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

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

TMFC Fencers Bring their A-Game and Win 19 Medals at the Thrust Fall ROC/RYC

Highlights:

• Bethany Lee won a Bronze Medal in Division 1A Women's Foil

• Adele Bois won a Bronze Medal in Division 1A Women's Saber

• Chelsea Delsoin won a Bronze Medal in Division 1A Women's Saber

• Fiona Neibart won a Top-8 Medal in Division 1A Women's Saber

• Grace Feng won a Top-8 Medal in Youth-8 Mixed Foil

• Shaun Kim won a Top-8 Medal in Youth-12 Men's Saber

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

• Avni Krishna won a Top-8 Medal in Youth-10 Women's Epee

• Jackson Wong won a Top-8 Medal in Youth-10 Men's Foil

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

• Henry Zhang won a Top-8 Medal in Division 1A Men's Foil

• Nickolas Rusadze won a Top-8 Medal in Youth-12 Men's Foil

• Lisa Marsh won a Top-8 Medal in Vet-Combined Women's Saber

• Amy Pinto won a Top-8 Medal in Vet-Combined Women's Saber

• Huey Tan won a Top-8 Medal in Vet-Combined Women's Saber

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

• Georgia Klem won a Bronze Medal in Youth-10 Women's Saber

• Ella Boodell won a Bronze Medal in Division 2 Women's Foil

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

• Aram Clark won a Top-8 Medal in Youth-10 Men's Saber

• Julia Harris won a Silver Medal in Youth-8 Mixed Saber

• Morgan So won a Bronze Medal in Youth-8 Mixed Saber

• Timothy Chang won a Top-8 Medal in Youth-8 Mixed Saber

• Zihou Dai won a Top-8 Medal in Youth-8 Mixed Saber

• Edward Ahn won a Top-8 Medal in Youth-8 Mixed Saber

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

• Michael Parkhurst won a Bronze Medal in Division 2 Men's Saber

Suffern, NY (November, 2019) - TMFC fencers headed to the Thrust Fall ROC/RYC at the Rockland Community College. Our fencers achieved amazing results, bringing home 19 medal-wins. They were accompanied by our awesome coaches Ben, Fatima, Diana, Chris, Lancelot, Kendall, and Sally.

Pictured: Adele Bois, Chelsea Delsoin, and Fiona Neibart

Our fencers won three medals in Division 1A Women's Saber! Adele Bois won a Bronze Medal, Chelsea Delsoin won a Bronze Medal, and Fiona Neibart won a Top-8 Medal.

Pictured: TMFC Y-8 fencers

This was a big weekend for our Y-8 fencers, who brought home five medals in Youth-8 Mixed Saber! Julia Harris won a Silver Medal, Morgan So won a Bronze Medal, and Timothy Chang, Zihou Dai, and Edward Ahn won Top-8 Medals.

Pictured: Michael Parkhurst and Coach Kendall

Additionally, Michael Parkhurst won a Bronze Medal in DIV2 Men’s Saber. He also earned his D19 rating fencing in this category!

We are so proud of all our fencers and coaches for coming out and bringing their A-game! Congratulations everyone!

Full Results: https://fencingtimelive.com/tournaments/eventSchedule/0A874A7D669B4908BCED4B0219ED650C#today

TMFC Fencers Bring Their A-Game at the 2019 October North American Cup

Pictured: TMFC Cadet Men’s Saber fencers

Highlights:

• Ziad Elsissy won a Gold Medal in Division 1 Men's Saber

• Madison Duckett won a Silver Medal in Division 2 Women's Saber

• Madison Four-Garcia won a Top-8 Medal in Cadet Women's Saber

• Henry Zhang won a Top-8 Medal in Division 2 Men's Foil

Kansas City, MO (October, 2019) - TMFC Fencers headed to the Kansas City Convention Center to compete in this four-day North American Cup. The stakes were high, as this is a tournament attended by elite athletes including those competing for a spot on the U.S. Olympic team. Our fencers brought their A-game, achieving awesome results on the fencing strip. They were accompanied by our dedicated coaches - Coach Tim, Coach Achiko, Coach Ziad, and Coach Carlos.

Pictured: Madison Duckett

Madison Duckett won a Silver medal in Division 2 Women's Saber and went from an E19 to a B19 rating. She is having an amazing season - she brought home three medals at the Ben Gutenberg Memorial SYC just one weekend ago.

Pictured: Ziad Elsissy

Additionally, Ziad Elsissy won a Gold Medal in Division 1 Men's Saber. This is the 2nd Division 1 Gold Medal in Tim Morehouse Fencing Club history!!

