Geoff Elder, UGA, and Tiger Opens! Oh my!

Geoff Elder

January 19th - 20th The Yellow Jacket Fencing Club went down to Georgia Southern to compete in the Geoff Elder Open!

Congrats to
Parth Deshmukh for placing 1st in Mixed Foil!
Adam West for placing 1st in Mixed Saber!
Brittni Walters for placing 3rd in Mixed Saber! (P.S. It's only her second semester fencing, so it's super cool!)

UGA Open

January 26th - 27th YJFC traveled to Athens, Georgia to compete in the University of Georgia Open!

Congrats to
Daniel Bodamer for placing 1st in Div. 2 Epee, renewing his C!
Parth Deshmukh for placing 2nd in Div. 1 Epee, renewing his B!
                         and for placing 1st in Div. 1 Foil, renewing his B!
Kevin Lyn for placing 7th in Div 2. Saber, earning his E!
Chris Denecke for placing 5th in Div. 1 Saber, renewing his C!

Tiger Open

February 2nd-3rd the YJFC traveled to Clemson, South Carolina to compete in the Tiger Open!

Congrats to
Daniel Miller for placing 2nd in Div. 2 Foil, earning his D!
Parth Deshmukh for placing 3rd in Div. 1 Foil!

Green Gator

February 9th-20th some members of the YJFC traveled to the University of Florida to compete in the 47th Annual Green Gator!

Congrats to
Thurston Sandburg for placing 7th in Div. 2 Saber, earning his E!

Clinic with Jeff Bukantz

Congrats to everyone who attended and hosted January 11th Ref Clinic!

The UGA Fencing Club and the Yellow Jacket Fencing Club teamed up to host a Ref Clinic with Jeff Bukantz at the Ramsey Activity Center in Athens. After a weekend of training with Mr. Bukantz, a former Olympic fencer and referee, the number of rated referees in Georgia more than doubled!

Wrecks and Vets!

We have implemented a new mentorship program within our fencing program! The Vets and Wrecks system is similar to the Greek’s Bigs and Littles system or the band’s Rats and Vets system. The idea is that all of our new members, the Wrecks, adopt a Vet to become their buddy/mentor for the semester. Their Vets’ jobs are to make sure they are having fun at both practices and social events! So far, everyone seems to be enjoying it!

For more information check out our FAQ poster! 

Fall 2012

The Yellow Jacket Fencing Club is off to a great start this year! We have over 70 dues paying members and many of them are new to the sport of fencing! We started off the year with two weeks of Wreck Camp (Wrecks = fencing newbies), then after we brought everybody back together and had a great reunion with all of our old members. After a few more weeks of practice we’ve now split everyone into weapons, so they can start getting ready for tournaments!

Here are some pictures from our first few practices!

Practices are held on the 4th floor of the CRC

Tuesdays and Thursdays: 8:00 - 10:00 pm

Sunday: 4:00 - 6:00 pm

Tech Host Yellow Jacket Open

Tech Host Third Annual Yellow Jacket Open Tournament

The Third Annul Yellow Jacket Open, held in the Georgia Tech Student Center Ballroom, was a huge success! Despite having over 300 tournament entries, the competition all ran very smoothly thanks to the time and effort contributed by all our volunteers. Special thanks to Courtney Price and Jeff Lumish for spending countless hours organizing the event.

Also, congratulations to the following fencers who did exceptionally well (within the top third). For complete tournament results, visit AskFred.

Mixed Epee - 69 Competitors
Eric Lange - 13th

C & Under Epee - 66 Competitors
Thurston Sandberg - 12th
Daniel Bodamer - 17th

Mixed Sabre - 54 Competitors
Christopher Denecke - 6th
Kevin Lyn - 18th

D & Under Sabre - 50 Competitors
Emily Robey-Phillips - 5th Earned E12
Joshua Mittelman - 7th Earned E12
Zhefan Ye - 11th
Jeffrey Lumish - 12th
Aaron DePiano - 14th
Stefano Fenu - 16th

Mixed Foil - 37 Competitors
Parth Deshmukh - 6th
Daniel Miller - 13th

D & Under Foil - 52 Competitors
Ruiqi Zhang - 7th Earned E12
Daniel Miller - 12th

Temple Open

This past weekend the Yellow Jacket Fencing Club competed against around six hundred athletes from over thirty schools at the Temple Open tournament at Temple University. Each weapon category had around a hundred competitors. Congrats to the following fencers who placed exceedingly well:

Women's Sabre: Courtney Price 11th
Men's Sabre: Eric Lange 33rd
Men's Foil: Daniel Miller 39th, Cavanaugh Welch 42nd

Nathan, Haley, Dylan and many of the experienced fencers made the top 80% cut to proceed to the direct elimination round. Bean, Lauren, and Jennifer placed 4th, 5th, and 9th respectively in the consolation round.

The full tournament results can be found at the following links:
Women's Results: http://www.owlsports.com/documents/2011/11/7/Scan001_1_6.PDF?path=wfence&tab=2011templeopenresults

Men's Results: http://www.owlsports.com/documents/2011/11/7/Scan001_7_13.PDF?path=wfence&tab=2011templeopenresults

Fencers, great job at the AFC tournament this week! In case you missed the event, it was a good experience, and lot of fun! As a team, we did very well. Congrats to the following fencers who placed in the top 3 of their respective tournaments:

Parth Deshmukh: 1st Place Open Foil, 2nd Place Open Saber
Eric Lange: 1st Place Open Saber, 3rd Place Open Epee
Daniel Miller: 1st place D & Under Foil
Courtney Price: 3rd Place Open Saber
Zhefan Ye: 3rd Place D & Under Foil