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Congratulations to all our young competitors who got in the game at the Fairfax Youth Challenge Super Youth Circuit (SYC) in Fredericksburg, Virginia, April 13-15. A special saulte to Alysa Jakel, who took #6 in Y10 Women’s Epee, and to Nicolas Hensal, who advanced to the #7 spot in Y12 Men’s Epee. Well done! Every […]

Vet World Champion fencer by day, poet by night. Congratulations Kaz Campe on your winning entry in the Washington Post 2018 springtime-in-Washington haiku contest, announced in the Washington Post in early April.  

HOLIDAY CLOSURE ALERT! DC Fencers Club will be closed on Saturday, March 31 through Monday, April 2 for the Easter holiday. We will reopen on Tuesday, April 3. Happy Easter, Happy Passover, and enjoy your weekend.

March 26, 2018 DC Fencers Club salutes Amanda Sirico (Bowie, MD) and Isaac Shelanski (Washington, DC) who both earned individual bronze medals at the 2018 National Collegiate Men’s and Women’s Fencing Championships (NCAA) Fencing Championships, held at the Pennsylvania State University on March 22-25, 2018. Sirico and Shelanski were two of 144 fencers who were […]

It’s a sweep!  DCFCers took gold, silver, and bronze at the DCFC Champagne Challenge on Sunday, March 25. Congratulations to Daniel Wheeler and Andrew Nosil, who won bronze; to Erza Wright on winning silver; and to Justin Haddad, who took gold! Full results at this link. Mark your calendars! April 7-8 is the Capitol Division […]

Congratulations to Justin Haddad, who won silver at the Fairfax Challenge RJCC in Men’s Junior Epee in Baltimore, Maryland on Saturday, March 24. Way to go, Justin!

WEATHER CLOSURE ALERT: DC Fencers Club is closed on Wednesday, March 21 due to inclement weather and following Federal gov’t closure policies. We will reopen on Thursday, March 22. Stay safe and enjoy your snow day.

Join this three-weapon event in late April, sponsored by the Capitol Division.  Pre-register for reduced rates at askfred.net. MINORS MUST HAVE A SIGNED WAIVER BY A PARENT/GUARDIAN! A University of Maryland policy requires that all minors (under the age of 18) bring a waiver signed by a parent or guardian. Minors WILL NOT be permitted […]

Please register on askfred.net. Open to Capitol Division members ONLY. Please note the registration times. Times are closer together so that as one event ends the other may begin. These are events for Division II/III and Youth-14 fencers. Y14 fencers must be born between 2003 and 2006, inclusive, or be on the Y12 national point rankings. […]

Please join us for the next DCFC Epee Champagne Challenge on Sunday, March 25 at the club. This is a self reffed tournament and the fee is $30 cash or check to “DC Fencers Club.” Register on askfred.net.  It’s already an A1 and it will even better with you!