Champions



Sophie Caplin medaled in the Y14 Women’s Foil and Aubrey Caplin medaled in the Y10 men’s foil, both taking bronzes from the Capitol Clash SYC. Sophie and Aubry were the highest placing VA fencers in their age categories for foil!

The following fencers also earned national points:
Aubrey Caplin Y10 MF
Pheobe Caplin Y14 WF and Y12 WF
Sophie Caplin Y14 WF and Y14 WE

We're so proud of all our fencers who participated in the Capitol Clash SYC!


2009 US Summer National Championships:



Sophie Caplin ~ Silver Medal in Y14 Women's Foil and U16 Women's Foil.
Wade Goodrich ~ Silver Medal in Y12 Mixed Foil and Bronze Medal in Y14 Men's Foil.
Phoebe Caplin ~ Bronze Medal in Y12 Mixed Foil and Y14 Women's Foil.
Aubrey Caplin ~ Bronze Medal in Y12 Mixed Foil.

Commonwealth Games - July 12-13:


Nick Deschenes: XTE Gold
James Faine: XTE Silver
James Faine: XE Bronze
Nick Deschenes: XE Bronze
Joseph Shea-Hackett: XE Bronze
Wade Goodrich: Y14F Bronze


MFA Open - June 28-29:


Ben Tuchyner: XE Gold, Earns A08 in Epee


Summer Sizzler - June 21-22:


Nick Deschenes: XE Gold
Sophie Caplin: Y12 Gold
Aubry Caplin: Y8 Gold
Kaelyn Leake: EF Silver
Phoebe Caplin: Y10 Silver
Talia Alexander: XE Bronze
Dorothy Carney: XE Bronze
Dorothy Carney: XF Bronze
Tripp Stewart: XS Bronze
Ken Fales: EF Bronze
Wade Goodrich: Y12 Bronze
Kate Steele: Y8 Bronze


Division Championships - June 14-15:


Dorothy Carney: WF Bronze
Jason Levin: MS Bronze
Dorothy Carney: WE Bronze


Road to San Jose - June 7:


Dorothy Carney: VXF Bronze


Rooster Coop's Wide Open -- May 31 - June 1:


Jason Levin: XS Gold
Kaelyn Leake: WF Bronze
James Faine: XE Bronze


Brownbeard's Revenge -- May 10:


James Faine XF Bronze


Yuri Gagarin Open - April 12-13:


Dorothy Carney: WF Silver
James Faine: XE Bronze
Joseph Shea-Hackett: XE Bronze
Evan Thompson: XS Bronze


April 5-6, VA Division Youth Championships Results:


Y-8 Mixed Foil: Helen Atkins earned a silver medal; Aubrey Caplin earned a bronze medal.
Y-10 Mixed Foil: Phoebe Caplin earned a bronze medal.
Y-12 Women's Foil: Sophie Caplin earned a silver medal.
Y-12 Men's Foil: Wade Goodrich earned a bronze medal.
Y-14 Women's Foil: Sophie Caplin earned a bronze medal.
Y-14 Men's Foil: Gavin Erskine earned a bronze medal.
U-16 Men's Epee: Steven Decker earned a bronze medal.
U-16 Men's Foil: Steven Decker earned a bronze medal.

We're very proud of all of our CFA fencers who participated in this youth tournament!




Joseph Shea-Hackett earned his B08 in epee on March 29, 2008 at the Cherry Blossom Open, one of the premier events on the East Coast. We're so proud of you Joseph!




March 1-2, VA Regional Youth Circuit Results:


Sophie Caplin earned a gold medal in Y-14 Women's Foil
Wade Goodrich earned a bronze medal in Y-12 Mixed Foil

March 15-16, Conomikes-Gutenberg Memorial Open (W&M) Results:


Jason Leven earned a bronze medal in Sabre
Nich Deschenes earned a bronze medal in Epee
Congratulations to everyone!


Feb. 2-3, 2008 VA Division Team Championships Results:


Men's Senior Foil Team, earning a bronze medal: Ben Tuchyner, Chris Beazley, James Faine, Joseph Shea-Hackett
Men's Junior Foil Team, earning a bronze medal: Alex Ince, Steven Decker, Joseph Shea-Hackett
Men's Senior Epee Team, earning a bronze medal: Joseph Shea-Hackett, James Faine, Ben Tuchyner
Men's Senior Sabre Team, earning a silver medal: Jason Levin, James Faine, Joseph Shea-Hackett
Congratulations to everyone!

Congratulations to Evan Thompson - earning a bronze medal in D & Under Sabre at the CFA First Blood Ratings Rally, held Jan. 12-13, 2008.



Results from the Dec. 22-23 CFA Nightmare Before Christmas Ratings Rally... Congratulations to Jason Levin (gold medal in sabre), Joseph Shea-Hackett (bronze medal in sabre, bronze in E & Under foil, silver in C & Under epee), Steven Decker (bronze medal in E & Under foil), and Alex Ince (silver in C & Under foil)! Joseph and Steven both earned their E07 in foil at this event. We're proud of you all!



Congratulations to Joseph Shea-Hackett (Junior epee) and Alex Ince (Cadet foil)! Both qualified for the Junior Olympic Championships.



Congratulations to Coach James Faine and Ben Tuchyner!
At the Tech Open (Oct. 27-28, 2007), James earned a bronze medal and his B07 in epee; Ben took a silver medal in foil.



Congratulations to Coach Jason Levin!
At the Battle of Manassas (held at PWFA), Jason won the saber event.



Champions!
Congratulations to all our CFA Fencers who participated in the Back to School Brawl Aug. 25 - 26, 2007.
Calder Wishne won the unrated foil event, earning his D07.
Evan Thompson took 2nd place in the unrated foil event, earning his E07.


Calder Wishne and Evan Thompson proudly display their prizes at the Back to School Brawl, August 25, 2007.


Champions!
Congratulations to Alex Ince, Steven Decker, Evan Thompson, and Sam Bailey - the Junior Varsity Champions of the Virginia Youth Fencing League! They also took silver in the Varsity competition!