Gary Van Der Wege

1955

Win/Loss Statistics

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Victories - 3 12 12 - 27
Losses - 4 3 11 - 18
Win Ratio - 42.9% 80.0% 52.2% - 60.0%
Pool Victories - 2 10 9 - 21
Pool Losses - 3 1 8 - 12
Pool Win Ratio - 40.0% 90.9% 52.9% - 63.6%
DE Victories - 1 2 3 - 6
DE Losses - 1 2 3 - 6
DE Win Ratio - 50.0% 50.0% 50.0% - 50.0%

Note: Seasons start on August 1st and end on July 31st.

Scores

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Easy wins† - - 5 6 - 11
Easy wins as % of wins - 0.0% 41.7% 50.0% - 40.7%
Close wins‡ - 2 1 1 - 4
Close wins as % of all wins - 66.7% 8.3% 8.3% - 14.8%
Close losses‡ - - 1 4 - 5
Close losses as % of all losses - 0.0% 33.3% 36.4% - 27.8%
Big losses† - 3 1 3 - 7
Big losses as % of all losses - 75.0% 33.3% 27.3% - 38.9%

† Easy victories or big losses are those with the score difference of 4 or more touches in a pool, 7 or more touches in direct elimination, and 5 or more in veteran and youth direct elimination.
‡ Close bouts are those with the score difference of 1 or fewer touches in a pool, 3 or fewer touches in direct elimination, or 2 or fewer touches in veteran or youth direct elimination.

Events

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Events - 1 2 3 - 6
Tournaments - 1 2 2 - 5

Competition History

Fete de Lune

Veteran Mixed Foil (E1, VET), September 9, 2023
Place 7 of 13, Seed 13, Not ranked, Rating U, VANDERWEGE Academie D'Armes
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 POOLE James M. 2 E23 8 Galveston Fencing Club / Rogue Fencers Guild 1528 2867 11.4 97%
Pool L 1:5 KASKAN Peter E. 3 U 1 Round Rock Fencing Club, LLC 2654 2878 112.7 59%
Pool L 1:5 NEWELL Tim 10 U 6 Bayou City Fencing Academy 1295 2765 406.4 98%
Pool W 5:2 LOTURCO Akiko 7 U 12 Houston Sword Sports
Pool L 3:5 PEUGNET Forrest 6 U 9 Houston Sword Sports 1251 2359 255.1 95%
T16 W 10:8 CHAO Pierre 11 U 11 Rockville Fencing Academy 1204 2286 25.5 93%
T8 L 4:10 KASKAN Peter E. 3 U 1 Round Rock Fencing Club, LLC 2500 2311 78.2 43%

ROC of Ages Vet ROC and RJCC

Veteran Men's Foil (E1, VET), February 5, 2023
Place 3 of 6, Seed 5, Not ranked, Rating U, VANDERWEGE Academie D'Armes
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 OVERCASH II James (Coot) C. 2 E19 3 VANDERWEGE Academie D'Armes 1608 2768 27.1 94%
Pool W 5:3 SHOAF Franz 6 U 6 Stoccata Fencing Academy & Club 1387 2796 20.4 94%
Pool W 5:2 UTHOFF Alan 3 U 5 Round Rock Fencing Club, LLC 1598 2816 21.6 95%
Pool W 5:4 POOLE James M. 1 E22 1 Galveston Fencing Club / Rogue Fencers Guild 1700 2838 21.7 95%
Pool W 5:3 NEWELL Tim 4 U 2 Bayou City Fencing Academy 1368 2859 7.4 98%
T4 L 9:10 POOLE James M. 1 E22 1 Galveston Fencing Club / Rogue Fencers Guild 1743 2673 387.2 89%

