GOLD BLADE FENCING CENTER

APRIL EDITION 2007

SUMMER NATIONALS PREP-CAMP

WHEN:  June 16^th – 18^th 

TIMES:  9am – 6pm  (lunch is included each day)

WHERE:  GBFC

COACH: Abdel Salem – U.S. Air Force Academy Head Coach

and GBFC Staff

GUEST FENCERS:         National Champions: Christa and Kayley French

           Columbia University Team Member: Brent Kelly

           International Competitor:  Jacob Osborne

Registration Form: attached separately; also available for printing from the GBFC website www.goldbladefencing.com in the Welcome section.

EXTRA  -  EXTRA -  READ ALL ABOUT IT:   

Gold Blade Fencing Center is very pleased to announce that Mike Haley has joined Coach Moh as an owner of the club.

Mike has been fencing for two years and competes in Veteran’s, Division II and Division III competitions.  Mike’s son, Alex (16yrs old),  has also been an active club member fencing at Nationals, Junior Olympics and many other tournaments.  Alex is currently a freshman at the University of North Texas.

Mike is a retired army officer with 20 years service during which time he commanded paratroop infantry in the 82^nd Airborne Division and is qualified as a Master Parachutist and Ranger.  He holds a Master’s degree in Information System Management, and BA’s in both German and Russian languages.   Mike also served as an Adjunct Professor for the University of Maryland in Bonn, Germany and Washington, D.C.

Mike has owned two companies prior to joining Gold Blade – H3 AirTours Flight School and Haley-Murray Residential,  both operated out of Temple, Texas.  He holds an Airline Transport Pilot certificate with ratings in the Lear Jet 60 and Falcon 20 aircraft as well as being named a Master Flight Instructor of which there are fewer than 400 in the entire U.S. 

Mike is currently employed as an Aviation Safety Inspector with the Federal Aviation Administration at Alliance Airport, Fort Worth and enjoys flying his own airplane when he is not working or fencing.

As you can see,  Mike has a lot of experience to bring to the club and has been working together with Moh over the past few months on plans to help take Gold Blade Fencing Center to the next level in service for our members and to ensure a healthy future for the club.  

CONGRATULATIONS MIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TOURNAMENT INFO:

GOLD BLADE-JESUIT OPEN:

THANKS TO ALL for making our Gold Blade – Jesuit Open such a HUGE success!!! 

We had over 100 participants and excellent volunteers.  Special Thanks to Luann Gatts for learning how to “run a tournament” and use the fencing tournament software and special thanks to Jesuit for the use of their large gymnasium.

The results are as follows:

Sr Mixed Epee:                                  Sr. Mixed Foil:                       Y12 Mixed Epee:

1^st Jacob Osborne                                6^th Ushi Szpak                          1^st Victor Auxenfans

3^rdT Andrew Dobbie                                                                            3^rd Mallory Wyatt

3^rd Maya Cameron                                                                               5th Daniel Barski                                                                      

6^th Elliot Chorn                                                                                     6th Aiden Noel

9^th Max Ferguson                                                                                                                    

11^th Peter McHaney                                                                                                    

13^th Logan Koester

15^th Mike Haley                                                                                                                      

17^th Sam McKinnon

18^th Peter DeLeeuuw

20^th Cannon Koester

22^nd Mahmoud Hossam

Jimmy Murphy

Allan Curry

Jordan Gatts

Zack Shakelford

Vitaly Boksiner

Noah Osborne

Sr. Womens Epee:

1^st Kara Pepin

            5^th Shanie Shwartzman

                                                                                                                               6^th Carissa Scroggins

                                                                                                                               7^th Taylor Smariga

       8^th Ren C’deBaca

              10th Katelin McCullough

                                                                                                                               11^th Katie McKinnon

OTHER TOURNAMENT RESULTS:

Oz Parsons Memorial – OK

Sr. Mens Epee:                                  Sr. Womens Epee:                

2nd Max Ferguson                               2^nd NaRaye Williams

13th Andrew Dobbie

Super Youth Circuit - Houston

Y10 Womens Foil:                              Y12 Womens Foil:                  Y14 Mens Epee

1st Signe Ferguson                               5^th Bryce Koester                     1^st Max Ferguson

                                                            8^th Signe Ferguson                    5^th Logan Koester

                                                                                                            10^th  Peter McHaney

Y14 Womens Foil:

2^nd Marissa Gomez

NEXT UP:

April 20 – 23rd      Div I, Y10, 12, 14  NATIONALS in ARIZONA

April 21 – 22nd     Wilson/Silva Memorial @ Renaissance Fencers Club

April 28 – 29th      North Texas Division Qualifiers for Div 2 and Div 3 for Summer Nationals  @ FIT

April 28^th               DEADLINE to register for Southwest Section Qualifiers

May 5 – 6th           Southwest Section Qualifiers for Summer Nationals - Hosted by North Texas

May 11th               DEADLINE for Summer National Entry Applications

May 12 – June 1^st  Summer National Entries considered late with Triple Fees charged

OTHER ITEMS:

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We are thrilled that GBFC has grown significantly in the number of fencers participating in competitions.

In an attempt to become a more cohesive “TEAM” at events, especially National events, you will be receiving a notice in the near future to discuss and implement a “GBFC TEAM” plan to coordinate flights, who’s staying where, equipment needs while on strip, coaching needs, and overall team support.  Mike Haley, Allison Koester, and Luann Gatts will be spearheading this effort.

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We have new GBFC Picture albums for the club!!!

If you have pictures you would like to contribute to the albums, please label them and put them in the office.

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Club Dues… if you have not yet paid your April dues, please add the $25 late fee to your payment.