Tim Morehouse Fencing Club Earns 14 Medals at 2025 Summer Nationals

From June 28th through July 7th, over 120 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club athletes and their families travelled to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to compete in Summer Nationals. Event categories participated in by the club included Divisions I-III, Division I-A, Junior, Cadet, Y14, Y12, and Y10, as well as Vet-40 and 60.

As a club, we earned 14 medals: two per category in Division 1 Men’s Saber and Cadet Men’s Saber, and one medalist per category in Division 1 Women’s Saber, Division 1-A Men’s Saber, Junior Men’s Saber, Y14 Men’s Saber, and Y12 Women’s Saber. In foil, TMFC fencers placed in the Division 1-A, Division II, Division III, and Y14 Women’s categories, and the Junior Men’s event. Full results can be found below! 

Thank you to our dedicated coaches, coordinators, parents, and fencers! 

Division I Men’s Saber

Coach Eli Dershwitz - Gold 

Shaun Kim - 6th

Devyn Anthony - 14th

Nazir Primus - 19th

Enzo Bera- 23rd

Marcus Pinto - 25th

Lucas Henderson - 37th

Ansh Ghayalod - 42nd

Samuel Chen - 72nd

Deven Mattoo - 74th

Jude Wilson - 75th

Gabriel Mccarthy - 79th

Matthew Fields - 88th

Jonas Broening - chai - 111th

Ryan Waxler - 155th

Division I Women’s Saber

Keira Lauri - Bronze

Brynnley  Mckee - 33rd

Alexia Anthony - 43(T)

Elizabeth Halperin - 92(T)

Bethany Bush - 100th

Division I-A Women’s Saber

Elizabeth Halperin - 50(T)

Division I-A Men’s Saber

Ansh Ghayalod - Bronze

Division II Women’s Saber

Sophia Ng - 44th

Division II Men’s Saber

Sebastian Rosado - 147th

Junior Men’s Saber

Ethan Kim - Bronze 

Shaun Kim - 10th

Nazir Primus - 13th

Devyn Anthony - 16th

Samuel Chen - 37th

Lucas Henderson - 44th

Deven Mattoo - 55th

Jude Wilson - 63rd

Enzo Bera - 75th

Christopher Ao - 124th

Elijah Jones - 172nd

Ryan Waxler - 177th

Connor Chung - 180th

Ilan Arouna - 192nd

Vedh Srivats - 194th

Kinoti Kiara - 201st

Royce Zhao - 213th

Jonas Broening-Chai - 211st

Sebastian Rosado - 226th

Aram Clark - 238th 

Teddy Wang - 289th

Zihou Dai - 302nd

Junior Women’s Saber

Brynnley Mckee - 13th

Keira Lauri - 35th

Bethany Bush - 51st

Alexia Anthony - 59th

Charlotte Choi - 136th

Sophia Ng- 150th

Olivia Mermegas- 164th

Elizabeth Halperin - 179th

Cadet Women’s Saber

Bethany Bush - 9th

Elizabeth Halperin - 25th

Sophia Ng - 50th

Lily Laffy - 55th

Charlotte Choi - 57th

Mia Shi - 181st

Olivia Mermegas - 187th

Isabel Kim - 201st

Luna Hagn - 214(T)

Cadet Men’s Saber

Devyn Anthony - Silver

Ethan Kim - 8th

Deven Mattoo - 12th

Jonas Broening-chai - 22nd

Lucas Henderson - 27th

Connor Chung - 32nd

Marcus Pinto - 41st

Aram Clark - 50th

Miles Chambers - 51st

Ryan Waxler - 55th

Christopher Ao - 57th

Benjamin Gurevich - 83rd

Kinoti Kiara - 85(T)

Royce Zhao - 87th

Zihou Dai - 103rd

Issac Yook - 132nd

Vedh Srivats - 133rd

Gianni Mele - 155th

Ilan Arouna - 163rd

Viraat Sarwahi - 165th

Alexander Mermegas - 172nd

Dhruv Mattoo - 180th

Theodore Wang - 213th

Morgan So - 264th

Y14 Women’s Saber

Charlotte Choi - 9th

Bethany Bush - 1oth

Sophia Ng - 23rd

Lily Laffy - 48(T)

