Thursday, June 28, 2018 was an amazing Day 1 for Bergen FC at the 2018 National Championships and July Challenge in St. Louis, MO! 3 made into Top 8 out of 227 competitors in Junior Men’s Saber! Mitchell Saron is bringing home a bronze medal, Zachary Johnson 6th place, Julian Richards II 8th place. Congrats to our outstanding athletes and to their coaches!

Team USA’s Ben Levitt went 2nd in men’s saber at Cadet Pan Ams! Mitchell Saron went 3rd at Junior Pan Ams! We’re so proud of you guys!

Congratulations to Grace Van Atta for her 3rd place finish in the Thrust Winter RJCC, Junior Women’s Saber. Great job!  

Congratulations to Nastassja Kuznetsova on winning Bronze and Anika Tsapatsaris 7th place in Cobra Challenge Div 2 ROC!

It was a smashing win for Bergen boys at Premier Fencing RJCC Junior Men’s Saber event. 4 made into top 8 out of 48 competitors! Brian Kim took GOLD and updated his A2018 rating. Congrats to Brian for a great job done. Justin Park placed 2nd, Stephen Chou 3rd with a renewed B2018 rating. Michael Sun took 7th place and earned a new C2018 rating. Congratulations to Samantha Koo 6th place and Leyla Yurt 8th place at Cadet Women’s Saber event, Sophia Zhuang 5th place, Rochelle Shvartsman 8th place at Junior Women’s Saber event. Way to go, Bergen fencers!

December NAC highlights: Francesca Russo took 6th place in Division I Women’s Saber. Div II Men’s Saber: Stephen Chou won Gold medal and received B rating, Junming Ren 5th place. Cynthia Starr became the Vet-60 Women’s Saber National Medalist after finishing 8th. More Pictures Here

Congratulations! Brenda Yang – 2nd place Rachel Liu – 3rd place Sophia Zhuang – 7th place Nastassja Kuznetsova – 8th place (earned her C2017 rating) Julian Richards – 1st place Brian Kim – 3rd place Junming Ren – 5th place

Bergen Fencing Club, NJ 9 fencers were awarded with Top 8 Medals at the 2017 Summer Nationals, Salt Lake City, UT, July 1 – July 10, 2017 Vet-50 Men’s Saber: Oleg STETSIV, GOLD, Bergen FC Coach Div I-A Women’s Saber: Cecilia TAYLOR, Bronze (3rd Place), Erin CHEN, 6th Place Div I Women’s Saber: Celina MERZA, Silver (2nd Place) Div I-A Men’s Saber: Kevin CALLAHAN, Silver (2nd Place), Justin PARK, 8th Place Junior Men’s Saber: Dawson SIERADZKY, Bronze (3rd Place), Kevin CALLAHAN, 5th Place Div II Women’s Saber: Dana CHOU, Bronze (3rd Place)

2017 Summer Camps (@ Ho-Ho-Kus location) June 25-29th. Pre-Summer Nationals Camp. Hours 10am-4pm Suitable for competitive fencers in preparation for the Summer National Fencing Championship (July 1-10) July 17-21th Beginners/Intermediate Camp. Hours 10am – 6pm Good opportunity to start or improve your skills in fencing. Suitable for beginners and intermediate level. Field outings, general fitness improvement. Footwork, drills, free bouting. Private lessons available on request. July 17-27th Riga, Latvia International Camp Join members of Cadet, Junior and Senior Men and Women Russian Team as well as fencers from St Petersburg, Moscow and Moscow Region Clubs, fencers from Ukraine, Belarus, Latvia, Turkey. August 7-12 Bergen Fencing Club International Camp. Hours 10am-4pm Join Cadet, Junior, Senior National Russian and Georgian Sabre Teams. Special guests include: Coach Alexander Panteleev Fencers: Alexandra Shatalova, Ekaterina Titova, Anna Bashta, Nikita Inkov, Ivan Lebedev and more. In addition possible participants include fencers from Texas and Oregon and NY Clubs Conditioning, Footwork, Drills, Bouting. Fencers must be USFA ‘D’ Rated or above to participate. August 14 – 18th Beginners/Intermediate Camp. Hours 10am – 4pm Second during this summer Beginners/Intermediate Camp. Another opportunity to start/ improve your skills in fencing. Suitable for beginners and intermediate level. Field outings, general fitness improvement. Footwork, drills, free bouting. Private lessons available on request. August 28 – September 1 Elite Camp. 10am-4pm Conditioning, footwork, drills, bouting. Minimal requirement is ‘D’ rating. Private lessons available on request.