Category: Tournament Results

Kalina traveled to Dallas, TX for the November North American Cup, where she fenced Y14 Women’s Epee and placed 15th! This earned her a B25 rating as well! She also fenced Cadet Women’s Epee, where she finished 106th.

Full results: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/tournaments/eventSchedule/EE514470341F42279A49312868171FFF#today

Four RDF fencers traveled (some barely) to Grand Rapids, MI, for the GRAFA 3rd Coast Cup RYC/RJCC/ROC. Bright and early on Saturday, Ava fenced D1A Women’s Epee while recovering from some sort of bug and finished 17th, but Sarah skipped out on it because 3 hours of sleep is not enough. We were feeling better when Tristan fenced CDT ME and finished 18th! Then Sarah and Ava fenced D2 WE, where Sarah took the gold medal and Ava ended 10th.

On Sunday, Tristan started us off in D3 ME, where he finished 10th! Then James won Y12 ME! Finally, both boys fenced Y14 ME, where Tristan earned the gold medal and James finished 12th! Then we got out of there as fast as we could, but still failed to beat the snowstorm, though some had the good sense to wait it out and go around the next day.

Full results: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/tournaments/eventSchedule/F10863108DBE43EE8BA698C98B100EBB#today

Eight RDF fencers participated in DMFC’s Jack-O-Lantern tournament today: in Senior Mixed Epee, Tristan and Michael earned bronze medals, Sarah finished 5th, Mat was 6th, Malakai ended 7th, Drew took 9th place, and Liam finished 10th! In Y14 Mixed Epee, Tristan took home the gold medal, Liam won silver, and Robert took home the bronze! Nice fencing from all, and thanks for hosting, DMFC!

Full results: https://www.askfred.net/tournaments/1a2ee943-4957-44d4-9b8b-511d0f9baa81/results

Tristan traveled to Iowa City last Sunday to fence in Senior Mixed Epee at the Harvest Open, his first time fencing an event for ages 13 and up. He did a great job getting his arm out fast and making the necessary adjustments and went undefeated in both pools and direct elimination matches. This earned him the gold medal and his E25 rating!

Full results: https://www.askfred.net/tournaments/3c862707-603f-4219-9fa1-027801cfd715/results

Malakai, Kalina, and Ava fenced at the Remenyik Regional circuit tournament last weekend near Chicago. In Junior Men’s Epee, Malakai went for the experience points, improved from bout to bout, and finished 52nd. In Junior Women’s Epee, Kalina finished 12th. On Sunday, Ava and Kalina fenced Division 1A. Ava tied for 37th, and Kalina ended 21st. Kalina was back a few hours later for Cadet Women’s Epee, where she earned the 5th place medal and a shiny replica dagger that she is fiercely protecting from her clubmates in the interest of their own safety.

Full results: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/tournaments/eventSchedule/CEF937F7590B4F61A2B07E1EAA824A37#today

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

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

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.