Sienna Young - 127th

Nora Louisa Mccarthy - 180th

Sofia Cafagna - 184(T)

Luna Hagn - 216(T)

Keira Wang - 222(T)

Y14 Men’s Saber

Miles Chambers - 7th

Vedh Srivats - 21st

Aram Clark - 24th

Isaac Yook - 38th

William Lucas - 39(t)

Alexander Mermegas - 47th

Zihou Dai - 55th

Gianni Mele - 57th

Royce Zhao - 69th

Aidan Song - 88(T)

Theodore Wang - 115th

Dhruv Mattoo - 143rd

Benjamin Gurevich - 159(T)

Leo Shapiro - 161(T)

Marcus Avery - 202nd

Daniel Oren - 203rd

Morgan So - 239th

Y12 Women’s Saber

Charlotte Choi - 5th

Zoey Chau - 9th

Nora Louisa McCarthy - 30th

Sienna Young - 53rd

Keira Wang - 73rd

Anika Kabiling - 76th

Kylee Demry - 77th

Caroline Passman - 86th

Chloe Chen - 114th

Anna Willer - 119(T)

Katherine Ong - 122(T)

Grace Chang - 130th

Alaia Varah - 131st

Angela Lau - 153(T)

Y12 Men’s Saber

Aidan Song - 11(T)

William Lucas - 11(T)

Miles Chambers - 15th

Leo Shapiro - 50th

Marcus Avery - 80th

Campbell Blair - 123(T)

Ethan Dai - 128th

Zachary Gaw - 140(T)

Jeffrey Lee - 146th

Kent Li - 152nd

Max Lloyd - 153rd

Armin Leistner - 155th

Harrison Wang - 165th

Bennett Sabino - 204th

Y10 Women’s Saber

Nia Maluki - 12th

Chloe Chen - 21st

Anika Kabiling - 26th

Anita Gao - 27th

Grace Chang - 44th

Alaia Varah - 45th

Katherine Ong - 52nd

Y10 Men’s Saber

Bennett Sabino - 24th

Thomas Fernaine - 65th

Boyan Kuljiev - 68th

Julian Passman - 69th

Leonidas Constantine - 85th

Lorenzo Mangini - 99th

Vet-40 Men’s Saber

Aaron Waxler - 20th

Vet-60 Women’s Saber 

Linda Galarza Spilka - 17th

Vet-60 Men’s Saber 

Jeffrey Weber - 22nd

Foil Results

Division I Women’s Foil

Grace Feng - 12th

Alina Zhang - 30th

Iris Yang - 58th

Eleanor Li - 77th

Zizi Dai - 78th

Juliana Field - 81st

Amelia Whelan - 118th

Division I Men’s Foil

Mohamed Hassanin - 18th

Nickolas Rusadze - 44th

Philip Matsakh - 67th

Brendan Lee - 88th

Jonah Lee - 171st

Leon Shapiro - 177(T)

Division I-A Women’s Foil 

Alina Zhang - Gold

Eleanor Li - 13th

Julianna Field - 26th

Savannah Li - 71st

Division 1-A Men’s Foil 

Brendan Lee - 10th

Ethan Chen - 45th

Luca Ghedini - 62nd

Jonah Lee - 69th

Division III Women’s Foil

Savannah Li - 3rd

Division III Men’s Foil 

Chase Kwon - 160th

Div II Women’s Foil 

Savannah Li - 3(T)

Div II Men’s Foil 

Ethan Chen - 19th

Kai Toomre - 190(T)

Junior Women’s Foil 

Iris Yang - 14th

Alina Zhang - 26th

Grace Feng - 29th

Amabel Wang - 34(T)

Eleanor Li - 70th

Amelia Whelan - 115th

Julianna Field - 158th

Sophie huang - 180th

Zizhuo (Zizi) Dai - 219(T)

Savannah Li - 240th

Elizabeth field - 241st

Junior Men’s Foil

Nickolas Rusadze - Bronze

Leon Shapiro - 17th

Jonah Lee - 30th

Brendan Lee - 50th

Philip Matsakh - 66th

Declan Hart-syed - 248th

Ethan Chen - 249th

Luca Ghedini - 318th

Kai Toomre - 337th

Cadet Women’s Foil 

Grace Feng - 26th

Iris Yang - 33rd

Amabel Wang - 40th

Zizi Dai - 70th

Anastasia Roberts - 93(T)

