Penta Fencing Club News and Events

Penta Fencing Club Featured in Wilmington Advocate!

Penta fencers were feautured in a great photo essay for the Wilmington Advocate. If you're interested in learning how to fence, please stop by on a Saturday afternoon to learn more about fencing lessons. Sessions run 12:00 to 3:00 and are on a drop-in basis. We have youth and adults who regularly participate and Penta coaches are on hand to add to the fun!

In addition to the photo essay, the Advocate also did a great interview with Vaho, "Wilmington school trains Olympic hopefuls." Penta fencers come from all over the greater Boston area, including Action, Andover, and even Plaistow and Salem, New Hampshire to fence at Penta and take advantage of training with Vaho, an Olympic medalist.

Fencing is also a great way to condition for other sports or to help sedentary children become more active and healthy in a fun environment. As Vaho says in the interview, "Fencing offers a challenging mix of physical and tactical training. As part of our training, we provide strength and conditioning, an added benefit for sedentary kids or for teen athletes who want to be stronger for other sports.” In fact, we've had overweight kids begin their training and once they get into the routine of attending classes plus open fencing, they lose weight and are much healthier and stronger!

Want to learn more about how fencing can benefit your child? Give Vaho a call!

Congratulations to all 13 Penta Fencers who qualified and 12 fencers who fenced at the 2010 Summer Nationals in Atlanta, July 2010

Here are the results:

Div 1 Men's Epee
Luke Politi – 52nd place

U19 Men's Epee
Alex House – 20th place
Mitch Culler – 46th place
Luke Politi – 58th place
Farzaan Karimi – 130th place

U19 Women's Epee
Rachael Clark – 52th place
Kelley Hamill – 89th place
Eana Meng – 96th place

U16 Men's Epee
Alex House – Silver Medal
Farzaan Karimi – 21st place
Eagon Meng – 116th place

U16 Women's Epee
Rachael Clark – 28th place
Kelley Hamill – 54th place
Eana Meng – 70th place

Y14 Men's Epee
Eagon Meng – 32nd place
Adrian Berg – 40th place

Y14 Women's Epee
Eana Meng – 54th place

Div 1A Men's Epee
Luke Politi – Silver Medal
Mitchell Culler – 46th place

Div 1A Women's Epee
Kelley Hamill – 76th place

Div 2 Men's Epee
Eagon Meng – 10th place
Daniel Klarnet – 50th place
Farzaan Karimi – 53rd place
Michael Culler – 68th place

Div 2 Women's Epee
Kelley Hamill – 39th place

Div 3 Men's Epee
Eagon Meng – 11th place
Sean Lauwers – 163rd place

Div 3 Women's Epee
Eana Meng – 111th place

Veterans 50 Men's Epee
Michael Culler – 22nd place

Men's Senior Team
39th place

Men's Junior Team Epee
6th place – out of 44 teams

2010 Pomme de Terre, Brandeis University – June, 2010

Men's Epee Team
Silver Medal: Culler, Politi, House, Karimi

Men's Epee Open
Alex House – Bronze Medal
Luke Politi – 5th place
Daniel Klarnet – 23rd place
Mitchell Culler – 24th place
Farzaan Karimi – 26th place
Daniel Howlett – 44th place
Eagon Meng – 49th place
Matthew Broomer – 87th place
Devin Burke – 93rd place

Women's Epee Open
Felicia Sun – 15th place
Eana Meng – 33rd place
Kelley Hamill – 45th place