ICA Summer Camp Week 5

 

The summer is disappearing fast!! It seems only yesterday that our first camper walked in the front door, and now we know everyone as if we were old friends. With almost 40 campers again this coming week, we continue to build momentum toward the finish of a great summer camp. We again saw many competitive events with fierce competition and some very close ties. The greatest thing to see is that there are different winners each week, so everyone is getting the chance to win a “piece of the pie”!!!

Tournament Results

Section 1                              USCF Rated Results

Kiernan McVay was the topper this week, with a near perfect score of 4.5 out of 5, besting David Shekhtman, the clear favorite who won week #2 and week #4 in the last five weeks. Kiernan gained 60 points in rating! Was this a fluke, or will Kiernan be back to defend his crown?

Section 2                              USCF Rated Results

Michael Finkel rose to the challenge this week and defeated last week’s co-winner Gilad Drillich with a strong showing of 7.5 out of ten points. Also of note was the strong performance of the up-and-coming Hillel Koslowe, (5 out of 10) the underdog of the section, rated 232+ points below Drillich, the top rated player in the section.

Section 3                              USCF Rated Results

With a perfect score of 10 out of 10, Joshua “the Encyclopedia of Openings” Katz destroyed the field. Does Joshua know the “Hedge Hog”? Will we some day see the “Katz Gambit”?

Section 4                              Results

In a close battle this week, Haik Der Manuelian narrowly defeated Preston Wang by half a point with a score of 8.5 out of 10. Could the half point loss be due to the fact that Preston keeps forgetting to take home his score book? Hmmm……

Section 5                              Results

The fiercest competition this week was between 1^st place winners Zachary Manlowitz and Jonathan Anbazo. Both players showed great improvement this week and the results of their hard work were clearly evident.

Blitz Tournament

Friday saw a rain out of our sports events, so we held a larger blitz tournament to give our campers a challenge. The winners were:

Section 1:       1^st Place         David Shekhtman                

                        2^nd Place        Robert Elliott

                        3^rd Place         Kiernan McVay

Section 2:       1^st Place         Kyler McVay

                        2^nd Place        Hillel Koslowe

                        3^rd Place         Gilad Drillich

Section 3:       1^st Place         Preston Wang

                        2^nd Place        Nathaniel Piskun

                        3^rd Place         Haik Der Manuelian

Section 4:       1^st Place         Joshua Katz

                        2^nd Place        Connor Cabrera

                        3^rd Place         Benjamin Mankowitz

Section 5:       1^st Place         Zachary Mankowitz

                        2^nd Place        Yoav Zolty

                        3^rd Place         Johnathan Angbazo

Best In Class

Each coach chooses the best student in their class for this honor. The criteria include problem-solving ability, improvement, behavior, and general participation and attitude during the week.

Coach                                    Student

Sergey Grabuzov                  David Shektman

Tanya Grabuzova                  Yehuda Koslowe

Hana Itkis                               Hillel Koslowe

Max Schwartz                        Nathan Zlochevsky

Richard Napoli                      Jacob Shomstein

Solomon Lerner                    Sasha Modlin

Slava Koza                            Yoav Zolty    

Puzzle Solving Contest

1^st Place         Haik Der Manuelian

2^nd Place        Yehuda Koslowe

3^rd Place         Preston Wang

Art Contest

Showing an unexpected flair for the arts, this week’s winner was Nicholas Katz, who impressed our art teacher Arie with a splendid combination of clay and colors.

SPORTS WINNERS

Overall Sports Winners By Age Group

2001                     Sasha Modlin

2000                     Jacob Shomstein

1999                     Preston Wang

1998                     Yehuda Koslowe

1997                     Kyler McVay

1995                     Kiernan McVay

Dodge Ball

Daniel “little man” Zolty zigged and zagged around the tosses of his competitors, and was untouchable, and sported a cannon for an arm!!!

Soccer

Lev Krasnovsky weaved his way to the top of the class this week, seemingly unstoppable in his quest for the winning goal.

Volleyball

Judging from the quality of play, you would think that Nathanial Piskun had grown up on the beaches of California, the volleyball capital of the US. Watch out when he is tall enough to spike!!!

Basketball

Kiernan McVay, our winner from last week, again “wowed the crowd” and took top honors. Is there an opening called “The Jump Shot”?

Don’t forget to check out all of the pictures in our Photo Gallery to see your friends, your children, and our coaches. The summer is coming to a close quickly, so give us a call and enroll now so that you can have a piece of the action. We still have a few more spaces available, and we would hate for you to miss out on all the fun that our coaches and campers are having!! Give us a call now at 201-833-1741 and get in on the hot summer action.