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DCFC sent more than 30 competitors in sabre and epee to the October 2012 North American Cup updated 10/16/12   The October North American Cup (NAC) is underway in St. Louis, MO. More than 30 DCFC members joined a challenging field of more than 2,000 + fencers at the first national tournament of the 2012-2013 […]

Three DC Fencers Club members are among 63 athletes representing Team USA at the 16th Veteran World Championships which takes place October 16-21 in Krems, Austria.  We salute Valerie Asher, Jim Adams, and Kaz Campe and wish them great success at this prestigious international tournament.   The Veteran's World Championship (aka "Worlds") is the premier […]

Adam Green on the road to gold in Div II Senior Men's Sabre at the 2012 VA Kickoff Classic   Congratulations to our DCFC members who earned top spots and decorative weapons at the Virginia Kickoff Classic in Fredericksburg, VA, Sept. 29-30, 2012. A salute to the 40+ DCFC fencers who showed their competitive spirit […]

October 1 is the regular deadline for the Div 1/ Junior NAC in Virginia Beach, VA this November.   Here is a link to the full USFA Domestic Calendar, including registration deadlines.   Don't get hit with triple fees, register today!   https://docs.google.com/open?id=0ByHbNxSmr7eNOXcxQ1pqTkp5T00  

Among the Sept. 23 Champagne Challenge top eight: Alec Walker, Corwin Duncan, Christopher Hoffman, Matthew Peppe, Damien Lehfeldt, and Nathan Bailey.   Congratulations again to our Champagne Challenge victors.  Out of 52 competitors in this A2 event, nearly half of the top 16 were DCFCers.  Congrats to our members and thanks to all for joining […]

DCFC hosts an epee clinic in preparation for the first national tournament of the season, North American Cup "A," October 12-15 in St. Louis, Missouri.   This clinic will provide technical and tactical preparation for NAC A. This clinic will be taught by Coach Janusz Smolenski.   The clinic takes place on Sunday, October 7, […]

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 12, 2012 Contact: TRY THE OLYMPIC SPORT OF FENCING AT DC FENCERS CLUB THIS FALL Youth and adults can go for the gold with eight separate beginner fencing classes   SILVER SPRING, MD –  Did you or your child watch fencing at the London 2012 Olympics and say "Hey, […]

 Fences With Wolves, the youth tournament organized by DCFC Member Jacob Asher, was a howling success.   The fundraiser, which sought to raise $5,000 for the Yellowstone Wolf Project, which helps track wolves reintroduced to Yellowstone Park in California.   Within weeks of the June 3 tournament, Jacob's efforts raised $5,905.95.   Jacob said the […]

Summer closure notice! There will be no open bouting at DCFC on the week of Monday, August 20 – Friday, August 24, due to the daytime and evening fencing camps. Private lessons with Coach Ilya Lobanenkov will take place during that week, but no open bouting will take place at that time.   It's not […]

Jack and Katie Butler celebrating the US Women's Epee Team Bronze win at the ExCel Fencing Center, London 2012 Olympics.   8/4/12 DC Fencers Club congratulates the US Women's Epee Team on their Bronze Medal Win! This is the first ever US women's team or individual medal in epee. While club members cheered on the […]