Congratulations to Brandon and Farrah for being featured in this location magazine for their stellar performance at the NAC in Richmond. View the article here.
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The 2013 NCAA Fencing Championships are coming to San Antonio this March at the Freeman Coliseum. San Antonio Sports and The University of the Incarnate Word are proud to present the 2013 NCAA Fencing Championships, March 21-24 at Freeman Coliseum. Through the NCAA tournament, San Antonio Sports is pleased to shine a light on the local fencing clubs in order to promote and gain recognition for fencing in San Antonio.
March 21, Thursday
- 9:30 a.m. Men’s Preliminary Rounds 1-4
March 22, Friday
- 9:30 a.m. Men’s Preliminary Rounds ...
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Following huge success in the January 2013 North American Cup Tournament in Louisville Kentucky. St. Mary’s Hall students Robin Cheong and Farrah Lee-Elabd won gold and bronze respectively in one of the largest tournaments o the national US Fencing tour. With A and B ratings, Robin and Farrah are amongst the highest rated fencers in the country for their weapon and age group.
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2012 Bronze medalist Kelley Hurley had an in depth interview at Olympian Fencing Club on Fox 29 on Tuesday November 13th. View the the full interview at Fox’s website. Pay attention and you will catch 2000 Olympian and our coach Velizar Iliev fencing in the video as well.
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2012
NOV
2012
London was a sweet reward for Courtney and Kelley Hurley. The local San Antonio fencers took their lifelong work with them to the Olympics this summer and brought home the bronze medal. After tough individual competition the ladies teamed up with Maya Lawrence and Susannah Scanlan to stun the competition and bring home a medal. San Antonio fencing is proud to be the home of these ladies.
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2012
Olympian Fencing Club sent twelve fencers to the alliance fencing academy camp in Houston this week to train for the Summer Nationals. The local ABC affiliate in Houston did a story on this event and it shows why this great camp is so popular nationwide. Coach Velizar is working with a coaching team to develop young fencers with a stunning list of accomplishments in the sport.
We were very happy to be a part of this camp and the great success ...
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2012
Coach Velizar and Coach Viktor were guests at the international fencing center groundbreaking ceremony today at St. Anthony Catholic School. Here they are next to UIW president Dr. Louis Agnese.
The 18,000-square-foot center, billed as the region’s premier fencing facility, will have 12 fencing strips, several practice strips, training rooms and amenities for a community U.S. Fencing Association club.
The sports center is set to be completed by August 2012 with $2 million in funding from the Bexar County Venue Tax ...
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2012
Watch for Olympian Fencing Club on Monday May 21st during the 5am newscast. A live feature will be done on the fencing school, highlighting our techniques and many of our fencers. Wake up early or be sure to record it!
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MAY
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2012
McKenna Carpenter was featured in Sunday’s Express News for her bronze medal finish at the North American Cup. The feature focuses on local athletes’ accomplishments in various sports.Congratulations to McKenna, keep up the great work.
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