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Z Fencers Selected For Singapore Cadet World Cup 2011 Congratulations to the following Z Fencers, who are going to represent our country in the upcoming Singapore Cadet World Cup 2011. Men's Epee: Graeme Saw Women's Epee: Cailyn Chiah, Celing Chong, Ginny Tan Men's Sabre: Clive Leu, Ryan Chong Women's Sabre: Janice Tan, Yeo Mei Li Men's Foil: Bryan Tan, Chan Wei Yu, Justin Ong Go Z Fencers!

Fencing Singapore Novices (Open) Championships February 2011 We like to congratulate all our Z Fencers who achieved Top 8 and the following fencers for their medal winning performance in the Fencing Singapore Novices Championships 2011 Women's Team Foil - Gold Stephanie Ang Alifa Khairunnisa bte Johari Clara Chong Individual Men's Foil - Silver Yau Han Xiang Individual Women's Foil - Bronze Stephanie Ang Alifa Khairunnisa bte Johari Individual Men's Epee - Bronze Lee Samuel

Z Fencers At U10 & U12 Tauberbishofsheim Fencing Club, Germany Congratulations, Z Fencers on your brilliant display in the recent U10 & U12 Tauberbishofsheim competition, Germany (Dec 10). Under 10 Gold U10 Girls (Foil): Amita Berthier 4th U10 Girls (Foil): Esther Lai Joint 3rd U10 Boys (Foil): Darren Tan & Glen Lim Under 12 2nd U12 Girls (Foil): Aarya Berthier 4th U12 Boys (Foil): Lin Fang Yi Top 8 U10 Boys (Foil): Akira Goh Go team Z!

Heidenheim Fencing Camp, Germany Z Fencing recently concluded our very first winter fencing camp held in Heidenheim Fencing Centre in Germany over Nov 26 till Dec 13 2011. A total of 36 fencers aged between 8 and 20years old attended the Heidenheim Fencing Camp.

They underwent 16days of training and fencing in snowy and rainy weather, overcame personal obstacles to fence in their first European Club competitions with amazing results.

We like to thank not only the parents but also the fencers for their strong focus and determination throughout the camp and we congratulate them on the successful completion of the fencing camp and the amazing success they achieved!

Z Fencing now in Bangsar Shopping Centre, KL, Malaysia! We are happy to announce the opening of our first Z Fencing club in Malaysia - Level 4, Bangsar Shopping Centre (BSC). Our acclaimed fencing programmes are now available at BSC: - Zketeers Prep (for 4-5 years old) - Zketeers (for children 6-12 years old) - Zyouth (for teens 13-20 years old) - Adults, Corporations and Schools To join us at our new salle, please e-mail fence@zfencing.com or Tel: 6 03 2092 2510.

Stay tuned for more exciting events coming to you at Z Fencing BSC!

Z Fencers Win Big At U12 & U14 National C'ships Congratulations, Z Fencers on your outstanding achievements in the recent U12 & U14 National Minime Fencing Championships (Sep 2010). In this hotly contested event, our U14 Boys dominated and took home the team gold. Similarly, our U12 girls took the Gold and Silver medals for individuals.

Our U12 fencers took home 4 out of the possible 8 medals and it was great seeing our U12 girls fencing superbly to take home the bronze medal in the teams event despite fencing against older U14 fencers.

Individual
Gold U12 Girls (Foil): Aarya Berthier
Silver U14 Boys (Foil): Chan Wei Yu
Silver U12 Girls (Foil): Nicole Mae Wong
Bronze U14 Boys (Foil): Jet Ng
Bronze U14 Boys (Epee): Samuel Lee, under CCY
Bronze U14 Girls (Epee): Nicole Aw
Bronze U12 Boys (Foil): Darren Tan
Bronze U12 Boys (Foil): Jet Ng

Team:
Gold U14 Boys Foil: Chan Wei Yu, Lin Fang Yi, Jet Ng & Daniel Thio
Bronze U14 Girls Foil: Aarya Berthier, Ana Sanchez Moreno, Alyssa Saw & Nicole Wong

Top Eight Positions:
U12 Girls: Amita Berthier, Esther Lai & Alyssa Saw
U12 Boys: Marcus Chong and Nicholas Choong
U14 Girls Epee: Brenda Chia (under BPG), Yvette Chow
U14 Boys Epee: Darius Lim, under BPG
U14 Girls Foil: Nicole Wong
U14 Boys Foil: Tan Wei Quan and Daniel Thio

We have an excellent team of budding young Z Fencers and we are confident of many more years of winning achievements. Well done everyone!

One For All And All For Z!

2 Gold Medals At Malaysian Swashbucklers' Duel Congratulations to our Z Fencers for winning two gold medals in the Swashbucklers' Duel In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Aug 28 2010). Sarah Si: Gold, Women's Epee Individual Samuel Lee: Gold, Boys U14 Epee, Individual Go team Z!

Z Fencers Win At HK Fencing Competition On Aug 21 - 22 2010, our Z Fencers participated in the Asian Children Fencing Invitation Competition in Hong Kong and brought back 4 medals.

Congratulations to our winners:

• Aarya Berthier, Gold, U12yrs Girls Foil Individual
• Amita Berthier, Gold, U10yrs Girls Foil Individual
• Esther Lai, Bronze, U10yrs Girls Foil Individual
• Lin Fang Yi, Bronze, U12yrs Boys Foil Individual

Great participation from our other Z Fencers too: Chan Wei Yu, Gordon Koh, Keagen Lock and Daniel Thio.

