Medeo Fencing Club Group & Privates Lessons
 in Epee, Foil and Sabre, Bridgewater, NJ

 WELCOME TO THE 2007- 08 SEASON!

We are very proud of our new facility, and it also represents a significant investment of money and time by our coaches and others.  We ask that all fencers and parents treat this club as they would treat their own homes.

Medeo Fencing Club is the one of the most successful fencing clubs in the United States, tracing our roots back to 1998. For the past decade we have been teaching children and adults the safe and exciting sport of fencing. We offer classes for beginning  and experienced fencers age six through adult, as well as training for competitive fencers. Over the years we have produced National Champions, NCAA collegiate fencers, many HS State Champions, US National Team  members as well as generations of recreational fencers. We are dedicated to providing instruction and training to fencers of all ages and abilities.

World - Class coaches at Medeo are ready to work with everyone from beginners to elite fencers!

Did you know that the Medeo Fencing Club is the only fencing club in the United States with 5 coaches currently on their staff who have served as national coaches at some point during their fencing careers? Yakov Danilenko – National Coach of Kazakhstan (Epee) Boris Koretski – National Coach of Belarus (Foil)       Paul Kutelvas – National Coach of Uzbekistan (Epee) and Taiwan, China (Epee) Andrew Lamianski – National Coach of Belarus (Sabre)  Iosif Vitebskiy – National Coach of USSR (Epee)   and Ukraine (Epee)

