Fencing News

Standard Foil Fencing Tournament - May 7 in Medford

SOFC and the "Fencing in Southern Oregon" program will host on Saturday, May 7, a standard (non-electric) foil fencing tournament.  We expect this to be the final local tournament of the 2010-11 fencing year.

Three events are planned:

-   Youth Beginners, check-in time 9:00 a.m.  This is for fencers age 12 or under who began fencing since September 2010 or have fenced in no more than two SOFC terms.

-   Age 13-and-Under, check-in time 10:30 a.m.   This is for all skill levels.

-   OPEN, check-in time 1:00 p.m.   This is for all ages and skill levels.

The registration form is attached.   You may submit it up to the close of check-in, but please let Steve know if you plan to fence to help with our planning.  (An email is fine.)

Plan to fence on Saturday, May 7!

Regards,
Steve and Ron
SOFC
 

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Seven fencers from SOFC competed over the weekend at the US Fencing Association's North America Cup competition in Portland.  The tournament was one of the top half-dozen annual fencing events in the U.S., attracting fencers from across the nation and internationally.

Senior (adult) events were Division I (the USFA's top level), joined by youth Y-10, Y-12 and Y-14 events, as well as senior team and wheelchair competition.

SOFC fencers were led by Sarah Holst who took 13th place overall in Division I women's epee.  Seeded 42nd going in (as the event's top-ranked "B" rated fencer) and seeded 18th after a successful pool round against tough competition, Sarah narrowly missed the top 8 by falling 15-9 to the fencer who eventually tied for third overall.

Lindee Newman finished 29th among age-14-and-under women's epee fencers, third among Oregon fencers.  Seeded 43rd both going in and after the pool round, Lindee defeated the 22nd seed before falling 15-9 to the fencer who ended up 2nd overall.

Ceili Widmann finished 39th in women's Y-14 epee, advancing from her initial #59 seeding.

Nicoletta Dinelli took 33th in the smaller Y-12 women's saber event.
Daniel Salcido finished 56th among 107 Y-14 men's epee fencers.
Matt Cramer finished 62nd among 123 Y-14 men's foilists.
Mirco Dinelli finished 66th among 123 Y-14 men's saber fencers.


Special thanks to Ron Kilby, Wes Coffel and Sarah Holst for their much appreciated coaching during the four-day event.

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Congratulations to SOFC fencers competing over the weekend in the Oregon Division Summer Nationals Qualifier at Northwest Fencing Center.

Qualifying for Summer National Championships were Lindee Newman, Ceili Widmann, Daniel Salcido, Matt Cramer and Mirco Dinelli.  (Qualifying earlier are Sarah Holst, Matt Cramer, Nicoletta Dinelli, Reagan Saunders and Riley Saunders.)

Top SOFC finishers were:

Lindee Newman, 1st place, Y-14 women's epee
Ceili Widmann,  2nd place, Y-14 women's epee
Daniel Salcido,  2nd place, Y-14 men's epee, and 6th place, Y-14 men's foil
Matt Cramer,  3rd place tie, Y-14 men's foil
Mirco Dinelli,  3rd place tie, Y-14 men's saber, and 6th place, Div II/III men's saber
Sam Bauermeister,  5th place,  Div II/III men's epee

Congratulations!

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Results of the March 19 "Pear Blossom Epee," a U.S. Fencing Association-sanctioned fencing tournament held at the Medford Elks Lodge:

Age 16-and-Under Epee
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1st        Daniel Salcido,    Southern Oregon Fencing Center (SOFC)
2nd       Anne Oursler,      SOFC
3rd(T)   Ceili Widmann,    SOFC
3rd(T)   Riley Saunders,   SOFC

Senior Women Epee
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1st        Sarah Holst,       SOFC
2nd       Ana Cotinho,      Brazil
3rd        Anne Oursler,     SOFC

