Author: reddoorfencing

Last weekend, Campbell, Ava, and Sarah fenced at the Remenyik Regional Open Circuit and Regional Junior & Cadet Circuit tournament at Northwestern University. Campbell finished 48th in Junior Men’s Epee, Ava ended 27th in Junior Women’s Epee, and Sarah was 13th in D1-A Women’s Epee, which qualifies her for D1-A and D2 at Summer Nationals.

Full results can be found here.

Kalina traveled to blustery Chicago to fence in the Windy City SYC! She had some challenging but fun bouts in Y12 Women’s Epee, a huge event compared to the tournaments we host at our club. It was cool to see so many girls her age fencing in the same place! It was her first Y12 event outside the club, and she finished 30th.

Full results

We hosted the Happy Squid Youth tournament this weekend, with epee events for Y10, Y12, Y14, Cadet, and Junior age categories. This was the first Heartland Youth Circuit event of the ’22-’23 season, so all the fencers earned points toward end-of-season awards. The events were small, but we had a lot of new fencers learning about how tournaments work, and everyone got a fantastic squid hat!

Full results: https://askfred.net/Results/results.php?tournament_id=51397

In a great start to the season, seven RDF fencers (or alumni) fenced at the Duel in Des Moines. We co-hosted the event with the Des Moines Fencing Club.

In Senior Mixed Epee, Daniel tied for 3rd, Nick was 5th, Mat was 7th, Tasha came in 8th, Campbell ended 9th, Chantal was 10th, and Paarth finished 11th.

Full results: https://askfred.net/Results/results.php?tournament_id=50829

At the Cornhusker State Games fencing tournament last weekend, Brevan won Y12 Epee, Tasha took home the silver medal in Women’s Epee, and Daniel, Mat, and Tasha also fenced in Open Epee! (And Mat made the podium in saber as well, but we don’t talk about saber ’round these parts.)

Six RDF fencers competed at Summer National Championships in Minneapolis this year! It was the first national-level tournament for Daniel and Kalina, and Cheryl earned a medal and her C22 rating/classification! We’re really proud of everyone’s hard work over the last couple of years and thankful for our great, supportive families. We’ve also got some things to work on, and we’re excited to see what next season brings!

Here’s how everyone placed:

Div 1A WE: Sarah – 47th
Vet 50 WE: Cheryl – 8th + C22!
Div 2 ME: Daniel – 119th; Jack – 204th (tie)
Y14 ME: Jack – 190th (tie)
Div 2 WE: Sarah – 20th; Ava – 114th
Div 3 ME: Jack – 152nd
Y10 WE: Kalina – 53rd
Div 3 WE: Ava – 82nd

Full results: https://fencingtimelive.com/tournaments/eventSchedule/1284FEA0552D485AB5148798185B8CA1