SoCal Division

Monday, March 6, 2017

New Facebook Page!

Hello!

We now have a new Facebook Page! It can be found at https://www.facebook.com/USFASoCal/

Like to page to get more updates on tournaments, etc.! Thank you!

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Summer National Qualifiers to be held in April due to lack of venue

The Southern California Division is looking for a venue to host the Summer National qualifiers and are currently placing the date of the qualifiers to be in April. Please let us know if you have a venue available, otherwise stay tuned for more information as it becomes available.

Southern California World Team Members!

Congratulations to all the SoCal Cadet and Junior World Team Members!

In Men's Epee, we have 2 from Southern California on the Junior World Team!

1st Justin Yoo UPENN/LAIFC
2nd Stephen Ewart Jr Swords

In Women's Epee, we have 1 in Cadet and 1 in Junior!

Cadet Women's Epee
3rd Chloe Daniel Fortune

Junior Women's Epee
1st Kasia Nixon Princeton/LAIFC

In Men's Foil, we have 1 on the Junior World Team!
1st Nick Itkin LAIFC

That is a total of 5 fencers on the World Team from Southern California! Congratulations to the fencers, their families, their clubs, and their coaches! Great job!

Junior Olympics Results!!

Socal Division did incredibly well at the past Junior Olympics held in Kansas City, MO. Below are the top 8 finishers in each event! Congratulations to all those who competed, their coaches, and their clubs!

Junior Men's Epee
6th Adrien Thien-Sandler LAIFC

Cadet Women's Saber
Bronze Mikaela Avakian AGFC

Junior Women's Epee
GOLD Kasia Nixon Princeton/LAIFC
Bronze Claire Beddingfield LAIFC

Junior Team Women's Foil
Bronze Chen, Park, Yaroshenko, Park LAIFC
8th Cola, Lu, Yamaguchi UFA

Junior Team Men's Epee
Bronze Ewart, Daroian, Kung Swords
5th Chao, Cho, Sirand, Thein-Sandler LAIFC

Junior Team Women's Epee
6th Nixon, Beddingfield, Beddingfield, Gao LAIFC

Cadet Men's Epee
7th Benjamin Yeh Fortune

Junior Team Men's Foil
7th Louie, Yee, Yu, Yu LAIFC

Cadet Women's Epee
6th Karolina Nixon LAIFC
8th Irene Yeu Swords

Congratulations to all! Full results can be found here.

Monday, November 21, 2016

SoCal Division Oct and Nov Nac results

The SoCal Division was well represented in the October and November NAC. Here are the results. Below are the top 8 finishers in each event from the SoCal Division. Links to full results are included.

October NAC - Detroit, MI

Cadet Men's Epee
5th Aidan Kung Swords

Division I Women's Foil
6th Madison Zeiss EDL/LAIFC

Division II Women's Epee
6th Aretha Gao LAIFC

Division I Women's Epee
8th Chloe Daniel Fortune

Division I Men's Epee
GOLD Justin Yoo LAIFC
BRONZE Joseph Rafidi Swords
8th Charlie Horowitz LAIFC

Cadet Women's Foil
8th Alexandra Park LAIFC

Cadet Women's Epee
GOLD Karolina Nixon LAIFC
BRONZE Chloe Daniel Fortune
5th Catherine Beddingfield LAIFC

Division II Men's Saber
6th Alexander Jones AGFC

Full October NAC Results here.

November NAC - Milwaukee, WI

Junior Men's Foil
SILVER Nick Itkin LAIFC

Y10 Men's Epee
5th Nicholas Jin Fortune
6th Max Zhu Fortune

Y14 Men's Foil
7th Bryce Louie LAIFC

Cadet Men's Saber
BRONZE Richard Shin AGFC

Junior Men's Epee
6th Adrien Thien-Sandler LAIFC
7th Stephen Ewart Jr Swords

Y14 Women's Epee
BRONZE Irene Yeu Swords

Y14 Women's Saber
BRONZE Mikaela Avakian AGFC

Junior Men's Saber
7th Daniel Kwak AGFC

Full November NAC results here.

Congratulations to all our fencers!!!

Friday, September 23, 2016

SoCal JO Quals now posted

Junior Olympic 2016 Qualifiers are now posted on AskFred.net

https://askfred.net/Events/Prereg/prereg.php?tournament_id=35094

Please sign up early for best referee coverage. The tournament will be held at the Sports Academy HQ.
Please note new date!!!
The tournament will be held on Saturday, December 17th, 2016.

