Sabreur Eric Pei, Gr. 5, took the silver medal in April in Virginia Beach, Va., at the North American Circuit event in the Youth-10 boys sabre category, placing him second in points in the U.S.. Pei will next fence in Summer Nationals in Atlanta in July. At the Virgina Beach tournament, Pei won five out of six pool bouts and seeded fourth into the elimination table, then fought his way through three elimination bouts to reach the gold medal match. Pei trains at The Fencing Center of San Jose and Halberstadt Fencers Club, San Francisco; his main coach is Rob Handelman at Halberstadt.