Category: Tournament Results

For RDF’s first foray into international competition, Kalina traveled to Novi Sad, Serbia, for a European Fencing Confederation event for Cadet (U17) fencers. During her time there, she fenced at a local club and made some new friends! Her extended family enjoyed supporting her in person, and coach Kevin is grateful for their wonderful hospitality. At the tournament, she fenced well in a pool of strong fencers, but unfortunately didn’t make the cut into the direct elimination round, and she finished 115th.

Full results: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/1E1ABA99F99A450BBAC0A7409BDC8894

Jack and Sarah fenced at the Icicle Invitational in Lincoln, NE last weekend. In Senior Mixed Epee, Sarah finished 16th and Jack ended 23rd. In Senior Women’s Epee, Sarah took home the silver medal.

Full results: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/tournaments/eventSchedule/4F1BAEC1027B41AFAEF5C7E4D3AF42F4#today

Cheryl and Kalina competed at the North American Cup in Kansas City last weekend (and made it out of the city alive and relatively on time!). In Veteran Women’s Epee (ages 40+), Cheryl finished 39th, and in Vet-50, she was 10th place! In Cadet Women’s Epee, Kalina ended 46th!

Full results: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/tournaments/eventSchedule/5DBF919C0C4D4299A4D1806EFC6F41E7#today

We saw lots of great fencing at RDF during our December Youth (and Cadet and Junior) tournament last weekend, both from our fencers and a great group of kids that traveled in from Lincoln, NE! Parents and families did a great job being appropriately supportive, and the kids displayed good sportsmanship by cheering each other on, helping each other with equipment/water/snacks, and giving each other pointers in between bouts. We also had several kids step up to help referee!

In Y10 Epee, Natalie was 2nd and Quinton finished 3rd. In Y12, RDF kids James won the big gold chocolate coin, Tristan was 2nd, Liam tied for 3rd, Kai was 5th, Colton finished 6th, Javy was 7th, Oscar came in 8th, Lilly was 12th, and Robert ended 14th! Kalina won Y14, Tristan and James tied for 3rd, Ella finished 5th, Javy ended 6th, and Cole was 7th! In Cadet, Kalina was 1st, and Jackson was 3rd! Finally, in Junior Epee, Jack won gold, Ava took silver, and Kalina tied for bronze!

Full results: https://www.askfred.net/tournaments/19c4096d-7e8b-4c77-a237-3e830f5f37d7/results

Can’t wait to see everyone again at the next tournament!

Two RDF fencers traveled to Lincoln, NE for the November to Remember, a tournament for those with ratings of D & under. (Here’s an explanation of the system for earning ratings.) Then Jack’s dad also decided to become an RDF fencer in order to fill out the ranks of the saber event, so we had 3 fencers on the way home! In the epee event, Jack tied for 3rd and renewed his E rating and Kalina finished 9th! In saber, Jack also tied for 3rd, and John was 6th.

Full results: https://www.askfred.net/tournaments/71796511-9746-436f-9153-fd180ecf6fbb/results

At the North American Cup in Louisville, KY, Kalina tied for 176th in her first national-level event in the Cadet age group. She also fenced Y14 the next day and finished 80th.

Full results: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/tournaments/eventSchedule/25C7B11215AA40298E2A5132EA233367#today

Javy, James, and Kalina fenced at DMFC’s Jack-O-Lantern tournament in West Des Moines today! James spent more time making clean, solid actions than he has in prior events and won Y14 Mixed Epee after a close 15-14 bout with Kalina (2nd), and Javy also really stepped up his game, tying for 3rd!

Full results: https://www.askfred.net/tournaments/f67b2cb4-d08b-4448-a2f5-cc5835bc8d4e/results

Sarah and Kalina competed at Northwestern University’s Remenyik ROC/RJCC tournament last weekend. Division 1A Women’s Epee was Kalina’s first senior (ages 13 and up) event. She and Sarah both went 3-3 in the first round (pools), which meant that they had the misfortune of being each other’s first bout in the second round (direct elimination). Sarah won the 15-point bout 15-14, and then was eliminated by 1st seed, finishing 25th. Kalina ended 40th, but fortunately had another event to fence – cadet! She fenced well, making it to the round of 16 before being eliminated in a 15-14 bout with the eventual silver medalist. She finished 10th overall and came home with a little replica sword for being the highest-placing D-rated fencer.

Full results: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/tournaments/eventSchedule/38AAEE2FCEB14AC29D7C184EAB19258D#today

Back to the greater Chicago area again (it’s quickly becoming our 2nd home this season) for the Windy City Super Youth Circuit tournament, where Kalina, James, and Ella fenced in several events. First up in Y14 Women’s Epee, Kalina finished 7th and earned her D24 rating/classification! Y14 Men’s Epee was a big step up for James, and he came in 40th place. In Y12 Women’s Epee, Ella finished 31st and decided she needs to work on her fleche (an explosive attack where the back foot crosses the front) back at the club. In Y12 Men’s Epee, James came in 15th in his first Y12 event outside of our club. Finally, Kalina ended 23rd in her first Cadet event.

Full results: https://fencingtimelive.com/tournaments/eventSchedule/F6A487851D964E67B0D4769FB9BFC3F5#today