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Archive for February, 2012
Promoting my sponsor BistroMD at an Editors Showcase in NYC today!
February 29, 2012
Fencing Olympian James Williams working at Ameritrade as part of USOC Career Servives Program
February 15, 2012Check out James in his Ameritrade/US Olympic Team shirt!
Last week, he started working at Ameritrade in NYC as part of an athlete career program that the US Olympic Committee has set up. The program allows him to work around his training and travel schedule.
Fencing Masters Posters and T-Shirts are Coming Soon!
February 15, 2012
Posters, t-shirts and other promotional materials will be rolling out soon!
I hope you’ll be joining us for Fencing Masters: Kick-Off to London on June 26, 2012 featuring most of the US Olympic Fencing team competing in London 2012. www.fencingmastersnyc.com (Great 1/2 price deal going on now for floor seats!)
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Saber in the City: Fencing Meets Ballet and More!
February 10, 2012
This was a fun interview I did for new lifestyle website The Aesthete.
The article is written by NY Times writer CHRISTOPHER PETKANAS and the photography was done by TATIJANA SHOAN.
There is a little bit of everything in the article. Fencing history, my goals, a bit about my new book American Fencer: Modern Lessons from an Ancient sport and more!
Check it out: http://www.theaesthete.com/story/view.dT/sabers-in-the-city
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Mariel Zagunis on NPR: “Saber Fencer’s are Punk Rockers”
February 8, 2012
Great interview on NPR today with our very own Olympic Champion Mariel Zagunis where she told them that saber fencers are a bit crazy like punk rockers! lol
Check out the full interview here:
http://www.npr.org/2012/02/08/146565917/why-saber-fencers-are-a-kin-to-punk-rockers?sc=fb&cc=fp
Mariel will be competing at Fencing Masters: Kick-Off to London 2012 on Tuesday, June 26, 2012 in NYC. Hope you will join us! Tickets and information: www.fencingmastersnyc.com
Fencing Masters: Kick-Off to London 2012 (Official Press Release)
February 7, 2012
Dear Friends,
We’re officially launching Fencing Masters: Kick-Off to London 2012! Please see our press release below. Have some special things in store to help promote our great sport!
Please note a really great offer, for the next 2-weeks only the $70 Floor Seats will be 50% off! Hope you’ll join us for a spectacular evening with our 2012 London Olympic Team! -Tim
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FENCING MASTERS: KICK-OFF TO LONDON 2012
TO BRING U.S. OLYMPIC FENCERS TO THE BIG APPLE
Tickets go on sale for Olympic tune-up event today
NEW YORK — En garde!
New York City is getting ready to host the largest U.S. spectator fencing tournament leading up to the Olympic Games this summer in London. Fencing Masters: Kick-Off to London 2012 will feature some of the sport’s biggest names including two-time Olympic gold medalist Mariel Zagunis and World bronze medalist Lee Kiefer, as they take on top contenders from around the world in a tune-up event for London.
Tickets go on sale today and can be purchased at www.fencingmastersnyc.com
Fencing Masters, the only regularly televised fencing competition in the United States, will be held June 26 in the Hammerstein Ballroom. The inaugural Fencing Masters attracted more than 1,800 spectators and was televised on SportsNet NY. Sponsorship dollars and ticket sales provided direct support for U.S. Olympic hopefuls.
The event will be done in complete New York style, featuring several amazing innovations to bring a night of enjoyment for those who are familiar to sport as well as for newcomers. Among the special features of the event are: large-screen instant replay, mask cams to bring the crowd inside the action, specially designed uniforms and a stage created by a Broadway set designer.
An initial six-weapon team has been announced, representing all three disciples of fencing: foil, epee and saber, with both the men and women competing together. A second U.S. team of London-bound American athletes will be announced in the coming months.
Among the headliners is Mariel Zagunis, a two-time Olympic Champion in women’s saber who is certain to be among America’s top medal hopes again this summer in London.
“The Fencing Masters is a great chance for us to show the spirit and skill of the U.S. team on our own soil before we leave for the London Games,” Zagunis said. “I’m really looking forward to competing with some of the world’s best fencers. Hopefully people from all around the country will support us and join in our enthusiasm for fencing!”