Savannah Li - 114th

Kai De Castro - 136th

Elizabeth Field - 162nd

Sophie Huang - 186(T)

Cadet Men’s Foil 

Brendan Lee - 45th

Luca Ghedini - 55(T)

Ethan Chen - 101(T)

Decland Hart-Syed - 136th

Chase Kwon - 153rd

Thomas Czarnecki - 181st

Kai Toomre - 223(T)

Y-14 Women’s Foil 

Grace Feng - 1st

Iris Yang - 21st

Anastasia Roberts - 36th

Amabel Wang - 37(T)

Elizabeth Field - 39(T)

Savannah Li - 66th

Kai De Castro - 119(T)

Ella Zhu - 134th

Amelia Youm - 182(T)

Y-14 Men’s Foil 

Luca Ghedini - 37(t)

Ethan Chen - 41st

Michael Grigoriev - 83rd

Decland Hart-Syed - 110th

Thomas Czarnecki - 132nd

Kai Toomre - 170(t)

Chase Kwon - 173rd

Y 12 Women’s Foil

Amabel Wang - 7th

Kai De Castro - 14th

Ella Zhu - 69th

Mila Paek - 150th

Amelia Youm - 161st

Ellia Paek - 209th

Y12 Men’s Foil

Will Qian - 17th

Thomas Czarnecki - 60th

Michael Grigoriev - 99th

Luca Yang - 108th

Nolan Moon - 128th

Lucas Lin - 141st

Crescent Yang - 257(t)

Y10 Women’s Foil 

Ellie Paek - 34th

Y10 Men’s Foil

Luca Yang - 20th

Will Qian - 27th

Lucas Lin - 33rd

Crescent Yang - 85th

Owen Tardiff - 91st

Nolan Moon - 96th

Jasmina Denner Makes Veteran World Team

October 2020 - Jasmina Denner has made the Honorary 2020 Veteran World Championship Team. Jasmina has fenced at Tim Morehouse Fencing Club since 2016, coached by Archil Lortkipanidze. Jasmina has been an inspiration for both adult and younger fencers, showing excellent discipline and training. In 2019, Jasmina won medals in all three NACs, as well as internationally in Canada for the Can-Am Veteran Cup.

The Veteran Worlds were cancelled this year, which were to be held from Oct. 23-30 in Porec, Croatia. An honorary U.S. team has been named to recognize the achievements of athletes in the 50-59, 60-69 and +70 age categories. These fencers trained for the opportunity to represent Team USA in the fall.

Congratulations Jasmina!

Congratulations to Tim Morehouse Fencing Club's 2019-2020 National Patch Winners

Pictured: Aria Bevacqua

Pictured: Shaun Kim

September 2020 - TMFC Fencers Shaun Kim and Aria Bevacqua have been awarded National Patches by USA Fencing for their accomplishments in the 2019-2020 season.

The patches recognize youth, cadet and junior fencers for their performance at USA Fencing national tournaments. This includes North American Cups, and Super Junior, Cadet Circuit, and Super Youth Circuit tournaments.

Shaun and Aria were awarded patches in the Youth category.

Congratulations!

Manhattan Location Closures

Over the coming few weeks there are some closures at our Manhattan location for Jewish Holidays. (Port Chester will be running normally).

During each of the Sundays when the Manhattan club is closed there will be a 3:20pm-5:00pm Class at our Port Chester Location and coaches Tim and Achiko will be there. 

CLOSURES:

Sunday, Sept. 20 - Closed for Rosh Hashanah

Monday, Sept. 28 - Closed for Yom Kippur (Open for Elite Camp in Port Chester 10am-3pm - Register here: https://forms.gle/RXoT3WGo8ww2yUGDA)

Sunday, Oct. 4 - Closed for Sukkot

Sunday, Oct. 11 - Closed for Simchat Torah

Please Note:

• Manhattan is OPEN Sunday, Sept 27. Yom Kippur starts at sundown. 

