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Are you ready for the new season? Get fencing fit with Coach Robert Suchorski at this evening summer camp. Open to intermediate and advanced fencers throughout the Capitol Division and beyond. WHAT: Summer Fencing Camp with Coach Robert Suchorski WHEN: August 20-24, 2018, 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. WHERE:DC Fencers Club, 9330 Fraser Avenue, Silver […]

Thanks to John Chavez of The Bowie Blade-News and The Capital Gazette for this thoughtful article on the world championship team achievement of Bowie, Md., resident Amanda Sirico and her teammate and Capitol Division member Kat Holmes. Chavez spoke with Amanda during a homecoming celebration at DC Fencers Club. DCFC salutes The Bowie Blade-News and […]

Every child deserves a good swordfight. Make it the best with a class at DC Fencers Club. DCFC offers more than 15 classes for beginner, intermediate, and invitational classes for both epee and sabre fencers. Fall class registration is now open at dcfencing.com. Beginner, intermediate, and invitational classes on weekdays and Saturdays. Do you have questions about […]

Welcome home, world champions! Last week, local fans gathered for a homecoming with DCFC member Amanda Sirico and Capitol Division member Kat Holmes, half of the the U.S. Women’s Epee Team that took gold at Senior Worlds in Wuxi, China last month. DC Fencers Club Member Amanda Sirico and Capitol Division member Kat Holmes returned […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: DC Fencers Club, Bowie fencer and Team USA make history and win gold at World Championships in China WASHINGTON, July 25, 2018 – Today, Amanda Sirico of Bowie, Maryland, and Team USA made history, winning the World Championship title in Women’s Team Epee at the World Fencing Championships in Wuxi, […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 19, 2018 Contact: DC Fencers Club, Bowie fencer competes in first World Championships WASHINGTON — Amanda Sirico of Bowie, Maryland, has been selected to compete in her first World Fencing Championships, taking place July 19 – 27 in Wuxi, China. Sirico, 22, will represent the United States in the Women’s […]

And that’s a wrap! The 10-day extravaganza — aka Summer Nationals — came to a close today, and DCFCers continued to climb the ranks alongside 5,000+ fencers from around the country. Here are results from the last several days of competition. Congratulations to Theo Pary on taking sixth place in the Vet 70 Men’s Epee […]

More than two dozen DCFC fencers are competing in the 2018 USA Fencing Summer National Championships and July Challenge, which takes place June 28 – July 7. Here are highlights to from Thursday through Sunday’s events. A grand salute to Kristin Foellmer, who took gold and the Vet 40 Women’s Epee Championship title. Brava, Kristin! […]

DC Fencers Club offers its condolences on the untimely passing of John McNamara, an editor with the Capital Gazette/Bowie Blade-News in Annapolis, Maryland. McNamara covered Maryland regional sports for the Gazette for more than two decades, and authored two books on University of Maryland football and basketball. He took an avid and sustained interest in […]

CLOSURE ALERT – DCFC will be closed Friday, June 29 through Friday, July 6 for the USA Fencing Summer National Championships in St. Louis, Missouri. We will post regular updates on the competition on the DCFC Facebook page. The club will reopen Saturday, July 7. FENCING CAMPS – We still have spaces in our summer […]