Senior Open Epee     (fencer's national rating in parenthesis)
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1st         Josh Conner  (A),    Northwest Fencing Center (Beaverton)
2nd        Brandon Burgess  (A),   NWFC
3rd(T)    Brentwood Reid   (A),    NWFC
3rd(T)    Vicente Torres  (B),        Mexico
5th         Wes Coffel  (B),       Studio of American Fencing (Portland)
6th         Erich Cranor  (A),           NWFC
7th         Sam Bauermeister (E),  SOFC
8th         Josiah Salcido  (U),        SOFC   (nb:  national "E" rating earned)
9th         Thomas Bronzo  (B),      North Coast Fencing Academy  (Arcata, CA)
10th       Sarah Holst  (B),            SOFC


The Senior Open event included four national "A" rated fencers, eight national "B" rated fencers, and fencers from Brazil and Mexico.   Special congratulations to Southern Oregon fencer Josiah Salcido, who earned his national "E" rating in his first official USFA tournament.

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Congratulations to Southern Oregon participants in the February 26 Northwest Regional Youth Circuit fencing tournament held Northwest Fencing Center in Beaverton.

Special recognition to Will Cramer who captured third overall in age 12-and-under epee, Reagan Saunders who took third overall and second among women in age 10-and-under epee, and Lindee Newman who finished sixth overall and second among women in age 14-and-under epee.

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Our applause to all who participated in the February 12 Medford Standard Foil fencing tournament.  We saw a lot of excellent fencing; we were very pleased by the turnout from Hidden Valley High School and the Ashland YMCA.

R E S U L T S

Age 10-and-Under  Standard Foil

1st     Nur Shelton,  Ashland
2nd    Reagan Saunders,  Central Point
3rd     King Phillips, Jacksonville
4th     Isaiah Dye, Medford
5th     Elijah Murphy, Medford

Age 13-and-Under  Standard Foil

1st     Riley Saunders, Central Point
2nd    Nur Shelton,  Ashland
3rd    Reagan Saunders,  Central Point
4th     King Phillips, Jacksonville
5th     Nathan Soltz, Medford
6th     Isaiah Dye, Medford

Age 15-and-Under  Standard Foil

1st     Daniel Salcido,  Eagle Point
2nd    Katie Dunn, Medford
3rd     Brandon Fincher, Eagle Point
4th     Riley Saunders, Central Point
5th     Willie Bodmer, Grants Pass
6th     Reagan Saunders, Central Point

All-Age Women's  Standard Foil

1st     Katie Dunn, Medford
2nd    Riley Saunders, Central Point
3rd     Reagan Saunders, Central Point
4th     Maya Cross-Killingsworth, Applegate

All-Age Open  Standard Foil

1st         Josiah Salcido, Eagle Point
2nd        Daniel Salcido, Eagle Point
3rd (T)   EJ Guerrero, Grants Pass
3rd (T)   Katie Dunn, Medford
5th         Colton Gallegos, Grants Pass
6th         Brandon Fincher, Eagle Point


Thanks also to the family members and non-competing fencers who helped with scorekeeping and judging.

And congratulations again to the fencers!

Reminder:  our next Medford tournament will be a US Fencing Association-sanctioned epee tournament on Saturday, March 19.

Regards,
Steve and Ron
Southern Oregon Fencing Center LLC

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Our applause to all who participated in the December 11 Fall Term Beginners Foil fencing tournament.  We saw a lot of excellent fencing; we were very pleased by each of the participants' performance.

The age 10-and-under event was a series of three pools, with closely matched and well-fenced bouts among Darby Hammond, Jonah Hadley and Isaiah Dye.

The age 14-and-under event consisted of a pool round and ten-touch direct elimination.  The winner was Nikolas Lindauer of our Ashland YMCA program, with Loren Trottman of Jacksonville taking second.  Hadassah Murphy of Eagle Point and Alec Meyers of Ashland tied for third.

Thanks also to the family members who helped with scorekeeping and to Emily Tsai and Katie Dunn for their invaluable help as judges.

See you all in January; Winter Term begins January 3.

Regards,
Steve and Ron

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Various people have asked regarding plans for Medford fencing on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.

