Coach Tigran and Junior Stephen Ewart traveled to one of the hardest Junior World Cups held in Helsinki to fence and to hopefully clinch a Junior World Team spot for Stephen.

Stephen fenced well and finished in an impressive 31st out of 234 fencers!! This earned him a spot as the number 2 fencer in the USA and a berth to represent the US in the World Championships in April as a Junior World Team Member! Congratulations to Stephen and his coaches! Stephen fenced for the Cadet World Team last year and was able as a first year junior to make the Junior World Team as well this year! What a great achievement! 

Congratulations to Stephen and Swords Fencing Studio!

The 2017 South Coast Invitational RYC/RJC tournament was a large and overall successful tournament for Swords Fencing Studio and their coaches. 

In Y10 Men's Epee, Christopher Dekermanji took home the Bronze medal after fencing for 4 months! Great job!

Results
BRONZE  Christopher Dekermanji
11th         Daniel Oganesian
Out of 19 fencers

In Y10 Women's Epee, the girls were exhausted and fenced well but didn't quite make the cut. Next time!

Results
11th      Zoe Kim
15th      Isabel Kim
out of 16 fencers

In Y12 Men's Epee, we had quite a showing overall with Jackson Norbutas earning the GOLD medal! He fenced well and beat out all the other competitors with a strong finish! Great job to him and all the other fencers who competed!

Results
GOLD    Jackson Norbutas
10th       Rowen Hicks
11th        Saam Mohebi
15th       Aaron Liang
17th       Christopher Dekermanji
20th      Darius Kim
out of 28 fencers

In Y12 Women's Epee, it was a first for Marie Voskanyan as she brought home her first BRONZE medal and lost to the eventual Gold medalist! Great job and keep up the good work!

Results
BRONZE  Marie Voskanyan 
out of 15 fencers

In Y14 Men's Epee, Stafford Moosekian took home the SILVER medal and lost a close one in the final 14-15 to Wilson Zhu! Great job! It was a tough competition and large field. Congratulations to all.

Results
SILVER   Stafford Moosekian
17th         Thomas Moore
19th         Brian Ferrante
32nd        Ian Plunk
35th         Jackson Norbutas
37th         Miles Glapa-Grossklag
38th         Rowen Hicks
41st          Saam Mohebi
42nd        Aaron Liang
out of 46 fencers

In Y14 Women's Epee, another first with an 8th place medal for Alice Oganesian! She beat out teammate Amanda Dingman to make the top 8, but great job to all the girls as they continue to work harder! 

Results
8th   Alice Oganesian
11th  Amanda Dingman
15th  Ashley Liang
20th Marie Voskanyan
out of 26 fencers

In Junior Men's Epee, it was a long day with some tough losses, but hopefully with new lessons learned. Aidan Kung lost in the semis to the eventual Gold medalist while Spencer Dingman placed in the top 8 and lost a close 13-15 bout to re-earn his C17! Great job to all!

Results
BRONZE  Aidan Kung
7th            Spencer Dingman
14th          Christopher Kwok
25th          Stafford Moosekian
34th          Brian Ferrante
37th          Thomas Moore
44th          Juan Velo
Out of 45 fencers

In Junior Women's Epee, Emily Beihold took home the GOLD! Well done!!

Results
GOLD   Emily Beihold
21st       Ashley Liang
Out of 30 fencers

Congratulations to all of our fencers and to our Coaches! Keep up the hard work!

Full results can be found here.