In women’s foil, Lee Kiefer will compete in the foil discipline, as will British-born U.S. citizen and New York City resident Miles Chamley-Watson, who achieved a No. 2 world ranking at the age of 20. Rounding out the initial team are New York Native saber-fencer Daryl Homer, who placed 15th at the 2010 World Championships, U.S. National women’s Epee Champion Courtney Hurley and 2004 Olympian Soren Thompson.
The format will be a team points relay with two U.S. teams of London bound athletes competing, along with an additional US team of Future Stars who will earn their spots in qualifying tournaments from around the country. Two international squads of all-stars, whose line-ups will be announced in the coming months, will challenge the US teams for the Fencing Masters trophy.
“One of the goals I set after our Olympic team’s success play in Beijing was to help grow fencing in the United States while supporting our athletes and bringing the sport into the mainstream. The sport is amazing to watch and I’m excited that more people in the US will be able to experience its beauty, grace and athleticism before London,” said Fencing Masters founder and 2008 Olympic silver medalist Tim Morehouse, who is vying for a spot on the U.S. team in London.
Proceeds from the event will support the Fencing-in-the-Schools program, which also was created by Morehouse to help start fencing programs in disadvantaged communities and which will be launched in the 2012-2013 calendar school year. In addition, proceeds also will be used to provide grants to help support the Olympic dreams of the U.S team going to London. The inaugural Fencing Masters provided $25,000 in grants to Olympic hopefuls.
The event is being produced by WCMG Events in partnership with the sport’s national governing body USA Fencing. Nike Fencing was named as an initial sponsor for the event with additional sponsor-related announcements coming in the upcoming months.
Press Inquiries Contact:
Lynn Plage: lplage@lpcpublicity.com (612) 803-2165
Brittany Evans: bevans@lpcpublicity.com (303) 241-7073
Interview with French National Coach Jean-Philippe Daurelle “We Shall Give it our Best” | Fencing.Net
February 2, 2012
Fencing.net has a press release on this weekend’s Men’s Saber Grand Prix in Plovdiv, Bulgaria and an interview translated into english the French National Coach. (http://www.fencing.net/forums/thread56470.html)
Few days before the GP in Plovdiv we visit with Jean-Philippe Daurelle, France MS National Coach.
Q: What is your state of mind three days before the first competition of an especially important season?
J-P D: “Our state of mind is that of people who gave their best at every moment in their preparation and are determined to give it all.”
Q: How do you rate the physical and mental condition of your sabreurs?
J-P D: “I am optimistic about our progress and impatient to see them on the strip.”
Q: What message/mission do you convey to them during training?
J-P D: “I try to convey a message of efficiency, accuracy, reflection, so that they can go all out on the strip during the competition.”
Q: Did you adopt a specific training technique to beat the best sabreurs and if so what is it?
J-P D: “Our bet was to improve, to capitalize on our strong points with a repertoire of touches capable to create problems to anyone, rather than dissecting the game of those who currently are the best.”
Q: You start the season with the Plovdiv Grand Prix which does not include a team competition. What is your main objective in Bulgaria?
J-P D: “Winning bouts to increase the level of confidence of the group.”
Q: Are you going to select the team which will compete in Padua February 18 based only on the individual results in Plovdiv?
J-P D: “The team will be announced after Plovdiv taking into account the results in Plovdiv but also what the selection committee has observed during the past several weeks of training and in the national competitions to come up with the strongest team possible.”
Q: During this season which looks to be very challenging, did you plan training session in other countries similar to what you did last year in Canada?
J-P D: “The Germans came over here last week and we will go over there for a week in February.”
Q: What do you say to those who already believe that you will not succeed in qualifying the team for the London Olympics?
J-P D: “A fencer who is down and who wants to compete at a high level must give it all until the last moment. Sometimes he must face one who is stronger than him and sometimes thanks to his persistence and by not giving up, what looked to be impossible becomes possible. We shall give our best!”
Interview by Denis Goran
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Fencing is a Sexy Sport: @TheFencer Edition!
February 1, 2012
Brought to you by our friends in France. The athletes are leading a pretty interesting and creative campaign to grow the popularity of the sport there.
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