2008 Medeo Summer Program Schedule (pdf) (doc) 2008 Summer Camp Application (pdf)                                                                         Camp program:  Mondays to Fridays 9:30 am – 3:30 pm Physical conditioning, footwork, fencing drills, private lessons, bouting, a tournament and ice cream on Fridays. Excellent coaching service.  All three weapon experts. Guest Coaches. Scoring machines. 12 Metallic strips.  Fitness machines. Fencing equipment provided for the beginners.  Being at Medeo Summer Camp for one week is like fencing an additional 1/4 of a  season!  This is one of THE best ways that fencers will keep improving and getting ahead.  It is also a way to interact and fence with fencers from MANY  different schools and  programs.                         Extended hours available upon request.   3rd Medeo International Fencing Camp At the National Olympic Center “WISLA” in Poland  on August 17-27, 2008 Recent News & Results IMPORTANT BERNARDSVILLE INFO!!! Due to  St. Elizabeth's private schedule, Medeo will NOT be able to hold lessons or practice there on Thursday, May 15th as well as Thursday, May 22nd. All lessons will be held in Bridgewater instead on those days. Bernardsville lessons and practice will resume as usual on May 29th.     Medeo's Universe has officially Expanded!    We are now able to use our new space  (5 new full  regulation fencing strips) next door and two new locker rooms! Congratulations to Katie Galpin (WE), Eric Gurnowski (ME) on winning the GOLD Medals, as well as to Chris Bonner (MS) on  winning a SILVER  Medal, Beverly Yang (WS) - SILVER Medal and Kathleen Rand (WS) - BRONZE Medal at the Mid-Atlantic Div 1A Sectionals Summer National Qualifier on May 4-5th in Pittsburgh, PA  62 Medeo fencers already qualified for the 2008 Summer Nationals! MEDEO reopened its location at School of Saint Elizabeth on 30 Seney Drive  in Bernardsville Practices will be held on Thursdays (except 5/15 & 5/22) in  Auditorium  Sabre Class from 5 to 6pm - conducted by Coach Andrew Lamianski  Foil / Epee Class from 6 to 7pm - conducted by Coach Andrzej Zamlynny Open Fencing from 5 to 9:30pm (All three weapons) The Medeo Staff would like to extend congratulations to the following High School Senior fencers and their parents on the following acceptances to college for Fall 2008: Andrew Bostick - Haverford College - Haverford, PA Matt Brown - Culinary Institute of America - Hyde Park, NY Sruti Chivikula- Washington University- St. Louis, MO Shannon Cooley - Johns Hopkins University - Baltimore, MD Stephanie Chen- NYU - New York, NY Amanda Green - Sacred Heart University - Fairfield, CT Allison Hadley - Yale University-  New Haven, CT Alexandra Kozyra -  University of Pennsylvania- Philadelphia, PA Dima Lamianski - Stevens Institute of Technology - Hoboken, NJ Craig Limoli - Princeton University, NJ Alexander Mills - Princeton University, NJ Laura Paragano - University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, PA Chelsea Rosenbauer - Boston College- Boston, MA Nicole Salter - Johns Hopkins University -Baltimore, MD Kyle Schumann - Cornell University Elizabeth Sonshine - Bates College - Lewiston, ME Diane Zielinski - University of Notre Dame - South Bend, IN Medeo Fencers Take 6 Medals at Mid-Atlantic U-19 Qualifiers Congratulations to Medeo medalists at Mid-Atlantic U-19 Sectional Qualifiers in Williamsport, PA on April 12-13, 2008:     GOLD- Amanda Green (WE) and Laura Paragano (WF)  SILVER- Alex Kozyra (WE) and Alex Risman (MF) BRONZE- Katie Galpin (WE) and Tyler Adams (ME)           ***GOOD JOB EVERYONE !!!  Congratulations to  Kate Northrop (WF) on winning a National Medal (7th place) in  Y-12 foil event on April 28 in Portland, OR at NAC  F Congratulations to Katie Whitaker on winning a BRONZE Medal at Prise de Fer Girls' SYC Y-14  (Girls Epee).  April 12, 2008, Wellesley, MA Congratulations to  Kate Northrop (WF) on winning Denise O'Connor Youth Championship & RYC  ( Y-12) on Saturday, March 29, 2008 at Hoop Heaven in Bridgewater, NJ NAC E Division II - Division III - Veteran - Wheelchair March 7-10, 2008 Rosemont, IL Congratulations to all Medeo fencers who participated at the Rosemont NAC.  DIV III Women's Epee: Katie Galpin Silver Medal (out of 79 fencers), Div II - 24th place DIV III Women's Epee: Christie Robinson - 7th place (out of 79 fencers) Div II Men's Sabre: Chris Bonner - 8th  place (out of 115 fencers) Div II Women's Sabre: Kathleen Rand - 14th  place Vet 50+ Women's Epee: Janice Midgley 13th (out of 29 fencers) Vet 50+ Men's Epee: Tom Meier- 13th,  Tom Tishman - 14th (out of 57 fencers) Vet Combined (40 and over) Women's Epee:  Lisa Roque - 24th place (out of 51) Junior Olympics Junior - Cadet February 15-18, 2008 Charlotte, NC   Medeo had 26 fencers participating at the 2008 Junior Olympics in Charlotte, NC. Alex Mills won a National Medal finishing 5th in Junior MF earning National points and renewing his A08, Diane Zielinski won a National Medal, earned National Points and renewed her A08 as well finishing 6th in Junior WE.  The following fencers earned National Points in their respective weapons, finishing in the top 32, which is an awesome result: Tyler Adams (CME), Nicolas Barbera (CMS), Nathaniel Benzimra (CMS),  Andrew Bostick (JME), Eric Hsieh (JME), Mike Mills (CMS), Kathleen Rand (CWS),  Christie Robinson (CWE), Jillian Rosamilia (CWS) Chelsea Rosenbauer (JWS), Max Wieder (JMS), Beverly Yang (JWS). All Medeo Fencers achieved great results at the JO’s.  We would like to say congratulations to the coaches, fencers and their parents ! NAC D Junior -  Division 1 - Wheelchair January 18-21, 2008 Atlanta, GA Congratulations to all Medeo fencers who participated at the Atlanta NAC. Please take note of all those who earned National Points with their great results: DIV 1 Men's Epee: Eric Gurnowski 6th Place Medal (out of 259 fencers) DIV 1 Men's Foil: Alex Mills 10th (out of 193 fencers) JR Women's Epee: Diane Zielinski 13th (out of 105 fencers) JR Men's Foil: Alex Mills 14th, Adam Pantel 15th (out of 174 fencers) JR Men's Sabre:Dima Lamianski 16th, Mike Mills 21st (out of 125 fencers) DIV 1 Men's Sabre: Nathaniel Benzimra 26th (out of 145 fencers) JR Men's Epee: Andrew Bostick 26th (out of 187 fencers) Dec 2007 Max Wieder Makes news with Johns Hopkins Team. Medeo Fencers at the NCAA Regionals:  Saturday, March 1st, 2008 at Drew University, Madison, NJ  Ben Wieder finishes third in Men’s Epee, Alex Van Den Bergh reaches Final Round of Fencing Regionals Ben Wieder (UPenn) made NCAA Finals (second consecutive year) which will be held at Ohio State University from March 13 to 16, 2008.  Alex van den Bergh reached the finals of the men's epee division before placing 11th in an impressive showing from the rookie at the 2008 Middle Atlantic and South Regional Championships held at Drew on Saturday.  The Rangers had 12 other fencers competing, but only Van Den Bergh was able to reach the final round of 12.  Saber fencer Max Pike (also Medeo fencer) placed 14th, the next highest showing from a Ranger. The following Medeo fencers were selected to participate in the 2008 NCAA championships: Ben Wieder (Men's Epee) University of Pennsylvania, Tanya Dainoski (Women's Sabre) St. John's University and Adam Pantel (Men's Foil) Brown University    Good  Luck, Guys   !!!                      Dec 4, '07 Adam Pantel  '10 went 10-2 to lead the Brown University Bears

