Jacksonville Fencing Club http://www.jaxfencingclub.org Jacksonville’s Premier Fencing Club since 1950 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:32:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 JACKSONVILLE FENCING CLUB FREE INTRODUCTION AND DEMO CANCELLED http://www.jaxfencingclub.org/jacksonville-fencing-club-free-introduction-and-demo-cancelled/ http://www.jaxfencingclub.org/jacksonville-fencing-club-free-introduction-and-demo-cancelled/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:32:41 +0000 jfcadmin http://www.jaxfencingclub.org/?p=1332 The Jacksonville Fencing Club free intro and demo has been cancelled and moved to the spring due to preparation for the Highland Games on February 25th at the Clay County Fairgrounds. Keep checking for the date on this website.

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]]> http://www.jaxfencingclub.org/jacksonville-fencing-club-free-introduction-and-demo-cancelled/feed/ 0 JACKSONVILLE FENCING CLUB COMPETES AT THE IRONWORKS GRINDER AND THE GATEWAY OPEN EPEE http://www.jaxfencingclub.org/jacksonville-fencing-club-competes-at-the-ironworks-grinder-and-the-gateway-open-epee/ http://www.jaxfencingclub.org/jacksonville-fencing-club-competes-at-the-ironworks-grinder-and-the-gateway-open-epee/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:12:59 +0000 jfcadmin http://www.jaxfencingclub.org/?p=1329 The Jacksonville Fencing Club competed on January 28th and 29th at the Iron Works Grinder on January 28th in Viera ,Florida and also competed in the Gateway Division Open Epee. on February 29th. Trey Neil earned his A rating winning the Gateway Epee open.

The medal count for this season stands at 62.

Congratulations to the following fencers:

Trey Neil          1st Cadet Foil, 1st Open Foil(Iron Works Grinder), 1st Open Epee(Gateway) A rating

Brett Bogert       2nd Y14 Foil

Trey and Brett

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]]> http://www.jaxfencingclub.org/jacksonville-fencing-club-competes-at-the-ironworks-grinder-and-the-gateway-open-epee/feed/ 0 JACKSONVILLE FENCING CLUB FENCERS COMPETE AT THE MAURO SUPER YOUTH CIRCUIT TOURNAMENT http://www.jaxfencingclub.org/jacksonville-fencing-club-fencers-compete-at-the-mauro-super-youth-circuit-tournament/ http://www.jaxfencingclub.org/jacksonville-fencing-club-fencers-compete-at-the-mauro-super-youth-circuit-tournament/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:59:22 +0000 jfcadmin http://www.jaxfencingclub.org/?p=1326 Fencers from the Jacksonville Fencing Club competed at the Salle Mauro super Youth Circuit Tournament on January 21st and 22nd. Congratulation to the following fencers:

Lance Tan          2nd Y10 Epee, 3rd Y10 Foil

Brett Bogert      3rd  Y12 Foil

The medal count for this season stands at 58.

Lance with his silver and bronze medal

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]]> http://www.jaxfencingclub.org/jacksonville-fencing-club-fencers-compete-at-the-mauro-super-youth-circuit-tournament/feed/ 0 JACKSONVILLE FENCING CLUB STARTING NEW BEGINNERS COURSE http://www.jaxfencingclub.org/jacksonville-fencing-club-starting-new-beginners-course/ http://www.jaxfencingclub.org/jacksonville-fencing-club-starting-new-beginners-course/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:53:42 +0000 jfcadmin http://www.jaxfencingclub.org/?p=1323  

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Jacksonville Fencing Club will be starting a new beginners course on January 31st.

For more info call 904-579-6858 or fill out the form on the webpage.

Come join the fun!!!!

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]]> http://www.jaxfencingclub.org/jacksonville-fencing-club-starting-new-beginners-course/feed/ 0 JACKSONVILLE FENCING CLUB WILL BE OFFERING A FREE INTRODUCTION TO FENCING AND DEMONSTRATION http://www.jaxfencingclub.org/jacksonville-fencing-club-will-be-offering-an-introduction-to-fencing-demonstration/ http://www.jaxfencingclub.org/jacksonville-fencing-club-will-be-offering-an-introduction-to-fencing-demonstration/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:33:41 +0000 jfcadmin http://www.jaxfencingclub.org/?p=1318  

 

 

 

 

 

The Jacksonville Fencing Club will be offering a free  introductory course and fencing demonstration on February 17th at 6PM. It will be held at:

Sport Kungfu Academy of  Jacksonville

8535 Baymeadows Road #41 (behind Wendy’s Restaurant)

Jacksonville, Florida 32256

For more info call 904-527-8263

Classes will commence on March 2nd!

