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Shreveport, La 71101
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Jimmy Noetzel (left) congratulating Michael Dickson at the 2009 Youth-10 Saber Championships
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The Fairfield Avenue School of Fencing is dedicated to training fencers in a supportive and respectful surrounding.
We encourage our students to achieve the highest level of success that they desire.
We aid our fencers in defining and redefining their goals during their evolution.
We believe that a good fencing club's duty, among others, is to provide a challenging athletic atmosphere in a physically and emotionally safe environment.
We're not just teaching fencing. We are teaching sportsmanship, caring, problem solving, stress management, the development of intuition and self esteem.
All equipment is supplied free. Call us to schedule a private lesson or just drop in for our Junior Program.
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From The Shreveport Times
By Alison Bath • August 23, 2009
They're mangy, dirty and diseased. They wander Shreveport's streets hungry, disoriented and desperate. They seldom draw even the briefest glance from passersby, and when they do get attention, it's usually from an irate home or business owner, who quickly shoos them away.
They often are viewed as the scourge of the city. Yet, they're Andy Shaw's best friends. (Click to read the full article )
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KTAL News Chanel 6 report on Andy Shaw
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Congratulations Waverly Hock - Fairfield Fencer of the year for 2010
Undefeated division champion
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Congratulations Hammond Lake - Fairfield Fencer of the year for 2010
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Read more...
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Ark-La-Miss Divisional Qualifiers for the 2010 Summer Nationals
Congratulations to Waverly Hock!
She placed First in the Cadet (U16) Women's Foil and Senior Women's Foil
2009 - 2010 Ark La Miss Division Junior Olympic Qualifiers
Congratulations to all of our fencers who will be travelling
to Memphis in February to compete at the U.S. National Junior Olympics.
Cadet (U17) Men's Epee
Gold: Hammond Lake
Silver: Chris Johnson
Bronze: Zac Mills
4th & Qualified: Nate Beck
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Cadet (U17) Women's Epee
Silver: Emily Pierce
4th & Qualified: Devaney Benedict
5th & Qualified: SarahJayne Driskill |
Junior (U20) Men's Epee:
Gold: Josh Atkins
Silver: Zac Mills
Bronze: Andrew Foster
4th & Qualified: Chris Johnson
5th & Qualified: Anvesh Kompelli
6th & Qualified: Chris Dawson |
Junior (U20) Women's Epee
Gold: Emily Pierce |
Cadet (U17) Men's Foil
Gold: Hammond Lake
Silver: Christian Johansen |
Cadet (U17) Women's Foil
Gold: Waverly Hock
Silver: Devaney Benedict
Bronze: Isabelle Vea
4th & Qualified: Madeline Khare |
Junior (U20) Men's Foil:
Gold: Will Duncan
Silver: Josh Atkins
Bronze: Andrew Foster
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Junior (U20) Women's Foil:
Gold: Michelle Khare
Silver: Diana Hock
Bronze: Waverly Hock
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Cadet (U17) Men's Saber
Gold: Connor Bass
Silver: Henry Lin
4th & Qualified: Wesley Davis |
Cadet (U17) Women's Saber
Silver: Christina Collins
Bronze: Katie Wiener
4th & Qualified: Madeline Collier |
Junior (U20) Men's Saber
Silver: Josh Atkins
4th & Qualified: Will Duncan
5th & Qualified: Connor Bass
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Junior (U20) Women's Saber
Silver: Christina Collins
Bronze: Katie Wiener |
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Fairfield Fencers won 13 gold medals in the 2009 Ark La Miss Division Championships
and Qualifiers for the 2009 Summer Nationals Grapevine, TX.
Eleni Mijalis - Division 2/3 Women's Saber and Cadet Womens' Saber
Waverly Hock - Cadet Womens' Foil and Y-14 Women's Foil
Amanda Hock - Division 2/3 Women's Foil
Natalie Lockhart - Division 2/3 Women's Epee and Cadet Women's Epee
Connor Bass - Cadet Men's Saber
Daniel Yates - Y-14 Men's Saber
Hammond Lake - Cadet Men's Foil and Y-14 Men's Foil
Zac Mills - Cadet Men's Epee and Y-14 Men's Epee
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2009 ALM Division Women's Foil Champions
Left to Right:
Waverly Hock (Gold),
Isabelle Vea (Silver),
Abby Weinberger (Bronze)
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2009 ALM Division Y-14 Men's Saber Champs
Left to Right: Daniel Yates (Gold)
Coach Andy Shaw
Henry Lin (Bronze)
Connor Bass (Silver)
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Andy Shaw with the 2009 ALM Div Y-16 Men's Saber champs, left to right: Wesley Davis (Bronze), Joseph Yates (Silver), Connor Bass (Gold)
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Zac Mills, Gold Medal Cadet Men's Epee and Y-14 Men's Epee 2009
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Henry Lin named 2009 Louisiana Student of the Year
Henry Lin won the 2009 Student of the Year award from
Caddo Middle Magnet School and then was awarded
Student of the Year for the whole of Caddo Parrish and finally was awarded 2009 Middle School Student of the Year for the State of Louisiana.
