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3 East of the Cooper Fencers Qualify for the Junior Olympics

Congratulations are in order for Whitney Martin Leotie Hakkila Emily Fairchild for qualifying for the Fencing Junior Olympics in Dallas in February 2011. These young women from East of the Cooper Fencing traveled to a well-run qualifying tournament at Foothills Fencing in … Continue reading

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Junior Olympics Qualifier

The Junior Olympics Qualifier is December 4 & 5 at Foothills Fencing Academy: Piedmont, SC. You must Preregister by Nov. 19, 2010, via AskFRED or by paper form to be found at http://www.scfencing.org. Event times will be announced after close … Continue reading

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Unexpected Lessons

When five East of the Cooper Fencers qualified for the Junior Olympics this past December, my focus was on preparing those fencers for the time of their lives.  We planned extra lessons.  We ordered the necessary equipment.  We hustled to … Continue reading

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Congratulations to all the Fencers Who Competed in the Junior Olympics

It was an awesome event.  Everyone who went learned a bunch.  Congratulations to: Nick Emily Austin Elizabeth Allison

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USFA Could Do Much Better with Online Results, Photos and Stories about Junior Olympics

It’s surprising to me that the USFA isn’t posting results from the Junior Olympics almost instantly, blogging and twittering about the action, and posting professional quality photos at least daily. In the sailing world, a more obscure sport with plenty … Continue reading

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Link to Junior Olympics Results

You can see the results that the USFA has posted online here.

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Allison’s Final Bout Was Her Best

Allison put it all together in her final U20 bout.  She bested her opponent 5-0.  Pretty good for a 14 year old facing an opponent that was 19 or 20.  Congratulations Allison. Austin fenced in the afternoon.

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Women’s U17 Foil on Strip 17 during pools

These photos are from Saturday’s Women’s U17 Foil during the pools.  All the photos are from strip 17.  Their where 7 competitors: 1 = Nana 2 = Caplin 3 = Rudolph 4 = Tsue 5 = Zhang 6 = Abdelaziz … Continue reading

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More Photos of the Fencing Venue at the Junior Olympics

These photos are from Saturday at the Junior Olympics in Memphis.  Click on a photo to enlarge it.

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Austin will be fencing on Sunsday afternoon

Austin is looking forward to fencing on Sunday afternoon.  He’ll be fencing Men’s U20 foil.

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