Please check back for more information.

The live results link will be up by Dec 10th and fully updated by Dec 16th, 2016. They can be found at
tinyurl.com/JOQuals2016.

Friday, June 10, 2016

Favero Scoring Machines for sale

Hello,

The SoCal Division has 2 Favero Arm-01 scoring machines for sale. They do NOT have the timers and have NOT been updated with the new saber timing. They are in fair condition and are about 15-20 years old. The starting bid will be $65 or OBO for each machine.

All bids are accepted. Please email your bids for each machine to swordsinc@yahoo.com. Bids will be accepted until July 20th, 2016. Please email the highest you are willing to pay for the machines. In the event of a tie we will contact those who bid the most and see what they are willing to pay for each. Thank you for your time and happy bidding!!!

Thursday, March 31, 2016

Summer National Qualifiers Lost Items

Hello,

There were several items left behind at the gym for the SN Quals. Please contact the Treasurer, Jim Beihold at jbeihold@gmail.com for more info. Thank you.

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Summer National Qualifiers Results

The SoCal Division held the SN Quals at the Pasadena City College this past weekend. We are happy to report the Qualifiers from that day. Congratulations to all the qualifiers and medalists this past weekend.

Y14 Men's Saber Qualified For Earns
1. Matthew Limb AGFC Y14MS
2. Phillip Chien AGFC Y14MS
3. Benjamin Kim AGFC Y14MS

Div 2/3 Women's Saber
1. Madeline Limb AGFC Div 2/3 WS
2. Sylvie Sanders LAIFC Div 2/3 WS
3. Emily Yee D'Asaro Div 2/3 WS
4. Sawako Iizuko AGFC Div 3/Vet WS

Div 2/3 Women's Epee
1. Rachel Bang Swords Div 2 WE
2. Kimberley Kimura LAIFC Div 2 WE
3. Annette Lee Swords Div 2/3 WE
3. Melody Lo Fortune Div 2/3 WE
5. Amanda Chang Fortune Vet WE
6. Kristen Kim Swords Div 3 WE
7. Penny Segal Fortune Div 3/Vet WE
8. Sofia Kim BHFC Div 3 WE
9. Barbara Antonio Fortune Vet WE
10. Lucero Fernandez Fortune Vet WE
12. Sulmas Mohebi Swords Vet WE

Div 2/3 Men's Epee
1. Artem Bortnik Swords Div 2/3 ME C16
2. Spencer Dingman Fortune Div 2 ME
3. William Campos Swords Div 2 ME
3. Kevin Barkett BHFC Div 2 ME
5. Matthew Kuiken Presidio Div 2/3/Vet ME
6. Dustin Yeung Fortune Div 3 ME
7. Justin Phen Fortune Div 3 ME
8. Daniel Comer Fortune Div 3 ME E16
9. Joseph Freeman Fortune Div 3/Vet ME
12. Scott Doudrick Fortune Vet ME
13. Richard Lee BHFC Vet ME
17. Stephen Ewart Sr Swords Vet ME
18. Mustafa Yasar Unattached Vet ME

Div 2/3 Women's Foil
1. Kate Yamaguchi UFA Div 2/3 WF
2. Samantha Yeh LAIFC Div 2/3 WF
3. Elya Bach La Verne Div 2/3 WF
4. Madalyn Macarr Unattached Div 3 WF
5. Mia Parent UFA Div 3 WF
6. Maria Gwynn LAIFC Div 3 WF

Div 2/3 Men's Foil
1. Bryce Louie LAIFC Div 2 MF
2. Lance Fortner UFA Div 2/3 MF
3. Matthew Kuiken Presidio Div 2/3/Vet MF
4. Lucas Nichols Presidio Div 3 MF
5. Baxter Hamilton LAIFC Div 3 MF
6. Dylan Faulcon UFA Div 3 MF
7. Richard Lim BHFC Vet MF
8. Duane Chan Conejo Vet MF
12. Andrew Lohmann IFAM Vet MF

Y14 Men's Epee
1. Justin Phen Fortune Y14 ME
2. Ethan Remez-Cott BHFC Y14 ME
3. Daniel Comer Fortune Auto
3. Cameron Garrison BHFC Y14 ME
5. Daniel Kinney Swords Y14 ME

