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Footwork Mini Camp with Brad Tucker from LFC

You know, for as much as some of the kids groan about starting our regular practices with footwork, they sure had fun doing three solid hours of it with Coach Brad – no joke! We really appreciate Brad’s comments and feedback and energy, and we hope to do more of these kinds of things in the future [edit: next opportunity is Saturday, Nov. 22nd at the Lincoln Fencing Club, the day before their November to Remember D & Under tournament – come for the footwork, stay for the medals!]

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“Don’t Succulent” Open Results

We kicked off the season with the “Don’t Succulent” Open! It was a small tournament with mostly RDF fencers, but we wanted to do one before the college students went back to school. Here’s the final placings for our fencers:

Jack – 1st
Daniel – 2nd
Sarah – 3rd (tie)
Ava & Drew – 5th
Nick – 7th
Kalina – 8th
Rory – 10th

Full results: https://www.askfred.net/tournaments/cb52aaa0-deec-49f5-9900-b8c7dc8256f4/results

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Cornhusker Games Results

Mat, Tasha, Nick, Daniel, Malakai, Chi Chi, and Robert traveled to Lincoln, NE to fence in the Cornhusker State Games. It was Robert’s first tournament outside our club! We always enjoy fencing our friends in Nebraska! Here are our results:

Senior Mixed Epee
Daniel – 5th
Mat -10th
Nick – 14th
Tasha -15th
Malakai – 18th
Chi Chi – 21st

Y12 Epee
Robert – 5th

Women’s Epee
Tasha – 2nd

E & Under Mixed Epee
Chi Chi – 9th

Vet 40 Epee
Mat – 1st

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Heartland Youth Circuit Results

RDF hosts the Heartland Youth Circuit, a series of 4 epee tournaments where a fencer’s best 3 results count for points ([((entries – place + 1) / entries) x 100]) towards end-of-season placings in Y10, Y12, Y14, Cadet, and Junior age categories. In the 2024-2025 season, we had 40 unique fencers from 5 clubs around the region competing! Here are the final standings:

Y10:
1 – Joyce (LFC) (213)
2 – Natalie G. (127)
3 – Samson (LFC) & Camellia (CBA) (100)
5 – Quinton (93)
6 – Matthew (67)
7 – Lilly (20)

Y12:
1 – James (300)
2 – Tristan (282)
3 – Liam (225)
4 – Javy (179)
5 – Ella (168)
6 – Max (167)
7 – Joyce (93)
8 – Harper (LFC) (83)
9 – Camellia (CBA) (78)
10  – Kai (73)
11 – Robert (69)
12 – Colton (67)
13 – Rory (55)
14 – Oscar (53)
15 – Charlotte (LFC) (47)
16 – Mikaysoi (44)
17 – Henry (LFC) (40)
18 – Natalie D. (33)
19 – Lilly (27)
20 – Harper & Calvin (DMFC) (22)
22 – Marlie (20)
23 – Matthew (11)
24 – Cole (LFC) (7)

Y14:
1 – Kalina (300)
2 – James (259)
3 – Tristan (250)
4 – Ella (189)
5 – Max (LFC) (136)
6 – Liam (135)
7 – Javy (134)
8 – Cole (116)
9 – Thomas (LFC) (82)
10 – Charlotte (LFC) (36)
11 – Kai & Colton (29)
13 – Madelyn (27)
14 – Evelynn & Henry (LFC) (18)
16 – Harper & Rory (14)
18 – Cole (LFC ) & Harper (LFC) (9)

CDT:
1 – Kalina (300)
2 – Tristan (208)
3 – Malakai (133)
4 – Jackson (108)
5 – Yahshua (LFC), Max (LFC), Franklin (LFC), Madelyn (LFC) (67)

JR:
1 – Jack (300)
2 – Kalina (266)
3 – Tristan (171)
4 – Malakai (151)
5 – Ava (75)
6 – Jackson, Franklin (LFC), Noah (WF) (60)
9 – Yahshua (LFC) (50)
10 – Max (LFC) (43)
11 – Madelyn (LFC) (29)
12 – Thomas (LFC) (14)

The results are also available on Askfred, but they aren’t quite accurate due to some duplicate fencers in the system.

Thanks for playing, everyone – looking forward to seeing you next season!

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Summer Nationals Results

Seven RDF fencers competed at Summer Nationals & July Challenge events in Milwaukee, WI recently!

