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 […]
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 […]
October 15, 2017 Contact: Washington, D.C. – Two DC Fencers Club members have qualified to represent Team USA at the 21st Veteran Fencing World Championships which takes place on October 15-21 in Maribor, Slovenia. “Vet Worlds” is the premiere fencing event for fencers over age 50 and is conducted by the International Fencing Federation […]
Fencing is a lifelong sport, and Team USA showed their prowess at the 2016 Veteran World Championships in Stralsund, Germany with medal number 20 in Vet Team Women’s Sabre. A grand salute to Jane Eyre (Woolwich Township, N.J.), who won her fourth straight gold medal in Vet 60-69 Women’s Sabre at the 2016 Vet Worlds. […]
Tournament roundup DCFC fencers are getting great results all over the world and close to home. At the Budapest Men’s Saber World Cup on November 1, Team USA took silver for a second straight medal on the circuit after a 45-44 heartbreaker against Russia in the finals. Congratulations to DCFC member Peter Souders, along with […]
For immediate release October 26, 2015 Contact: Silver Spring, MD – On Friday, October 23, Kazimieras “Kaz” Campe, 78, of Edgewater, Maryland won bronze in Veteran 70 Men’s Epee at the Veteran Fencing World Championships, in Limoges, France. The event, which took place October 20 – 26, featured competitions in all three weapons – […]
For immediate release October 14, 2015 Contact: Two DC Fencers Club members have qualified to represent Team USA at the 19th Veteran Fencing World Championships on October 20-25 in Limoges, France. “Vet Worlds” is the premiere fencing event for fencers over age 50 and is conducted by the International Fencing Federation (FIE). Asher and […]
10.20.14 DCFC sends our heartiest well wishes to Diane Trice, Jim Adams, and Peter Calderon, who are among the more than 50 vet fencers representing Team USA at the 2014 Veteran Fencing World Championships in Debrecen, Hungary on October 21-26.This is Diane’s first Vet Worlds, and she will be competing in the Vet 50 Women’s […]