Y14 Women's Epee
1. Annette Lee Swords Y14 WE
2. Josephine Lieber LAIFC Y14 WE
3. Lexiss Morgan Swords Y14 WE

Y14 Women's Foil
1. Samantha Yeh LAIFC Y14 WF
2. Kaila Yi UFA Y14 WF
3. Zoe Kalamaros Precision Y14 WF

Y14 Men's Foil
1. Justin Ho UFA Y14 MF
2. Alexander Kahn LAIFC Y14 MF
3. Adam Catlin UFA Y14 MF

Y14 Women's Saber
1. Evelyn Chin ZFLA Y14WS
2. Jessica Kim D'Asaro Y14WS

Div 2/3 Men's Saber
1. Oliver Copeland AGFC Div 2/3 MS
2. Sean Chu ZFLA Div 2/3 MS
3. Andrew Huang ZFLA Div 2/3 MS
3. Kevin Barkett BHFC Div 2/3 MS
5. Connor Dotson D'Asaro Div 3 MS
6. Matthew Kuiken Presidio Div 3/Vet MS
7. Troy Richardson AGFC Div 3/Vet MS
8. Ryan Lee ZFLA Div 3 MS

Full Results here

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Semi-Annual Membership Meeting

Semi-Annual Membership Meeting to be held February 20th, 2016 at the Northridge Student Center Gym at 4:00 pm at the same location as the Sword in the Stone RYC where the basketball gyms are held.

Please come and participate to nominate next year's Division Officers. Thank you!

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

JO Quals Results

Congratulations to all the fencers who competed this past Saturday and qualified for the Junior Olympics being held in Cleveland, Ohio in February 2016.

Junior Men's Epee
Gold - Aidan Kung Swords Jr ME/Cadet ME
Silver - Luke Sirand LAIFC Jr ME
Bronze - William Campos Swords Jr ME Earns C15
Bronze - Benjamin Yeh Fortune Jr ME/Cadet ME

6th - Adrian Ballard Fortune Earns D15

Junior Women's Epee
Gold - Claire Beddingfield LAIFC Jr WE/Cadet WE
Silver - Chloe Daniel Fortune Jr WE/Cadet WE
Bronze - Jamie Bang Swords Jr WE
Bronze - Emily Beihold Swords Jr WE/Cadet WE
5th - Aretha Gao LAIFC Jr WE/Cadet WE Earns D15

Junior Men's Foil
Gold - Jonathan Lee Precision Jr MF/Cadet MF
Silver - Adam Yu LAIFC Jr MF/Cadet MF

Junior Women's Foil
Gold - Tiffany Lu UFA Jr WF/Cadet WF
Silver - Jade Eng La Verne Jr WF/Cadet WF
Bronze - Kate Yamaguchi UFA Jr WF/Cadet WF

Cadet Men's Epee
Gold - Gary Tsang LAIFC Cadet ME
Silver - Jeremiah Fountain BHFC Cadet ME
Bronze - Artem Bortnik Swords Cadet ME
Bronze - Elton Lo Fortune Cadet ME Earns D15
5th - Stafford Moosekian Swords Earns E15

Cadet Women's Epee
Gold - Irene Yeu Swords Cadet WE
Silver - Melody Lo Fortune Cadet WE
Bronze - Shaya Shamsian LAIFC Cadet WE
Bronze - Kimberley Kimura LAIFC Cadet WE

Cadet Men's Foil
Gold - Ryan Wixen LAIFC Cadet MF
Silver - Dylan Faulcon UFA Cadet MF
Bronze - Ian Ngo Chaminade Cadet MF

Junior Men's Saber
Gold - Alexander Jones AGFC Jr MS/Cadet MS
Silver - Ian Latham LAIFC Jr MS/Cadet MS
Bronze - Eric Sang Z Fencing Jr MS/Cadet MS

Cadet Women's Foil
Gold - Emmanuelle Cola UFA Cadet WF
Silver - Jade Eng LaVerne Cadet WF
Bronze - Alexis Snitman UFA Cadet WF

Junior Women's Saber
Gold - Mikaela Avakian AGFC Jr WS/Cadet WS
Silver - Anita Grigore LAIFC Jr WS/Cadet WS
Bronze - Melina Mallory LAIFC Jr WS/Cadet WS

Cadet Men's Saber
Gold - Oliver Copeland AGFC Cadet MS
Silver - Andrew Huang Z Fencing Cadet MS
Bronze - Nathan Gi Z Fencing Cadet MS

