MAY 29, 2016. . . . Congratulations to EBFG fencers for their outstanding performance in last weekend’s annual Duel d’Abdul Epee open tournament at EBFG!

EBFG made another strong stand at their home court taking Silver and Bronze, and also filling 7 of the top 10! Sandor Mandoki (Halbertstadt Fencing Club) finished first, Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu (EBFG), second and Matthias Philippine (EBFG) took third place. Other EBFG fencers in the top ten were Ziad Khayat who finished 4th, Rob Rhea 5th, Thibault Philippine 6th, Andy Faubert 7th, Paul Chandler 9th, and Kyle Yamasaki who finished 10th. Great job guys!

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Katarzyna Trzopek fought a tough final against Hong Kong fencer Man Wai Kong, winning 12-11 to take home the gold medal in the Senior Women’s Épée event . Martina Baccari took home the bronze medal and also earned her C rating! Congratulations to the women’s team for their outstanding results.

EBFG fencers dominated the Senior C and Higher Épée event, sweeping 7 out of the top 8 places. The all East Bay podium included Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu (1st Place), Andrew Brewer (2nd Place), Kyle Yamasaki (3rd), Elani Ferri (3rd). Katarzyna Trzopek finished 5th, Orestis Herodotou finished 6th and Kevin Esnault finished 8th. An amazing victory at home! Thanks for all the hard work!

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EBFG started off this year’s NAC season strong with several top place finishes including a gold medal at this season’s first NAC in St. Louis, MO.

A huge congratulations to Rob Rhea for his first place medal in DIV1 Men’s Épée! Rob defeated Adam Rodney of the Peter Westbrook Foundation 15-13 to capture the gold medal. Rob’s previous top place finish was silver against London Olympian Seth Kelsey.

Camille Esnault took home the bronze medal in the DIV2 Women’s Épée event, another great finish after her podium finish at last season’s summer nationals.  Camille’s brother Kevin Esnault also made a strong run finishing 47th in DIV1 Men’s Épée.

Matthias Philippine also had an outstanding competition and finished 5th in the Cadet Men’s Épée event.

Congrats to all EBFG fencers who travelled to St. Louis last weekend and we look forward to more great results this season!

Bay Cup @ GPS: WE1
Camille Esnault – 2nd Place

Bay Cup @ HALB: CLXE1
Keith Lichten – 1st
Thibault Philippine – 2nd
Kyle Yamasaki – 3rd
Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu – 5th
Paul Chandler – 7th
Todd Russell – 8th

Bay Cup @ HALB: CLXE1
Steven Fialkowski – 3rd
Patrick Wang – 5th
Andrew Davis – 8th

Bay Cup @ TFC:  JME1
Thibault Philippine – 1st
Matthias Philippine – 2nd
Kevin Esnault – 3rd

Bay Cup @ TFC:  CHXE2
Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu – 1st
Todd Russell – 3rd
Kyle Yamasaki – 3rd
Keith Lichten – 5th
Paul Chandler – 6th
Matthias Philippine – 7th

Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu fought back to secure his gold medal against EBFG teammate Kyle Yamasaki in a thrilling 15-14 match at the climax of the senior C and higher mixed Épée event. Phil Gerring joined them on the podium taking home the bronze medal and make it an EBFG hatrick! Also finishing in the top eight, Andrew Brewer took seventh and Orestis Herodotou finished eight.

Also winning a gold medal for East Bay today was Ben Mankin in the senior C and Lower mixed Épée event, also earning a shiny new C12 rating for himself in the process!

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Congrats to all EBFG fencers who competed and we hope to continue our success in the Bay Cup next season!

Congratulations to EBFG fencer Jeff Altman for taking the bronze medal at last weekend’s Veteran’s Mixed Épée Bay Cup event! EBFG fencer Phil Gerring  finished 5th. Thanks to all EBFG fencers who participated!

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Thank you to all fencers who competed at this year’s East Bay Spring Open tournament! Forty three fencers fought hard in the A2 rated tournament for their chance to get on the podium! East Bay Fencers Gym swept the podium taking gold, silver and bronze!  Five out of the top eight spots also went to EBFG fencers. Congratulations to Andrew Brewer for taking the gold medal in an excellently fought final bout against Rob Rhea! Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu, finished 3rd. Other top EBFG fencers in the round of eight were Kyle Yamasaki who finished 5th and Orestis Herodotou who finished 8th. Congrats and thanks for your outstanding performance, and thanks to all EBFG fencers who competed!

Congratulations to East Bay youth fencers for their great results in last weekend’s Summer Nationals qualifier at Halberstadt Fencer’s Club!

Maeve Leininger took gold in the Y14 Women’s Épée event and secured her qualification for summer nationals. Sam Rao took gold and Atahan Killicote took silver in the Y14 Men’s Épée event.  Congrats to the youth fencers and we look forward to a dedicated training session leading up to the summer nationals!

Leininger