"It feels great to be able to represent Shreveport and this region," said Lin. "I'm really thankful for all the people who helped me along the way, like my teacher, my principal, my parents and all my friends."
Henry Lin also won the Silver medal in 2009 Y-14 Men's Saber
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The 2008-09 Jr. Olympic Cadet Epee Champion, Chris Johnson also qualified for the US Junior Olympics in 2 additional events. He took lessons at Fairfield while he attended Youree Middle School.
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Emily Pierce is the 2008-09 Cadet Epee Champion for the Arkansas-Louisiana-Mississippi Division of the US fencing Association. Photo by Rick Pierce |
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Natalie Lockhart is the 2008-09 Ark-La-Miss Division Junior Epee Champion."
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Christina Collins is Fairfield's Fencer of the Year for 2008. She won 3 gold medals at the 2008 Ark-La-Miss Division Championships and US National qualifiers and swept the Women's Saber titles en route to earning her "E" rating. Christina is the first middle school fencer to earn her rating in this division.
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Anvesh Kompelli and Greg Ewing at the 2007 Ark-La-Miss Divisionals. Gregory is the 2008-09 Ark-La-Miss Cadet Foil Champion and Anvesh Kompelli is the Ark-La-Miss Cadet Epee Bronze Medalist.
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Where are they now: Fairfield stars continue to shine!
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Philip Hand attends La Tech, Doug Smith is a cameraman for films in the Shreveport area, Josh Steed attends La Tech
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Luke Addison
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Payne Hennigan
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Mark Miller |
Christian Harrison is attending Baylor University. Christian traveled from Tyler, TX every week for fencing classes.
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Anvesh Kompelli is attending Hendrix College |
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Diana Hock will be fencing varsity foil at the Airforce Academy
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Amanda Foy is attending Tulane University
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Michelle Khare is attending Dartmouth
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Chris Hirsch now attends Louisiana Tech
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Philip Hand is at Louisiana Tech and Michael Phillips is at Stanford University
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Insun Chong is attending Duke University |
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Courtney Everest fenced epee and foil.
She is now attending Hendrix College in Arkansas.
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Andrea Lin studied saber at Fairfield and is headed
to the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia
which was chartered in 1693.
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My name is Noam Platt. I am currently a student at Louisiana State University, studying architecture, doing internships and working towards graduation. I started fencing with Andy Shaw in the 7th grade at Southfield School along with many of my friends.
what fencing has done for me:
When a duel occurs, and you look the other person in the eye right before the referee yells "fence!" you discover something about yourself. Your engagment in an age-old form of combat, even if its just for sport, lets you look inside your soul and discover who you really are, and what you can become. Fencing has given me physical and mental confidence to evaluate and take on life's many challenges. It has enabled me to compete at a national level at many tournaments, where countless relationships have been formed. I have gained friendship, trust, and maturity through studying the art of fencing.
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John Burford learned to fence with Andy while attending Southfield School in the 7th grade. He now fences on the Princeton University Epee team. (John is kneeling far right.)
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William Hock, a starter on the U.S. Air Force Academy foil team shown during the 2008-09 season. William started fencing at Fairfield while attending Caddo Middle Magnet.
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Abbey Stockstill, the valedictorian of her senior class in High School, at the University of Pennsylvania. She drove from Monroe, Louisiana each Saturday for saber lessons and ended up a qualifier for the US Junior Olympics. She is the first student from Neville High School to enter the Ivy League. |
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Patrick Mooney is a student at LSU. H e learned to fence with Andy at Southfield School and went on to win 5 Jr. Olympic titles in our division.
Clara Caruthers is a student at Stanford University. She studied with Andy while attending Caddo Middle Magnet and she was the Cadet Foil champion for the Arkansas, Louisiana & Mississippi region.
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Elise Ackley dominated the women in our division with multiple titles. She now attends Millsaps College.
Daniel Ewing won the State Highschool Epee title 3 times and also won multiple division titles. He is now the co-captain of the Centenary College Fencing team
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 Fairfield
Fencing's Ben Pounds lost his life in a traffic accident in 2008. Ben,
who had been working at Libby Glass, was a saber fencer who was
instrumental in digitizing a significant portion of the archives for
the Museum of American Fencing. His kindness and generosity will
always be with us.
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Fairfield Avenue School of Fencing
1413 Fairfield Avenue, Shreveport, La 71101
(318) 227-7575
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