Catherine Flanagan Brings Home a Bronze Medal Fencing with Team USA at the European Cadet Circuit

Pictured: Catherine Flanagan and Team USA at the European Cadet Circuit

Moedling, Austria (November, 2019) - Tim Morehouse Fencer Catherine Flanagan participated in the European Cadet Circuit, a World Cup tournament featuring Cadet competitions. She fenced in the individual and team events for Cadet Women’s Foil.

Catherine fenced with Team USA in Cadet Team Women’s Foil, bringing home a Bronze Medal in this category. She also fenced in Individual Cadet Women’s Foil, where she finished in 60th place out of 209 participants.

Congratulations Catherine!

Full Results: https://fencingtimelive.com/tournaments/eventSchedule/A3B5D8D1ED4C47F1B689EE0F3455D568#today

Tim Morehouse Fencers Win 10 Medals at the Windy City SYC/RCC

Pictured: Coach Michael Kim with TMFC Y-14 fencers

Highlights:

• Shaun Kim won a Gold Medal in Youth-12 Men's Saber

• Richard Li won a Silver Medal in Youth-12 Men's Foil

• Enzo Bera won a Bronze Medal in Youth-12 Men's Saber

• Amaya Javeri won a Bronze Medal in Youth-14 Women's Saber

• Richard Li won a Bronze Medal in Youth-14 Men's Foil

• Charlotte Young won a Bronze Medal in Youth-10 Women's Saber

• Charlotte Young won a Top-8 Medal in Youth-12 Women's Saber

• Aria Bevacqua won a Top-8 Medal in Youth-12 Women's Saber

• Aria Bevacqua won a Top-8 Medal in Cadet Women's Saber

• Aria Bevacqua won a Top-8 Medal in Youth-14 Women's Saber

Deerfield, IL (November, 2019) - Students of Tim Morehouse Fencing Club competed in the Windy City SYC/RCC, a three-day tournament at the Berto Center. Our fencers participated in 8 competitions, achieving great results on the fencing strip. They were accompanied by Coach Michael Kim throughout the events.

Pictured: Aria Bevacqua and Coach Michael Kim

Tim Morehouse fencers achieved 10 medal-wins throughout the tournament. Notably, Shaun Kim won a Gold Medal in Youth-12 Men's Saber, and Richard Li won a Silver Medal in Youth-12 Men's Foil.

Our fencers brought home four Bronze Medals as well. Bronze Medal wins were achieved by Enzo Bera in Youth-12 Men's Saber, Amaya Javeri in Youth-14 Women's Saber, Richard Li in Youth-14 Men's Foil, and Charlotte Young in Youth-10 Women's Saber. Charlotte also won a Top-8 Medal in Youth-12 Women's Saber.

Additionally, Aria Bevacqua won three medals at this tournament! She brought home Top-8 Medals in Youth-12 Women's Saber, Cadet Women's Saber, and Youth-14 Women's Saber.

Congratulations everyone!

Full Results: https://fencingtimelive.com/tournaments/eventSchedule/0D38AEB166C04DE0852C464E6D5E73F9#today

Nowell Gibson Achieves a Top-32 Finish at the Challenge Mondial in Grenoble, France

Pictured: Nowell Gibson at the Challenge Mondial

Grenoble, France (November, 2019) - TMFC Fencer Nowell Gibson competed in the Challenge Mondial, an International Cadet tournament. The competition took place at Club Escrime Parmentier, where Nowell participated in both the individual and team events in Cadet Men’s Epee.

In Cadet individual Men’s Epee, Nowell reached a Top-32 result, brining home a 26th place finish.

In Cadet Team Men’s Epee, Nowell fenced with Team USA. He was joined by teammates Nicholas Candela and Ryan Lee. They achieved an impressive Top-16 result, coming in 10th place.

Congratulations Nowell!

Full Results: https://engarde-service.com/app.php?id=1105B2

TMFC Fencers Compete in the Men’s Saber World Cup in Cairo, Egypt

Pictured: Jonah Shainberg and Ziad Elsissy

Cairo, Egypt (November, 2019) - Olympic qualification for Tokyo 2020 resumed this weekend and three Olympic hopeful fencers from Tim Morehouse Fencing Club competed in the Men’s Sabre World Cup - Ziad Elsissy, Fito Western, and Jonah Shainberg.

