Jacksonville Fencing Club

The Jacksonville Fencing Club hosted the Summer Epee Tournament on august 22nd.  The event was attended by 17 fencers and was rated a C1 event. Congratulations to the following JFC fencers:

Trey Neil  3rd place-  earned a “D” rating

Matthew Tubman- earned an “E” rating

The medal count for the new season stands at 1.

Summer Epee Competitors

Summer Epee Winners

The Jacksonville Fencing Club hosted a team event on August 21st.  There was a total of eleven teams that competed in both the Y12 and Y14/Adult event.  Congratulations to the following teams:

Y12

1st- Lance Tan, Victoria Ge, Brian Swicegood

2nd- Jacob Patterson, Justin Swicegood, Joseph Cain

y14/Adult

1st- Josh Carter, Dustin Bloomston, Brian Swicegood (JFC)

2nd- James Ard, Will Cook, Trey Neil (JFC)

3rd- Ken Lauver, Jose Quevedo, Trevor Lam (UCF)

The Jacksonville Fencing Club will be starting a new adult beginners course on September 8th. If you are interested please fill out our “contact us” form or call 904-579-6858.

The Jacksonville Fencing Club hosted their annual fencing camp in partnership with Episcopal High School on July 19th through the 30th. The camp was well attended by 27 campers for the two weeks. Mark on your calendars for 2011 the camp will be the last two weeks of  July.

The Jacksonville Fencing Club competed at the Florida State Games in Lakeland, Florida on June 19th and 20th. Congratulations to the following  fencer:

Will Cook                  1st Y14 Men”s Foil

The medal count for this season stands at 111.

The Jacksonville Fencing Club in partnership with Smartbox and Experience Genie were a part of  two time cancer survivor Camille McCracken’s dream day. Camille was able to drive a luxury car during the day and meet with the Jaguars in the morning and came to the Jacksonville Fencing Club in the afternoon for a fencing lesson. The club was honored to be able to play a part in Camille’s special day.

Here is a link for the news story and video:

http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2010-06-17/story/two-time-cancer-survivor-24-gets-her-dream-day

Genie and the sabre

Taylor Kimes, Camille McCracken and the Genie

The last RYC of the season was held on May 16th in Gainesville, Fl. Congratulations to  the following fencer:

Lance Tan        1st Y10 Foil, 1st Y10 Epee

The medal count for this season stands at 105

Fencers form the Jacksonville Fencers Club recently competed at the North American Cup in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

There were  64 competitors in the Y10 Men’s Foil, 90 competitors in the Y12 Men’s Foil, 137 competitors in the Y14 Men’s foil.

Congratulations to the following fencers:

Bryce Bogert                14th place       Y10 Foil

Brett Bogert                  17th place       Y10 foil

Brian Swicegood          22nd place       Y10 Foil

Trey Neil                       29th place       Y14 Foil

Justin Swicegood         108th  place     Y14 Foil

Brian, Brett, Bryce, Trey and Justin

The Jacksonville Fencing Club competed at the Gateway Division National Qualifier on April 3rd. The club qualified eight people to fence at the National Championships in July in Atlanta Georgia. Congratulations to the following fencers:

Dustin Bloomston

Gabrielle Cohen

William Cook

Taylor Kimes

David Neil

Justin Swicegood

Matthew Tubman

Thomas Tubman

Stacy Tucker

In addition the club is sending an U-19 Men’s Foil Team, U-19 Womens Foil Team and a Senior Mens Foil Team

The medal count for the season stands at 93

On April 11th  Victoria Ge competed in the Fioretto youth tournament in Jacksonville, Florida. Congratulations to Victoria for taking first place and winning the gold.

The medal count for the season stands at 83.

Victoria with her gold medal