Fete de Lune

Veteran Mixed Foil (E1, VET), August 13, 2022
Place 3 of 20, Seed 20, Not ranked, Rating U, VANDERWEGE Academie D'Armes
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 TOWSTER Robert 14 U 3 Bayou City Fencing Academy 1829 3087 50.6 94%
Pool W 5:0 SUMMERS Christopher 12 U 19 Round Rock Fencing Club / Alliance Fencing Academy 2098 3138 78.2 84%
Pool W 5:3 EXNICIOS Richard M. 1 E22 13 New Orleans Fencers Club / Tulane University Fencing Club 1586 3216 16.8 98%
Pool W 5:1 PEUGNET Forrest 7 U 17 Houston Sword Sports 1252 3233 6.4 99%
Pool L 3:5 COOPER Matthew A. 6 U 10 Houston Sword Sports / Bayou City Fencing Academy 1786 3239 555.7 95%
Pool W 5:2 LESNIAK Chuck 17 U 8 Unattached 2080 2683 85.1 77%
T16 W 10:2 LOZANO Allandrius 8 U 16 Fort Bend Fencing Academy 2003 2814 106.9 82%
T8 W 10:5 POOLE James M. 3 E22 7 Galveston Fencing Club / Rogue Fencers Guild 1926 2921 67.9 88%
T4 L 4:10 SKOPIK Jr August 18 U 2 Alliance Fencing Academy / Houston Sword Sports 2518 2989 315.7 71%

USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge

Vet-60 Men's Épée (A2, V60), July 6, 2022
Place 35 of 45, Seed 45, Not ranked, Rating U, VANDERWEGE Academie D'Armes
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 KLEIN Johannes 16 30 A19 16 Rain City Fencing Center 2051 2500 743.0 67%
Pool L 2:5 MASE James B. 28 33 B18 26 San Luis Highlanders Fencing Club 2624 1757 120.1 16%
Pool L 2:5 EVANS Allen L. 30 23 C21 13 DC Fencers Club 2257 1637 140.5 22%
Pool L 1:5 DRAGONETTI Walter E. 2 1 A21 3 Battle Born Fencing Club / Hooked On Fencing 2935 1496 23.0 3%
Pool W 5:3 MYERS Brent M. 41 31 U 43 Southwest Florida Fencing Academy / Manhattan Fencing Center 1591 1473 260.4 44%
Pool W 5:2 HAYENGA Gary M. 12 11 A19 10 Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy / Ann Arbor Dueling Society 2905 1734 472.7 5%
T64 L 4:10 HENZLER Thomas A. 25 13 B19 30 Alliance Fencing Academy / Escrime Du Lac 3227 2500 275.1 24%

HSS Spring Friendlies 2022

Senior Mixed Saber (E1, SNR), March 20, 2022
Place 3 of 7, Seed 6, Not ranked, Rating U, VANDERWEGE Academie D'Armes
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 HUFF Clayton R. 4 U 2 Round Rock Fencing Club 2592 2500 450.5 47%
Pool L 4:5 ADAIR John 7 U 5 Round Rock Fencing Club 3102 2049 130.4 17%
Pool W 5:1 MENG Michael 5 U 7 Houston Sword Sports 1768 1919 302.6 56%
Pool L 2:5 BROWN Toby F. 3 U 3 Houston Sword Sports 1714 2222 444.8 74%
Pool W 5:2 ZHANG Tianran 2 U 6 Houston Sword Sports 1502 1777 149.3 64%
Pool L 4:5 HEINTZ Evin Y. 1 C21 1 Houston Sword Sports 3091 1926 26.3 6%
T8 W 15:7 ADAIR John 7 U 5 Round Rock Fencing Club 2500 2500 420.5 50%
T4 L 6:15 HEINTZ Evin Y. 1 C21 1 Houston Sword Sports 3288 2921 304.7 35%

HSS Spring Friendlies 2022

Div II Mixed Foil (E1, DV2), March 20, 2022
Place 3 of 24, Seed 10, Not ranked, Rating U, VANDERWEGE Academie D'Armes
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 CHEN Leetyan 22 U 8 Space City Fencing Academy 1301 2500 155.7 88%
Pool W 5:4 SAMI Usman S. 1 E21 5 Fort Bend Fencing Academy 2233 2656 310.0 67%
Pool W 5:0 ALVAREZ Simon 9 U 20 Uvalde High School Fencing 1984 2966 110.4 83%
Pool W 5:0 APODACA Calvin 20 U 24 Houston Sword Sports 781 3076 6.8 99%
Pool W 5:0 WEMPLE Charles 16 U 14 Bayou City Fencing Academy 848 3083 4.2 > 99%
T16 W 15:3 MORRISON Everett 8 U 16 Fort Bend Fencing Academy 2500 2500 420.5 50%
T8 W 15:9 SAMI Usman S. 1 E21 5 Fort Bend Fencing Academy 2237 2921 219.9 77%
T4 L 14:15 REZNIK Jacob 15 U 2 Texas A&M University Fencing 2967 3140 326.3 56%