2006 Alliance Cup

(Houston Cup #6)

June 17, 2006

Two weeks before Summer National Fencing Championships, Alliance Fencing Academy hosted the final tournament of the Houston Cup Circuit, the Alliance Cup. The tournament consisted of Mixed Foil, Mixed Saber, Women’s Epee, and Men’s Epee (A2). About 40 fencers participated from several Texas divisions and from out of state!

In open men’s epee, the elite event of the tournament, there was a near record of 10 A rated fencers. This was one of the strongest events of any tournament in the history of the Gulf Coast Division. The twenty six experienced (high rating) participants had a battle royal to the final eight which included a mix of veteran and younger fencers ranging from Robert Reed (6^th) to Nathan Sorensen (3^rd).

The Houston Alliance Cup tournaments have been created to give our Gulf Coast area fencers an opportunity to practice competitively with other fencers from both inside and outside the division.

In men’s epee, the final four were Nathan Sorensen, Michael LoParco, Dillon Smith, and Matthew Neu. Nathan Sorensen fenced Michael LoParco for third place, winning 15:12. The final bout ended in sudden death with Dillon and Matthew at the supplemental minute. Matthew was one of our visiting fencers from Florida who attended the Alliance Fencing Summer Camp. Dillon won 15:14, his final and winning touch from a spectacular fleche attack. Congratulations to all the fencers who competed.

Final Results:

Men's Foil (5 competitors, a NR Event)

1 Wooley, Robert ALLIANCE E2006
2 Jno-Finn, Davis BCFA C2006
3 Hildebrand, Patrick UST U
4 Novo, Jorge UST U
5 Dudek, Kelsey LMRA U

Mixed Saber (2 competitors, a NR Event)

1 Sim, T. C. ALLIANCE U
2 Miesner, Theo KB U

Men's Epee (26 competitors, a A2 Event)

1 Smith, Dillon ALLIANCE A2005 A2006
2 Neu, Matthew FMC A2005
3 Sorensen, Nathan ALLIANCE B2006
4 LoParco, Michael ALLIANCE A2006
5 Yergler, Jonathan FMC B2006
6 Skopik, August KB A2005
6 Reed, Robert UNAT A2006
8 Pedersen, Trevor KB B2006
9 Wright, Shawn ALLIANCE A2006
10 Kelley, Edward SP A2005
11 Sanfilippo, Pietro ALLIANCE A2006
12 Bibb, Jonathan ALLIANCE A2005
13 Krudy, Zoltan ALLIANCE A2006
14 Eldridge, Darrell NCF B2004
15 Cantu, John ALLIANCE C2005
16 Duszynski, Rick ALLIANCE E2006
17 Hoover, Brandon FMC B2005
18 Blakley, Dwain KB B2005
18 Ferguson, Magnus ALLIANCE C2005
20 Fernandez, Alex B. UNAT B2005
21 Conrad, Michael ALLIANCE U
22 Robinson, Jon KB C2006
23 Breedlove, Joel KB C2005
24 Bone, John ALLIANCE E2006
25 Sim, T. C. ALLIANCE D2005
26 Freiman, Benjamin UNAT C2005

Women's Epee (5 competitors, a NR Event)

1 Bassa, Francesca A. ALLIANCE A2005
2 Simpson, Suzanne ALLIANCE B2005
3 Bazarbayeva, Dina ALLIANCE B2006
4 Pytel, Erin ALLIANCE D2006
5 Dudek, Kelsey LMRA U