The three TMFC fencers each represented their home countries of Egypt, Puerto Rico, USA and Team USA respectively.

Ziad Elsissy, who also coaches at TMFC, had the best result from the club as he achieved a Top-32 finish. Along the way, he defeated the #1 seeded fencer in the tournament in the round of 64 before falling 14-15 to make the round of 16.

Jonah and Fito lost close matches on the first day. All of them are competing to try to make the Tokyo 2020 Olympic team and we wish them the best of luck in the upcoming competitions!

Pictured: A huge image of Jonah Shainberg on the finals stage in Cairo, Egypt

Full Results: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/tournaments/eventSchedule/012EF8139B964ADF8297AC5AA73FAB1E#today

Tim Morehouse Cadet Fencers Bring Home Bronze Medals and More at the at the Sofia Cadet International Tournament

Pictured: Chelsea Delsoin and Madison Four-Garcia

Highlights:

• Top-16 finish for Madison Four-Garcia in Cadet International Women’s Saber

• Top-32 finish for Chelsea Delsoin in Cadet International Women’s Saber

• Top-32 finish for Peter Hammer in Cadet International Men’s Saber

• Top-64 finish for Lysander Denner in Cadet International Men’s Saber

• Bronze Medals for Madison Four-Garcia and Chelsea Delsoin in Team Women’s Saber

• Top-8 Medal for Peter Hammer in Team Men’s Saber

• Top-16 finish for Lysander Denner in Team Men’s Saber

Sofia, Bulgaria (November, 2019) - Four students from Tim Morehouse Fencing Club competed in the Sofia Cadet International. They competed in both individual and team events, reaching impressive results on the fencing strip.

Pictured: Madison Four-Garcia

Pictured: Chelsea Delsoin

TMFC Fencers Madison Four-Garcia and Chelsea Delsoin achieved strong results in Cadet Women’s Saber with both earning international points and team points by finishing in the round of 32 or better.

Madison had her best international result to date, making it to the round of 16 and finishing in 10th place. She hurt her ankle in the process and continued on with determination. She lost 12-15 to make the top-8 but showed a lot of grit and strength in defeat.

This was a first Cadet International tournament for Chelsea Delsoin. She achieved an impressive 24th place result.

TMFC fencers Peter Hammer and Lysander Denner competed in Cadet Men’s Saber. Peter achieved a Top-32 result, finishing in 27th place. Lysander Denner came in 60th place, reaching a Top-64 result.

Pictured: Team USA celebrates their International Bronze Medal win

Team USA achieved a Bronze Medal in the Cadet Women’s Saber Team event. The team consisted of Chelsea Delsoin, Madison Four-Garcia, Siobhan Sullivan, and Erica Wu. TMFC Fencers Chelsea Delsoin and Madison Four-Garcia won their first International medals fencing in this category.

Pictured: Peter Hammer and Lysander Denner getting some final advice from Coach Terrence Lasker before they start the Cadet Team event.

In the Cadet Men’s Saber Team event, TMFC Fencers Peter Hammer and Lysander Denner fenced on separate teams, which both made it into the Top-16.

One team consisted of TMFC fencer Peter Hammer, paired with teammates Jaden Callahan, Alexander Jeffords, and Matthew Limb. This team came in seventh place, bringing home a Top-8 result!

Lysander Denner teamed with Andrew Gefell and Avery Kim in this competition. They achieved an impressive 9th place finish, bringing home a Top-16 result.