TL;DR Summary:
CDT WE – Kalina – 59th
D2 ME – Jack – 249th (tie)
SR Team WE – Pink Pokey Club (Kalina, Ava, Sarah) – 31st
Y14 WE – Kalina – 46th, Ella – 194th
Y14 ME – James – 241st
D2 WE – Ava – 9th & D25!, Kalina – 21st, Sarah – 78th
D3 ME – Jack – 118th
Y12 WE – Ella – 118th (tie)
Y12 ME – Tristan – 81st, James – 84th

First up on Monday, Kalina fenced Cadet Women’s Epee. She was very patient in pools, upset a higher seed to make it into the round of 64 in the direct elimination round, and finished 59th!

On Wednesday, Jack fenced in Division 2 Men’s Epee. Unfortunately, 1 victory in pools was not enough to make the cut into the direct elimination round, and he ended tied for 249th place. Also on Wednesday, Kalina, Ava, and Sarah fenced Senior Team Women’s Epee as “Pink Pokey Club”, winning their first 45-point match against a team from Minnesota before facing the #2 seed and going down 33-45.

The next day, Kalina and Ella fenced Y14 Women’s Epee. Kalina won five bouts and lost 1, and Ella went 2-4 in pools, so they both made the cut into the direct elimination round. Kalina won 2 15-point matches and ended 46th. Ella had a tough match-up for her first 15-point bout, but did her job of making the bout last as long as possible – they ran out of time before her opponent could make 15 points. Ella tied for 194th place.

James started us out on Independence Day in Y14 Men’s Epee, going 2-4 in pools. He made the cut into DE’s, but lost to 13th seed to end tied for 241st place. Then Ava, Kalina, and Sarah fenced in Division 2 Women’s Epee. Ava won all of her pool bouts, Kalina was 4-1, and Sarah 4-2. (Pools typically have 6 or 7 people, and Kalina happened to be in a smaller pool this time.) In the DE round, Ava won 3 bouts and nearly made the medals, finishing 9th and earning her D25 rating! Kalina won 2 bouts and ended 21st. Sarah lost her first bout and ended 78th.

On Saturday, Jack and Ella were back to fence Division 3 Men’s Epee and Y12 Women’s Epee, respectively. Jack went 2-4 in the pools round, making the cut into DE’s. He went down to 11th seed and finished 118th. Ella was also 2-4 in pools, won her first 15-point match in the DE round, and tied for 118th.

Last but not least, on Monday, Tristan and James fenced Y12 Men’s Epee. It was Tristan’s first national-level event ever! They both went 4-2 in pools, although we could tell James wasn’t feeling well because he was still and quiet between matches. They both won their first 15-point DE match to make the round of 128. Tristan finished 81st and James was 84th.

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July Practice Schedule

July will look a little different than usual this year:

No practice the first week in July – both coaches will be in Milwaukee for Summer National Championships. Regular practice the 2nd week because you need to practice if you’re going to the Cornhusker Games the weekend of the 12th-13th. Then Thursdays only, at the regular times, for the rest of the month.

We’ll also be running some beginner classes for kids!

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Kids’ Beginner Classes in July!

RDF offers beginner classes for ages 7-10 in July! The session is 6 days in total – 2 days a week for 3 weeks – Tuesdays and Thursdays from July 15-July 31 – at 6 pm. The class for ages 7-8 is 45 minutes long, and the class for ages 9-10 is 1 hour. Cost is $80, payable by cash, check, or card on the first day of class (Tuesday, July 15). We are located in the lower level of 220 E. 3rd St. in Des Moines.

Fencers should bring a water bottle and wear close-toed athletic shoes (no sandals or crocs).

Sign-up form coming soon, or shoot us an email to sign up early!

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Duel in Des Moines Results

Seven RDF fencers competed in West Des Moines last weekend: in Senior Mixed Epee, Jack earned the silver medal and his D25 rating, Sarah finished 5th, Malakai was 9th, Mat tied for 10th, Michael ended 12th, Drew finished 16th in his first tournament, and Colton was 20th in his first event outside the club and first event fencing in the Senior (age 13+) age category. Mat also took home the silver medal in saber. Thanks to DMFC for hosting!

Full results: https://www.askfred.net/tournaments/f1f472b0-cd36-4bfd-8829-e0a546e1fa9c/results