Tampa Fencing Academy

Florida’s Best Fencing Academy

5406 Hoover Blvd, Unit #3 & #14, Tampa FL, 33634

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Welcome to Tampa Fencing Academy!

We are Tampa Bay’s premier competitive fencing academy. Our goal is to train and nurture fencers of all ages to fence at the highest possible level desired, from recreational fencing to Olympic team tryouts. Our fencers are nationally ranked and consistently do well at local and national tournaments. We are an accredited member of the USFA (United States Fencing Association).  For the old hand at fencing or the new fencer, TFA has a place for you. We have group classes for beginners or individual lessons for advanced fencers. Call or e-mail for more information.

2010 Summer Nationals Results

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Boyko and his TFA fencers rocked the World Congress Center, coming away with three Bronze Medals and two Top Eight finishes. Congratulations to Richard Ramdohr, Bronze Div III; Sean McDonald, Bronze Y12 Men’s Epee; Christopher Parcel, Bronze Y10 Men’s Epee; Michela La Rocca, 7th Place Vet 50-59 Women’s Epee; Dominic Beechum, 8th Place, Y14 Men’s Epee. Your hard work and superb coaching really made the difference! For the complete results for TFA fencers, click here:

Results: Summer Nationals, Jul 4-13, Atlanta, GA

TFA Fencers Rank Among the Nation’s Best

TFA fencers have been on the National Rolling Point Standings all season and after Summer Nationals the final NRPS reconfirm what we knew all along: Boyko trains some to the best fencers in the nation. Here are the national rankings of our TFA fencers:

 

Youth 10 Men's Epee

6^TH                      Christopher  Parcel

17^TH (T)              Tristan  Yang

Youth 12 Men's Epee

2^ND                     Sean  McDonald

5^TH                      Michael  DeBellis

12^TH                    Michael  Hoffmann

46^TH (T)              Connor  Fletcher

Youth 12 Women's Epee

19^TH                    Sofija  Stanisic

25^TH                    Katie  Santamaria

40^TH                    Meredith  Cook

Youth 14 Men's Epee

9^TH                      Dominic  Beecham

47^TH (T)              Richard  Ramdohr

58^TH (T)              Sean  McDonald

68^TH (T)              Milan  Patel

75^TH (T)              Michael  DeBellis

85^TH (T)              Michael  Hoffmann

Youth 14 Women's Epee

53^rd (T)                Natasha Stanisic

Cadet Men's Epee

39^TH                    Marko  Stanisic

40^TH                    William  McKenna

Senior Women's Epee

64^TH                    Sarah  Collins

Veteran 50-59 Women's Epee

10^TH                    Michela  La Rocca

Veteran 60-69 Men's Epee

18^TH (T)              John  Misener

Results - GAC (Gateway Circuit) Foil #7, Unified Training Center (UTC),

Gainesville, May 30, 2010

Results - 2010 Sunshine State Games, The Lakeland Center, Lakeland, FL,

June 19 – 20, 2010

The TFA fencers show Florida once again why we are the best competitive fencing academy in the

state. Great Talent + Hard Work + Superior Coaching = Lots of Medals!

Results - D Day 2010, Tarpon Springs Community Center, Tarpon Springs,

Jun 5, 2010

Results - Baltimore Fencing Club Timonium - Oil Change, Timonium, MD,

Jun 12, 2010

Results - Dead Heat - Extreme Repechage Zombie Tournament, North Florida

Fencing Academy, Tallahassee, FL, Jul 24, 2010

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Final 2009 -2010 Season Medal Count

There is no arguing with the results: TFA absolutely rocked this season! Three Bronze medalists and two Top Eight finishes at Summer Nationals, seventeen nationally ranked fencers: three of them in two events. This proves that we have the talent and coaching of a world class Academy. Great job to our fencers and Coach Boyko!

 

 

Boyko poses with his TFA medalists at the 2010 Summer Nationals: Top left - Michela LaRocca, 7th Place, Veteran’s 50 - 59 Women’s Epee. Bottom Left to Right - Richard Rahmdohr, Bronze Medal, Div III Men’s Epee; Sean McDonald, Bronze Medal, Y12 Men’s Epee; Chris Parcel, Bronze Medal, Y10 Men’s Epee

2010-11 USFA Membership

All 2010 USFA memberships expired with the end of the 2009-10 fencing season. In order to be eligible to compete in any USFA sanctioned tournament, you will need to renew  your membership. This can take some time for USFA to process the paperwork and get your new card back to you, so don’t wait. If you don’t have one, you can usually sign up at the tournament, but this leaves you at the mercy of the tournament organizer. You never know how soon they will turn in the paperwork. Doing it yourself ahead of time saves a lot of stress. Tip: Rayna and Boyko are very good about sending in the paperwork, so you are ok with a TFA tourney. Plus, you have them right there to bug and pester (politely) if they don’t. It’s kind of hard to put pressure on someone across the state via e-mail when they don’t answer. I would still opt for doing the membership ahead of time. The membership folks at USFA are very responsive when you need help.