Windy City Fencing

WCF Y and Open at the club - Cam Woods the Champion

2012-02-01T11:23:00.001-06:00

http://askfred.net/Results/results.php?tournament_id=17441

Great day at the WCF Youth and Open events.
More then 75 fencers showed up at Y 11, Y 14 and the Open event.
WCF fencer Cam Woods / on the pick/ won the Open and received $ 100 equipment gift sert .

Good Job to All of the fencers

Summer Nationals,Reno/ Andrea Benatar / Tsanko Hantov

2011-07-22T12:01:00.000-05:00

Day 6 and one more medal.
This time in Y 10 girls.
At hers first ever Nationals, Andrea Benatar placed in the final and got hers best result ever..

"I am realy happy for Andrea,Tsanko Hantov said. She was realy ,fealy focused and was fencing realy smart.Great job and great result for her and the club. Concrats.."

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Joe Taylor and Coach Tsanko Hantov

2011-07-22T11:51:00.000-05:00

Day 5 and medal # 4 in Reno / Summer Nationlas 2011/ for WCF

Super day for Y 12 boy Joe Taylor. Joe got a Bronze Medal at his age groupe.
Great event for the young man.
Congrats to Joe and his familie.

Junior W Team, Coaches Tsanko Hantov & Iliya Mechkov

2011-07-22T11:44:00.000-05:00

Day 4 at Summer Nationlas and medal # 3 for the club

Long day for the Junior Team. Great event for all 3 of them and :SILVER MEDAL.

GREAT JOB GIRLS!!!!!!

Mason Speta , Becca Rose and Eva Niklinska with coaches Tsanko Hantov and Iliya Mechkov

Mason Speta and coaches Tsanko Hantov and Iliya Mechkov at Nationals

2011-07-22T11:26:00.000-05:00

Day 3 at Summer Nationals ,Reno 2001 / NAC for Cadets/ and 2-nd medal for Windy City Fencing.
Briliant performance for Mason Speta. Silver medal in Cadets. 15/14 at the final bout after 5 doubles... wooooooow.
"That was Mason's best day ever, Coach Tsanko Hantov said. Solid fencing at the whole event. She neaded a litel bit of luck for the final touch, but hei, can't ask for more........"

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Nationals 2011, Tsanko Hantov and Harrison Macrea

2011-07-11T23:46:00.000-05:00

After great day in Juniors ,Harrison Macrea got a medal in Cadet mens epee. Great result for Harry.
He had to fence 8 DE bouts to catch the podium position.
The young man fenced realy ,realy good and lost only to the guys that placed first and second after all.

On the photo coaches Iliya,Tsanko and Harry.

GREAT JOB HARRY
GREAT JOB WCF

WCF and Coaches Tsanko Hantov and Iliya Mechkov on the way to Nationals

2011-07-11T23:29:00.000-05:00

June 30 ,2011

WCF fencers , coaches Tsanko Hantov and Iliya Mechkov on the way to Reno ,ready for Summer 2011 Nationals .
The club is sending 26 fencers to compeat in Reno in the next 10 days. Fencers from the age of 9 to 20 will take a part of the bigest event of the 2010/2011 season.
"I think, coach Tsanko Hantov said, that everyone is ready. We had a great year. All of the kids realy worked hard. We tryed to do it right. Everyone was doing SYC, NAC , Pre-Nationals camps in Chicago and Houston. Lets see what will happend, but I am just positive about it...GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF US "

A few days before the leaving ,the club had a big GOOD LUCK PARTY with all of the fencers and parents.

GO WINDY CITY..

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WCF coaches Tsanko Hantov and Iliya Mechkov have run Pre-Nationals camp

2011-06-17T22:49:00.000-05:00

Five days intencive fencing camp was run from the WCF coaches Tsanko Hantov and Iliya Mechkov. Around 15 fencers from WCF, MCFC, EDL and ISUFC participated at the event.
This was first week of the two Pre-Nationals weeks for the club.
Tsanko and Iliya have run a lots of footwork, drils,conditioning and bouts.
The fencers had a lots of fun and a great work out.
Next steap is Houston Mega Camp with Alliance Fencing Academy.
Good luck to all of the fencers.

WCFencing June 18 Tournament

2011-06-06T23:52:00.000-05:00

WCF and the coaches Tsanko Hantov and Iliya Mechkov are organising the WCF Summer Tournament.
The events will be : Y 10, Y 12 and Open Mixed epee.
Come out and join us .
Registration is ave. on Askfred.
Good Luck to all.

