On May 9th, 2015, many of our fencers took part in the second annual Concours Internationaux d’Escrime de la Jeunesse in Bellingham, WA. This international tournament sponsored by the Salle Saint-George and Renaissance Fencing Club was in Classical French foil. After taking part in the equipment check, participants fenced in a round robin format to assaults of three touches. Interspersed between foil assaults were also demonstrations of foil & poignard, Italian rapier, spear, longsword, and French small-sword. Six fencers were chosen to participate in a final pool of round robin assaults and awards were presented to the top three fencers for net touches made & received as well as an additional recognition for the fencer who most consistently demonstrated the classical ideal of fencing. Every participant endeavoured to uphold the ideals of the art & science of defense and I would like to send a special congratulation to the following fencers in particular:
Best Overall Fencer Ms. B. Lok
1st Place Mr. C. Leong
2nd Place Ms. M. Burnett-Thomas
3rd Place Mr. E. Tse
Furthermore, I wanted to thank all the organizers and volunteers especially Prévôt d’Armes Cecil Longino, Instructor Andrew Telesca, Mr. Tim Nelson, Ms. Laura Foster, Mr. Garrett Fuller, Mr. Bacchus Davis, Ms. Cory Holmes, Mr. Jherek Swanger, Mr. Ezra Homison, Mr. Andrew Forderer, Mr. John Clough, Mr. Andrew Chin, and Mr. Andrew Williamson in addition to all the friends, family members, and supporters of our fencers and of this event. It was truly a delight to watch the many young men and women who fenced share what they had learned on this beautiful Saturday afternoon.
For a video clip of the Commemorative DVD for the event, please click on the following link.
For a video clip of the various demos performed at the event, please click on the following link.
Best Overall Fencer Ms. B. Lok
1st Place Mr. C. Leong
2nd Place Ms. M. Burnett-Thomas
3rd Place Mr. E. Tse
Furthermore, I wanted to thank all the organizers and volunteers especially Prévôt d’Armes Cecil Longino, Instructor Andrew Telesca, Mr. Tim Nelson, Ms. Laura Foster, Mr. Garrett Fuller, Mr. Bacchus Davis, Ms. Cory Holmes, Mr. Jherek Swanger, Mr. Ezra Homison, Mr. Andrew Forderer, Mr. John Clough, Mr. Andrew Chin, and Mr. Andrew Williamson in addition to all the friends, family members, and supporters of our fencers and of this event. It was truly a delight to watch the many young men and women who fenced share what they had learned on this beautiful Saturday afternoon.
For a video clip of the Commemorative DVD for the event, please click on the following link.
For a video clip of the various demos performed at the event, please click on the following link.
