East Bay Fencers Gym welcomes two new A’s to the team! Andrew Brewer won Saturday’s ROC event in Amarillo, Texas earning his A’11 rating.
Elani Ferri took gold at the Bay Cup senior C and higher mixed Épée event at En Guard Fencing club in Santa Rosa, also earning his A’11 upgrading directly from his C rating. Elani also won the Junior Men’s Épée event earlier in the day. Other EBFG finishes in the JME competition included twins Matthias and Thibault Philippine finishing in 5th and 6th respectively.
Other great finishes from the CHXE2 Bay Cup event were Andrew Brewer in 3rd, Keith Lichten in 5th, and Orestis Herodotou in 8th. Congrats to all EBFG fencers that participated!
Congratulations to EBFG fencer Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu for winning the Veterans Mixed Epee event at this weekend’s Bay Cup at TFC in San Jose! Mehmet beat out Sean Ameli 10-6 in the final. Thanks to all EBFG fencers who competed for their hard work!
Congratulations to EBFG fencers for their incredible results at the Senior C and Higher Mixed Épée season opener at TFC. It was an all EBFG podium with Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu taking first place after beating Andrew Brewer in a close final bout. Kyle Yamasaki and Phil Gerring tied for third place.
Thanks to all EBFG fencer’s for their hard work at the the 2011 USA Fencing National Championships which took place in Reno, Nevada this July. EBFG fencers fought hard in several events to end this outstanding and win filled season to a great close! Below are the results for EBFG fencers by event:
Team Senior Men’s Épée
East Bay Fencers Junior Team – 21st Andrew Brewer, Elani Ferri, Kyle Yamasaki, Thibault Philippine
Team U-19 Men’s Épée
East Bay Fencers Junior Team – 21st Andrew Brewer, Elani Ferri, Matthias Philippine, Thibault Philippine
Team Veteran Men’s Épée East Bay Curs – 8th Philip Gerring, Jonathon Jefferies, John McGrew
DIV1A Men’s Épée
Elani Ferri – 61st
Kyle Yamasaki – 64th
Mike Slater – 68th
Andrew Brewer – 107th
Congratulations to all EBFG fencers for their dedication, hard work and excellent results at last weekend’s final Bay Cup senior epee events!
It was an all East Bay podium for the senior C and higher mixed epee. Keith Lichten took first after winning 15-14 in another dramatic bout versus teammate Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu. Kyle Yamasaki and Thibault Philippine tied for third. Orestis Herodotou placed sixth.
Cameron Parker won the senior C and lower mixed epee event, earning his B 2011 rating, after beating David Johnson of TFC in the final. Orestis Herodotou and Matthias Philippine tied for third. Steven Fialkowski took fifth and earned a D rating, Patrick Wang placed sixth and Brandon Li placed seventh. Julien Sat-Vollhardt finished 9th, earning his E rating.
Congrats to all who participated in last weekend’s open tournament here at EBFG! 38 competitors made for an A2 event.
EBFG fencer Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu placed first, beating Sean Ameli of the Fencing Academy of Nevada in the final bout. Philip Hedges of Golden Gate Fencing Center placed third.
Other EBFG fencers that placed in the top 8 were: Kyle Yamasaki (4th), Keith Lichten (5th), Cameron Parker (6th), and Rob Rhea (7th).
Congratulations to all the EBFG fencer’s for their continuing efforts and amazing results in this season’s Bay Cup Events!
EBFG dominated the senior C and higher mixed Épée event at last weekend’s tournament at The Fencing Center in San Jose. Keith Lichten placed first after an intense bout with fellow EBFG fencer Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu. Matthias Philippine placed third, earning his B rating and Elani Ferri placed sixth.
Matthias Philippine also took gold in the C and lower mixed Épée event.
Congratulations to the EBFG men’s Epee team for bringing the coveted Pacific Coast Championships (PCC) trophy back to the east bay! Fencers Keith Lichten, Mehmet
Tepedelenlioglu and Nathaniel Burke beat GGFC in the final bout, winning 45-35, once again making EBFG the Pacific Coast Champions!
EBFG’s B epee team placed 5th overall (Kyle Yamasaki, Phil Gerring, Andrew Davis), and EBFG’s youth epee team placed 7th (Andrew Brewer, Elani Ferri, Matthias Philippine, Thibault Philippine)
In the Veterans Epee event Phil Gerring placed 3rd , and John McGrew placed 8th.
EBFG fencer Elani Ferri also placed 8th in the senior men’s individual epee event.
Thanks to all EBFG fencers who competed in the PCC team and individual events for their hard work and great results!
Thanks to all EBFG fencers who competed last weekend in the 2011 NAC E tournament in Portland, OR!
EBFG’s men’s epee team took 2nd place in the DIV I Senior Men’s team event. Congrats to Keith Lichten, Rob Rhea and Nat Burke for their outstanding performance!
Rob Rhea also took 8th place in the DIV I Senior Men’s individual event. Way to go Rob!