1999 Hawaii Open Results

Notes from the Hawaii Open:

Hawaii's first national fencing tournament, the Hawaii Fencing Open 1999, took place Saturday and Sunday February 6th and 7th at Pier 10 in Aloha Tower Marketplace. Though the event didn't affect ticket sales or TV ratings for the NFL Pro Bowl at Aloha Stadium also held on Sunday, almost everyone who competed, volunteered their time or watched, considered the event a great success.
A few notes about the weekend long event: The youngest fencer was 17 year old Matt Sorenson of the Fencing Center in San Jose who placed 14th in Open Foil; the eldest fencer according to his years (certainly not spirit) was Donald Appling of Hawaii Fencers Club who at 84 placed 12th in Open Epee; the Open Foil and Epee were both Group 1 competitions with 4 fencers receiving higher ratings, including Gerald Cheng who took back to the Mainland an A99; (the Mai Tais at the Moana were awarded an honorary A99); 17 fencers from Hawaii competed, with the top finishers Yervand Zakaryan 1st in sabre and Ed Pier 4th in epee; for three of Hawaii's fencers it was their first competition.
The Hawaii Division of the U.S.F.A. would like to thank again the event's sponsors -- the Aloha Tower Marketplace, Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. and the Gym -- for their generous contributions, as well as the following individuals for the enormous contributions they made toward the success of the event: Ed Richards, Ronni Im, Todd Hedricks, Howard Daniels, Mike Sapp, Frank Van Dyke, Sherry Thilenius, Jim Thilenius, Linda Grzywacz, Jeff Douglass, Janice Kato, Ed Pier, Eric Fragas, Tony Nishimura, Robin Hayden, Tory Laitila, Eric Arrington, Eric Wruck, Richard Lewis, Bob Krauss, Bob Jones, Stephanie Conching, Joe and Stephanie Ingignoli, Carl Loeffler, Eric Dew and everyone who helped set up and take down at the venue.
Mahalo and Aloha from Robert Becker, Hawaii Division Chairman.

Women's Epee

Open Epee (Group 1)

Women's Foil

Open Foil (Group 1)

Open Sabre (Group 4)

Hawaii Open Results

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