Salle Mauro Winter Camp

Salle Mauro Fencing Academy would like to invite you to our annual winter camp. Join us for conditioning, technical and tactical drills, and extensive bouting. Coaches will work in groups and individually to help prepare you for the second half of our season the the push for the championship. Join top rated national fencers for our Winter Camp. We are excited to announce that we will be having a couple of special guests at this year’s Winter Camp. Valerio Aspromonte liked us so much last summer, he’s coming back and bringing his friend Carolina Erba. Come train with these two and welcome them to Houston. Sign up now while places are available. Valerio Aspromonte

Olympic gold medalist in Men's Team Foil at the 2012 London Games. Currently ranked 8th in the world for Senior Men’s Foil, Aspro won silver at the 2011 World Championships in individual and silver at the 2010 World Championships in team. He won the Junior World Championship in 2006. He joined us for Camp Victory 2011, where his energy and passion made him a favorite with everyone.

Carolina Erba

Has taken individual bronze and team gold in the 2011 and 2010 world military games. She has medaled at the U23 European Games and Italian Championships. She has won the Italian Junior Championship twice, and taken bronze in the Senior Championship twice as well.

Venue

Salle Mauro Fencing Academy 4007 Bellaire Blvd. Ste EE Houston, TX 77025

When

Wednesday, December 26, 2011 through Sunday, December 30, 2011. Camp is daily from 10:00am-3:00pm. We invite all fencers to join us for this camp.

Coaching Staff Mauro Hamza, Camp Director

Club founder and Head Coach Mauro Hamza is originally from Cairo. Coach Hamza established Salle Mauro in 1999 in Houston, where he is Fencing Program Coordinator at Rice University. He spent three years serving the Gulf Coast fencing community as volunteer Chairman of the Gulf Coast Division. Since 2009 Coach Mauro has run the U.S. men’s foil program as National Coach. Under his leadership, the U.S. Junior Men’s Foil team won the 2011 World Championship in Baku, Jordan; the U.S. Junior Women’s team took home silver from Baku. In addition, the U.S. Senior Men’s Foil team placed 5th at the 2011 Grand Prix in Bonn, the highest ranking ever attained by the U.S. men’s foil team in that international tournament.

Daniel Gorman

Dan Gorman is full-time coach at Salle Mauro, where he teaches classes and private lessons in saber, foil, and epee. His students have achieved top rankings in regional and national United States Fencing Association tournaments. Coach Dan is distinguished by his intense passion and energy for the sport of fencing, whether guiding an up-and-coming talent to the national level or introducing fencing to a child or adult for the first time. He started fencing at Purdue University and went on to coach the fencing club at Texas A&M.

Noura Younis

As a foil competitor in Egypt during the ’90s, Noura Younis earned a place on the national women’s foil team over several years. She has won numerous gold medals at national and international competitions. Coach Noura channels the same energy that made her a top international fencer into developing and inspiring her students. At Salle Mauro, she focuses on future fencers, working with students to develop a solid foundation of footwork, right of way, sportsmanship, and discipline for their future competitive careers. She has brought many of the club’s fencers to top regional and national results, including, most recently, the 2010-11 Regional Youth Circuit competitions.

Aldo Precciozzi

Aldo began fencing in his native Uruguay before coming to the U.S. At Salle Mauro, Coach Aldo specializes in foil. He works with the full range of Salle Mauro fencers, from young beginners to senior champions, building great athletes through a combination of rigorous training and passion for the sport. He has developed several of the club’s fencers to finals appearances in national competitions.

Camp Fees

$475 $200 non-refundable deposit is due by Dec 15, 2011, with te balance due at the start of the camp. Late applications are accepted with a $25 late fee, subject to availability.

Lodging

Lodging is available with local fencers on a first come, first served basis. Please let us know if you need lodging.