Congrats to our Z Epee team with a Successful outing at the Swashbuckler Duel in KL - Oct 2012

Here is a field report by Coach Gabor:
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The Z Fencers won 4 medals in the Swashbucklers Fencing Duel!
2 Gold (Men's Epee Individual & U14 Girl's Epee Individual)
1 Silver (U12 Mixed Epee Team)
1 Bronze (U14 Girl's Epee Individual)

We had 4 top 8 results (those just missed out on the medals)
All together there were 12 fencers representing Z Fencing, 6 of them winning a medal!

Senior Thomas finished in top 16  and Johann in top 32, both of them fenced in the commonwealth champs too...I also fenced to have some points for the team!

U14 Girls - Esther Lai Gold Medalist
Esther fenced well in the individual event, she was ranked 1st and won the final quite easily! Julianne lost narrowly in the semis 14-15 and finished 3rd. Well done Girls!

U14 Boys
Aloysius and Wei Soon lost in the quarter finals both of them with 1 hits, so they could have won another 2 medals for Z Fencing.

U11 & U9
Elang & Jaden fenced in their first competition and it was a good exposure for them. Our salute for your brave participation!

Senior Team
There were 16 teams! we managed to win the first match,
then we lost 43-45 in the quarter-finals, so we missed out on one more medal.

U12 Team - SILVER MEDAL
We were ranked 2nd and finished 2nd after winning the first 2 matches easily and then losing in the final after a good fight!

All in all it was a fairly good event, the kids are enjoyed the trip,
and half of the fencers from Z managed to come back with medals! It was a good opportunity for me and for my fencers to come a bit closer to each other, and to show the parents what's competition is about!

The team spirit was good, the parents were supportive, and we improved on our results. Last year we won 2 silver medals, versus this year 2 gold, 1 silver & 1 bronze. Hopefuly next year we can win even more medals with the support of the parents & Z!!!

U14 Adds to Medal Haul of 7 Golds for Minime 2012

2 Gold Medals in Foil Completes Sweep of U10, U12 & U14 Boys and Girls Titles.

Congrats to the U14 Z Fencers who competed two weekends ago.

The final two gold medals in foil created history for Z – a complete sweep of all Foil Individual titles across the age groups including U10, U12 and U14 - for both boys and girls!

   
Girls U14 Epee Silver Medal          Boys U14 Bronze Medal
                      
In Epee, we garnered a promising set of results with a Silver by Julianne Lauw and maiden medal for Aloysius Low with a Bronze at the national minime. Both the boys and girls teams also fought valiantly to win a Bronze and Silver medal respectively for Z.

 
Team Epee – Bronze & Silver Medalist (Boys and Girls)

In sabre, congrats to Fellini for winning a Bronze medal. And in the Foil Team events, our fencers brought back two additional Silver medals.

 
Team Foil – Silver Medalist (Boys and Girls)

Once again, well done to all Z Fencers, coaches, parents and support team for making the Minime a wonderful learning experience for all.

T K Wong (tk@zfencing.com)
Maestro and Co-founder

Final Results

Mens Foil – Individual                  
Gold – Nicholas Choong 
Top 8 – Jet Ng, Yau Han Xiang

Womens Foil – Individual
Gold – Arrya Berthier
Bronze – Amita Berthier
Top 8 – Nicole Wong, Chloe Chu, Esther Lai

Mens Epee – Individual
Bronze – Aloysius Low

Womens Epee – Individual
Silver – Julianne Lauw
Top 8 – Jade Lee

Mens Sabre – Individual
Bronze – Fellini Er

Mens Foil - Team
Silver

Womens Foil - Team
Silver

Mens Epee- Team
Bronze

Womens Epee - Team
Silver

The S'pore U10 and U12 Minime Champs sees our Kids in Action Clinching 5 GOLD medals.

Z Fencers Putting on a Heroic Effort

Dear parents and fencers

This past weekend saw some of our younger children take to the competitions with great anticipation and excitement. The Z Team was out in full force to support many of whom were fencing outside the club for the very first time and who were still under 10 years of age.

All our fencers improved tremendously, and due to the preparatory training over the last few months and the 3-day training camp with their coaches and team mates, they were very confident in conducting themselves at the big format competition.

Warming up together as Z Team

All fencers started the day with a combined warm-up and a short brief by Maestro James on the key points for the competition. Then some free sparring with their friends and they were ready to go!

Briefing by Maestro James Wong

And what an effort! We saw so many of our kids fence with focus and determination. And then something amazing happened…

Our Z fencers made it to all the finals! And we won the gold medal for all 5-events that we entered into (6 events in total):

5 Gold Medals, 4 Silver Medals, and 3 Bronzes from 5 events – a perfect golden 5 and truly impressive effort by our young fencers.

In addition, many of our fencers made it to the top 8 (more than half in Boys and Girls Foil), giving us a promising pool and depth of fencers for the future. And a maiden Gold and Silver win in Epee U12 Boys!

U10 Girls - Gold, Two Bronze Medalists & Z Fencers

While not everyone can win a medal at a competition, we were all delighted with the performance and more importantly, the attitude and focus demonstrated by our young fencers.

U10 Boys - Gold & Silver Medalists

On behalf of the club, we “Salute One and All” of the U10 and U12 fencers who bravely signed on to participate in this competition and brought honour to the school. They are all heroes.

U12 Boys Epee - Gold & Silver Medalist

We also would like to thank the parents for their support and encouragement!

U12 Boys Foil - Gold, Silver & Bronze Medalist

Fencers, it’s time to give your parents and coaches a nice hug and a word of thank-you!

