"The Art of Mental Toughness & Physical Training"
Rockland Fencers Club LLC
Orangeburg
15 Highview Avenue
Orangeburg, NY 10962
CALL TODAY: 718-697-1440
Upcoming Events
Day Camp
Home Youth Tournament
Day Camp
Beginner Package
2 Private Lessons
3 Group Classes
Online option:
Five 30-min zoom session
For only $150
RFC is open. Following all the CDC, USOC and USFA guidelines.
SUMMER 2023
SLEEPAWAY FENCING CAMP
FULLY AIR CONDITIONED GYM
Summer Sleep Away Camp at the Prestigious Avon Old Farms School
August 20th - 26th 2023
Epee and Foil Fencers
Partner Clubs
About Our Camp
Camp will take place at the prestigious Avon School in Connecticut with top level international coaching crew and highly rated fencers from all over the country. The Avon Old Farms School is a private boarding school with state of the art amenities, a brand new air conditioned sports complex with locker rooms, weight room, squash courts, tennis courts, soccer fields, pool tables, movie room, single & double dormitory options, and much more!
Guest Lecturers and Former World Team Members
Jim Carpenter
Former US Olympic team member & Stevens Institute of Technology men's head coach
Adam Watson & Alex Tsinis
Former US National Team Membners
Camp Includes
-Air conditioned sports facility (where the fencing will be held)-
-Olympic guest lecturers and former national team members-
-Technical, tactical and psychological fencing instruction-
-Three meals per day plus a school store for snacks-
-Camp wide tournament and award ceremony-
-Minimum of two fencing practices per day-
-Cross Training sessions with other sports-
-Camp t-shirt and welcome packet-
-First Aid & CPR Certified Staff-
And much more!
Camp Fees
 High Level Fencing |  Cardio Workouts |  Stretching |  Senior National Team Members |  High Level Coaching |  Avon Old Farms School |
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 2 Practices per Day |  Our Dormitories |  Foil Instruction |  Fencing Seminar |  Weight Room |  Tennis Courts |
Registration Deadline 8/14/23
Fees include room & board, 3 meals per day (7 days and 6 nights).
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Double Room Early Registration (Ends 5/30/23): $1,300
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Regular Registration (After 6/01/23): $1,450
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Single Room Early Registration (Ends 5/30/23): $1,500
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Regular Registration (After 6/01/23): $1,650
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Day Camper Rate: $250 (Monday - Friday 9AM - 5PM )
$500 deposit is non-refundable and cancellations must be made by 7/31/2023.
Registration Form Summer 2023
This form must be downloaded, filled out, and returned by 8/01/2023
Distinguished Coaching Staff
Arpad Horvath
Vivo Club Owner, Coach and World Champion Arpad Horvath began fencing in Budapest, Hungary in 1989 and was a Hungarian National Team member for six years in a row. Arpad won the Under-17 World Championship as well as the Under-20 European Championship and received a full scholarship from St. John’s University in New York. There, he went on to become a two-time individual NCAA men’s epee champion. Arpad has been coaching for 12 years and has been in coaching in Massachusetts since 2010. He founded Vivo Fencing Club in 2012.
Attila Lukacs
Attila is the owner of the Rockland Fencers Club. He is a former Hungarian National Team member. As a competitor Attila earned multiple Junior World Cup medals, 3rd place team medal at the Junior European Championship and numerous top senior world cup results. During the past decade Attila's students earned numerous NCAA, national and international top results.
Donna Stone
Donna is a former Olympian and USA Fencing Hall of Fame member. During her over 20 years competitive fencing carrier she collected a World Championship 5th place, multiple World cup medals, 3 US National Champion titles and 2 Pan American Women's Epee Team gold medals. As a coach Donna has worked with fencers of all ages and levels, her students earned multiple national and international top results.
Kornel Udvarhelyi
Kornel Udvarhelyi joined Vivo Fencing Club as Master Coach after most recently coaching at Fencers Club in New York City. He was the USA Fencing Men’s Epee Team coach at the Tokyo Olympics 2020-2021. Kornel graduated with high honors from the Masters program at the Hungarian Institute of Physical Education. As the Hungarian National Junior Epee Coach, Arpad Horvath – our head Epee coach here at Vivo, then his student, won the Cadet World Championship, Junior World Cup Championship, and a silver medal at the Junior World Championships! His American students have had similar success at the Cadet and Junior World Championships, as well as US National and NCAA Championships.
Molly Sullivan Sliney
Molly Sullivan Sliney was a member of the 1988 and 1992 United States Olympic fencing teams. She also won two gold medals in the 1987 and 1991 Pan American Games. While fencing for the University of Notre Dame, she was the NCAA Women's Foil Individual Champion in 1986 and 1988. Molly also was U.S. National Champion in 1985. In 1987, she led the Notre Dame Women's Foil Team to an NCAA championship by posting a 10-0 record in the tournament. This was the first time the Fighting Irish had ever won an NCAA Women's title in any sport. She graduated with a 160-14 record, and Notre Dame named her 1980s Female Athlete of the Decade. Molly has been an active public speaker and fencing instructor in the greater Boston area since 1992.
Location address
Avon Old Farms School
500 Old Farms Rd, Avon, CT 06001