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I can “C” clearly now … that DCFC is hosting a Div 2 C and Under Sr. Mixed Epee event on December 11 at 6:30 pm. Part of our “Ferocious Fridays” series. Register on askfred.net and see you there!  

NAC DEADLINE ALERT! The regular entry fee deadline for the January NAC (Division 1, Junior, Wheelchair, and Senior Team) is MONDAY, NOV. 30. Don’t get hit by triple fees. Register today.    

HOLIDAY CLOSURE ALERT! DC Fencers Club will be closed from Wednesday, November 25 through Sunday, November 29 for the Thanksgiving holiday. Safe travels and enjoy your holiday break.    

Looking for a great Christmas or Hannukah present? Pre-order the 2016 DCFC calendar, which will be available in early December. Featuring dozens of photos and listing more than 150 birthdays, the 2016 calendar celebrates the skill and spirit of our fencers and coaches.  Calendars are $20 each and may be purchased at the time of […]

DC Fencers Club sent several competitors to the November North American Cup in St. Louis, MO, last weekend.  They also witnessed the new USA Fencing logo, part of a brand refresh for the 2016 Olympic season. DCFC congratulations to Isaac Shelanski, who advanced to the top 16 (15) in Junior Men’s Epee, out of a […]

HOLIDAY ALERT – DCFC is OPEN on Veteran’s Day, Wednesday, November 11. It is a federal holiday, but we will be here, teaching, fencing, and overall enjoying the life that our service members and veterans have helped make possible.

It’s a sweep at the Charm City Classic! Congratulations to Margherita Guzzi Vincenti, Rebecca Chimahusky, and Marie Lawson on taking gold, silver, and bronze in Division 1A Senior Women’s Epee at the Charm City Classic ROC, which took place November 8-9 at the UMBC campus in Catonsville, MD. James Cameron was the fencing champion in […]

Amanda Sirico kicked off the Junior Circuit season with a team bronze at the Helsinki Junior Women’s Epee World Cup in Espoo, Finland on November 8. Sirico took 10th in the individual Junior Women’s Epee event and then anchored the Junior Women’s Epee Team. In a semifinal bout against Team Russia, Team USA missed the […]

In case you missed it, DCFC member Amanda Sirico made front page news in The Bowie Blade-News last week.  Thanks to reporter John McNamara for his thoughtful story on Amanda’s quest to qualify for the Rio 2016 Olympics.  Read more here.          

Tournament roundup DCFC fencers are getting great results all over the world and close to home. At the Budapest Men’s Saber World Cup on November 1, Team USA took silver for a second straight medal on the circuit after a 45-44 heartbreaker against Russia in the finals. Congratulations to DCFC member Peter Souders, along with […]