Scheduling Alternatives For Sunday Closures:

Alternative #1: Sundays at our Port Chester Location: Coach Achiko will be teaching an Elite class Sundays in Port Chester 3:20pm-5pm with 5pm-6pm bouting afterwards on Sunday, Sept 20, Oct. 4 and Oct 11. There is also Youth Class 9:20am-11am in Port Chester on those Sundays.

(Achiko, Tim and Sara will also be there and giving lessons on those days.)

Alternative #2: Saturdays in PC: There is an Elite Class in Port Chester at 11:20am with Coach Maksim and a Youth Class 9:20am-11am.

Alternative #3: I'll reschedule my private lessons with my coach and attend another day during the week.

Please reach out to us to schedule your make-up classes and lessons. 

Tim Morehouse School Pods - Registration is Now Open

School Pods will be Starting Tuesday, Sept. 29!

Don’t want your kids to be home all day, but also afraid to send them to school with hundreds of other students?

We have the Answer:

Tim Morehouse School Pods!

Tim Morehouse School Pods will provide a structured and supervised in-person “school day” for small groups of students doing their school online. The School Pods are intended as learning spaces for students who are doing school remotely but whose parents may still want their child to have an in-person experience albeit in a smaller and more contained setting.

Instead of being at home on their computers, students will take their online classes at one of our facilities with in-person academic support, physical activities and other enrichment programs being run for them throughout the day when they are not “in class”.

Every student will have a workstation to take their online classes and during their breaks our staff will be there to support them with any school work that they need to complete in addition to running other activities for them.

To Learn More: https://www.timmorehousefencing.com/schoolpods

Online Classes - Fall Schedule Now Available

The Fall Schedule is now posted and will go into effect

Monday, Sept 7.

You must enroll for the Fall Season to participate in online or in-person classes. If you will not be attending in-person, there is an online membership option.

Foil Classes      Monday-Friday 5pm-6pm
Saber Classes  Monday-Friday 5pm-6pm
Epee Classes     Wednesday and Friday 5pm-6pm

All classes will login to the same Zoom meeting and then we will break into groups to streamline the necessity for multiple Zoom codes. 

Schedule and Enrollment Link:
 https://www.timmorehousefencing.com/online

Direct Enrollment Link: (Same as In-Person, just select Online Options)
https://forms.gle/m98noRoN9A929XhK6

Enrolment for the 2020-2021 Fencing Season!

Enrolment for the fall fencing season is now available! We've re-opened our facilities for lessons and small group training sessions, and we look forward to continuing our in-person programs into the fall months!

We ask anyone enrolling for the upcoming season to review our Terms of Service carefully especially around our Covid-19 policies and procedures. We want everyone to understand how we will handle various situations and to understand the rules. By enrolling in the club, you are agreeing to our policies including our health and safety rules, refund policies and temporary closure rules for Covid-19. We appreciate everyone’s understanding as we navigate through this difficult time together.

We plan to host a few Zoom Q&A sessions over the next few weeks and we would also be happy to talk with any of you directly if you have questions about the upcoming season.

Important Notes from the Terms of Service:

• If a facility must temporarily close because of a Covid-related issue, the Club will switch temporarily to online classes and lessons, which will be held at the same time as the in-person classes that were scheduled. The allotted time, rates and packages will remain the same as the in-person classes and lessons.

• In addition, there will be a Mandatory Attendance or Late Cancel policy during the first two weeks of any temporary closure. A temporary facility closure is considered 14 consecutive days or less. Once the two-week window passes, you can choose to suspend or cancel, or to move your program to our online programs. 

• After 14 Consecutive Days: If a facility closure extends past 14 consecutive days, then in-person classes and lessons will continue online at the same time and under the same programs. But you then have the option to pause or cancel. You may also reschedule online private lessons to 10am-3pm on weekdays and, schedule permitting, for later times in the day.

• Same Day Testing For Covid Exposure: If a student is exposed to Covid-19, we ask that they report this to the club immediately and then go get a rapid same-day test and report to the club the result.

We would strongly recommend reading the full document, as things are operating a bit differently due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Please read our full updated terms of service at the following link: