[Memphis TN, 02/15/2010] Two days after his fantastic 29th place in the U20 age group of the U.S. Junior Olympic Championships in Memphis, Paul made the final of the top eight in the U17 event. At J.O.'s the top eight fencers are included in the medal ceremony and fence in the finals room in front of a fantastic audience. 

Dear Fencers!

New courses are forming in February at the Encinitas Community and Senior Center. 

The new course numbers for Thursdays and Fridays 7:30pm are 13011 (Intro) and 13012 (advanced/competitive epee). Start date is February 4th.

Mondays we will offer Kids Intro to Fencing at 3:30pm (13161) and at 4:30pm Kids Foil Fencing (13162). These courses will start on February 8th. 

As always, you can register online at www.encinitasrecreg.com or at the front desk at the Encinitas Community Center.

Happy New Year!

Jens Stephan 

[ENCINITAS, 12/13/2009] Our younger fencers are continuing their great season in the Socal Youth Challenge, while our Juniors and Cadets take three qualifier spots for the U.S. Junior Olympics in Memphis, TN.

Elise confirmed her strong showing at the Y12 Epee one month earlier by placing 6th out of 23 fencers at the 2nd event of Socal Youth Challenge at the Beverly Hills Fencing Club. She won 5 of her 6 bouts in pools and won two more elimination bouts making it into the top 8. However, her teammate Brett was the surprise of the day, finishing in 3rd place in what was only her second competition. For Andrew, this was his debut, but he won bouts in pools, as well as in the elimination to take a respectable 16th place.

In the Y14 age group, both Nick and Spencer made the top 8 out of 33 fencers. They both went 5-1 in pool play and 2-1 in the elimination bracket. Elise finished a surprising 9th in the higher age group and both Cameron and Samantha won their first elimination bout as well.

Meanwhile in San Diego, Benjamin, Paul and Taylor qualified for the U.S. Junior Olympics to be held in Memphis (TN) in February. Taylor took the Cadet spot, as both his teammates automatically qualified for that event by virtue of taking two of the Division's three Junior Event spots earlier. The J.Os are the most prestigious events inside of the Unites States in those age groups.

Congratulations to our Fencers!