Full Results: https://www.engarde-service.com/files/bulfencing/etropolski/

Tim Morehouse Fencers Win 17 Medals at the Neil Lazar RYC/RJCC

Pictured: Y-10 Men’s Saber Squad

Highlights:

• Nickolas Rusadze won a Gold Medal in Youth-12 Men's Foil

• Avni Krishna won a Silver Medal in Youth-10 Women's Epee

• Triton Oh won a Bronze Medal in Youth-12 Men's Saber

• Yifei Liu won a Bronze Medal in Youth-10 Women's Saber

• Alina Zhang won a Bronze Medal in Youth-14 Women's Foil

• Gabriel McCarthy won a Top-8 Medal in Youth-14 Men's Saber

• Triton Oh won a Top-8 Medal in Youth-14 Men's Saber

• Alexandra Wong won a Top-8 Medal in Youth-14 Women's Epee

• Ethan Kim won a Top-8 Medal in Youth-10 Men's Saber

• Nickolas Rusadze won a Top-8 Medal in Youth-14 Men's Foil

• Gabriel McCarthy won a Top-8 Medal in Youth-12 Men's Saber

• Enzo Bera won a Top-8 Medal in Youth-12 Men's Saber

• Richard Lin won a Top-8 Medal in Junior Men's Foil

• Brendan Lee won a Top-8 Medal in Youth-10 Men's Foil

• Iris Yang won a Top-8 Medal in Youth-10 Women's Foil

• Christina Ferrari won a Top-8 Medal in Junior Women's Foil

• William Morrill won a Top-8 Medal in Junior Men's Saber

New Haven, CT (November, 2019) - Students from Tim Morehouse Fencing Club competed in the Neil Lazar RYC/RJCC, a two-day RYC/RJCC at the Floyd Little Athletic Center.

Tim Morehouse fencers entered in 24 distinct events and won 17 medals altogether. Our students brought home one Gold Medal, one Silver Medal, three Bronze Medals, and 12 Top-8 Medals.

Pictured: Coach Kendall, Triton Oh, Gabriel McCarthy, and Enzo Bera

Notably, TMFC Fencers won three medals in Y-12 Men’s Saber. Triton Oh won a Bronze Medal, and Gabriel McCarthy and Enzo Bera both won Top-8 Medals in this category.

Pictured: Nickolas Rusadze

Pictured: Avni Krishna

Nickolas Rusadze won a Gold Medal in Youth-12 Men's Foil. Additionally, Avni Krishna won a Silver Medal in Youth-10 Women's Epee!

Additional Bronze Medal wins were achieved by Yifei Liu in Youth-10 Women's Saber, and Alina Zhang in Youth-14 Women's Foil.

Bravo everyone!

Full Results: https://fencingtimelive.com/tournaments/eventSchedule/8CAE1865BFFD45079FBAA3B161BD1201#today

New Video Documents Saber Highlights From the First Half of the 2019-2020 Season

It’s been an exhilarating season so far, full of exciting achievements and great memories. Tim Morehouse fencers have been training hard, and it is certainly paying off. This video highlights some of our club’s greatest Saber Fencing moments from the past few months.

We can’t wait to see what the rest of the season will bring!

TMFC Fencers Achieve Awesome Results at the November NAC

Pictured: TMFC Women’s Foil Fencers at the November NAC

Highlights:

• Silver Medal by Chelsea Delsoin in Youth-14 Women's Saber

• Top-8 Medal by Finn Hossfeld in Junior Men's Foil

• Top-16 finish by Josephine Chang in Cadet Women's Saber

• Top-16 finish by Adele Bois in Cadet Women's Saber

• Top-16 finish by Madison Duckett in Youth-14 Women's Saber

Milwaukee, WI (November, 2019) - Members of Tim Morehouse Fencing Club competed in the November NAC, the second North American Cup of the 2019-20 season. The four-day tournament took place at the Wisconsin Center and featured Junior, Cadet and Y14 events. Our fencers were accompanied by coaches Tim, Achiko, Diana, and Kendall.

Pictured: Chelsea Delsoin

Pictured: Finn Hossfeld

TMFC fencers won two medals altogether, and achieved an additional three Top-16 finishes. Chelsea Delsoin won a Silver Medal in Youth-14 Women's Saber. Additionally, Finn Hossfeld won a Top-8 Medal in Junior Men's Foil, and earned his A19 rating!

Top-16 finishes were achieved by Josephine Chang in Cadet Women's Saber, Adele Bois in Cadet Women's Saber, and Madison Duckett in Youth-14 Women's Saber.

Congratulations everyone!

Full Results: https://fencingtimelive.com/tournaments/eventSchedule/25A4214D85944517A223D05045879E00#today