Like a shower of cherry blossoms, medals rained On DCFC A fitting haiku for the 2019 Cherry Blossom Open, a Capitol Division tournament held at the University of Maryland Armory this weekend. We salute all our DCFC competitors for giving it their best, and offer a special bow to those who took top spots. Justin […]
Join us for this Dec. 2 youth tournament in all three weapons at DCFC. USFA membership and full uniform required. Open only to fencers born between 2006 and 2011, inclusive. $10.00 registration fee plus $25.00 entry fee if preregistered. $10.00 registration fee plus $35.00 entry fee if not preregistered. Y10 & Y12 events may be […]
Join this three-weapon event in late April, sponsored by the Capitol Division. Pre-register for reduced rates at askfred.net. MINORS MUST HAVE A SIGNED WAIVER BY A PARENT/GUARDIAN! A University of Maryland policy requires that all minors (under the age of 18) bring a waiver signed by a parent or guardian. Minors WILL NOT be permitted […]
Pop the cork, the season has begun! Thanks to all who joined us for the first Champagne Challenge of the season, and a special salute to DCFC fencers who took top spots, including Joe Deucher (silver), Avo Reid (fifth place), and Bryan Walther (eighth place). Full results at this link. The next Champagne Challenge takes […]
Last tournament before Summer Nationals! $10.00 registration plus $25.00/event entered if preregistered. Sabre fencers must use 800NW glove. Register on askfred.net and join us!
On April 8-9, DC Fencers Club hosts the Capitol Division Qualifiers for Summer Nationals. Open to Capitol Division members ONLY. Please note the registration times. Times are closer together so that as one event ends the other may begin. These are events for Division II/III and Youth-14 fencers. Y14 fencers must be born between 2002 and […]
DC Fencers Club salutes Team USA as they return from a fruitful Rio 2016 Olympics. The U.S. Olympic Fencing Team ended the Rio Olympic Games with one of its most successful results in history, bringing home four medals as nine of its 17 athletes stood on the podium over the course of the Games. Not […]
More than 70 Capitol Division fencers from fencing clubs in DC and Maryland vied for a spot at the Summer National Fencing Championships in Dallas, Texas this July. Fencers competed to earn slots in Y14 and Division II category events in foil, epee, and sabre. The Capitol Division is one of more than 60 USA […]
Tom Wright Memorial Veteran Fencing Tournament – Results Fencing is a lifelong sport, demonstrated on Sunday, when more than 60 fencers in their 40s through 70s gathered at DCFC for the annual Tom Wright Memorial Veteran Fencing Tournament. This three-weapon tournament is held in honor of Wright, who was a longtime Capitol Division member. The […]
Calling all veteran sabreurs, foilists, and epeeists! Join us on Sunday, October 4 for the Tom Wright Memorial Veteran Fencing Tournament, which honors this longtime Capitol Division member and truly dashing gentleman. Learn more about Tom Wright’s fencing, his duel with a jealous Italian, and his joyous promotion of the sport. Pre-register on askfred.net for […]
