We’ll hold beginning epee class as normal, Monday, Feb. 20th.

Eight EBFG Fencers Qualify for Junior Olympics!

Congratulations to all our youth fencers who have qualified for the 2017 Junior Olympics in Kansas City.  Training, practice, and more practice!

NorCal Qualifier, Halberstadts, Dec. 18

• Kiliccote, Atahan; Junior Men’s Epee (2nd Place)
• Green, Ummi; Cadet Men’s Epee (2nd Place)
• Fyrst, Espen; Cadet Men’s Epee (4th Place)
• Beittel, Chloe; Junior and Cadet Women’s Epee (1st Place)
• Hoge, Natalie; Junior and Cadet Women’s Epee (2nd Place)
• Bedford-Panori, Eugenia; Cadet Women’s Epee (1st Place)

Fencers Club of Arizona RJCC: Region 4; Nov. 16

• Kornguth, Lindsay; 1st Place, Women’s Junior and Cadet Epee (JO Qualify)

BladeRunner ROC & RJC at UCSD 2016, Nov. 5-6

• Khayat, Ziad, 1st Place, Men’s Junior Epee (JO Qualify)

EBFG Holiday Party, Sat. Dec. 17, 6:30 pm

Join us for a Holiday Potluck and celebrate the season at EBFG. Bring a dish to share, all members and their families and friends are welcome.

No classes or private lessons Saturday Dec. 24 and Monday, Dec. 26th. See you on Tuesday!

Also closed on Saturday, Dec. 31st.

Bay Cup 2016-17

The 2016-17 Bay Cup season is underway! We’ll post top finishes by EBFG fencers as the season progresses. Over the years, EBFG fencers have taken season honors in a variety of events–from youth to Vet.

Div1 Men’s Epee

Oct. 1, at En Garde Fencing

• Tepedelenlioglu, Mehmet, 2nd Place
• Yamasaki, Kyle, 3rd Place

March 26, at East Bay Fencer’s Gym

• Yamasaki, Kyle, 1st Place
• Kiliccote, Atahan, 3rd
• Philippine, Thibault, 3rd

Div2 Women’s Epee

Oct. 1, at En Garde Fencing

• Beittel, Chloe, 1st Place
• Hoge, Natalie, 2nd Place

Div2 Men’s Epee

Sept. 4, at Davis Fencing Academy

• Kaufman, Joel, 2nd Place

Div3 VetCombined Mixed Epee

Jan. 2, at Halberstadt

• Kaufman, Joel, 1st Place

Sept. 25, at EBFG

• Kaufman, Joel, 1st Place
• Beittel, David, 2nd Place
• Sloan, Ryan, 3rd Place

Senior Women’s Epee

Sept. 18, at Marin Fencing Academy

• Beittel, Chloe, 2nd Place
• Hoge, Natalie, 3rd Place

Oct. 23, at North Bay Fencing Academy

• Hoge, Natalie, 3rd Place

Jan. 22, at EBFG

• Beittel, Chloe, 1st Place
• Kornguth, Lindsay, 2nd Place
• Rath, Lauren, 3rd Place

May 21, Golden Gate Fencing Club

• Kornguth, Lindsay, 2nd Place
• Beittel, Chloe, 3rd Place

June 4, Halberstadt

•  Rath, Lauren, 1st Place

Senior Mixed Epee

Sept. 25, at EBFG

• Tepedelenlioglu, Mehmet, 1st Place
• Lichten, Keith, 3rd Place
• Yamasaki, Kyle, 3rd Place

Nov. 20, at EBFG

• Tepedelenlioglu, Mehmet, 1st Place
• Lichten, Keith, 2nd Place
• Yamasaki, Kyle, 3rd Place

Feb. 12, at EBFG

• Khayat, Ziad, 1st Place
• Yamasaki, Kyle, 5th Place
• Philippine, Thibault, 6th Place

April 9, at Marin Fencing Academy

• Tepedelenlioglu, Mehmet, 1st Place
• Lichten, Keith, 2nd Place
• Yamasaki, Kyle, 3rd Place

June 18, at EBFG

• Yamasaki, Kyle, 2nd Place
• Philippine, Thibault, 3rd Place
• Tepedelenlioglu, Mehmet, 3rd Place

VetCombined Mixed Epee

Mixed Team Epee

• 2nd Place (Weingarten, Solomon; Rood, Alex; Downey, Jerry)

