RDF will be CLOSED on the following Thursdays:
Nov. 26 (Thanksgiving)
Dec. 24 (Christmas Eve)
Dec. 31 (New Year’s Eve)
Happy holidays!
Sioux City Challenge Results
Two RDF fencers competed in Sioux City today. Jim won Mixed Epee and earned an “A” classification, and Sarah placed 8th in Mixed and won Women’s Epee. Both did a nice job executing some of the things we’ve been working on in practice lately in their various bouts throughout the day.
Learn to Fence Classes – Nov. 15
Sunday, Nov. 15
Kids ages 7-12: 1-3 pm
Adults and teens: 3-5 pm
Learn to Fence classes are a fun way to give fencing a try! Students will learn the basics of Olympic-style epee fencing and get to fence each other. All equipment is provided, but please wear athletic clothes, specifically pants and close-toed shoes.
Cost is $20 per person.
Please call or email us if you have any questions.
Online Sign Up Form
Richmond NAC Results
One RDF fencer traveled to Richmond, VA for the October North American Cup tournament, a national-level competition. Sarah fenced Division 1 and 2 Women’s Epee.
HFA Fall Classic Results
RDF was back in Kansas City again for Heartland Fencing Academy’s Fall Classic tournament, where Julia and Sarah fenced both epee events. In open mixed epee, Sarah ended up 3rd and Julia was 8th. Sarah won women’s epee and Julia took 3rd. Full results: https://askfred.net/Results/results.php?tournament_id=30523
HFA RYC Results
We had one fencer travel to Kansas City this weekend for the Heartland Fencing Academy’s Regional Youth Circuit tournament, where she competed in Y12 and Y14 epee. Posy did a great job trying different strategies against unfamiliar fencers, never gave up, and learned a lot.
Heartland Circuit Results
Last season’s Heartland Circuit results are now available. The Heartland Circuit is a group of open tournaments with mixed-gender and women-only events in the Midwest for which fencers are awarded points throughout the season based on how many people are in the event and how they place.
RDF highlights:
Women’s Epee (full results)
Sarah – 1st
Julia – 2nd
Sara – 20th
Mixed Epee (full results)
Julia – 4th
Jim – 19th
Sarah – 33rd
Chris – 37th
Lance – 46th (tie)
Carl – 46th (tie)
Mike – 63rd
Seth – 83rd
Summer’s End Open Tournament Results
Two RDF fencers traveled to Iowa City for the Summer’s End Open tournament hosted by the Iowa City Fencing Center. Sarah finished 3rd and Julia finished 7th in the open epee event. Great job, ladies!
Iowa Games Results
The Iowa Games fencing event was held on July 18th in Ames, and 8 fencers represented RDF in this fun, recreational tournament. Jim finished 6th, Sarah was 7th, Connor was 9th, Carl was 10th, Arthur was 11th (and won foil earlier!), Julia was 12th, Henry was 15th (in his first ever Open event!), and Seth was 19th.
Full epee results:
https://events.clearthunder.com/index.php?module=thunder&cmd=publicresultsevent&subevent=42042&event=SG2015
August Schedule Changes
In order to give everyone a little break before starting back into the 2015-2016 season, we will be going to a reduced schedule for the first 2 weeks of August:
Thursday, August 6th and 13th:
5:00-6:00 pm – Youth
6:00 pm – Conditioning
7:00-9:00 – Adult/Teen
(this is the same as our Thursday schedule has been all summer)
Starting August 18th, we will being our new (and more consistent!) schedule:
Tuesday:
5:30-6:30 – Beginner Youth Epee (2 month class starting Sept. 1)
6:30 – Conditioning
7:00-9:00 – Competitive Epee
Wednesday:
5:30-6:30 – Youth Epee
6:30 – Footwork
7:00-9:00 – Competitive Epee
Thursday:
5:30-6:30 – Youth Epee
6:30 – Conditioning
7:00-9:00 – Competitive Fencing
Saturday:
8:00-9:00 am: Conditioning
9:00-11:00 am: Open Practice
We’re looking forward to another great season of fencing!
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