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Revision as of 19:33, 23 October 2006 by Oneoverzero (talk | contribs) (added notable events)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The New York Athletic Club is a very exclusive athletic club that was founded in 1868 and is located in New York City, USA. Prior to the 2000 Olympic Games, NYAC members had won 115 Olympic gold medals, 40 silver medals and 47 bronze medals, more than all but four nations. The Club offers many sports including but not limited to; Wrestling, Boxing, Fencing, Basketball, Rugby, Soccer, Tennis, Handball, Squash and at least a dozen others not listed here.
Notable Events
In November 2003, the club was the site of a four game chess match between Garry Kasparov and the computer program X3D Fritz. In November 2005, the Saturday morning program, the prestigious children's program run by the club gathered nearly $17,000 dollars for the Ronald McDonald House run, an event which the program has participated in for several years.
Every month for half of the year the Fencing club hosts a tournament known as the Mercury Cup. It is an épée exclusive tournament, and is known for having many more accomplished fencers than unaccomplished ones, because of this, it is also known as being one of the harder ones that anyone can enter. The last Mercury cup of a year is known as the "Épéepalooza"
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