Cadet Women's Saber
Gold - Madeline Limb AGFC Cadet WS
Silver - Emily Yee D'Asaro Cadet WS

Full Results can be found on AskFred or at tinyurl.com/SocalJOQ2015

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Referee Seminar hosted by Derek Cotton 11/22/2015

Good Afternoon, Everyone! Just wanted to let you know that Derek Cotton will be conducting a Referee Seminar in West LA on November 22nd. Attending one is a pre-requisite to becoming a rated referee. Derek will also take you through additional steps necessary in order to obtain a rating, so can I if needed. If you or any of your students are interested - please contact him directly at foilcoach@yahoo.com . Thanks for your time. This is not being hosted by the SoCal Division so please go through Derek Cotton directly. Thank you!

All Socal Sanctioned Tournaments must turn in Tournament Request and new Referee Reporting Form with Classification Changes

The USFA is now requesting that all tournaments sanctioned under the Southern California Division turn in a Referee Reporting Form before classifications can be completed. Please email the Division for the form or find it on the Forms page as well as in this post. Thank you for your time.

Referee Reporting Form

Friday, November 6, 2015

New Address for JO Quals at Crossroads High School

Hello

The correct address given to us by Crossroads School is 1634 18th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404. Please use this to find the gym that the Junior Olympics qualifiers will be held. Please check back to see the updated schedule change based on number of entries. Thank you.

JO Quals path clarification

Hello,

There was some confusion among fencers on whether or not they had already qualified for the 2016 Junior Olympics. The USFA does not do a great job on their website of explaining this so we will try to clear up some of the questions.

You can be auto-qualified if you earned points in the 2015 Junior Olympics, 2015 Summer Nationals, or in the 2015 October NAC. You will qualify if you earn points in the upcoming November and December NACs as well. Normally points roll off the rolling points list right before that same tournament for the following year is to take place, but with the case of JOs, earning points in the previous JOs(as long as you're age eligible) will qualify you for the next JOs as well.

Division I points do trickle down to Junior and Cadet points' lists.

You can also qualify through the RJCC points list where 2 RJCC results count toward your overall total. The top 25% in each Region will qualify for Junior Olympics.

The last way to qualify is to qualify through the Division JO Quals being held in December. You can sign up on AskFred here.

This covers most of the bases in which you can qualify for JOs, but probably doesn't cover them all. Please ask your coaches or email us with more questions and we will find the answers if we don't already know them ourselves.

Good luck and congrats to those who have already qualified!

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

SoCal Junior Olympics Qualifiers 2015

Hello All,

The Socal JO Quals will be held Saturday December 19th at the Crossroads School for Arts in Santa Monica. All events will take place on one day.

The location is Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences, 1714 21st St., Santa Monica, CA 90404.

Please pre-register and pay online on AskFred.net at SoCal JOQ 2015.

Sign up early to get the best referee coverage! Thank you for your time!

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

LAIFC Invitational to be held Sun Sept 20th

Don't miss out on competing at the annual LAIFC Invitational on Sunday September 20th. Sign up on Askfred to register early.

LAIFC Invitational

Thursday, August 27, 2015

SoCal club choreographs and is involved in DJ Dahi "Drop" Music video showcasing fencing

DJ Dahi "Drop" Music video is posted on youtube and other music websites featuring a fencer and his journey through a tournament and training. Swords Fencing Studio provided extras, fencers, and a fencing choreographer to lead to the end result. Click on the link below and see fencing in a music video!

DJ Dahi "Drop"

Enjoy!

Tentative SoCal JO Qualifiers

We are still looking for venues, but we are tentatively looking at the following dates.

Saber events to be held at Z Fencing either Nov 21st, 2015 or Dec 19th, 2015.

Epee/Foil events to be held at a TBD venue and either Nov 22nd, 2015 or Dec 20th, 2015.

Please reserve those dates until we can find an appropriate venue though we are leaning toward the November dates to give enough time to all fencers. Thank you.

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

All Star Open at Cal Tech

The first tournament of the season was held at Cal Tech this past weekend.

The Men's Epee event was well attended with 28 fencers.

Congrats to Algird Szumlas(Golubitsky) for taking Gold in the Men's Epee event, Emon Daroian(Swords) took silver, and Chris Kim(Swords) and Sergio Fernandez(Fortune) tied for Bronze.

Full results All Star Open

Thursday, July 9, 2015

SoCal Summer Nationals 2015 Results and Successes!!!

