Olympic sport of fencing in Des Moines, Iowa
Learn to FenceRDF fencer Ella was in California this weekend and fenced at the Super Youth Circuit tournament hosted by AFM. She fenced well against lots of new opponents and finished 48th in Y12 Women’s Epee!
Full results: https://fencingtimelive.com/events/results/678358775478433FAC032FD76E196806
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
Kicking off the competitive season, Cheryl and Sarah traveled to Illinois for the Midwest ROC/RJCC tournament. In Division 1A Women’s Epee, Sarah finished 10th. Cheryl took home the sliver medal in Veteran Women’s Epee. Then they both fenced Division 2, where they were one point away from facing off in the final, but Cheryl ended 3rd and Sarah won the event. Full results: https://fencingtimelive.com/tournaments/eventSchedule/4367D8FDA2C74BE0B9E5432D6C4B59BD#today
Last weekend we kicked off the season with our Happy Squid Youth Tournament! We saw some great fencing and it was the first tournament for several fencers. Unfortunately only one fencer showed up for Y10 Mixed Epee, so we hope somebody comes to challenge Natalie at the next HYC tournament in December!
In Y12, we had 9 fencers, who finished as follows: 1 – James, 2 – Javy, 3 (tie) – Ella and Tristan, 5 – Liam, 6 – Mikaysoi, 7 – Natalie, 8 – Harper, 9 – Rory.
In Y14, the placings were: 1 – Kalina, 2 – James, 3 (tie) – Cole and Tristan, 5 – Javy, 6 – Kai, 7 – Harper.
In Cadet, Kalina was 1st, Jackson was 2nd, and Tristan and Malakai tied for 3rd!
Juniors saw the addition of Jack in 1st place; Kalina ended 2nd, Malakai and Jackson tied for 3rd, and Tristan finished in 5th.
Full results: https://www.askfred.net/tournaments/2816f9ab-a71b-45d9-9e04-c3cc73414dc1/results
Five of our fencers traveled to Columbus, OH for Summer Nationals, and they all built on their results from earlier in the season. Cheryl finished 19th in Vet-50 Women’s Epee. Kalina placed 35th in Y14 WE and 20th in Y12 WE. Ella also fenced in Y12, her first national-level event and tied for 173rd. In Y10 WE, she tied for 75th! Jack came in 198th in D2 Men’s Epee and 94th in D3 ME. Finally, James – also at his first national-level event, finished 72nd in Y10 ME. Way to go, all!
Full results: https://fencingtimelive.com/tournaments/eventSchedule/4E956927CD4A46AE825B27AC6F2FDD52#today
We’re going to a reduced schedule for the month of July to give coaches and fencers a little break after summer nationals. We’re mostly open on Thursdays, except the first week because of the Independence Day holiday.
We’re open:
Tuesday, July 2
Thursday, July 11
Thursday, July 18
Thursday, July 25
Y10/Y12 (ages 8-12) practice runs 5:30-6:30 pm and practice for ages 13 and up is 7:00-8:30 pm. There will be no private lessons for the month of July.
We’ll resume our regular schedule in August!
The final results are in – the ’23-’24 HYC season is a wrap! The league uses this formula [((entries – place + 1) / entries) x 100] to calculate points and determines ranking from the fencer’s best 3 results added together. Twenty-three individuals competed across 5 events throughout the season.
Y10:
1 – James (300)
2 – Javy (222)
3 – Ella (210)
4 – Natalie D. (160)
5 – Harper J. (LFC) (33)
6 – Natalie G. (20)
Y12:
1 – Kalina (300)
2 – James (263)
3 – Javy (227)
4 – Ella (160)
5 – Kai (120)
6 – Liam (110)
7 – Natalie D. (97)
8 – Charlotte (LFC) (83)
9 – Abby (78)
10 – Colton (60)
11 – Harper L. (45)
12 – Harper J. (LFC) (33)
13 – Henry (18)
14 – Charlie (17)
15 – Lucas (9)
Y14:
1 – Kalina (300)
2 – Jackson (209)
3 – Liam & Jorja (83)
5 – Lily (75)
6 – Charlotte (LFC) (50)
CDT:
1 – Jack (300)
2 – Ebele (150)
3 – Kalina (134)
4 – Charlie & Sebastian (33)
JR:
1 – Jack (300)
2 – Kalina (130)
3 – Chi Chi (127)
4 – Ava (120)
5 – Ebele (113)
6 – Brennan (OFC) (80)
7 – Sebastian (20)
Last weekend was the last Heartland Youth (and Cadet & Junior) Circuit tournament of the ’23-’24 season! We saw some great fencing, some things we can work to improve, and we had fun!
Y10 Epee:
1 – Ella
2 – James
3 – Javy & Natalie D.
Y12 Epee:
1 – Kalina
2 – James
3 – Javy & Ella
5 – Kai
6 – Natalie D.
7 – Colton
8 – Liam
9 – Abigail
Y14 Epee:
1 – Kalina
2 – Jackson
3 – Liam
Cadet Epee:
1 – Jack
2 – Kalina
3 – Charlie
Junior Epee:
1 – Jack
2 – Kalina
Full results: https://www.askfred.net/tournaments/0a17dbcc-d29e-499f-9d71-c6370b7a0398/results
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