A nervous Mary Kate English found out there was nothing to fear after winning the Jon Baker Novice Foil Tournament.
Mary kate has been fencing for only a few weeks and has won her very first tournament, the results are as follows:
1st Mary Kate English
2nd Alexis Rytel
3rd Samantha Stern
4th Julia Bielecki
Congratulations to all our New Fencers!
Final Results
Tournament: Tom Cakouros Saber
Location: Newfield HS
Event: Tom Cakouros Saber Tournament - Mixed Saber
Date: Monday, November 03, 2008 - 7:00 PM
Place Name Born Club Div Ratin Earne
1 Gristock, Steve Long Island Fencing Club LI U
2 Mahon, Jack Long Island Fencing Club LI U
3 Ponsiek, Kyle Long Island Fencing Club LI U
4 Mahoney, Melissa Long Island Fencing Club LI U
5 Juvet, Kayla Long Island Fencing Club LI U
6 Butcher, Chris Long Island Fencing Club LI U
7 Cubano, Brittany Mission Fencing Club LI U
8 Fagan, Dennis Long Island Fencing Club LI U
9 Arif, Adil Long Island Fencing Club LI U
10 DiPietrantonio, Kelly Long Island Fencing Club LI U
Round #1 - Pools
Pool #1 1 2 3 4 5 V TS TR Ind Pl
Fagan, Dennis (LIFC) 1 D2 V5 D3 D2 1 12 18 -6 5
Cubano, Brittany (MFC) 2 V5 D1 D3 D3 1 12 17 -5 4
DiPietrantonio, Kelly (LIFC) 3 D3 V5 D3 D1 1 12 16 -4 3
Ponsiek, Kyle (LIFC) 4 V5 V5 V5 D2 3 17 14 +3 2
Gristock, Steve (LIFC) 5 V5 V5 V5 V5 4 20 8 +12 1
Pool #2 1 2 3 4 5 V TS TR Ind Pl
Mahon, Jack (LIFC) 1 V5 V5 V5 D2 3 17 13 +4 1
Juvet, Kayla (LIFC) 2 D1 V5 D2 V5 2 13 14 -1 3
Mahoney, Melissa (LIFC) 3 D3 D2 V5 V5 2 15 11 +4 2
Arif, Adil (LIFC) 4 D4 V5 D0 D4 1 13 17 -4 5
Butcher, Chris (LIFC) 5 V5 D2 D1 V5 2 13 16 -3 4
Round #2 - Direct Elimination
Table of 16 Table of 8 Semi-Finals Finals
(1) Gristock, Steve - U
(1) Gristock, Steve - U
(16) -BYE-
(1) Gristock, Steve - U
(9) Cubano, Brittany - U 15 - 6
(9) Cubano, Brittany - U
(8) DiPietrantonio, Kelly - U 15 - 6
(1) Gristock, Steve - U
(5) Juvet, Kayla - U 15 - 4
(5) Juvet, Kayla - U
(12) -BYE-
(4) Mahoney, Melissa - U
(13) -BYE- 9 - 15
(4) Mahoney, Melissa - U
(4) Mahoney, Melissa - U
(1) Gristock, Steve - U
(3) Ponsiek, Kyle - U 15 - 4
(3) Ponsiek, Kyle - U
(14) -BYE-
(3) Ponsiek, Kyle - U
(11) -BYE- 15 - 7
(6) Butcher, Chris - U
(6) Butcher, Chris - U
(2) Mahon, Jack - U
(7) Arif, Adil - U 12 - 15
(10) Fagan, Dennis - U
(10) Fagan, Dennis - U 8 - 15
(2) Mahon, Jack - U
(15) -BYE- 10 - 15
(2) Mahon, Jack - U
(2) Mahon, Jack - U
Fence-off for Third
(4) Mahoney, Melissa - U
(3) Ponsiek, Kyle - U
(3) Ponsiek, Kyle - U 11 - 15
Final Results
Location: Newfield HS
Event: Victor Richie Foil Tournament - Mixed Foil
Date: Monday, October 27, 2008 - 7:00 PM
Place Name Born Club Div Ratin Earne
1 Holmes, Stu Long Island Fencing Club LI U E08
2 Holmes, Andrew Long Island Fencing Club LI E08
3 Chiofolo, Casey Long Island Fencing Club LI U
4 Hayward, Frank Long Island Fencing Club LI U
5 Butera, Rob Long Island Fencing Club LI U
6 Caputo, Chris Long Island Fencing Club LI D07
7 Villarroel, Daniel Long Island Fencing Club LI U
8 Sewell, Jennifer Long Island Fencing Club LI U
9 Jacob, Abel Long Island Fencing Club LI U
10 Reivera, Chris Long Island Fencing Club LI U
11 Pang, Mitchell Long Island Fencing Club LI U
12 Zampano, Lori Long Island Fencing Club LI U
13 Tentas, Ryan Long Island Fencing Club LI U
Round #1 - Pools
Pool #1 1 2 3 4 5 V TS TR Ind Pl
Homes, Stu (LIFC) 1 V5 V5 V5 V5 4 20 3 +17 1
Villarroel, Daniel (LIFC) 2 D0 V5 D0 D1 1 6 17 -11 4
Tentas, Ryan (LIFC) 3 D0 D2 D1 D2 0 5 20 -15 5
Caputo, Chris (LIFC) 4 D1 V5 V5 D0 2 11 11 0 3
Butera, Rob (LIFC) 5 D2 V5 V5 V5 3 17 8 +9 2
Pool #2 1 2 3 4 5 V TS TR Ind Pl
Hayward, Frank (LIFC) 1 V5 V5 V5 D0 3 15 9 +6 2
Jacob, Abel (LIFC) 2 D0 V5 V5 D1 2 11 12 -1 3
Sewell, Jennifer (LIFC) 3 D0 D0 V5 D1 1 6 19 -13 4
Zampano, Lori (LIFC) 4 D4 D2 D4 D0 0 10 20 -10 5
Homes, Andrew (LIFC) 5 V5 V5 V5 V5 4 20 2 +18 1
Pool #3 1 2 3 V TS TR Ind Pl
Reivera, Chris (LIFC) 1 V5 D0 1 5 8 -3 2
Pang, Mitchell (LIFC) 2 D3 D3 0 6 10 -4 3
Chiofolo, Casey (LIFC) 3 V5 V5 2 10 3 +7 1
Round #2 - Direct Elimination
Table of 16 Table of 8 Semi-Finals Finals
(1) Homes, Andrew - E08
(1) Homes, Andrew - E08
(16) -BYE-
(1) Homes, Andrew - E08
(9) Villarroel, Daniel - U 15 - 2
(9) Villarroel, Daniel - U
(8) Reivera, Chris - U 15 - 13
(1) Homes, Andrew - E08
(5) Hayward, Frank - U 15 - 6
(5) Hayward, Frank - U
(12) Zampano, Lori - U 15 - 4
(5) Hayward, Frank - U
(13) Tentas, Ryan - U 15 - 14
(4) Butera, Rob - U
(4) Butera, Rob - U 3 - 15
(2) Homes, Stu - U
(3) Chiofolo, Casey - U 5 - 15
(3) Chiofolo, Casey - U
(14) -BYE-
(3) Chiofolo, Casey - U
(11) Pang, Mitchell - U 15 - 13
(6) Caputo, Chris - D07
(6) Caputo, Chris - D07 0 - 15
(2) Homes, Stu - U
(7) Jacob, Abel - U 4 - 15
(10) Sewell, Jennifer - U
(10) Sewell, Jennifer - U 7 - 15
(2) Homes, Stu - U
(15) -BYE- 0 - 15
(2) Homes, Stu - U
(2) Homes, Stu - U
Fence-off for Third
(5) Hayward, Frank - U
(3) Chiofolo, Casey - U
(3) Chiofolo, Casey - U 9 - 15
Final Results
Tournament: James Costello Epee
Location: Newfield HS
Event: Mixed Epee
Date: Monday, October 20, 2008 - 7:00 PM
Place Name Club Div Ratin Earne
1 Mulvaney, Joe Long Island Fencing Club LI NAT E07 E08
2 Stallard, Brian Long Island Fencing Club LI U
3 Butera, Rob Long Island Fencing Club LI D08
4 Rauch, JD Long Island Fencing Club LI U
5 Homes, Ellis Long Island Fencing Club LI U
6 Bustamante, Greg Unattached (or unknown) NAT D08
7 Lopez, Pablo Long Island Fencing Club LI U
8 Villarrael, Javier Long Island Fencing Club LI U
9 Ruenes, Robert Long Island Fencing Club LI U
10 Reivera, Chris Long Island Fencing Club LI U
11 Lynch, Katharine Long Island Fencing Club LI U
12 Ames, Kaylan Long Island Fencing Club LI U
Round #1 - Pools
Pool #1 1 2 3 4 5 6 V TS TR Ind Pl
Ames, Kaylan (LIFC) 1 D4 D0 D1 D3 D0 0 8 25 -17 6
Lopez, Pablo (LIFC) 2 V5 D2 D2 V5 D4 2 18 19 -1 4
Bustamante, Greg (UNAT) 3 V5 V5 D2 D4 V5 3 21 13 +8 3
Stallard, Brian (LIFC) 4 V5 V5 V5 V5 D1 4 21 12 +9 1
Reivera, Chris (LIFC) 5 V5 D0 V5 D2 D3 2 15 22 -7 5
Homes, Ellis (LIFC) 6 V5 V5 D1 V5 V5 4 21 13 +8 2
Pool #2 1 2 3 4 5 6 V TS TR Ind Pl
Mulvaney, Joe (UNAT) 1 V5 V5 D2 V5 D3 3 20 14 +6 2
Lynch, Katharine (LIFC) 2 D1 D3 D3 D4 V5 1 16 24 -8 6
Villarrael, Javier (LIFC) 3 D1 V5 D3 V5 D4 2 18 21 -3 4
Rauch, JD (LIFC) 4 V5 V5 V5 V5 D4 4 24 14 +10 1
Ruenes, Robert (LIFC) 5 D2 V5 D3 D1 V5 2 16 23 -7 5
Butera, Rob (LIFC) 6 V5 D4 V5 V5 D4 3 23 21 +2 3
Round #2 - Direct Elimination
Table of 8 Semi-Finals Finals
(1) Rauch, JD - U
(1) Rauch, JD - U
(8) Villarrael, Javier - U 15 - 12
(5) Mulvaney, Joe - E07
(5) Mulvaney, Joe - E07 7 - 15
(5) Mulvaney, Joe - E07
(4) Bustamante, Greg - D08 15 - 11
(5) Mulvaney, Joe - E07
(3) Homes, Ellis - U 15 - 7
(6) Butera, Rob - D08
(6) Butera, Rob - D08 8 - 15
(2) Stallard, Brian - U
(7) Lopez, Pablo - U 9 - 15
(2) Stallard, Brian - U
(2) Stallard, Brian - U 6 - 15
Fence-off for Third
(1) Rauch, JD - U
(6) Butera, Rob - D08
(6) Butera, Rob - D08 13 - 15
Results generated by Fencing Time tournament software: www.FencingTime.com
LIFC’s Tim Stein placed 41st @div III men’s Epee
Division III Results - # of Entries: 93
Classification of Event: C3
41 Stein Timothy A LONG ISLND U
Congratulations!
Lisa Vervino had a strong showing at this years Summer nationals:
Division II Results # of Entries: 74
Classification of Event: B3
39 Verzino Lisa M LONG ISLND D2006
Division III Results - # of Entries: 68
Classification of Event: C3
15 Verzino Lisa M LONG ISLND D2006
Congratulations!
The Long Island Fencing Club continued its tradition of posting positive results.
The Boys teamfencing for Centereach HS captured the Bronze Medal for the 2nd year in a row in the team County Tournament, and the Girls won the Silver. The girls have medaled every year since 2000, with them taking home:
2000 - GOLD
2001 - Bronze
2002 - Silver
2003 - Silver
2004 - Silver
2005 - GOLD
2006 - Silver
2007 - Silver
In the Individual portion of the Counties, LIFC/Centereach fencers stood atop the competition yet again, with 2 COUNTY CHAMPIONS!
Dominick Fazzari is the Boys Foil Individual County Champion
Allison Ratis is the Girls Epee Individual County Champion
In addition, many other fencers made the finals as well:
Nick Quackenbush - Bronze in Boys Epee
Lisa Verzino - Bronze in Girls Saber
Joann Reyes - 4th in Girls Foil
Cristina Sousa - 5th in Girls Foil
Ali Sperduti - 5th in Girls Saber
Danielle Butera - 6th in Girls Epee
The girls ended up with 6 fencers in the finals. This is the most any Centereach Girls Team has ever had in the finals!
Congratulations to all the fencers!
6 Members of the Long Island Fencing Club and all members of Centereach HS Fencing Team won Medals at the 33rd Mamaroneck Invitational December9th 2006.
They are as follows:
Lisa Verzino won a GOLD medal in Girl’s Saber
Amanda Birro won 4th place in Girl’s Epee
Allison Ratis won 5th place in Girl’s Epee
Cristina Sousa won 4th place in Girl’s Foil
Dominick Fazzari won 8th place in Boy’s Foil
Kevin Nguyen won 8th place in Boy’s Saber
The Members and Staff of the Long Island Fencing Club wish to extend their Congratulations to our latest winners and Champions
Michael Quackenbush narrowly defeated his brother Nick Quackenbush in a nail biter bout to win Long Island Fencing Club’s annual James Costello Epee tournament.
Places are as follows:
1st Michael Quackenbush
2nd Nick Quackenbush
3rdT Joe Mulvaney
3rdT Kyle Chiofolo
5th Brianne Musselwhite
6th Danielle Butera
7th Dom Fazzari
8th Josh Krantz
9th Drew Santorello
10th Robert Conlan
11th Greg Bustamante
12th Dee Quackenbush
Congratilations to all!
Joe Mulvaney defeated last years winner Garret Cervelli to win Long Island Fencing Club’s annual Victor Richie Foil Tournament.
1st Joe Mulvaney
2nd Garret Cervelli
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