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  November 26, 2012 DC Fencers Club salutes Amanda Sirico on winning gold in both the individual and team events at the Grenoble Cadet European Epee Cup.  On Saturday, November 24, Sirico took the gold in Cadet (under 17) Women's Epee, advancing past nearly 200 fencers from 16 nations.      The very next day, […]

  Please join us for the December Clinic at DCFC. This clinic will work on strategies within competitions and second intention concepts taught by Coach Smolenski. The fee is $40 and the clinic will run from 10 AM – 1 PM.  Register here on www.askfred.net.

Congratulations to all our DCFC members who competed in the North American Cup (NAC) at Virginia Beach VA held on November 9-12, 2012.   Corwin Duncan (College Park, Md.), Byron Neslund (Rockville, Md.) Isaac Erbele (Washington, D.C.) and Damien Lehfeldt (Washington, D.C.) represented DC Fencers Club earned gold in the Senior Team Men's Epee event.   […]

In local news, DCFC represented very well at the MDFC Veterans Day Open held last weekend at the Maryland Fencing Club in Abingdon, MD.  Congratulations to our medalists!   Diane Trice, bronze, vet combined mixed sabre   Creston Bailey, gold, vet combined mixed epee   Kaz Campe, silver , vet combined mixed epee   #  […]

DCFC member Kashi Way (far left) won gold in both epee and foil at the 2012 Tom Wright Vet Tourney, but his children get the prizes. Pictured here with the other medalists for the foil event.   11/4/12   Congratulations to all the veteran fencers who travelled from as far away as New Jersey and […]

DCFC swept the top five spots at the October Champagne Challenge (epee).   Congratulations to Corwin Duncan, Byron Neslund, Isaac Erbele, Conrad Sutter, and Clinton Rodell on earning the 1,2,3 (tie) and 5 spots, respectively.  Congrats also to Damien Lehfeldt on his #7 spot, and to Arjuna Subramanian, Marcus Johnson, Isaac Shelanski, and Brooke Sirico for […]

  Amanda Sirico (left) on the podium at the Cadet epee tournament in Klagenfurt, Austria   November 1, 2012   DC Fencers Club member Amanda Sirico (Bowie, MD) won her first two international medals with silver medal wins in Cadet (under 17)  Women's Individual and Team Epee events at the Klagenfurt Cadet European Epee Cup […]

DC Fencers Club members Valerie Asher and Jim Adams were among 63 veteran fencers representing Team USA at Vet Worlds last week.  Photo by David Ruskin.   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   October 22, 2012 Contact:   DC FENCERS CLUB MEMBERS REPRESENTING TEAM USA WIN BRONZE AT THE VETERAN WORLD FENCING CHAMPIONSHIPS IN KREMS, AUSTRIA […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 16, 2012 Contact:   DC FENCERS CLUB MEMBERS WIN GOLD, BRONZE AND TOP 16 SPOTS AT ST. LOUIS NORTH AMERICAN CUP, FIRST NATIONAL TOURNAMENT OF SEASON   More than 2,000 fencers from clubs around the country competed   Washington reminded St. Louis it is a sports town to be reckoned […]

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 […]