Jan. 2, at Halberstadt

• Weingarten, Solomon, 1st Place
• Altman, Jeff, 3rd Place

Sept. 24, at Golden Gate Fencing Club

• Altman, Jeff, 1st Place
• Downey, Jerry, 2nd Place

Nov. 20, at EBFG

• Rood, Alex, 3rd Place

June 18, at EBFG

• Gerring, Phillip, 3rd

Junior Men’s Epee

Oct. 23, at North Bay Fencing Academy

• Khayat, Ziad, 3rd Place

Feb. 12, at EBF

• Khayat, Ziad, 1st Place

Junior Women’s Epee

Sept. 4, at Davis Fencing Academy

• Beittel, Chloe, 1st Place

May 21, at Golden Gate Fencing Club

• Beittel, Chloe, 1st Place

Y14 Men’s Epee

Sept. 4, at Davis Fencing Academy

• Fyrst, Espen, 3rd Place

April 9, at Marin Fencing Academy

• Chon, Josh, 2nd Place
• Fyrst, Espen, 5th Place

Y14 Women’s Epee

April, at Halberstadt

• Stenger, Kate, 3rd Place

Y12 Men’s Epee

Mar. 26, at EBFG

• Green, Ummi, 1st Place
• Green, Jabreel, 2nd

About The Bay Cup: The Bay Cup spans three divisions within USA Fencing: Northern California, Central California, and Mountain Valley. Bay Cup tournaments are hosted by fencing clubs  from Santa Cruz to Santa Rosa to Sacramento. The Bay Cup uses a rolling point system to display standings within each series during the season. Final standings are calculated at the end of the season. Prizes are awarded to the top finishers in each series after the end-of-season rankings are determined.

Happy Halloween!

EBFG at BladeRunner 2017!

EBFG fencers did great at BladeRunner 20167 held on the campus of UC San Diego. BladeRunner is UCSD’S and the SD Division’s premier 6 event Open! It is also a USA Fencing Regional Open Circuit (ROC)! EBFG had fencers participate in the Junior Epee (Men and Women) and the Senior Open (Men and Women) events.

In the Men’s Senior Open, 90 fencers of all ratings participated, making this an A4 event. Top 10 EBFG finishers included Kyle Yamasaki who finished 2nd! Chloe Beittel finished in 5th in the Junior Women’s event.

2017 Battle in Seattle Division 1-A ROC 

Seventy-five fencers battled it out at this year’s Battle in Seattle. Ziad Khayat finished in 3rd place.  Kyle Yamasaki finished 6th. Paul Chandler finished 16th. 

EBFG Shines at BladeRunner 2016!

Nov. 6-7, 2016 . . . EBFG fencers did great at BladeRunner 2016. In the Men’s Senior Open top 10 EBFG finishers included Kyle Yamasaki who finished 1st! Ziad Khayat finished in 3rd place. In addition, Ziad won the Men’s Junior Epee event.

A great day for fencing and thanks to everyone who came out and participated. Click here to see the final results on askfred.net.

Great Showing by EBFG at Battle of the Bay!

SUNDAY, Sept. 9, 2016 . . . EBFG fencers did great at the third annual Battle of the Bay. Presented and run by The Bay Cup this event is now a DIV1A ROC (Regional Open Championship).

In the women’s event, thirty-eight fencers of all ratings participated, making this an A2 event. Top 10 EBFG finishers included Lindsay Kornguth who finished 3rd, Lauren Rath who finished 8th, and Natalie Hoge, who finished 10th.

In the men’s event, eighty-two fencers participated–an A4 event. Top ten finishers from EBFG included Keith Lichten (3rd), Kyle Yamasaki (6th), Thibault Philippine (7th), and Andy Faubert (9th).

In the Vet event, Barry Leonardini finished in 6th place.

A great day for fencing and thanks to everyone who came out and participated. Click here to see the final results on askfred.net.

EBFG Fencers Sweep Top Spots at A2 Rated Event

SUNDAY, AUGUST 29, 2016 . . . EBFG fencers swept the top 6 spots in the opening tournament of the season to be hosted at East Bay Fencer’s Gym. Thirty-nine fencers of all ratings participated in this recent Open Senior Mixed Epee event, making this an A2 event. First place honors went to Thibault Philippine who defeated Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu in a hard fought finals. Placing third, in a fence off, was Ziad Khayat. The top female honors went to Chloe Beittel, who finished 16th. A great day for fencing and thanks to everyone who came out and participated. Click here to see the final results on askfred.net.

US Fencing Membership Renewals Due Now

Just a reminder to all EBFG members to renew your membership with US Fencing. If you don’t plan on competing this year, you must still renew as a non-competitor. We require this for insurance purposes. Thanks for being a member. Here’s the link!

