Announcements

Great news!

1. Fencing practice will start this Friday. It will be between 4pm and 6pm on the 3rd floor basketball court of Helwell. See you there!

2. Some members of the fencing team, including our team president Taylor, will be at the Student Org fair tomorrow, August 27. Stop by to say hi and sign up if you're not on the team yet! If you're already part of the team, come keep Taylor company and recruit some new members!

3. Our most likely first tournament of the year, Chaos, is going to be at University of Maryland College Park on October 20th. Chaos is a tournament geared towards beginner fencers; however, it is also on Parents Weekend. Taylor encourages everyone to talk to your parents now (if they're coming) to try to work out your schedule to see if you can or cannot go to Chaos so that Taylor can know as soon as possible. The tournament is not mandatory or a "team" competition, so you will be competing individually if you choose to go. Taylor and hopefully the blade captains will be there.

Good luck on the first week of classes!

Practice Schedule Finalized

Great news! Fencing practices have been finalized, and we will be fencing on the 3rd floor of the Health and Wellness Center on the basketball court! Here are the times:

Sundays 9pm - 11pm
Mondays 7pm - 9pm
Fridays 4pm - 6pm

Please try to come to practice as much as possible!

New Practice Times!

With the new semester comes new practice times! The time and locations are below, and you can also find them on the sidebar.

Sunday, 9:00pm - 11:15pm @ Health and Wellness Center, Gym 2

Monday (January 28, February 18-April 22), 7:00pm - 9:00pm @Smith Center, Room 303/304

Friday, 4:05pm - 6:00pm @ Health and Wellness Center, Gym 2

New Friday Practices!

It's official, we now have practice times on Fridays! This is especially good for anyone who can't make the Tuesday or Wednesday practices (these practices are open to everyone). The schedule is below:


March 09 - Foil (Marvin 404)
March 30 - Sabre (Marvin 310)
April 06 - Epee (Marvin 310)
April 13 - Foil (Marvin 310)
April 27 - Sabre (Marvin 302)
May 04 - Epee (Marvin 310)

All of these practice times are 5PM-6PM.


Thanks to Landon for putting this together!

Squad Strip Rotation

For those who would like it, here is the schedule for which squads get the strips during practice:

Jan 24 - Sabre and Foil

Feb 7 - Epee and Foil

Feb 14 - Sabre and Foil

Feb 21 - Sabre and Epee

March 6 - Sabre and Foil

March - 13 - Spring Break

March 20 - Sabre and Epee

March 27 - Epee and Foil

April 3 - Sabre and Foil

April 10 - Sabre and Epee

April 17 - Epee and Foil

April 24 - Sabre and Foil

May 1 - Sabre and Epee

May 8 - Epee and Foil

May 15 - Free Fence

Or, if you'd like to see the schedule by squad:

Epee - Feb 7, Feb 21, March 20, March 27, April 10, April 17, May 1, May 8

Foil - Jan 24, Feb 7, Feb 14, March 6, March 27, April 3, April 17, April 24, May 8

Sabre - Jan 24, Feb 14, Feb 21, March 6, March 20, April 3, April 10, April 24, May 1

New Practice Schedule (updated)

Below are fencing practice dates until the end of the spring 2012 semester.

January 24: 6:45 pm - 8:30 pm, Smith Center Room 303/304
January 25: 4 pm - 6 pm, Helwell Gym 4

February 7: 6:45 pm - 8:30 pm, Smith Center Room 303/304
February 8: 4 pm - 6 pm, Helwell Gym 4
February 14: 6:45 pm - 8:30 pm, Smith Center Room 303/304
February 15: 4 pm - 6 pm, Helwell Gym 4
February 21: 6:45 pm - 8:30 pm, Smith Center Room 303/304
February 22: 4 pm - 6 pm, Helwell Gym 4

March 6: 6:45 pm - 8:30 pm, Smith Center Room 303/304
March 7: 4 pm - 6 pm, Helwell Gym 4
March 20: 6:45 pm - 8:30 pm, Smith Center Room 303/304
March 21: 4 pm - 6 pm, Helwell Gym 4
March 27: 6:45 pm - 8:30 pm, Smith Center Room 303/304
March 28: 4 pm - 6 pm, Helwell Gym 4

April 3: 6:45 pm - 8:30 pm, Smith Center Room 303/304
April 4: 4 pm - 6 pm, Helwell Gym 4
April 10: 6:45 pm - 8:30 pm, Smith Center Room 303/304
April 11: 4 pm - 6 pm, Helwell Gym 4
April 17: 6:45 pm - 8:30 pm, Smith Center Room 303/304
April 18: 4 pm - 6 pm, Helwell Gym 4
April 24: 6:45 pm - 8:30 pm, Smith Center Room 303/304
April 25: 4 pm - 6 pm, Helwell Gym 4

Weapons Demo

Thanks to everyone who came to the weapons demo yesterday! If you have any questions about weapons, rules, tournaments, etc., send an email to engarde@gwmail.gwu.edu !

Our next practice will be on Tuesday at the Health and Wellness Center from 10 pm to midnight. See you there!

New School Year, Practice Times, and Events!

Welcome back to a new school year of fencing, and our new captain, Rebecca Goetzke!

Check out the sidebar for the new practice times and upcoming fencing events, which are coming up quickly.

Also, please be sure to email Kat at ktsiatas@gwmail.gwu.edu to let her know if you are making anything for the bake sale on September 11, or if you want to volunteer your time. Any kind of help would be appreciated.

Practices

From Jo:

"We will continue to have regular practices until Sunday, May 8th. That will be our final practice for the semester. We will be playing fencing risk and doing other fun activities.

Thank you to everyone for a great job this weekend!!"