***Camp offers Training for Summer Nationals !! 

Camp will take place at EBFG in downtown Oakland. From 9:00 am-1:30 pm. Early drop of starts at 8:30 am.  No experience necessary. All fencing equipment is provided. Participants need to wear full legged exercise pants, tennis shoes. Bring water bottle, T-shirt to change and personal lunch.

 Session 1  June 15-19, 2026 

 Session 2  July 13-17, 2026

 Session 3  July 27-31, 2026

Camp sign-up-form

Email sign-up forms to info@eastbayfencers.com

Mail sign-up forms and check to:

 East Bay Fencers Gym 

 Abdul Habek

 P.O. Box  866

 Alameda, CA 94501

or you can stop by and drop the form during the open hours. Please sign-up early to confirm the camp of your choice.

If you have any questions please call us at (415) 786-3683 or email  info@eastbayfencers.com

USFA Requirement

Prior to the camp every camper must register for USA Fencing Association Membership and bring a printed copy of your trial membership form to the first day of camp or email us your copy.

To register, go to the USA Fencing website and fill out the Trial Membership Form. Choose Northern California Division and East Bay Fencers Gym as a club.

Please fill this out and print a copy prior to camp, but don’t fill it out too early because it expires after 90 days. 

Thank you!

No refunds for summer camps after June 1, 2026. Full credit can be used for our other summer camp sessions this or next year or for fencing classes or private lessons.

Congratulations to East Bay Fencers who traveled, participated, and won medals at the March NAC.

Sophia Habek won a BRONZE MEDAL in Y-12 Women’s Epee and placed 17th in Y-14 Women’s Epee.

Julia Aires made top 64 in Y-12 Women’s Epee and Cadet Women’s Epee.

Lucy Deneale made top 64 in Y-12 Women’s Epee.

Congratulations!!!

Santa Clara, CA October 6-8, 2023

Congratulations to all EBFG fencers who trained hard, participate, and won medals.

GREAT RESULTS!!!

Sophia Habek Gold medal in Cadet Women’s Épée and Gold medal in Y-12 Women’s Épée

Veteran Men’s Épée Michael Lipton Gold medal,

Joel Kaufman Bronze medal, Steve Chen 6^th place

Sarah Hepler Bronze medal in Div I-A Women’s Épée

Kyle Yamasaki 6^th in Div I-A Men’s Épée

Julia Aires 8^th place Junior Women’s Épée

Arlington Texas, September 2-4, 2023

Congratulations

Sophia Habek for winning the Bronze medal in Cadet Women’s Epee

and make top 16 in Y12 and top 32 in Y14 Women’s Epee.

Julia Aires make top 16 in Cadet and Y14 Women’s Epee.

19 East Bay Fencers fenced in 39 events at the Nationals and brought home 4 Medals!

Our youngest Sophia Habek became the 2023 National Champion in Y-10 Women’s Epee!

But Sophia was not the only East Bay Fencer with a visit to the podium, Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu won a bronze medal in Vet-50 Men’s Epee, Barry Leonardini  finished 5th in Vet-80 Men’s and Allen Graham finished 8th in Vet-40 Men’s Epee.

Congratulations to all EBFG fencers who trained hard for this year’s nationals. What a great ending to an incredible 2022-23 season!

(see top finishers and a list of all EBFG fencers who participated below images)

