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Congratulations to Amanda Sirico, who kicked off the 2017-2018 national season with a silver in the Division I Women’s Epee event on October 16 at the October North American Cup, held in Anaheim, California. As the #2 seed in the event, she earned a bye into the second day of competition, where she sailed through […]

Congratulations to Peter Souders on earning bronze in the Division I Men’s Sabre event at the October North American Cup on October 15 in Anaheim, California. Here he is with DCFC Head Coach Janusz Smolenski. More to come, cheer on your clubmates with live results at this link. To all our competitors, fence well and […]

We salute the more than 70 young competitors who joined us at today’s DCFC Youth Challenge with events in sabre and epee. You showed us the spirit of fencing with your good sportsmanship, your positive attitude, and giving your best effort. We thank our bout committee, referees, families and friends on supporting our young competitors. […]

October 15, 2017 Contact: Washington, D.C. – Two DC Fencers Club members have qualified to represent Team USA at the 21st Veteran Fencing World Championships which takes place on October 15-21 in Maribor, Slovenia. “Vet Worlds” is the premiere fencing event for fencers over age 50 and is conducted by the International Fencing Federation […]

Upcoming Tournaments DC Fencers Club is hosting many upcoming tournaments, from youth events, to Division 3 events, and Men’s and Women’s Team events. Remember to check askfred.net and USA Fencing for other regional and national events as well. October 20 – Friends of DCFC Friday Night Div 3 Mixed Epee October 22 – Champagne Challenge #3 […]

A huge thank you to Olympian Kat Holmes for sharing her insights on the physical, mental, and emotional game of fencing at the elite level.  Kat shared her knowledge at a clinic hosted by Friends of DCFC. We are pretty sure she left more than one young person with world-class fencing dreams and inspirations.  

Joe Deucher made a triple play at the Tom Wright Memorial Veteran Tournament at DC Fencers Club on Sunday, October 8, where he took gold in the Mixed Vet Epee event, silver in the Mixed Sabre event, and bronze in the Mixed Foil event. Congratulations to Valerie Asher who took gold in the women’s category […]

October 18 is the regular registration deadline for the December North American Cup.  Don’t get hit by triple fees.  Register today. December NAC (Portland, Ore.): Dec. 8-11, 2017 Events contested: Division I, Division II & Veteran Open/Veteran Age Group Registration Opens: September 20, 2017 Regular Fee Entry Deadline: October 18, 2017 http://www.usfencing.org/2017-december-nac    

Our youngest competitors made a mark at the RichmondRegional Youth Circuit (RYC) event held on the weekend of September 30. Congratulations to Milan Mishra who earned bronze in Y10 Mixed Epee, and to Asha Henry, who earned bronze in the Y14 Women’s Epee event. Congratulations to Sophia Jakel, who took bronze in Y12 Women’s Epee […]

The Richard Oles Charm City ROC Classic took place on September 23-24 in Baltimore Maryland. DCFC brought home medals in all three events at the Charm City Div 1A ROC. Congrats to Justin Haddad (bronze, ME), Andrew Nosil (fifth place, ME) Sarah Shen Tong (bronze, WE), and Eliza Mace (sixth place, WS). Full results at […]