WE WILL FENCE ON WEDNESDAY, NOV 24.

Regards,
Steve and Ron

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Applause is deserved for all the participants in the November 13 USFA-sanctioned FALL EPEE TOURNAMENT at the Medford Elks Lodge.  Special kudos for Josh Griffin, fencing in the age 14-and-under event, for winning his first epee event.


RESULTS
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Age 14-and-Under Mixed Epee

1st      Josh Griffin, Ashland
2nd      Lindee Newman, Medford
3rd      Ceili Widmann, Medford


Senior Women's Epee

1st      Sarah Holst, Central Point
2nd      Anne Oursler, Ashland
3rd      Lindee Newman, Medford


Senior Mixed Epee

1st      Wes Coffel, Ashland
2nd      Bruno Goossens, Central Point
3rd(T)   Sam Bauermeister, Medford
3rd(T)   Sarah Holst, Central Point

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Epee fencer Sarah Holst of Central Point, representing Southern Oregon Fencing Center,  won second place in the Senior Women's Epee event at the prestigious Columbia International fencing tournament held at Beaverton's Northwest Fencing Center November 7-8.

Wes Coffel, an instructor at Southern Oregon Fencing Center and a Southern Oregon University senior, tied for third place in a field of 35 fencers in the Senior Men's Open event.

Each fencer earned a national "B" ranking and qualified for Division I-A epee competition at the 2011 Summer National Championships.

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The "Fencing in Southern Oregon" program hosted a three-event foil tournament at the Medford Elks Lodge on October 30, with both electric and non-electric events.

Age 12-and-Under Electric

1st     Will Cramer, Medford
2nd     Riley Saunders, Medford


All-age Electric

1st     Matt Cramer, Medford
2nd     Daniel Salcido, Eagle Point


All-age Non-Electric

1st     Daniel Salcido, Eagle Point
2nd     Josiah Salcido, Eagle Point
3rd (T) Ian Cady, Medford
3rd (T) Steve Smith, Medford

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A reminder to all the epee fencers that the next Medford tournament will be USFA-sanctioned epee on Saturday, November 13.  Note that we are including an Under-19 women's event.  Participants should register as soon as possible on AskFred.net.

In the meantime, please share your best wishes with Wes Coffel and Sarah Hols, fencing this Saturday in the Columbia International.

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Six fencers from Southern Oregon Fencing Center participated in the U.S. Fencing Association's October 23rd Regional Youth Circuit competition at the Northwest Fencing Center in Beaverton.

Lindee Newman of Medford placed second among women and tied for third overall in age 14-and-under epee.

Matt Cramer of Medford tied for third in age 14-and-under foil.

Will Cramer of Medford tied for third in age 12-and-under foil.

Mirco Dinelli of Talent tied for third in age 14-and-under saber.

Also fencing were Nicoletta Dinelli of Talent (12-and-under saber) and Daniel Salcido of Eagle Point (14-and-under foil).


Will Cramer and Nicoletta Dinelli qualified for the USFA's Summer National Championship competition in July 2011 in Reno, Nevada.


Congratulations!

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Weekend Fencing Kudos!

SOFC epee fencers launched the 2010-11 fencing season with a solid showing at the high-powered annual Leon Auriol Open in Seattle.  This is  one of the major West Coast tournaments - the Senior Open event fielded 65 fencers, including 17 A-rated fencers and 16 national "B" fencers.

Special congratulations to epeeist Sarah Holst, who took sixth place in a strong field of 25 in the Senior Women's Open to earn her "C" rating.

In the very strong Senior Open event, SOFC epeeists Bruno Goossens, Jeff McJunkin, Holst and Sam Bauermeister finished 13th, 25th, 36th and 50th.


UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS:

October 23     Regional Youth Circuit, NWFC, Beaverton

October 30     USFA FOIL,  SOFC,  MEDFORD

November 6-7   Columbia International, NWFC, Beaverton

November 13    USFA EPEE,  SOFC,  MEDFORD