We had a great turnout and great results for SoCal with several medals and top 32 finishes! Below are the results for each event per day! Full results can be found here.

Great job to everyone and their coaches and families! Keep up the good work!

Day 1 - June 27th, 2015

Cadet Women's Epee
Silver - Hanna Lee LAIFC/FAN Earned A15
18th - Nicole Agob Swords Fencing Studio
25th - Emily Beihold Swords Fencing Studio
29th - Catherine Beddingfield LAIFC

Div I Men's Foil
13th - Igor Zapozdaev LAIFC

Cadet Men's Saber
15th - Daniel Kwak Avant Garde

Div IA Men's Epee
18th - Jason Lipton MFA

Day 2 - June 28th, 2015

Div I Men's Epee
5th - Justin Yoo LAIFC
19th - Charlie Horowitz LAIFC

Junior Women's Epee
Gold - Kasia Nixon LAIFC
9th - Karolina Nixon LAIFC Earned B15
21st - Audrey Yun Columbia/LAIFC
29th - Caitlin McKenna Swords Fencing Studio

Day 3 - June 29th, 2015

Cadet Men's Foil
Bronze - Nick Itkin LAIFC

Div I Men's Saber
24th - Michael Costin Columbia/Avant Garde

Div I Women's Epee
13th - Kasia Nixon LAIFC
28th - Claire Dinhut Harvard University

Cadet Women's Saber
25th - Anita Grigore LAIFC
31st - Allison Dunlap D'ASARO Earned D15
32nd - Mikaela Avakian Avante Garde

Day 4 - June 30th, 2015

Junior Men's Epee
Gold - Charlie Horowitz LAIFC
Bronze - Jake Raynis LAIFC
10th - Justin Yoo LAIFC
24th - Porter Hesslegrave LAIFC
29th - Sean Strong Presidio
31st - Stephen Ewart Jr Swords Fencing Studio

Junior Women's Foil
10th - Alexandra Park LAIFC

Vet 70 Women's Foil
Gold - Patricia Bedrosian COUT

Senior Team Men's Saber
7th - AGFC (Arzoian, Costin, Loss, Kwak) AGFC
24th - AGFC II (Chen, Smith, Shin, Jones) AGFC

Vet 40 Men's Epee
24th - Jansen Hu LAIFC

Vet 50 Men's Epee
9th - James Beihold Swords Fencing Studio
20th - Carl Loeffler LAIFC

Vet 60 Men's Epee
8th - Daryl Taylor Fortune/SALLANC

Vet 50 Women's Foil
27th - Kari Sobisky UFA/Conejo

Vet 60 Women's Foil
14th - Harriet Eckstein Presidio

Day 5 - July 1st, 2015

Junior Men's Foil
13th - Nick Itkin LAIFC
24th - Aiden Ahn Golubitsky
31st - Aaron Ahn Golubitsky

Vet 50 Women's Saber
Silver - Lydia Mazorol D'Asaro
15th - Sawaka Iizuka Avant Garde
23rd - Julia Phillips COUT

Junior Women's Saber
Silver - Anastasia Ivanoff Avant Garde Earned A15

Div IA Women's Epee
24th - Olivia Xu Swords Fencing Studio
27th - Jamie Bang Swords Fencing Studio
30th - Esther Ruiz Swords Fencing Studio

Vet 50 Men's Foil
Gold - Jamie Douraghy LAIFC

Vet 60 Men's Foil
9th - Marek Paitkowski Nazarro Rpt LAIFC
26th - Paul Kazimiroff BHFC

Day 6 - July 2nd, 2015

Y14 Women's Epee
Bronze - Karolina Nixon LAIFC Earned B15
5th - Claire Beddingfield LAIFC
11th - Catherine Beddingfield LAIFC
12th - Chloe Daniel Fortune
24th - Melody Lo Fortune
31st - Stella Smyth LAIFC

Div III Men's Foil
20th - Ryan Wixen LAIFC

Y14 Men's Saber
8th - Richard Shin Avant Garde
22nd - Alexander Jones Avant Garde

Cadet Men's Epee
Bronze - Stephen Ewart Jr Swords Fencing Studio
9th - Adrien Thein-Sandler LAIFC

