Thank You New Jersey Fencers! (Current and Future!)

Berkeley Heights, NJ — The Fencing Masters Promo tour rolled to the Summit Medical Center Health and Sports Festival to run fencing clinics and sign autographs.

Jeff Spear. Daria Schneider, Alejandro Rojas and myself had a fantastic time teaching young kids to fence!  We also had assistance from some great young and enthusiastic Jersey Fencers!  Garrett Blakeslee along with his friend Cole and Kip helped us most of the day and the crew from Governor Livingston High school (coached by Vince Paragano) were also a HUGE help.

It was also just fun to meet all of them!  The team is pictured above: Lauren Santullo (foil), Alison Kao (Saber), Brittin Boenning (Saber), you, Vince Paragano (Head Coach), Jake Tyler (Epee), Ian Fan (Saber), Team Captain Andy Sui (Epee) and Lauren Gonnelli (Epee).

Below are some more pictures from the day! GO FENCING MASTERS!

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NCAA, International and High School Fencing Twitter Round Up (Weekend of Jan. 23-24)

This weekend the countries best NCAA teams were in action all around the country.   Results were posted almost immediately along with videos and stories.  Loving the improvement in coverage of the sport at least on the NCAA level.

Follow me on Twitter:  www.twitter.com/timmorehouse

NCAA Fencing:

stjohnsbuzztap: St. John's Red Storm (Official Site) >> Fencing. Red Storm Women Defeat Nations Best at STJ Invitational http://bit.ly/4Lie5l

UND_com: Fencing: Men and women combine to go 8-0 at SJU Invit. including sweep of #1 Penn State (M: 16-11; W: 14-13). Details to follow at und.com

noahlz Columbia Women’s Fencing defeats Harvard – http://www.redstormsports.com/sports/c-fenc/recaps/012410aaj.html (via @STJ_Fencing)

noahlz: Fencers Split 10 Matches Against Nation's Elite in NYU Invitational – http://bit.ly/86Ryi8 – #fencing #columbia

HIGH SCHOOL FENCING:

ReschElectrical: NJ Boys Fencing: Montclair survives two tough tests http://bit.ly/5OZdDC

mktsilhouette: FENCING: District tournament preview http://bit.ly/6l0e45

INTERNATIONAL

 fencingnet: #fencing Copenhagen Cup Men's Foil: Richard Kruse (GBR wins). US Finishes: Meinhardt (9th), Getz (17th), Chamley-Watson (19th)

 fencingnet: Istanbul world cup: Men's Sabre. Morehouse 6th, Igoe 11th, Williams 12th, Homer 15th, Rogers 18th. #fencing 6 days ago from web

New Jersey Fencing: Monika Aksamit Featured in Asbury Park Press

Nice article in the Asbury Press of New Jersey about on saber fencer Monika Aksamit.  She made her first senior national team this year and the article discusses her goal to make the 2012 Olympic Team.

Matawan grad eyes 2012 Olympics
By John Bush, photograph by Mary Frank)

It’s not easy trying to catch up with Monica Aksamit.

That’s because the 19-year-old fencer from Matawan is traveling the world in hopes of competing in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. 

Aksamit specializes in the saber, competing internationally at both the senior and junior levels. This year, Aksamit has focused primarily on working her way up the senior women’s saber rankings. After competing in her final World Cup tournament of the season last month in Dallas, Aksamit was ranked 37th in the world. (READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE)