The Beginning Junior Epee Class, which met for the first time on Saturday, May 5, will be meeting at 12:00pm-1:00pm for the rest of the spring semester. The Intermediate Junior Epee Class is on Saturdays at 1:00pm-2:00pm. And the Junior Epee Club (for those who have already taken at least one class) practices twice a week on Tuesdays, 6:30pm-7:30pm, and Saturdays, 2:00pm-3:30pm. A schedule of classes is available in the
Congrats to to Byron Wu, 2nd in Youth-12 Mixed Epee at the BFC Spring Youth Event in Columbia, MD, and to Anton Jordan, 3rd in Youth-12 Mixed Epee, and Ciera Hamilton, 3rd in Youth-14 Mixed Epee, at the Fight It With Fencing Tournament in Silver Spring, MD, this weekend. See all of our competitive results.
Congrats to former CCFC fencer Kat Holmes and her teammates, Kelley Hurley, Courtney Hurley and Natalie Vie on winning gold at the Women's Epee Team World Cup in Dubai!! First USA Women's Epee Team gold medal at a World Cup in US fencing history. Read the full story as reported by US Fencing.
Register NOW for the Beginning Junior Epee Class and the Intermediate Junior Epee Class. The first class of the spring semester will be on Saturday, May 5. The first Beginning Junior Epee Class will meet at 11:00am-12:00pm. Depending on the number of students in the Junior Epee Program, we may move the beginning class to start at 12:00pm starting with the second class. All students will be notified of any
The remodeling of the Chevy Chase Community Center has been funded by the DC Government with $3.5M in FY 2019, $4.5M in FY 2020 and $11M in FY 2021, a total of $19 million. See the report of the ANC that specifically mentions finding suitable space for the fencing program during the renovation project.
Everyone should come to the footwork practice session, Thursday, May 3, 7:00-7:30pm. Footwork is an essential element of our fencing strategy and everyone at Chevy Chase needs to improve their footwork technique. The cost for the sessions is $5.00 cash per person per evening. Everyone should attend. Come join the crowd! The footwork practice begins at 7:00pm. But try to arrive a few minutes early so that you won’t miss the
Everyone should come to the footwork practice session, Thursday, April 26, 7:00-7:30pm. Footwork is an essential element of our fencing strategy and everyone at Chevy Chase needs to improve their footwork technique. The cost for the sessions is $5.00 cash per person per evening. Everyone should attend. Come join the crowd! The footwork practice begins at 7:00pm. But try to arrive a few minutes early so that you won’t miss the
One of our CCFC fencers, Steve Biddle, has accepted a professorship position at Columbia University. We had a going away party (brownies, cookies & ice cream) on Tuesday, April 24. Thanks, Steve, for your help at the club and best wishes for the future.
Bettie Graham won two medals at the April Richmond NAC. Also winning medals were two former members of Chevy Chase Fencing Club. Olympian Katharine Holmes earned 3rd in the Division I Women's Epee National Championships and James Kaull won a gold medal in the Division I Men's Epee Team Championships (fencing for New York Athletic Club).
CCFC fencer Bettie Graham won two medals at the April NAC in Richmond, VA. She earned 6th place in Veteran-70 Women's Epee and 8th place in Veteran-70 Women's Foil. Congrats, Bettie!