Mason Speta and Tsanko Hantov on the way to NY

2011-06-01T11:40:00.000-05:00

WCF Gold Team member Mason Speta was invited form NYAC together with the top 12 High School women epee fencers to fence in a round robin to a DE of 8. Then direct eliminations until they will crown the champion.

The club is honored to send Mason and coach Tsanko Hantov to New York.

Good Luck Mason

Coach Tsanko Hantov and the WCF at the May 22 tournament

2011-05-27T23:29:00.001-05:00

More then 50 fencers compeated at the WCF 2011 Fall Tournament.
Coaches Tsanko Hantov and Iliya Mechkov were very happy with the results.Great event for All Y12, Y14 kids as well at the one compeating at the Open event.
David Shindell finaly got his ''C".

On the pics Tsanko Hantov,Iliya Mechkov and the medalists.
For all of the results click here

New Team sweatshirts have arived

2011-05-27T23:10:00.000-05:00

2011 WCF team enjoying the new team sweatshirts.

On the pictures the 2011 Gold team and the coaches Iliya Mechkov and Tsanko Hantov wearing the new warm up equipment and having fun :-)

Join Windy City Fencing for a competitive pre-nationals epee camp. June 13-17, 2011

2011-05-25T23:27:00.000-05:00

Windy City Fencing , Peoria Fencing Academy and the coaches Tsanko Hantov,Elsayed Emara and Iliya Mechkov will run a competitive camp in Chicago at Menomonee club / home of Windy City/.
Every "C" and up epee rated fencer is welcome to be part of it.
For more info click here.

Summer Session Fencing beginners classes starts soon.

2011-05-21T22:14:00.001-05:00

Summer Session will run June 20 - July 29 at Menomonee club.
This classes will provide a great introduction to fencing and a forum for more advanced training. We’ll make this class fun as well as educational.Taught by Tsanko Hantov and the Windy City coaches.
Click here for registration.
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BRONZE TEAM ready to compeat

2011-05-20T10:04:00.000-05:00

Bronze Team Windy City Fencers and coaches Tsanko Hantov and Iliya Mechkov ready to compeat at the end of the week.
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Beginners Fencing Camp in Hinsdale , Illinois

2011-05-20T00:14:00.001-05:00

Head coach Tsanko Hantov is running a beginners camp in Hinsdale , Il together with The Community House of Hinsdale.

The camp will be from July 11 till July 14 from 9.30 am till noon.
Ages 8 and up.
For more info and how to sing up click here.

WCF Y 14 Men's Epee Team In Portland

2011-05-16T23:11:00.000-05:00

Y14 Men's Team made coach Tsanko Hantov very happy getting silver medals at the NAC in Portland.
Click here for the Team results.

Tsanko Hantov and Windy City Fencing featured on VIASPORT

2011-05-16T22:55:00.001-05:00

Bulgarian sports website VIASPORT has a nice feature article on Windy City Fencing. Coach Tsanko Hantov talks about his history in the modern pentathalon, running the club, as well as his wife, who is also a professional athlete.

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Coach Tsanko Hantov and Windy City Fencing featured on Chicago Revealed!

2011-05-16T22:17:00.001-05:00

This winter, the crew from Chicago Revealed came down to Windy City Fencing to interview team members and coach Tsanko Hantov. See the clip below that was aired!

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Farewell to assistant coach Ian Lindblom

2011-05-16T22:10:00.001-05:00

Coach Tsanko Hantov and the rest of Windy City Fencing bids farewell to club member and assistant coach Ian Lindblom, who will be moving to Portland. Thanks to everyone for making it a great time, and good luck to Ian, who has received an honorary lifetime membership to Windy City Fencing!

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Windy City Pre-Nationals Competitive Camp

2011-05-15T16:02:00.002-05:00

Windy City's Pre-Nationals Competitive Camp, with Peoria Fencing Academy, June 13-17. Open to all epeeists rated C and above. Register here.

Summer Sessions and Camps

2011-05-15T15:59:00.002-05:00

Summer session beginner classes for adults and youth now open for registration. Also, many summer camp opportunities for youths -- both beginning and experienced. Feel free to contact us with any questions.

May 22 Tournament

2011-05-15T15:58:00.002-05:00

Come out for the May 22 Tournament at Windy City Fencing. Preregistration is now open on askfred.

More Great Results from Portland NAC

2011-05-15T15:56:00.002-05:00

In Y10WE, Sage medaled in 6th place. In Y14ME, Cameron took 7th and Harrison took 10th! Congratulations to all who traveled to Portland and fenced.

Team Medal in Portland

2011-05-15T15:53:00.003-05:00

Congratulations to the Y14 Team of August, Harrison, and Cameron: a Silver Medal at the Portland NAC.