Day 7 - July 3rd, 2015

Vet 70 Men's Saber
7th - Lucas Dobrzanski KERN

Div II Women's Saber
19th - Anita Grigore LAIFC

Div II Men's Foil
19th - Jonathan Lee Unattached

Vet 50 Women's Epee
7th - Mary Huang Swords Fencing Studio/Fortune
9th - Lydia Mazorol D'Asaro
13th - Lucero Fernandez Fortune
26th - Ramona Priester GFS

Y12 Women's Epee
Bronze - Irene Yeu Swords Fencing Studio Earned E15
15th - Aretha Gao LAIFC

Div III Women's Foil
11th - Katherine Fisher BHFC/Fortune Earned E15
13th - Tiffany Lu UFA
17th - Sophia Lambrecht Salle La Verne

Vet 40 Women's Epee
5th - Michele Chimienti Swords Fencing Studio/No Fear
15th - Barbara Antonio Fortune
17th - Amanda Chang Fortune

Vet 60 Women's Epee
6th - Loy Grotts Swords Fencing Studio

Vet 70 Women's Epee
Silver - Patricia Bedrosian COUT

Day 8 - July 4th, 2015

Y10 Men's Epee
28th - Edward Lee Swords Fencing Studio
31st - Rowen Hicks Swords Fencing Studio

Div III Women's Epee
9th - Shaya Shamsian LAIFC
18th - Emily Beihold Swords Fencing Studio

Div III Men's Saber
12th - Alexander Jones Avant Garde
22nd - Jack Graham LAIFC

Y10 Women's Foil
16th - Mia Senderov UFA

Day 9 - July 5th, 2015

Div II Women's Epee
Bronze - Emily Beihold Swords Fencing Studio Earned B15
15th - Rachel Bang Swords Fencing Studio
30th - Madalyn Macarr D'Asaro

Day 10 - July 6th, 2015

Y14 Men's Epee
Bronze - Aidan Kung Swords Fencing Studio Earned A15

Y14 Women's Foil
32nd - Jade Eng Salle La Verne

Y10 Men's Saber
5th - Matthew Limb Avant Garde
8th - Asher Bailey LAIFC
14th - Alexander Jeffords LAIFC
23rd - Oliver Berger LAIFC

Y12 Women's Saber
Gold - Mikaela Avakian Avant Garde

Y10 Women's Epee
19th - Olivia Daniel Fortune
20th - Jasmine Jin Fortune
29th - Daniella Goldrich LAIFC

Y12 Men's Foil
11th - Bryce Louie LAIFC
20th - Eric Yu LAIFC

Wow! That's a lot of fencers, great finishes, and 27 medals! Great job to everyone! Let's keep up the good work and continue to produce results for next year!!

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

SoCal Division Annual Membership Meeting

All Southern California Division members and affiliates are welcome to attend the Annual July Membership Meeting, Saturday,July 18**, 2015, 3:00 pm, at 132 S. Glenoaks Blvd, Burbank, CA. (** Please note the date change. Prior notice had the date at July 11, but the date has been changed to July 18.)

The purpose of this meeting is (i) to elect the Officers and Directors of the So. Cal. Division for the fiscal year 8/1/2015 to 7/31/2016; (ii) to approve the Budget for 2015-2016; and (iii) to conduct any other business that may be proposed.

The nominations for Officers for 2015-2016 are:

Tigran Shaginian (Swords Fencing Studio) or Greg Schiller (unattached) for Chairperson (only one may be elected for this position);
Clare Deffense (Swords Fencing Studio) for Vice-Chairperson;
James Biehold (Swords Fencing Studio) for Treasurer; and
Az Mikayelyan (unattached) for Secretary

Nominations for Directors include Tigran Shaginian, Greg Schiller, Clare Deffense, James Biehold, Az Mikavelyan, Jae Sang (Z Fencing LA), Vadim Ayupov (United Fencing), Phil Hareff (Conejo), and Tim Robinson (Presidio).

Nominations for Officers are closed. However, additional nominations for Directors (also known as Executive Committee members) may be made from the floor, at the time of the meeting.

We hope to see you there!

Clare Deffense (Secretary, So. Cal. Division)

Please try to attend to have your voice, opinions, and ideas heard!

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Good Luck to all those attending Summer Nationals!

Good luck to all Socal Division members competing in San Jose starting at the end of the month!

Competitions will start on June 27th and end on July 6th. We will post results here during the competition and at the end of the tournament. Look for future tournament dates and the updated RJCC, RYC and SYC tournament listings in the near future.