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]]> http://www.jaxfencingclub.org/jacksonville-fencing-club-will-be-offering-an-introduction-to-fencing-demonstration/feed/ 0 JACKSONVILLE FENCERS COMPETE IN THE GEOFF ELDER TOURNAMENT http://www.jaxfencingclub.org/jacksonville-fencer-competes-in-the-geoff-elder-tournament/ http://www.jaxfencingclub.org/jacksonville-fencer-competes-in-the-geoff-elder-tournament/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:50:14 +0000 jfcadmin http://www.jaxfencingclub.org/?p=1315 The Geoff Elder tournament was held on January 21st and 22nd . Congratulations to the following fencers:

Trey Neil    2nd Open Epee

Josh Derbabian  3rd C&Under Foil

The medal count stands at 55.

Trey Neil with his silver medal

 

Trey with his silver medal

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]]> http://www.jaxfencingclub.org/jacksonville-fencer-competes-in-the-geoff-elder-tournament/feed/ 0 JACKSONVILLE FENCING CLUB HOSTS THE 10TH ANNUAL RIVER CITY DUEL TIL YOU DROP http://www.jaxfencingclub.org/jacksonville-fencing-club-hosts-the-10th-annual-river-city-duel-til-you-drop/ http://www.jaxfencingclub.org/jacksonville-fencing-club-hosts-the-10th-annual-river-city-duel-til-you-drop/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:44:30 +0000 jfcadmin http://www.jaxfencingclub.org/?p=1306 The Jacksonville Fencing Club hosted the 10th annual River City Duel Til You Drop on January 14th. This was the biggest tournament ever with over 200 entries. The tournament included dagger fencing this year making the dagger event the first ever in the world. The event was covered by the media nationwide. The event was covered by channel 4 news and by First Coast news: http://www.firstcoastnews.com/topstories/article/236339/483/Jacksonville-Fencing-Tournament-Debuts-Dagger-Fencing

The medal count for the season stands at 53.

Congratulations to the following fencers in winning medals and especially to Justin Swicegood for earning his C rating in the Open Foil event:

Justin Swicegood        3rd D&Under Foil, 3rd Open Foil    C rating

Trey Neil                     2nd Open Foil

Brian Swicegood         3rd Youth Foil

Justin Swicegood in the D&Under Foil

 

Brian Swicegood in the Youth Foil

Trey and Justin Open Foil

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]]> http://www.jaxfencingclub.org/jacksonville-fencing-club-hosts-the-10th-annual-river-city-duel-til-you-drop/feed/ 0 JACKSONVILLE FENCING CLUB HOSTS THE Y12 RIVER CITY DUEL TIL YOU DROP http://www.jaxfencingclub.org/jacksonville-fencing-club-hosts-the-y12-river-city-duel-til-you-drop/ http://www.jaxfencingclub.org/jacksonville-fencing-club-hosts-the-y12-river-city-duel-til-you-drop/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:01:29 +0000 jfcadmin http://www.jaxfencingclub.org/?p=1302 The Jacksonville Fencing Club hosted the first leg of the River City Duel Til You Drop on January 7th with the youth Y12 event.  Congratulations to the following fencers:

Lance Tan            1st place

Josh Milon          2nd place

Victoria Ge         3rd place

The medal count for the season stands at 49.

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]]> http://www.jaxfencingclub.org/jacksonville-fencing-club-hosts-the-y12-river-city-duel-til-you-drop/feed/ 0 JACKSONVILLE FENCERS COMPETE IN THE ACN FOIL EPEE TOURNAMENT http://www.jaxfencingclub.org/jacksonville-fencer-compete-in-the-acn-foil-epee-tournament/ http://www.jaxfencingclub.org/jacksonville-fencer-compete-in-the-acn-foil-epee-tournament/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:09:05 +0000 jfcadmin http://www.jaxfencingclub.org/?p=1297 The Jacksonville Fencing Club fencers competed in the ACN Atlanta Foil Epee Tournament on December  17th and 18th in Atlanta, Georgia. Congratulations to the medal winners:

Brian Swicegood                         Y12 Foil 1st place, Y14 Foil 2nd place

Justin Swicegood                        D&Under Mixed Epee 3rd place

Trey Neil                                     Senior Open Epee  3rd place

The medal count for the season is 46.

trey getting his bronze medal

Justin getting his bronze medal

Brian with his gold medal

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]]> http://www.jaxfencingclub.org/jacksonville-fencer-compete-in-the-acn-foil-epee-tournament/feed/ 0 JACKSONVILLE FENCING CLUB FENCER FENCES IN NORTH AMERICAN CUP http://www.jaxfencingclub.org/jacksonville-fencing-club-fencer-fences-in-north-american-cup/ http://www.jaxfencingclub.org/jacksonville-fencing-club-fencer-fences-in-north-american-cup/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:37:51 +0000 jfcadmin http://www.jaxfencingclub.org/?p=1291 The North American Cup was held in Kansas City Missouri on December 9th-12th. Josh Derbabian fenced in the Division II Mens Foil event and won a medal finishing 7th out of 65 competitors. He also renewed his “C” rating and was one touch from earning his “B” rating.

The medal count stands at 42.

Josh with his 7th place medal.

 

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