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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 3, 2014 Contact:   Jacob Asch, of Alexandria, Virginia won gold in the Cadet Men’s Sabre at the world’s largest youth fencing event last weekend at Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center at National Harbor (MD).  Asch, 16, was among 40 DC Fencers Club youth competitors at the event.  The […]

  1/28/14 It’s a sweep!  DCFC members showed up in force at the first Champagne Challenge of the year, and dominated the top eight at this senior mixed epee event.  Thanks to Cindy Sirico, our meet manager, to DCFC armorer Kerry Swick for keeping the strips up and running, and to everyone for showing up […]

  January 2014 North American Cup – Results 1/21/14     DCFC congratulates all our fencers on bringing your best to the strip at the January 2014 North American Cup in Virginia Beach, VA last weekend.   In Senior Team Men’s Epee, DCFC team 1 (DCFC (Byron Neslund, Dennis Kraft, Nathan Bailey, and Matthew Neu,) […]

DC Fencers Club is closed due to inclement weather, following federal government weather closure policies.  We will be open on Wednesday, January 22.  Stay safe, and see you on the strip! 

  January 14, 2014   Dear all,   Happy New Year!  As 2014 kicks off, DC Fencers Club would like to introduce the sport of fencing to area schools and prospective fencers, especially young athletes ages 7 -12.  To reach this goal, we want to organize fencing demonstrations at local elementary and middle schools.   […]

January 13, 2014 Feeling meh after the holiday season? What better remedy than a large dose of DCFC fencing! DCFC fencers medaled in all three Saturday events and won half of the top eight spots in Sunday’s senior mixed epee event.   Congratulations to all of our DCFC fencers on getting in the game and giving […]

(SILVER SPRING, MD) – DC Fencers Club member Amanda Sirico (Bowie, MD) won bronze on Sunday at the Women’s Epee Junior World Cup in Dijon, France on Sunday, January 5.  Sirico, 17, is the number two ranked Junior Women’s Epee fencer in the United States and 19th in the world.   Sirico, who is attempting […]

12/17/13   Congratulations to all our members who competed the December 2013 North American Cup in Dallas, Texas.  This national tournament featured events in all three weapons (foil, epee, and sabre) in the categories of Division 1 (fencers ranked C or higher), along with Cadet (under 17) and Veteran (40+).     A special congratulations […]

Congratulations to our youngest sabre fencers on taking part in this December 15 tournament at DC Fencers Club.  Students pictured here with James Cameron and Head Coach Janusz Smolenski.  Salute!