach.
Sign up now for the annual Novice Camp this July
Fencing teaches coordination, balance, quick reactions, strategic thinking...and it's fun! The Twin Cities Fencing Club, a nationally recognized training center, offers a beginning fencing camp for boys and girls ages 10 - 12 and 13 - 16. Working with Roberto Sobalvarro, a member of the United States Fencing Association's national coaching staff, young athletes will learn the basic techniques of fencing, including footwork, bladework, and fencing tactics. Dates: July 14 - 18, 9:00 to 12:30. Equipment is provided. Camp fees $125.00. Both age groups will train concurrently, but activities will be targeted to the physical skills appropriate to each. Call the Twin Cities Fencing Club 651-225-1990 or email sobal001@umn.edu for more information. Class size is limited to 10 students per age group.
Athos Youth Tournament - A good day for TCFC
The Athos Youth Tournament, held November 18 in Minneapolis, included a number of notable results for TCFC. Great job, competitors!
Matthew Oszast, Youth-12 Mixed Foil - GOLD (Matthew is a Youth-10 fencer. The 10s and 12s were combined, and Matthew won the whole event!) Olivia Westover, Youth-12 Mixed Foil - Bronze Steven Lipovetsky, Youth-12 Mixed Epee - Bronze Martin Peper, Youth-14 Mixed Epee - GOLD Steven Lipovetsky, Youth-14 Mixed Epee - Bronze
Canadian Junior National Champion--Max Stearns!
Congratulations to Max for winning the gold medal at the Canadian Junior Nationals in May.
TCFC National Championship results! Medals for Scott Rostal, Susie Scanlan, Camille Provencal, and our teams.
Congratulations to all the TCFC fencers who attended National Championships in Miami, FL in July. The club had several notable results:
Scott Rostal, Division I Men's Epee - Fifth Susie Scanlan, Division I Women's Epee - Sixth Susie Scanlan, Junior Women's Epee - Silver Camille Provencal, Junior Women's Foil - Eighth Grace Hartman, Camille Provensal, Shante Benford, Colleen Stone, Junior Women's Foil Team - Bronze Susie Scanlan, Margaret, Kosmala. Madi Bruber, Jann Ream, Senior Women's Epee Team - Fourth Scott Rostal, Ben Hardt, Ward Rubrecht, Senior Men's Epee Team - Seventh
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Here is the coaches' travel schedule for January and February:
January 12-16: Both Ro and Kate travel to Houston for the NAC (Kate leaves Friday) January 27-29: Ro goes to Germany for a Cadet Women's Epee World Cup--Susie competes February 3-6: Ro goes BACK to Germany for a Cadet Women's Foil World Cup--Grace competes February 16-20: Both Ro and Kate travel to Hartford for JOs--note that we have to be there a day early for a meeting.
New Year's Camp
Join us for this special opportunity, and get some extra training in
over the holidays. This foil and epee camp will be conducted by Ro,
with guests Gary Copeland and Andrea Lagan, US National Coaches for
Women's Epee. Ron Herman, US Head Armorer and Olympic Armorer, will
lead a seminar on equipment repair and tell us why Ward's body cords
never work.
Register now, this camp will fill fast. Call or e-mail Ro.
