Category: Tournament Results

We fenced the 4th and final tournament in the ’22-’23 Heartland Youth Circuit last weekend! Everyone gained some valuable experience and we saw a lot of excellent fencing. Here’s how the kids placed:

Y10 Mixed Epee
1st – James
2nd – Javy
3rd (tie) – Kai and Ellis
5th – Edward

Y12 Mixed Epee
1st – Kalina
2nd – James
3rd (tie) – Kai and Charlie (his first tournament!)

Y14 Mixed Epee
1st – Jackson
2nd – Kalina
3rd – Lily

Cadet Mixed Epee
1st – Jack
2nd – Jackson
3rd – Chidera

Junior Mixed Epee
1st – Jack
2nd – Daniel
3rd (tie) – Chidera and Campbell

Full results: https://askfred.net/Results/results.php?tournament_id=53336

We hosted a small but tough group of fencers for our “Don’t Succulent” tournament in May. The top 8 fencers were awarded tiny succulents! We had a lot of fun fencing folks from around the Midwest (and Seattle).

Here’s how the RDF fencers placed:

8th – Jack (renewing his “E” rating)
9th – Sarah
10th – Ava
12th – Daniel
13th – Brevan
14th – Chidera
15th – Ebelechukwu
17th – Bryan (his first tournament!)

Full results: https://askfred.net/Results/results.php?tournament_id=53346

Last weekend, Kalina competed at the Capitol City Youth Classic in Lincoln, NE! She fenced well, making some good adjustments during several bouts, met several new friends, and won both the Y12 and Y14 Mixed Epee events.

Cheryl competed at the April NAC in St. Louis last weekend, finishing 11th in Vet-50 Women’s Epee and 21st in Veteran (40+) Women’s Epee. She’s now 9th in the nation in Vet-50 Women’s Epee category!

Full results:
Vet-50
Vet Open

The Duel in Des Moines was this weekend and RDF sent 12 fencers to compete in 3 events! Everyone got some good touches (points) and has things to be proud of! It was the first tournament for Jackson and Kai, and Sarah earned her C23 rating. We had a lot of fun fencing our friends from Nebraska and Iowa City! Thanks to DMFC for hosting!

Senior Mixed Epee:
3rd (tie) – Sarah
6th – Daniel
9th – Nick
10th – Jack
12th – Tasha
15th – Mat
17th – Ebele
18th (tie) – Chi Chi

Y12 Mixed Epee:
1st – Kalina
2nd – Max
5th – Kai

Y14 Mixed Epee:
1st – Kalina
2nd – Jackson

Full results: https://askfred.net/Results/results.php?tournament_id=52137

Last weekend, Sarah and Cheryl traveled to Kansas City for Heartland Fencing Academy’s Spring Challenge. Sarah finished 5th and Cheryl ended 9th!

Full results: https://askfred.net/Results/results.php?tournament_id=52578

Cheryl traveled to Salle Auriol Seattle in Washington to compete in the Seattle International Veterans’ Cup last Sunday. The “veteran” age category is 40 & up, although at large tournaments they split it out even further by decade (e.g. 70-79). Cheryl fenced well and finished 8th!

Full results: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/8876ABECEB3D4F688DBA0833C355A4C6

On Sunday, Chi Chi and Ebele traveled to Iowa City to fence at ICFC’s Igloo Open! Chi Chi did quite well in the first round (where we fence 5-point matches, or bouts), coming out of it 2nd, but lost her 15-point bout and ended 5th. Ebele took a little longer to find her groove, and did her best fencing in her 15-point bout, finishing 9th.

Full results: https://askfred.net/Results/results.php?tournament_id=52549

A couple weeks ago, 3 of our fencers made it to the Icicle Invitational in Lincoln, NE. In Senior Mixed Epee, Sarah took the 8th place medal and renewed her D, Jack finished 28th, and Ava was 31st! In Senior Women’s Epee, Ava and Sarah tied for 3rd!

Full results: https://askfred.net/Results/results.php?tournament_id=51338

Last weekend, we held our annual December Youth Tournament with events in Y10, Y12, Y14, Cadet, and Junior age categories. This was also the 2nd Heartland Youth Circuit event, which means everyone got points toward end-of-season awards. We saw lots of good fencing and good sportsmanship, and everyone got to pick a prize from the miscellaneous prize box!

Full results: https://askfred.net/Results/results.php?tournament_id=51832