NEWS
Our 20th Anniversary Commemorative Coffee Table Book is Here! Renowned artists and photographers Ruggero Vanni and Valentina Vanni (and proud parents of PWF fencer Filippo) spent several months capturing the essence of the PWF in thousands of photographs. They have produced this magnificent work of art to commemorate our 20th year in operation. The book Read more
December 17, 2011
Ibtihaj Muhammad spent most of August fasting until sunset. That is when the Muslim-American fencer, who was observing the holy month of Ramadan, was allowed to eat and quench her thirst for the first time all day. Fasting is difficult under the best of circumstances, but for an athlete training rigorously for the opportunity to Read more
September 22, 2011
The Peter Westbrook Foundation will be honored with the Rings of Gold Award on Saturday during the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Assembly in Colorado Springs. During the annual three-day gathering of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic family, the USOC will present four of its annual awards, including the Jack Kelly Fair Play Award, presented by Read more
September 22, 2011
PWF FENCERS TRAVEL TO CHINA FOR WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES September 15, 2011 SHENZHEN, China – Early August marked the start of the 2011 Universiade, better known as the World University Games. The World University Games are held every four years in the year preceding the Summer Olympic Games. Three Westbrook fencers represented the United States Read more
September 17, 2011
Portland, OR April, 2011 – Peter Westbrook Foundation’s top athletes joined the best fencers from around the United States to square off for the title of 2011 Division 1 National Championship. Held at the Oregon Convention Center, the National Championships is the premier fencing event in the United States for Olympic hopefuls in fencing. Highlighting Read more
April 22, 2011
Louisville, Kentucky – On Saturday May 7th 2011, UPTOWN Magazine in association with BMW will honor Peter Westbrook at the first annual Isaac Murphy Derby Experience and Image Awards. Held at the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage, the Isaac Murphy Derby Experience and Image Awards promises to be the premier event to communicate with Read more
April 22, 2011
Amman, Jordan, April 1, 2011 – Adding to a steadily growing list of accomplishments, Peter Westbrook foundation foil fencer, Nzingha Prescod (18) of Brooklyn, NY was crowned the 2011 Junior World Championship in Amman Jordan. Her historic victory marks the third for Prescod who brought home the gold from the cadet competition in 2008 and Read more
April 22, 2011
New York, August 26, 2008 – As the worlds’ focus has shifted to Beijing Olympics over the past few weeks, three-time Olympian siblings Erinn and Keeth Smart of Flatbush, Brooklyn had one thing in mind – “Win a medal for Mom and Dad!” Having lost their mother a few months earlier to cancer and their Read more
April 22, 2011
On March 1, 2011, an in celebration of the 20th Anniversary of National Sportsmanship Day, The Peter Westbrook Foundation was honored along with 20 living Americans, 20 deceased Americans and 20 American organizations/initiatives that have made “significant contributions to the practice of fair play and have enhanced the national conscious regarding the central importance of Read more
April 22, 2011
New York, April, 2010 – The Peter Westbrook Foundation youth continue to raise the bar as Nzingha Prescod and Ayub Ibrahim lead the way for the Junior National Team set to compete at the 2010 Junior and Cadet World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan. As the United States top ranked women’s foil fencer, two time world Read more
March 12, 2011