The team was lead by Coach Joseph Engert who guided our young Z Fencers who competed in Hong Kong.

Z Grand Gala 2010 Competition Results

Congratulations to all Z Fencers for their gallant performance at the annual Z Grand Gala event. This year, we hosted more than 300 of our members in nearly 30 different competition events - another record-breaking year of great fun and camaraderie. Congratulations to all our graduates who have worked hard through the year in their training. See you at the next Z Grand Gala!

Full competition results are listed below.

Fencing in S'pore aims for Olympic glory within next 10 years By Patwant Singh | Posted: 16 July 2010 SINGAPORE : Fencing in Singapore is the latest sport looking at Olympic glory. And leading that initiative is a private school, which has invested millions of dollars and also brought in a world class technical consultant. Fencing in Singapore has been growing steadily and Z Fencing has played a major role in that development. The school has 700 students, and about 10 per cent are pursuing the sport at an elite level. And to further sharpen the skills of those at the top, an Olympic silver-medallist from Germany has also been recruited.

Ralf Bissdorf, technical consultant, Z Fencing, said: "We want to try to get somebody to the Olympics within the next 10 years, so we need time and commitment. I think we have all the groundwork laid, the foundation is here and I am here to develop that groundwork and that foundation."

The commitment must come from the youngsters, many of whom are keen to be Olympians.

Nicole Mae Wong, a student at Z Fencing said: "It's possible, if you set your mind to it, I'm sure you can do it, anything, you can do it!"

Another student, Yau Han Xiang, said: "The fencer who wants to go to the Olympics should have discipline."

Discipline and coaching aside, the school has also pumped in money to help win that gold medal.

T K Wong, founder of Z Fencing, said: "In fact, we have set aside S$3 million over the next few years to make this happen. So we are very determined, we are putting in conditioning systems, we are in fact sponsoring 20 of the national fencers - they are all training under our Club Z."

Two of the club's charges are part of the Singapore Fencing team competing at the Youth Olympic Games.

The school will also organise an international competition at the end of this month, when eight top male fencers will cross swords.

Besides the competition, the eight champions will also be conducting workshops and clinics at Z Fencing. They will also be showing the fencers six Olympic medals - four of which are gold - and forty world championship medals that they have won in the hope to inspire the young ones.

- CNA/al

Fencing's carving path towards Olympic dream by Patwant Singh (Today Online, Saturday July 17 2010) SINGAPORE - As a young boy, German Ralf Bissdorf set off from his hometown of Heideheim, with a population of just 50,000, to scale the summit of the fencing world. An Olympic silver in the foil at the 2000 Sydney Games and 11 world titles later, the 38-year-old is out to prove that tiny Singapore, which is no stranger

to punching above its weight, can similarly produce a world beater in the sport.

And he is giving himself up to a decade to deliver.

Speaking exclusively to MediaCorp recently, the lanky German, a technical director with Z Fencing, a private club here with 700 students, said: "The Singapore fencers are at the same stage I used to be 20 years ago, so I am going on the same journey again, albeit in a different capacity, and I'm convinced it is possible."

Z Fencing's founder, TK Wong, has so much faith in the project that he has set aside $3 million to put in place a system to realise the dream.

"Our goal is to go for gold. Z Fencing's dream is ambitious, but we believe it's reachable," he said.

"We started planning two years ago, after the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and decided to bring in people who have experienced the Olympic journey because that kind of expertise and experience is very important.

"So we scoured the world and found Ralf."

The German will first be with the club full-time for a year and then part-time after that.

He is already pleased with the facilities and the potential pool here.

"We have kids at the age of 16, 17 who are very talented and another bunch of kids who are a little bit younger. We need 10 years to groom them and deliver," he said.

The club said they are already in talks with the national sports association and other parties to ensure its Olympic vision is realised.

Nicole Wong, 12, who aspires to be an Olympian someday, said she is convinced the Republic would be able to produce a world-class fencer.

"I'm sure one of us Singaporeans will be able to make it. Z Fencing has asked us to be committed and we have to be very determined, so nothing can stand in your way," she said.

The club have already begun to build the youngsters' dreams, with 20 national fencers under their wing and two - Justin Ong and Rania Rahardja - who will represent Singapore at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games from Aug 14 to 26.

Congratulations To Our Youth Olympic Games Fencers

Congratulations to Rania Rahardja and Justin Ong on being selected to represent Singapore in the Youth Olympic Games in the Women's Epee and Men's Foil fencing events respectively. ustin and Rania are members of our Zyouth Elite Fencers and have had great success in their competition history enroute to the YOG. Rania is Singapore's first and only Asian Cadet Fencing Champion. Justin is Singapore's only Cadet World Cup Fencing Championships medalist for foil. Congratulations and we cannot wait to see you in action at the YOG on August 17. One for all, all for Z!

Z Fencers Selected For Junior Sports Academy Congratulations to our young Z Fencers for their selection in the Junior Sports Academy (JSA). The JSA is a national effort within the schools to groom young sports talents at the primary level. We are pleased that our Z Fencers form the significant majority of young fencers selected. Tanya Aw, Brian Cheong, Lin Fang Yi, Sim Nigel, Gabriel Tan, Mannfred Tan, Tatiana Wong and Yau Han Xiang. Aarya Berthier and Shyrie Chopra too have been selected but have opted to focus training exclusively at Z Fencing. Congratulations!