DC Fencers Club salutes our very own Joe Deucher on his Team Gold at the 23rd Veteran World Fencing Championships in Daytona Beach, Florida last week. Deucher took gold in Veteran Team Men’s Epee alongside teammates Walt Dragonetti, Fred Frank, James Newsome, Jon Normile, and Charlie Schneider. “Vet Worlds,” held Oct. 11-16, is the premiere […]
DC Fencers Club salutes Valerie Asher, Carole Jeandheur, and Dick Richards on qualifying to represent Team USA in V60WE and V60ME at the 2023 Veteran Fencing World Championships in Daytona Beach, FL this October. Fellow DCFCer Joe Deucher is an alternate for the Vet50 Men’s Epee category. They earned these coveted spots on Team USA […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DC Fencers Club Salutes Team USA on Golden Results at Veteran Worlds Silver Spring, MD, Oct. 21, 2022 – DC Fencers Club member Valerie Asher took her seventh trip to the FIE Veteran Fencing World Championships and came back with gold in Veteran Team Women’s Epee. Asher qualified for world championships alongside […]
DCFC rang in the New Year with double gold and multiple top eight spots at the January North American Cup, held Jan. 7-10 in San Jose, California. We applaud all our fencers on giving their best and offer a special salute to those who took top spots. Thanks also to Coach Byron on bringing out […]
DCFCers were all business at the 2021 USA Fencing Veteran Championships in Atlanta, Georgia on August 27-28. This event was the last step in earning coveted spots to compete at the Veteran World Championships, to be held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, October 1-6. Our fencers earned seven medals (one gold, two silver, four bronze) and […]
At long last, the eighteenth annual Amazon Open is back! Thanks to our intrepid tournament founder, Valerie Asher, who shows by example the power of women supporting women in sport and in life. We also applaud Jacob Asher on sponsoring strip #1 in honor of Valerie, his aunt. We thank all our fencers on getting […]
Congratulations to DCFC member Valerie Asher, who has been selected as one of 12 members of the inaugural Leadership Academy. These members from represent different facets of the USA Fencing community, including volunteers, current and former able-bodied and parafencing National Team members, coaches, referees, veteran fencers, parents and more. Nearly 70 individuals applied for acceptance […]
Vet power was in full force at the December 2019 North American Cup, held December 6-9 in Salt Lake City, Utah. This NAC featured events in Division I, II, Senior Team, and was also the first of three national events for veteran fencers (40 and up) of the season. DCFC Fencers took medals in multiple […]
The Veteran Fencing World Championships are in the books. Held Oct. 5 – 11 in Cairo, Egypt, the event brought together competitors from countries around the world and proves that fencing truly is a lifelong sport. DCFC Head Coach Janusz Smolenski was on hand to support the DCFC competitors on Team USA, and he also lent a […]
September 24, 2019 Contact: Washington, D.C. – Competitive sports are not just for the young. Three Maryland fencers from DC Fencers Club (DCFC) prove the point by representing Team USA at the 23rd Veteran Fencing World Championships, October 5-11 in Cairo, Egypt. “Vet Worlds” is the premiere fencing event for fencers over age 50 […]