2007 Summer Nationals We have Great news for you from the recent 2007 Summer Nationals, which were held from June 29 to July 8 in Miami, Florida. This Summer Nationals had over 3000 participants from all over the US and beyond, which included members of our U.S. Olympic Team, the U.S. National Team, and top fencers from virtually every outstanding college and club program in the country. Medeo had 69 fencers qualify for this Summer Nationals, with 54 who were able to attend, which was the most participants of any New Jersey club!  We’d like to take this opportunity to extend our congratulations to ALL Medeo participants AND their dedicated coaches for all of your hard work throughout the season! Medeo Fencing Club members brought home 11 medals including 2 GOLD and 5 BRONZE! (16 total if you include each individual medal for the Men’s Foil Team and 2 Coaches Medals!) more photos   Summer Camp 2006  -Camp Photo

Division 2 Women’s Epee

• Diane Zeleinski: Gold Medal – National Champion;

• Claire Brandow: Silver Medal
• Stephanie Chang: Bronze Medal

Open Foil - July 30, 2006 - NJFA
Adam & Glenn Pantel 1^st & 2^nd

See Photos of July 22 Escrime for Ice Cream

High School Fencers

Boys fencer of the week
Monday, Feb. 11, 2008: Mike Mills

Monday, Feb. 04, 2008: Craig Limoli

Girls fencer of the week
Monday, Feb. 11, 2008: Diane Zielinski

Go MEDEO!!!!

20 Medeo Fencers made

NJIFA 2008 All-State Teams:
Congratulations to :
Girls Epee

1st Team
Diane Zielinski
2nd Team
Efthimion, Christina
Galpin, Katie
Robinson, Christie
3rd Team
Sonshine, Elizabeth
Girls Sabre
1st Team
Beverly Yang
2nd Team
Rand, Kathleen
3rd Team
Rosenbauer, Chelsea
Girls Foil
1st Team
Laura Paragano
Boys Epee
1st Team
Eric Gurnowski
Andrew Bostick
2nd team
Burke, Dan
Boys Sabre
1st Team
Mike Mills
2nd Team
Limoli, Craig
3rd Team
Barbera, Nik
Benzimra, Nathaniel
Efthimion, Phil
Boys Foil
1st Team
Alex Mills
3rd Team
Jung, Andrew
Neiuwland, James

Congratulations:

- to Governor-Livingston HS Boy's Sabre Team (Nathaniel Benzimra, Nick Barbera, Paul Dubrowsky) and their coaching staff  on  winning Squad State Championships

- to Bernards HS Boy's Epee Team (Andrew Bostick and Danny Burke) on  winning Squad State Championships

- to Bernards HS Girl's Epee Team ( Diane Zielinski, Christina Efthimion, Melanie Atwater) on  winning Squad State Championships

- to Ridge HS Men's Foil Team ( Aaron Rosenberg) on winning Squad State Championships

Three Medeo Fencers won their 2008 Individual State Championship title  on  March 15th  at Rider University  in Lawrenceville, NJ:

 Eric Gurnowski - Men's Epee

 Alex Mills - Men's Foil                                        

 Laura Paragano - Women's Foil

Andrew Bostick (ME), Katie Galpin (WE), Mike Mills (MS), Alex Risman (MF) took BRONZE

Danny Burke (ME), Matthew Kantor (MS), Alex Kozyra (WE), James Nieuwland (MF), Kathleen Rand (WS), Christie Robinson (WE), Beverly Yang (WS), Diane Zielinski (WE) also  finished in  the top 8, which is awesome result!

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL 15 MEDEO FENCERS !  

Asbury Press 3/30/6: Claire Brandow Ocean Township's lone fencer garners state epée championship

2008 Medeo Seniors’ College Destinations

2007 Medeo Seniors’
College Destinations

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 In order to stay in compliance with United States Fencing Association regulations we  are requiring all fencers who fence electric to   wear FULL uniform. You are required to     wear knickers, jacket and a plastron.  If you  are not wearing the listed equipment during electric fencing then you will be asked to stop. We apologize for the inconvenience, but for insurance purposes we must comply with regulations.

Super Foil nights: Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday

Sports

Wednesday, July 18, 2007 5:29 PM EDT

Tony Alvarez, Rich Brown, Vince Paragano        and Tony Barbera AKA "The Jersey Boys"          take 2nd at a New England Vet team event!

Beginners to Advanced Students --         children to seniors

European Fencing School

Great exercise for the mind and body

High quality individual and/or group lessons

Separate programs for children and adults

Bouting and scoring machines

Summer and winter camps with guest coaches

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