Our fencers brought home medals this past weekend from regional events in Denver and in St. Louis! Breck and Bella travelled to St. Louis for the Daugherty Cup SYC& RCC, and Charlie, Miriam, Jack, Sara and Sam competed at the RJCC of the Rockies at Denver Fencing Center. Our best results were:
Daugherty Cup – CWE
8th – Bella
RJCC o/t Rockies – CME
2nd – Charlie
5th – Jack
– JWE –
1st – Miriam
3rd – Sara
– JME –
2nd – Sam
6th – Jack
First, Tean, Rachel, Cosi and Sara travelled to California for the 2017 SDFA RJCC Challenge:
Junior Women’s Epee
3rd – Rachel
5th – Cosi
15th – Sara
16th – Tean
Cadet Women’s Epee
3rd – Sara
5th – Rachel
14th – Cosi
25th – Tean
Meanwhile in Colorado, Jennifer, Ann and Jack fenced in competitions at the Denver Fencing Center:
Unrated Senior Women’s Epee
1st – Jennifer (earning her E 2017 rating!)
Division 2 Mixed Epee
3rd – Jack
Veteran Epee
3rd – Ann
Veteran Foil
2nd – Ann
The first competition of the 2017-18 season is in the books! Devin Tafoya (DFC/NCF) took first place in Open Mixed Epee on Sunday! Thanks to all the fencers who turned out to kick off the season, and thanks to our friends at Fencing Academy of Denver for hosting this event!
Ann Totemeier and Miriam Grady represented NCF in competition at the April North American Cup, including Division 1 National Championships, in Baltimore, Md., this past weekend, and they achieved great results there!
Miriam finished 24th in Division 1 National Championships.
Ann made the finalists podium three times (nearly four!) in veteran’s events, including winning the individual gold in Veteran 40 women’s epee, and helping her team The Needles win gold in Veteran women’s team epee events! Additionally, she made the podium finishing 7th in Veteran 40 women’s foil, and finished 9th in Veteran Combined Women’s Epee!
Great results from a small squad! We’re proud to see all the work you’ve done in the club be rewarded on the National competitive circuit!
NCF’s Sam Senseman won the Cadet Men’s Epee competition at the Stroh RJCC in Pasadena, Calif., this past weekend. Sam also renewed his B rating and earned points towards qualifying to compete in the July Challenge! Great job Sam!
NCF’s Cosima Martus finished 7th place in Division 1A Women’s Epee at the Stroh Memorial competition in Pasadena, Calif., on Friday! By finishing in the top 10 of the event, she also earned points toward qualifying to fence at Summer National Championships!
Five NCF fencers made it to the finalists’ podium today – the last day of the SDFA Rocky Mountain RJCC/ROC!
In Cadet Women’s Epee, Isabella finished 7th and Olivia 8th!
And in Division 1A Men’s Epee, Jack won the gold medal, Nyle won bronze, and Gary took 8th!
