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Results – Amazon Open VIII DC Fencers Club members medal in both the epee and sabre events at the eighth annual Amazon Open epee event, held June 5, 2011 at the DC Fencers Club.  Congratulations to all DCFC members for supporting one of the Capitol Division’s longest-running women’s fencing competitions. Epee Open Amanda Sirico – […]

Results – North American Cup (NAC “C”)   January 14-17, 2011, Dallas, Texas Congratulations to our fencers and their coaches, these are serious results that put DCFC on the map as one of the strongest clubs in the country. Byron Neslund – 5 place, Division I Epee Peter Souders – 6 place, Division I Sabre Gordon Long […]

Results – 2010 World Veteran Fencing Championship September 29 – October 3, 2010, Porec, Croatia Congratulations to our World Veteran Championships medalists!  Our members brought back two medals from the World Veteran Championship in Croatia! Jim Adams – Silver, 70+ Men’s epee Kazimieras Campe – Bronze, 70+ Men’s epee Fencing is truly a lifetime sport, may these amazing athletes […]

Results – 2010 Summer Nationals July 4-13, 2010, Atlanta, Georgia    Jim Adams – National Champion, Veterans in foil, epee and sabre Yoshi Yui – National Champion, Sabre Division III Dick Richards – Bronze Medal, Veterans Men’s Epee Junior Men’s Epee Team – 4th Senior Men’s Epee Team – 5th Senior Women’s Epee Team – 6th    

Cadet Worlds, Vet World, Junior Olympics Wonderful results from different generations!  Over the last few weeks DC Fencers Club members have competed in a number of USA and World Championships and have brought home absolutely wonderful results.   Results – Junior Olympics 2010 February 12-15, 2010, Memphis, Tennessee Michael Josephs – 2nd, Men’s Sabre Under 17 Channing Foster – 8th, Women’s […]

Results – 2009 North American Cup (NAC “B”) November 6-9, 2009,  Kansas City, Missouri   Eugene Chung – Silver, Under 17 (U17) Men’s  Saber Katharine Holmes – Gold, Cadet Women’s  Epee, Under 17 – 5th under 20. Channing Foster – 5th, Under 17 Women’s Epee. Congratulations to all!   Great Sabre results from Konin, Poland! Congratulations to Emiliano Kaptain who placed […]

President Obama learns fencing from Olympic Fencer Tim Morehouse Olympic Sabre Team Silver Medalist Tim Morehouse helped introduce President Obama to competitive fencing in September.  See Tim’s blog for more on this Olympic and presidential moment for fencing.   International Training camp in Poland! In August, DCFC fencers took a trip to Poland for training.  Great gym, […]

Multiple medals for DC Fencers Club at the 2009 US Summer Nationals Corwin Duncan, Coach Robert Suchorski, Ilya Lobanenkov, James Kaull and Isaac Erbele immediately after James Kaull’s spectacular last touch. Photo by Marek Stepien. Thank you everyone for a great 2008/2009 fencing season!  DC Fencers Club won great results at the 2009 Summer Nationals […]

June 2009 highlights 2009 Amazon Open  Congratulations to our Estonian guest Erika Kirpu for her gold medal, Courtney Hurley for the silver, Valerie Asher and Julia Zuikova for the bronze tie. This was a very strong event that was run efficently by Eric Moret and Alan Arrowsmith. Thank you all for coming, DCFC hopes to […]

        Silver at Cadet World Championships! 2009 Cadet and Junior World Fencing Championships April 5-13, 2009, Belfast, Northern Ireland Congratulations to Katharine Holmes, her coaching staff at Chevy Chase Fencing Club and her parents for the wonderful performance! Corwin Duncan took 9th at Junior Worlds! Congratulations to Janusz Smolenski, Robert Suchorski and […]