Pictured: TMFC Westchester watching the competition and cheering for our fencers

Congratulations to everyone who participated this past weekend! None of this would be possible without the supportive community at our club. Bravo!!

Full Results: https://fencingtimelive.com/tournaments/eventSchedule/BEEADDD5880E448C92A407CBBF1C1E6C#today

Eight Medal Wins for TMFC Fencers at the Ben Gutenberg RYC/RJCC & Div IA Local

Pictured: Myles Duckett and Inkosi Brou with TMFC coaches Diana and Ziad

Highlights:

• Madison Duckett won a Top-8 Medal in Cadet Women's Saber

• Seth Edelman won a Top-8 Medal in Junior Men's Saber

• Richard Li won a Bronze Medal in Cadet Men's Foil

• Madison Duckett won a Gold Medal in Youth-14 Women's Saber

• Audrey Young won a Top-8 Medal in Youth-14 Women's Saber

• Myles Duckett won a Gold Medal in Youth-12 Men's Saber

• Inkosi Brou won a Silver Medal in Youth-12 Men's Saber

• Madison Duckett won a Top-8 Medal in Junior Women's Saber

Brockport, NY (October 2019) - Nine fencers from Tim Morehouse Fencing Club competed in the Ben Gutenberg RYC/RJCC & Div IA Local, achieving eight medal wins! They were accompanied by Coach Diana and Coach Ziad, who provided incredible training and support throughout the weekend. Our fencers came home with four Top-8 Medals, one Bronze Medal, one Silver Medal, and two Gold Medals.

Pictured: Madison Duckett

Notably, Madison Duckett won three medals in this tournament and earned her E19! This included her first Junior RJCC medal - a Top-8 Medal in Junior Women's Saber. She also achieved a Top-8 Medal in Cadet Women's Saber and a Gold Medal in Youth-14 Women's Saber.

Pictured: Seth Edelman and Coach Diana

Seth Edelman won his first Junior level medal. He came 6th in Junior Men's Saber, achieving a Top-8 Medal in the category.

Pictured: Myles Duckett and Inkosi Brou

Additionally, TMFC fencers won two medals in Y-12 Men’s Saber. Myles Duckett won a Gold Medal and Inkosi Brou won a Silver Medal!

Congratulations to all our amazing fencers who participated this past weekend.

Full Results: https://fencingtimelive.com/tournaments/eventSchedule/AF6F014E90A544539E0638F04418DE52#today

TMFC Fencers Bring Home Two Gold Medals and More at the American Challenge ROC and RJC

Pictured: TMFC Girls Squad

Highlights:

• Gold Medal in Junior Men's Epee for Ethan Chin

• Gold Medal in Division 1A Men's Saber for Ziad Elsissy

• Silver Medal in Junior Women's Foil for Christina Ferrari

• Bronze Medal in Junior Women's Saber for Amanda Li

• Bronze Medal in Division 1A Men's Saber for Henry Nadile

• Bronze Medal in Vet-Combined Women's Saber for Seunghee Schulze

• Bronze Medal in Vet-Combined Women's Saber for Lisa Marsh

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

• Top-8 Medal in Vet-Combined Women's Saber for Amy Pinto

Madison, NJ (October 2019) - TMFC Fencers headed to Drew University to compete the American Challenge ROC and RJC, a two-day tournament with 24 events in Foil, Epee, and Saber. They were accompanied by our excellent coaches Diana, Ziad, Lancelot, and Ben.

Our fencers accomplished awesome results, achieving nine medal wins altogether. Our students won two Gold Medals, one Silver Medal, four Bronze Medals, and two Top-8 Medals. TMFC Fencers have been training hard throughout the summer and fall, and it is certainly paying off.

Pictured: Lisa Marsh, Seunghee Schulze, and Amy Pinto

Notably, our fencers won three medals in Vet-Combined Women's Saber, - a historic moment for our Adult Saber program. Lisa Marsh and Seunghee Schulze won Bronze Medals, and Amy Pinto came in 5th, achieving a Top-8 Medal.

Pictured: Ziad Elsissy

Pictured: Amanda Li

TMFC Member and Coach Ziad Elsissy won a Gold medal in Division 1A Men’s Saber. This was his first competition representing Tim Morehouse Fencing Club!

Additionally, Amanda Li earned her C19 and a Bronze Medal in Junior Women's Saber. At just 13 years of age, this is an incredible achievement.

Congratulations everyone!

Full Results: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/tournaments/eventSchedule/296797C410124DFBB9D4EE8C58A901C2#today