Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Upcoming Tournaments!

There are some great tournaments coming up for both youth and adults!

The following is just a partial list. Many more tournaments are shown on AskFred.net

Ironman Epee, February 10th (St. Paul, MN, epee only)
Iowa Divisionals, February 23rd (Des Moines, IA - Events TBD)
Aramis Youth Tournament, March 9th (St. Paul, MN)
Minnesota Open, March 15-16th (St. Paul, MN)
Hawkeye Novice, March 29th (Iowa City, IA)
Midwest Sectionals, April 12-13th (St. Paul, MN - Adult and Y12 Events)
Capitol City RYC, April 12-13th (Lincoln, NE)

If you are interested in any of these tournaments, please let the coaching staff know. We may be able to have a coach there to work with you. In particular, we are hoping to have coaches available at both Midwest Sectionals and the RYC in Lincoln.

~ Jennifer ~

DMFC Closed President's Day (2/18)

The Des Moines Fencing Club will not be holding practice on President's Day (2/18) due to the building being closed.

Steve

Monday, January 28, 2008

Icicle Invitational Results!

Congratulations to the Des Moines Fencing Club members who took part in the Icicle Invitational in Lincoln, Nebraska this weekend. We had some great results!

Special congratulations go to Ben Dorin, who earned his E2008, and Preston Kirkpatrick, who earned his D2008.

Great job, Des Moines fencers!

Mixed Epee
Jennifer Semon – 30th
Sydney Royal – 34th

Mixed Foil
Jim Musgrave – 9th
Bethany Dorin – 10th
Ben Dorin – 11th (earned his E2008)
Dawn Tigas – 32nd

Mixed Sabre
Preston Kirkpatrick – 3rd (earned his D2008)
RJ Lesch – 9th
Allison Crawford – 15th
Dawn Tigas – 17th

Women’s Epee
Jennifer Semon – 6th
Sydney Royal – 7th

Women’s Foil
Bethany Dorin – 2nd
Dawn Tigas – 14th

Women’s Sabre
Dawn Tigas – 3rd

New blog!

We've decided to try something new! We now have a Des Moines Fencing Club Blog! The board members and coaches will be using this blog to post interesting links, tips, articles, tournament announcements, results, just about anything you can think of!

Help us get started! Tell us what you want to see!

If you have any questions, as always, you can email the club at dmfc@mchsi.com!