Youth, Cadet, Junior Results 2016-17

Congratulations to all our youth fencers! Here are some recent Top finishes. We’ll update this list as the season progresses and post results from youth circuit, and national events for youth, cadet, and juniors. Training, practice, and more practice!

Rain City Super Youth Circuit, April 28

• Green, Ummi; Y12 Men’s Epee (1st Place)

Silicon Valley RYC; March 31

• Chon, Josh, Y14 Men’s Epee, (3rd Place)
• Green, Ummi; Y14 Men’s Epee (8th Place)
• Green, Jabreel; y12 Men’s Epee (6th Place)
• Cooper, Rowan; Y12 Men’s Epee (7th Place)

March NAC (North American Championship), Cleveland

• Green, Ummi; Y12 Men’s Epee (7th Place)

Swords by the Bay SYC; March 3

• Fyrst, Espen; Y14 Men’s Epee (8th Place)
• Green, Ummi; Y12 Men’s Epee (1st Place)
• Green, Jabreel; Y12 Men’s Epee (3rd Place)

South Coast Invitational RYC – Region 4; Jan 14

• Green, Jabreel; Y12 Men’s Epee (5th Place)

Redwood Empire RYC – Region 4; Jan 14

• Hoge, Natalie; Y14 Women’s Epee (1st Place)

Junior Olympics: Northern California Qualifiers; Dec. 18

Qualifiers for 2017 JO’s

• Kiliccote, Atahan; Junior Men’s Epee (2nd Place)
• Green, Ummi; Cadet Men’s Epee (2nd Place)
• Fyrst, Espen; Cadet Men’s Epee (4th Place)
• Beittel, Chloe; Junior and Cadet Women’s Epee (1st Place)
• Hoge, Natalie; Junior and Cadet Women’s Epee (2nd Place)
• Bedford-Panori, Eugenia; Cadet Women’s Epee (1st Place)

Fencers Club of Arizona RJCC: Region 4; Nov. 16

• Kornguth, Lindsay; 1st Place, Women’s Cadet Epee (JO Qualify)
• Kornguth, Lindsay; 1st Place, Women’s Junior Epee (JO Qualify)

2016 November North American Cup (NAC) (JR, CDT, CTM, Y14)

• Women’s Cadet Team (Beittel, Hoge, Kornguth), 4th Place

BladeRunner ROC & RJC at UCSD 2016, Nov. 5-6

• Khayat, Ziad, 1st Place, Men’s Junior Epee (JO Qualify)

Octoberfest RYC (region IV), Oct. 1

• Green, Ummi; 1st Place, Y12 Men’s Epee
• Cooper, Rowan; 9th Place, Y12 Men’s Epee
• Green, Ummi; 1st Place, Y14 Men’s Epee

 2016 SDFC RJCC Challenge (region IV), Sept. 24

• Kornguth, Lindsay; 2nd Place, Women’s Cadet Epee
• Khayat, Ziad, 3rd Place, Men’s Junior Epee

SYC at UCSD (Super Youth Circuit), Aug. 5

Congratulations to Ummi Green for winning the Y12 Men’s Epee event August 5th in San Diego! Great Work!

Y14 Women Win Bronze at the March 2016 NAC, Salt Lake City

East Bay Fencers Gym had a great showing at this year’s summer nationals in Dallas, including a 2nd place finish by Chloe Beittel in Div III Womens’ Epee, a 5th place showing by Andy Faubert in Div 1-A Men’s Epee, Keith Lichten who finished 5th in the Vet 40 Men’s Epee, and Jere Bothelio who finished 6th in the Vet 60 Men’s Epee event. Congratulations to all EBFG fencers who trained hard for this year’s nationals. What a great ending to an incredible 2015-16 season.

Top Results

Div 1 Men’s Epee
55. Keith Lichten

Div 1-A Men’s Epee
5. Andy Faubert
51. Kyle Yamasaki

Div II Men’s Epee
15. Atahan Kiliccote

Div III Women’s Epee
2. Chloe Beittel

Vet 40 Men’s Epee
5. Keith Lichten

Vet 60 Men’s Epee
6. Jere Bothelio

Junior Men’s Epee
9. Andy Faubert

Y-14 Women’s Epee
19. Chloe Beittel

Y-10 Men’s Epee
13. Jabreel Green

Contgratulations to all our fencers who qualified and participated: Jeff Altman, Eugenia Bedford-Panori, Chloe Beittel, Jere Bothelio, Joshua Chon, Gerard Downey, Andy Faubert, Jabreel Green, Ummi Green, Natalie Hoge, Atahan Kiliccote, Lindsay Kornguth, Barry Leonardini, Keith Lichten, John McGrew, and Kyle Yamasaki.