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December NAC in Dallas Results

This weekend, Julia and Sarah competed in the North America Cup in Dallas, TX.

In Division 2 Women’s épée, Julia won two of her pools bouts and fenced hard against an experienced opponent in DEs. She finished 52nd, an excellent place for her first NAC. Sarah came out strong, and was third out of pools. She had a tough time focusing in her bout in the round of 32, so she ended 17th. Full results available here: http://results.usfencingresults.org/2014-2015/2014.12-DEC-NAC/FTEvent_2014Dec05_DV2WE.htm

In Division 1 Women’s épée, Sarah fenced well in a strong pool had a 2-4 record. She made the cut to DEs for the first time in Div 1, and finished 89th. Full results available here: http://results.usfencingresults.org/2014-2015/2014.12-DEC-NAC/FTEvent_2014Dec05_DV1WE.htm

Julia and Sarah get their weapons all tuned up in Dallas
Julia and Sarah get their weapons all tuned up in Dallas
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New Schedule Starts January 5, 2015

Starting January 5th, we are making a few changes to our schedule. These new hours will help accommodate the changing schedule of some of our coaches, as well as bring our saber practice to a time that is accessible to more people. Due to the disparity of available coaching between epee and saber, we are dropping dues for saber-only members down to $10 per month. Monthly dues are still $40 for epee and epee/saber fencers.

The new 2015 schedule will look like this:

2nd & 4th Mondays of the month: (new schedule)
Youth Saber Practice: 5-6pm
Adult Saber Practice: 6-8pm

Tuesday: (same as before)
Conditioning: 6-7pm
Adult Epee Practice: 7-9pm

Wednesday: (new schedule)
Youth Epee Practice: 6-7pm
Adult: 7-9pm

Thursday: (same as before)
Youth Epee Practice: 5-6pm
Conditioning: 6-7pm
Adult Epee Practice: 7-9pm

Saturdays we will remain open on non-tournament weekends from 8-11am for conditioning and an open (both weapons) practice.

As in the past, adult saber fencers are welcome to come to conditioning and practice saber during the adult epee practice times – there just won’t be a saber coach there.

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Holiday Hours

Red Door Fencing will be closed for a few short periods during the holiday season to let our fencers and coaches relax and spend time with their families.

We will be closed on:

Thursday and Friday, November 27th and 28th
Wednesday, December 24th through Friday, January 2nd
Snow fencers
And by relax, we mean build snow-fencers.
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Sioux City Challenge Results

Nine RDF fencers competed in the annual Sioux City Challenge tournament: two in saber and seven in epee. It was the first tournament for Seth, and an exhausting day for Julia, who fenced 3 events.

Mixed Saber:
Sam – 24th
Shelton – 26th

Women’s Epee:
Julia – 1st
Sarah – 3rd
Sara – 10th

Mixed Epee:
Jim – 8th
Chris – 10th, earning his D14!
Julia – 20th
Carl -29th
Seth – 35th

Team Epee:

Fencers of the Corn (Jim, Carl, Seth) – 3rd
Flying Mantis Shrimp/The Better Halves (Sarah, Julia, Sara) – 4th

Full results are available here: https://askfred.net/Results/results.php?tournament_id=27868

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D & Under fencers
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November to Remember D & Under Results

Today, three Red Door Fencers traveled to the Lincoln Fencing Club in Nebraska for their D & Under tournament. In US fencing, fencers are classified by how well they’ve done in tournaments and how strong/large those tournaments were. A is the top level, and E is the lowest classification besides U, for “unclassified”. This tournament was limited to fencers classified as D’s, E’s, and U’s, which makes it a great tournament for getting lots of practice against people of roughly similar skill. Here’s how the RDF fencers placed:

Mixed Epee:
Chris – 2nd
Julia – 10th
Sara – 13th

Everyone fenced well, and we want to specifically congratulate Sara on her first tournament! Check out the full results here: https://askfred.net/Results/results.php?tournament_id=27869

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Remenyik ROC Results

This weekend Jim, Julia, and Sarah competed at Remenyik, a Regional Open Circuit (ROC) event in Chicago, IL. Jim was able to make huge improvements on an opponent that he had trouble with in his pool. Sarah was undefeated in her pool, and Julia intimidated everyone in her first large event by beating the leader of the pool 5-0!

Here’s how they placed:

Senior Men’s Epee:
Jim – 39

Senior Women’s Epee:
Sarah – 18
Julia – 33

Full results are available here: https://askfred.net/Results/results.php?tournament_id=26192#104421

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Cantaloupe Open Results

Today, four Red Door epeeists competed in the annual Cantaloupe Open in Ames, hosted by the Iowa State University Fencing Club. Here’s how they placed:

Mixed epee:
Jim – 2nd
Chris – 6th
Julia – 8th
Mike – 9th

All of our athletes fenced well today, and we saw a lot of improvements over previous events this season. Full results can be found here: https://askfred.net/Results/results.php?tournament_id=28041

Medals
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October Open Results

Today RDF hosted our first USA Fencing-sanctioned tournament at Valley Southwoods Freshman High School in West Des Moines. It was a fun local event, with strong showings from several area clubs and a few folks from out of state. Here’s how the RDF fencers placed:

Saber:
Shelton – 10
Samual – 13

Epee:
Jim – 1
Chris – 3
Julia – 6
Sarah – 8
Mike – 10
Carl – 11

The full results are available on AskFred:
http://askfred.net/Results/results.php?tournament_id=27707

RDF face-off: Chris lunges at Jim
RDF face-off: Chris lunges at Jim
RDF fencer Shelton goes for a counterattack in the saber event
RDF fencer Shelton goes for a counterattack in the saber event
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Learn to Fence Dates – Oct. 5 and Nov. 1

RDF is pleased to announce our next Learn to Fence class dates:

Sunday, Oct. 5 (the day after our tournament)
Kids ages 7-12: 1-3 pm
Adults and teens: 3-5 pm

Saturday, Nov. 1
Kids ages 7-12: 10 am-12 pm
Adults and teens: 1-3pm

If you’ve ever wanted to try fencing, this is a great opportunity for you! Students will learn the basics of Olympic-style epee and saber 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.

Sign up here!

 

Fall 2014 Learn to Fence Flier

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RDF to Host October Open Tournament

RDF is hosting our first real tournament on Saturday, October 4 at Valley Southwoods Freshman High School! Be sure to sign up on askFred: http://askfred.net/Events/moreInfo.php?tournament_id=27707

Events:
10 a.m. – Open Mixed Epee
2 p.m. – Open Mixed Saber

The times listed are close of registration. Fencers should arrive about an hour in advance to warm up and get in a practice bout or two. Fencing will begin shortly after we close registration.

The events are open to athletes ages 13+, both men and women. Spectators are, of course, always welcome and it’s free to come watch!

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