About the NJIFA

New Jersey Interscholastic Fencing Association, Inc.

 

Updated January 2, 2010, with the new Vice President

Updated December 26, 2009, with Other Tournaments

Updated July 11, 2009, with new Secretary

 

• The association of New Jersey high school fencing coaches
• Incorporated in 2008
• All NJ high schools with varsity fencing programs are members of the NJIFA
• The membership of NJIFA includes some schools who are not members of the NJSIAA
• There are 48 boys’ and 48 girls’ teams in the state
   

NJIFA Board – 9 members
Officers		Send e-mail to All Officers (4)
President	Chris Awad	Wayne Valley High School
Vice President	Pat Lawrence	Teaneck High School
Secretary	Toni Kiernan	Wayne Hills High School
Treasurer	Gail Kedoin	W. Windsor-Plainsboro North HS
District Representatives		Send e-mail to NJIFA Board (9)
District 1	Tom Tishman	Mendham High School
District 2	Ted Li	Pingry School
District 3	Susan Lewis	Wayne Hills High School
District 4	Gene Packer	Fair Lawn High School
Non-NJSIAA	John Harrold	Lawrenceville School

 

Tournaments Organized Directly by NJIFA

• Cetrulo Boys' Relay Championships
• Santelli Girls' Relay Championships
• Carpenter Freshman-Sophomore Individual Tournament, discontinued after 2007
   

Other Tournaments Sanctioned, but not organized, by the NJIFA

• Morris Knolls Freshman-Sophomore Invitational Tournament, last week of December
• Bergen-Passaic League’s Freshman-Sophomore Tournament, 3^rd weekend of February
• Skyland Conference Freshman-Sophomore Tournament, 1^st weekend of February
• Montclair Freshman/Sophomore Invitational Tournament, 3^rd weekend of February
• Passaic County Championships
• Prep School Championships, middle of the week during school break in February
• Lakeland Girls’ Invitational Tournament, on a weekend at the end of January

 

Other Functions of the NJIFA

• Organize and hold the NJSCA/NJIFA Coaches' Clinic each fall
• Hold two coaches' organizational meetings, pre- and post-season
• Name the NJIFA All-State Teams and Coaches of the Year
• Work closely with the NJSIAA to help manage the District and State HS Championships
• Work with the Conferences to establish their freshman-sophomore tournaments
• Set state-wide policies for NJ high school fencing

 

Competition Committee	Send e-mail to entire committee
Harry James, Chairman	Somerville High School
Gus de la Llave	Millburn High School
Dmitri Kopylov	West Essex Regional High School
Jim Lawless	Voorhees High School
Pat Lawrence	Teaneck High School
Barb Lynch	Morris Hills High School
Tom Tishman	Mendham High School

 

All-State Points Committee	Send e-mail to entire committee
James Rutzler	Governor Livingston High School
Gene Packer	Fair Lawn High School

 

Managers of 2010 District Championships	Send e-mail to all District Managers
District 1 – Morris, Somerset, Warren; Independents	Marianne Pratschler	Hackettstown HS
District 2 – Somerset, Hunterdon & Mercer	John Reid	North Hunterdon HS
District 3 – Essex, Union & Hudson	Chris Awad	Wayne Valley HS
District 4 – Passaic & Bergen	Gene Packer	Fair Lawn HS

 

 

 

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