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  September 23, 2013   Here's a toast to DCFC members for taking the top spots at the first Champagne Challenge of the 2013-2014 season.  DCFCers took the gold, silver, and bronze spots at this senior mixed open epee tournament, which had an A2 strength rating.  Several other DCFCers took top eight spots as well.   Congratulations to […]

The first Champagne Challenge of the season is Sunday, Sept. 22, at 10:00 am.  This senior mixed epee tournament could be an A2 event. Register on askfred.net and join us!   #  #  #     

September 16, 2013 Thanks to Jérôme Guth and Aleksander Ochocki for sharing their world-class sabre wisdom at this sabre clinic at DC Fencers Club.   The clinic was led by Coach Jérôme Guth, a French national sabre champion and international referee. Guth …is an assistant coach of the most awarded NCAA fencing program in the […]

Join us on September 15 as DCFC hosts a Sabre Clinic with Coach Jérôme Guth, a French national sabre champion and international referee. Guth is an assistant coach of the most awarded NCAA fencing program in the US, Penn State University. In addition to serving as coach and referee, Jerome competed on France’s cadets and juniors […]

August 19, 2013   Peter Souders joins DC Fencers Club as the latest member of our cadre of sabre coaches.   Souders will teach sabre classes and lessons this fall, alongside Head Coach Janusz Smolenski and Coach Jérôme Guth who leads a September 15 sabre clinic assisted by 2013 Division I National Champion Alexander Ochocki. […]

DCFC represented at the Keystone Games in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.  Congratulations to all our fencers!  Congrats also to Dennis Kraft, who's been fencing at DCFC this summer, and won gold in Senior Men's Epee!   Y14 Mixed Epee   Nirali Igoe, eighth place   Senior Mixed Sabre   Jacob Asch, gold   Littleton Riggins, 7th place […]

  To DCFC fencers, families, and friends, Congratulations to our many fencers who performed courageously at the Summer Nationals, and welcome to our many first-time fencers participating in DCFC’s summer camps. Exciting news!  Please join me in welcoming Jérôme Guth to the DCFC Coaching Team as a consulting coach from CPFA  (Central Pennsylvania Fencing Association) […]

DCFC would like to announce that Sabre Coach Dariusz Gilman is leaving the club to pursue new opportunities. All Sabre programs will continue with Head Coach Janusz Smolenski. DCFC wishes Dariusz all the best in his future career in fencing.

SUMMER SCHEDULE REMINDER   July 18, 2013   DC in the summer, time for fencing camps and time to see which die-hard fencers will show up to train and beat the heat!  Here's a reminder of our schedule now through August.   In July, DCFC will offer open fencing in the evenings after the daytime […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 8, 2013 Contact:     DC FENCERS CLUB BRINGS HOME CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES AND MORE FROM USA FENCING SUMMER NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN COLUMBUS, OHIO   DCFC members ages 13 to 75 win 18 medals and top spots at the nation’s largest fencing tournament   SILVER SPRING, MD – DC Fencers Club […]