For all those interested, the international designated calendar for Cadet, Junior, an Senior World Cups are posted. 2015-2016 International Calendar

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Referee Seminar with limited space available this weekend with Derek Cotton!!

Please visit the facebook link below to get more info on the clinic as space is limited. You must also reserve a spot by contacting Allex Gruman or posting on the facebook event page.

Sunday May 24th, 2015 9am - 3pm
1707 Micheltorena Street, Los Angeles, CA 90026

Details of the seminar :
a. it takes 6-7 hours depending on the amount of questions.
b. it will take place at the Rec Center of a condo complex located at 1707 Micheltorena Street Los Angeles CA 90026
c. there is street parking, after you park and arrive at the complex - please call Derek @ 213.216.0682 to let you in
d. tuition is $75 per attendee - please pay Derek at the seminar via cheque or cash
e. bring lunch, refreshments, snacks - there is a fridge. you can order lunch is so desired
f. Derek will take you through the following steps of becoming a Referee.
g. Seminar capacity is 20 - please PM Allex Gruman or post in this event if you are wishing to attend.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1084033244955095/

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Updated and Finalized Summer National Qualifiers - Div II, Div III, and Y14

The USFA has verified and finally returned finalized results of all those qualified through our SoCal Summer National Qualifiers held March 21st-22nd in Thousand Oaks. Note for all Y14 fencers, if any of the listed qualifiers qualify after the qualifiers either through the SYC circuit or through the RYC points list, then they would be retroactively considered "Auto Qualified" and the next person listed would then be qualified. However, please wait for the USFA to send their retroactive qualified list at the end of the season as they did for this past Junior Olympics. Keep in mind, they make mistakes so if they preclude anyone from that list, please contact the Socal Division and if you are correct we will work it out with the USFA.

Congratulations to all the qualifiers and possible qualifiers.

Y14 Women's Epee
Gold - Irene Yeu Swords Fencing Studio Qualified
Silver - Octavia Tyagi LAIFC Qualified
Bronze - Melody Lo Fortune Auto
Bronze - Isabella Ocanas BHFC Qualified
5th - Kristen Kim Swords Fencing Studio Waitlisted
6th - Aretha Gao LAIFC Waitlisted
7th - Annika Zhang Fortune Waitlisted
8th - Riley Labrache LAIFC Waitlisted

Y14 Women's Foil
Gold - Rowan Park LAIFC Qualified
Silver - Kate Yamaguchi UFA Qualified
Bronze - Natalie Choi LAIFC Qualified
4th - Zoe Kalamaros LAIFC Waitlisted
5th - Pasha Wynant VAPA #9 Waitlisted
6th - Julia Atallah LAIFC Waitlisted

Y14 Women's Saber
Gold - Andrea Shin Avant Garde Qualified
Silver - Olivia Chiang LAIFC Qualified
Bronze - Rachel Lee Avant Garde Qualified

Y14 Men's Epee
Gold - Nathan Brenner Swords Fencing Studio Qualified
Silver - Martin Volk Swords Fencing Studio Qualified
Bronze - Stafford Moosekian Swords Fencing Studio Qualified
Bronze - Benjamin Raanan BHFC Qualified
5th - Martin Lu Fortune Waitlisted
6th - Ethan Liu BHFC Waitlisted
7th - Daniel Kinney Swords Fencing Studio Waitlisted
8th - Ethan Stambler BHFC Waitlisted

Y14 Men's Foil
Gold - Dylan Faulcon UFA Qualified
Silver - Baxter Hamilton LAIFC Qualified
Bronze - Lance Fortner UFA Qualified
4th - Theo Funk Presidio Waitlisted
5th - Jake Vassallo Salle La Verne Waitlisted
6th - Ethan Dettmann Waitlisted
7th - Aaron Rohrer Conejo Fencing Waitlisted
8th - Rene Henson Waitlisted

Y14 Men's Saber
Gold - Jude Stephenson Avant Garde Qualified
Silver - Oliver Copeland Avant Garde Qualified
Bronze - Sean Chu Fortune Fencing Qualified
4th - Andrew Huang Z Fencing Waitlisted
5th - Christian Moreno Avant Garde Waitlisted
6th - Benjamin Kim Avant Garde Waitlisted
7th - Phillip Chien Z Fencing Waitlisted