Y-10 Women’s Épée

1 Sophia Habek GOLD MEDAL and NATIONAL CHAMPION

Y-12 Women’s Épée

14 Sophia Habek (Top 16) Earn new rating E

56 Matea Chiou-Williams (Top 64)

Y-14 Women’s Épée

62 Julia Aires (Top 64)

Div I-A Women’s Épée

32 Sarah Hepler (Top 32)

Div I-A Men’s Épée

36 Kyle Yamasaki (Top 64)

Div II Women’s Épée

18 Sarah Hepler (Top 32)

Div II Men’s Épée

61 Steve Chen (Top 64)

Div III Men’s Épée

29 Karan Gupta (Top 32)

Vet-40 Men’s Épée

8 Allen Graham (Top 8)

29 Ryan Sloan (Top 32)

Vet-50 Men’s Épée

3 Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu BRONZE MEDAL

22 Andy Davis (Top 32)

24 Steve Chen (Top 32)

29 Matt Maychrowitz (Top 32)

34 Charles Hargrove (Top 64)

Vet-60 Men’s Épée

31 Gerard Downey (Top 32)

39 David Beittel (Top 64)

Vet-70 Men’s Épée

9 Solomon Weingarten (Top 16)

16 Barry Leonardini (Top 16)

Vet-80 Men’s Épée

5 Barry Leonardini (Top 8)

Veteran Team Men’s Épée

7^th place (Top 8)

Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu, Allen Graham, Charles Hargrove, Matt Maychrowitz

19^th place (Top 32)

Henry Chang, Andy Davis, Gerard Downey

23^rd place (Top 32)

Steven Chen, Ryan Sloan, Solomon Weingarten, David Beittel

February 3-6, 2023

Congratulations

Sophia Habek for winning the Gold medal in Youth 10 Women’s Epee

and make top 16 in Y12 and Y14 Women’s Epee

Matea Williams  to make top 16 in Y14 Women’s Epee and 19 place in Y12 Women’s Epee

Lucy De Neale Y12 Women’s Epee 22 place and Y14 Women’s Epee 30 place

Julia Aires Y14 Women’s Epee 21 place

Santa Clara, CA November 4-6, 2022

Congratulations to all EBFG fencers who trained hard, participate, and won medals.

GREAT RESULTS!!!

Y-10 Women’s Épée

Gold medal

Sophia Habek

Y-12 Women’s Épée

Sophia Habek and Matea  Chiou-Williams (top 32)

Junior Women’s Epee

Brockmann Brooke (top 32)

Junior Men’s Epee

Lio He (top 32)

Cadet Men’s Epee

Lio He (top 16)

Div I-A Women’s Épée

Chung Kim (top 16)

Div I-A Men’s Épée

Allen Graham (top 32)

Vet Women’s Épée

Lynch Kristin (top 8)

Vet Men’s Épée

Bronze Medal

Hargrove Charles

Gerard Downey

Matt Maychrowitz (top 8)

Lipton Michael (top 32)

GREAT RESULTS!!!

Congratulations to
Sophia Habek for winning the Gold medal in Youth 10 Women’s Epee

Sophia Habek  and Matea Williams
to make top 8 in Y12 Women’s Epee

Julia Aires to make top 8 in Y14 Women’s Epee

GREAT RESULTS!!!

East Bay Fencers Gym had a great showing at this year’s National Championships & July Challenge in Minneapolis, MN on July 2-11, 2022

16 East Bay Fencers fenced in 13 events at the Nationals brought home 2 individual medals (Gold and Bronze) and 1 team Medal (Bronze)

Congratulations to all EBFG fencers who trained hard to qualify, participate and won medals. GREAT RESULTS!!!

Y-10 Women’s Épée

6 Sophia Habek (Top 8)

57 Lucia Deneale (Top 64)

Y-12 Women’s Épée

45 Sophia Habek (Top 64)

Div I-A Men’s Épée

40 Kyle Yamasaki (Top 64)

Vet-40 Men’s Épée

3 Keith Lichten (Bronze Medal)

10 Allen Graham (Top 16)

Vet-50 Men’s Épée

1 Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu (Gold Medal)

8 Alex Rood (Top 8)

12 Matt Maychrowitz (Top 16)

29 Joel Kaufman (Top 32)

Vet-60 Men’s Épée

28 Gerard Downey (Top 32)

Vet-70 Men’s Épée

13 Barry Leonardini (Top 16)

Veteran Team Men’s Épée

3rd place (Bronze)

Keith Lichten

Mehmet Tepedelenlioglu

Allen Graham

Joel Kaufman

Veteran Team Men’s Épée

14th place

Matt Maychrowitz

Gerard Downey

Alex Rood

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!

View the full results on AskFred.net.