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IN MEMORY OF ROI GREEN

roi green fencing coach Roi Green, the CCNY women's varsity fencing coach, whose career at City College spanned three decades, passed away on June 12 2006 at the age of 79.
Green was well respected by the entire CCNY community and equally beloved by his peers and pupils. Taking over as the head coach in 1979, Green, who received a master's degree in education from CCNY in 1982 after earning a bachelors degree in social science from Fordham University at Lincoln Center in 1978, transformed the fencing team into a competitive and well trained program.
A native New Yorker, Green was passionate and committed to the sport, having been an alumnus of the George Santelli School of Fencing, at which he honed his skills from 1954-1958. In 1956, Green was a candidate as a first alternate on the United States Olympic Fencing Team.
His legacy will be one of an enduring mentor, coach, teacher, counselor and father figure to the multitude of young men and women he touched over the course of his fulfilling life.

(courtesy of CCNY)

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RIVERBANK TOURNAMENT (2006)

Showing his dexterity with a foil, Paul J. Williams has captured first place in the Riverbank State Park fencing competition held on Father's Day 2006 at Riverbank Fencers Open Co-ed foil tournament sponsored by the Swordline Fencer's Club. Williams defeated 15 opponents in eight bouts against other fencing clubs around the city. He was presenting the Alexandre Dumas Fencing Society (ADFS). The win was cause for celebration on a number of fronts, according to Williams. "It was kind of like a Father's day gift for my dad and a birthday present for coach Clement", Williams added, noting that the coach's birthday was Father's Day. For Williams, the victory presented his second tournament win in recent months. Williams won a United States Fencing Association contest -one week prior to the close of the Metropolis Fencing Club in Manhattan. According to Clement, a representative of the New York Empire State Games and a longtime fencing master in Harlem and on the Upper West Side, the win marks steady progress for Williams, who he says "is a contender for a higher level of competition." (from our press archives)

RIVERBANK STATE PARK FENCING PROGRAM

The Riverside State Park Youth and Adult fencing program was brought to life by Roi Green and St. Clair Clement and started in 2004 with club-tournaments between the 'Roi Green Riverbank Fencers' and the fencers of ADFS. Prior to finding a home at Riverbank, the program was part of the first New York city-wide off-season open fencing program for all city high school fencers and coaches. In the spirit of bringing fencing to inner-city neighborhoods and in memory of Roi, the coaches of the Alexandre Dumas Fencing Academy are helping to expand fencing for children and adults at this location, including after-school fencing training. They are providing formal support for all fencing at the site with the training and performance of advance and recreational tournaments and exhibitions. Classes for the new season have just started, and are to be held each Saturday from 2:30pm to 4:30pm for beginning adults, and 4:40pm to 6:30pm for advanced fencers (adults). The youth program is held every Tuesday afternoon.

LINKS AND RESOURCES

United States Fencing Association USFA- become a member now or renew your membership!
Woodside Fencing Center Queens- take a look!

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