Div 2/3 Women's Epee
Gold - Claire Beddingfield LAIFC Div 2 Qualified
Silver - Rachel Bang Swords Fencing Div 2 Qualified
Bronze - Emily Beihold Swords Fencing Div 2/3 Qualified
Bronze - Shirley Luong Fortune Div 2 Qualified
5th - Catherine Beddingfield LAIFC Div 2 Qualified
7th - Amanda Chang Fortune VET Qualified
8th - Shaya Shamsian LAIFC Div 3 Qualified
9th - Emily Leeper Guerra Div 3 Qualified
10th - Penny Segal Fortune Div 3/Vet Qualified
11th - Hannah Hauselman Conejo Fencing Div 3 Qualified
14th - Loy Grotts Swords Fencing Vet Qualified
17th - Carol Kubesh Conejo Fencing Vet Qualified
18th - Ramona Priester Fortune Vet Qualified
19th - Lucero Fernandez Fortune Vet Qualified

Div 2/3 Women's Foil
Gold - Tiffany Lu UFA Div 2/3 Qualified
Silver - Katherine Fisher Cal Tech Div 2/3 Qualified
Bronze - Sophia Lambrecht Salle La Verne Div 2/3 Qualified
Bronze - Jade Eng Salle La Verne Div 2/3 Qualified
6th - Natalie Choi LAIFC Div 3 Qualified
7th - Kari Sobisky UFA Div 3/Vet Qualified
8th - Carol Kubesh Conejo Fencing Div 3/Vet Qualified
12th - Harriet Eckstein Presidio Vet Qualified

Div 2/3 Women's Saber
Gold - Ava Beech Avant Garde Div 2/3 Qualified
Silver - Melina Mallory LAIFC Div 2/3 Qualified
Bronze - Emily Olander UCSB Div 2/3 Qualified
4th - Lynn Varon Conejo Fencing Div 3/Vet Qualified
5th - Sawako Iizuka Avant Garde Div 3/Vet Qualified

Div 2/3 Men's Epee
Gold - Gary Tsang Div 2 Qualified
Silver - Benjamin Yeh Fortune Fencing Div 2 Qualified
Bronze - William Campos Swords Fencing Div 2/3 Qualified
Bronze - Kevin Barkett BHFC Div 2 Qualified
5th - Simon Redding Fortune Fencing Div 2 Qualified
6th - Ben Geisberg Fortune Fencing Div 2/3 Qualified
7th - Charles Lucas BHFC Div 2/3 Qualified
8th - George Fuller UCSB Div 3 Qualified
9th - Jeremiah Fountain BHFC Div 3 Qualified
10th - Artem Bortnik Swords Fencing Div 3 Qualified
11th - Jansen Hu LAIFC Div 3/Vet Qualified
13th - Matthew Kuiken Presidio Div 3/Vet Qualified
14th - Adrian Ballard Fortune Fencing Div 3 Qualified
21st - Joseph Freeman Fortune Fencing Vet Qualified
23rd - Mustafa Yasar Vet Qualified
24th - Erik Knutzen Fortune Fencing Vet Qualified
25th - Brian Rohrer Conejo Fencing Vet Qualified

Div 2/3 Men's Foil
Gold - Jonathan Lee LAIFC Div 2/3 Qualified
Silver - Peter Knoppel UFA Div 2 Qualified
Bronze - Michael Kuzmak LAIFC Div 2 Qualified
Bronze - Benjamin Leider UC Irvine Div 2 Qualified
5th - Michael Mashevsky Salle La Verne Div 2 Qualified
6th - Duane Chan Conejo Fencing Div 3/Vet Qualified
7th - Lucas Nichols Presidio Div 3 Qualified
8th - Michael Tiffany Points West Vet Qualified
10th - Daniel Zhang UCLA Div 3 Qualified
12th - Matthew Kuiken Presidio Vet Qualified
16th - Richard Lim BHFC Vet Qualified

Div 2/3 Men's Saber
Gold - Jack Graham LAIFC Div 2/3 Qualified
Silver - Richard Shin Avant Garde Div 2 Qualified
Bronze - Greg Schiller Div 2/3 Qualified
Bronze - Howard Chen UCLA Div 2/3 Qualified
5th - Alex Jones Avant Garde Div 3 Qualified
6th - Eric Sang Z Fencing Div 3 Qualified
7th - Christian Bayless UCSB Div 3 Qualified
8th - Connor Dotson Salle D'Asaro Div 3 Qualified
12th - Matthew Kuiken Presidio Vet Qualified

Congratulations again to all those above! Please make sure to register for the Summer Nationals before the deadline! Thank you!