Fencing news from around the web.
I want to fence at the 2012 Olympics
She’s won 33 gold medals in fencing locally and regionally, yet this isn’t a record that Ruth Ng feels she should be proud of.
For her, it means only one thing – she isn’t being challenged.
Fencing puts Meramec students on guard
Fencing is a sport of history, adrenaline and technique. The three types of fencing courses offered at STLCC-Meramec are Introduction to Fencing, Electric Foil, and Saber. Each course begins with practice bouts to learn the techniques and to get to know the class. Then the tournaments begin.
Canada Earns Silver at Pan Ams Team Epee Event
August 6th, 2010 – Day four at the Pan American Championships in Costa Rica, Canada delivers another great result by capturing the Silver medal in the Men’s Team Epee event. The Team who is made up of Hugues Boisvert-Simard, Igor Gantsevich, Tigran Bajgoric and Vincent Pelletier dominated their first two matches, but faced a formidable American team in their semi-final bout.
via @mystery_of_me
Fencing Alum Jeff Spahn Named to U.S. Veteran National Team
ATLANTA, Ga. (August 11, 2010) – Former Stevens Institute of Technology fencer Dr. Jeff Spahn ’71 was named to the 2010 United States Veteran World Championship Team this month after the U.S. Fencing Summer National Meet in Atlanta. Spahn and the other athletes selected will represent the United States at the 2010 Veteran World Championship in Porec, Croatia from September 29 – October 3.
Binders point kids toward fencing
The Binders were around the dinner table at home in Armonk one day in 2008, and Jeffrey and Cindy’s daughter, Sylvie, was talking about her favorite sport. She asked about starting a fencing club so others could get the point, too.
Olympian Covaliu holds fencing camp
LAGUNA HILLS – Olympic fencer Mihai Covaliu, who won the bronze medal at the 2008 games in Beijing, is in the second week of a two-week fencing camp at the Laguna Fencing Center.
Wimbledon’s Crook fencing for revenge at Commonwealths
Wimbledon-based fencer Jayne Crook has warned rivals she is out for revenge when she heads to the Commonwealth Fencing Championships in Australia next month.
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