CFC Holiday Tournament

Silver team fencers from Windy City had a good tournament at the Chicago Fencing Club Holiday tournament. Becky Hersbach took 1st in the Y12 epee, where Arpad Neale and Luke Clohisy were also second. August Malueg and Matthew Davis also had good a tournament. In the "D and under" mens, Thomas Donnell was 6th, with Nicolas Levy and Tom Hersback also turning in solid performances. Emma Malueg was 3d in the womens D and under.

NAC C

Lydia Kopecky traveled to compete in a USFA Division 1 tournament, at the USFA NAC "C" in Richmond, VA. Division 1 is the "Open" division, tops in the USFA.

Four Qualify for Junior Olympics

At the Illinois qualifying tournament, four Windy City Fencers qualified for the Junior Olympics in February: Albert Starshak and Nabil Salem qualified in Juniors and Cadet; Jacky Swietochowski qualified in Juniors, and Lydia Kopecky had previously qualified for Juniors and Cadet by being on the National Points list. Five other Windy City fencers competed at the qualifying tournament. Although he did not qualify for the JOs, Silver Team fencer Nicolas Levy was 7th in Juniors and earned his "E" rating.