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2009 ALLIANCE WINTER CAMPS
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North American CupRichmond, VADecember 8-10, 2006
Congratulation to our medallist!!!
Simpson, Susanne - 8 place, Veteran Women's Epee
Only seven fencers represented Alliance Fencing Academy at the third NAC of this season, the first one for Division I (elite fencers) and veteran competitors. Our fencers participated in three different events and this time Suzanne Simpson was the only one to bring home an eighth place medal. Congratulations Suzanne! Three of our elite women fencers, still cadet, earned precious senior points which help them also in junior and cadet points. Andrey Geva spent two full days watching everything, running between strips, helping everyone with sound advice, and … visiting with his Russian friends
Veteran Combined Women’s Epee
45 fencers, B2 event Two ladies from our club participated in this event: Suzanne Simpson and Suzette Wheeler. In pools Suzanne had a 4-2 win record; Suzette 2-3. After pools they were seeded #15 and #26 respectively. In DE, Suzette lost her bout 7-10 but Suzanne who had a bye, won her next two bouts 10-5 and 10-3 which got her in the finals. In the quarter finals, Suzanne lost 7-10 against Sally Still Gonsalves of the Gold Coast, FL Division, the winner of this competition.
Final placement:
1 Still Gonsalves Sally A GOLDCST FL
E2006 Congratulations to Suzanne for bringing home the medal! Suzette will do much better the next time. Thank you both!
Veteran Combined Men’s Epee Veteran Combined Men’s Foil
In epee competition (61 fencers, A2 event) after a 3-3 wins in pools Alex was seeded 35th in the field of 61. He won his first DE 10-4 but lost 6-10 the next one against Walter Dragonetti of the Northern Ohio division, the winner of this competition. That was a good performance by Alex who placed 27th in this event. In foil competition (44 fencers, A2 event) Alex started very well winning 5 out of his 6 pool bouts. He had a bye in the first DE round, and then unexpectedly he lost to lower seeded fencer 7:10 for the top 16. Alex finished 17th at this competition.
Division I Women’s Epee
106 fencers, A4 event Division I is the elite level competition for senior fencers who must be rated C or better to participate. This event had 47 A, 34 B, and 25 C rated fencers. Four of our girls represented Alliance: Francesca Alexandra Bassa, Dina Bazarbayeva, Neely Brandfield-Harvey, and Stephanie Wheeler. Francesca, Dina, and Neely are still cadet fencers; Stephanie is at her first year as junior. All four girls made the cut after pools. After the round of pools Neely and Francesca had a bye, Dina won her bout 15:14 after a great come back when she was down 7:12 in the last period of this exiting bout. Stephanie won her first DE 15-10. In the next round of DE, Stephanie had the misfortune to run into one of the strongest and experienced fencers in the tournament, the Ukrainian Anna Garina who eliminated her. Dina eliminated Christa French 15-11 (coming back again when she was loosing 4:9). Christa at that point was seeded second after pools! Our three remaining girls entered the repêchage from 32. Francesca, Dina, and Neely won their first bout 15-14, 15-14, and 14-12 respectively. The next match was between Francesca and Neely. This was a bout of many double touches but in the end Francesca scored the last two touches winning 15-14. Dina lost her bout 12-15. Dina and Neely both lost their next repêchage bout 11-15 and 7-15 respectively. Francesca then lost her direct bout to make it into the finals against the strong Ukrainian Novakovska. Francesca had one more chance to make it to the finals by fencing against Kelly Hurley (2006 Cadet World Champion). This was a very interesting bout which unfortunately was penalized by a non combativity call by the referee which shortened the duration of the bout. This call is seen as very subjective on the part of the referee, but it was also the novelty at this tournament. In conclusion Francesca lost to Kelly 7-9 and Kelly ended this tournament with a silver medal. Final placements: Francesca - 11, Neely - 18, Dina 24, and Stephanie - 63.
It is important to point out that our three girls
in top 32 earned precious senior points which are also added to their
junior and cadet points for the season. These points will be used to
determine who will be part of the cadet and junior teams at the Cadet
and Junior World Championship in April, 2007.
Great job girls and keep it up for the next NAC in
Columbus!
From the fencing prospective, there are two
important reasons to attend Division I tournaments. One is the
opportunity to see, meet and experience fencing and fencers at the top
nationally and some great international athletes. We all enjoyed
watching a very good Italian epeeist, Luigi Mazzone, past member of the
Italian team and currently a neurophysiologist with a research grant at
Columbia University. Luigi’s style is different and quite effective and
he tied for third in Div I men’s epee. We also enjoyed the semifinals
men’s saber with Ivan Lee and Keith Smart flunging on the elevated
strip. Great athleticism and nice fencing by both.
Go Alliance!
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National finalists Suzanne Simpson
Suzanne (on the right) against Sally Still Gonsales in the quarter finals
Francesca (on the right) in her first bout in top 32
Dina (on the left) in her second bout in top 32
Neely and ...
... Francesca before their bout in top 32
Stephanie and Dina on the air |
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