U12 Girls Foil - Gold & Silver Medalist

RESULTS
5 Golds, 4 Silvers and 3 Bronzes From 5 Events Entered Into.

Summary:

U10 Boys Foil – GOLD, SILVER
U10 Girls Foil – GOLD, BRONZE x2

U12 Boys Epee – GOLD, SILVER
U12 Boys Foil – GOLD, SILVER, BRONZE
U12 Girls Foil – GOLD, SILVER

Z Fencer Results:

U10 Girls Foil

Top 8
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Gold – Rachel Mary Lim
Bronze – Claire Lumley-Holmes
Bronze – Tan Jia Lin
6th – Julia Mae Wong
7th – Denyse Chan
8th – Maelynn Fong

Top 16
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9th - Lauren Shillabeer
10th – Rebecca Lai
11th - Olivia Chen
12th - Chloe Ng

U10 Boys Foil

Top 8
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Gold – Bronislaw Abadie
Silver – Yau Jun Sheng
5th – Maximus Tio
7th – Tan Jia Jie
8th – Bradley Goh

Top 16
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10th – Sean Tham
12th – Nabil Asfar Shahrin
13th – Loo Howcher
14th – Julian Mortimer
15th – Maverick Tan
16th – Leon Lufkin

U12 Boys Epee

Gold – Justin Lim
Silver – Cheong Wei Soon

Top 16
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12th -  Alaisdair Low

U12 Girls Foil

Top 8
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Gold – Esther Lai
Silver – Amita Berthier
6th – Rachel Mary Lim
8th – Alyssa Chia

Top 16
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12th – Nicole Wee
13th- Chua Yi Jia
15th – Maria Lu Cavazos
16th – Nicole Goh

U12 Boys Foil

Top 8
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Gold – Glen Lim
Silver – Darren Tan
Bronze – Kieren Lock
6th – Yeo Jing Zhe
8th – Ian Boo Jing Yong

Top 16
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10th – Jorelle See
12th – Brandon Goh
14th – Mark Loh
15th – Richard Teoh

We would also like to recognise and acknowledge the efforts of our young fencers, some of whom may be competing for the first time, and for bravely participating, including:

U10 Boys Foil - Tristan Dielenberg, Ivan Low Zhihan, Wong eu-Wen, Lorenzo Bonardi, Jonathan Lim, Ananya Lev Chadha, Josh Koh Hsin Yu, Marcus Justin Loh, Chua Wen Xu, Loke Yan Jun, Jordan Pefianco, Marcus Justine Broberg, Kenneth NgKoo, Cameron Ramsay, Deon Tan, Neils Roubailo, Alden Bay, and Cyrus Yeo Zhi Jie

U12 Girls Foil - Zaneta De’Aine Ho, Eleanor Tan, Alysha Ratnam, and Catherine Kausikan

U12 Boys Foil - Khairul Imam Salleh, Sean Chang, Maximus Tio, Yau Jun Shen, Tan Jia Jie, Kota Ng,Wu Cheng Hau, Lim Teng Han, Luke Nair, and Muzainy Shahiefisally

U12 Boys Epee - Jefferson Cheong, Tony Chen, and Zachary Keagan Lai

We are proud of all our young U10 and U12 fencers, and once again congrats to all participants and for a record breaking result!

2012 National Inter-Schools Competition see’s Z Fencers securing largest medal haul.

Congrats to our Z Fencers, coaches and their schools for the highest medal haul with a total of 23 medals - 3 Golds, 5 Silvers and 15 Bronzes!

Every one out of three medals contested was secured by a Z Fencer. In addition, over half of the medals (12), were achieved by our youngest fencers in the C Division, promising a strong pipeline of future champions for Z.

Girls C Div Foil – Dominating 6 of the top 8 finishes incl. Gold and 2 Bronzes
Gold – Nicole Wong, Bronze – Aarya Berthier, Tatiana Wong
5th – Shyrie Chopra, 6th – Pow Shu Shan, 7th – Chloe Chu

Boys A Div Sabre – Defending 2 times Gold Medalist
Gold – Clive Leu

Boys B Div Foil - Winning 3 of the top 4 positions incl. Silver and 2 Bronzes
Silver – Tan Wei Quan, Bronze – Ariel Lim, Keagan Lock

Girls C Div Epee – Winning 3 of the top 4 positions incl. Silver and 2 Bronzes
Silver – Jade Lee, Bronze – Chloe Chu, Julianne Lauw

Boys C Div Foil – Winning 2 of the top 4 places incl. Silver and Bronze
Silver – Jet Ng, Bronze – Nicholas Choong

Girls A Div Sabre – Wins Silver
Silver – Yeo Mei Lin

Girls C Div Sabre – Wins 2 Bronzes
Bronze – Laura Tan, Nicole Wong

Boys C Div Epee – Wins 2 Bronzes
Bronze – Jet Ng, Mandeal Tan

Boys A Div Foil – Wins Bronze
Bronze – Justin Ong

Boys B Div Epee – Wins Bronze
Bronze – Samuel Lee

Boys A Div Epee – Wins Bronze
Bronze – Graeme Saw

Once again congratulations to all who participated and a big thank-you to the coaches and team at Z.

Wins at Singapore Cadet World Cup 2012

Congratulations, Z Fencers and coaches on your outstanding achievements in the recent Singapore Cadet World Cup 2012.

Achieving a total of:

1 Gold 2 Silvers 2 Bronzes

Women's Foil Team - Gold
Arrya Berthier
Shani Edwards
Isabella Chung

Men's Épée Team - Silver
Fencing for Singapore
Samuel Lee

Women's Foil Individual - Bronze
Nicole Mae Wong

Women's Foil Team - Bronze
Fencing for Singapore
Nicole Mae Wong