WPI FENCING CLUB
PLEASE NOTE!
=== First A Term Fencing Club Practice ===
Friday August 29, 2008, 5:30 pm
=== Alumni Gym ===
To get PE credit register for PE 1138 in both A and B terms.
If you wish to learn to fence, please start in A term by
attending club practices.
If you start in B term then you will be behind, and it is impossible
to catch up.
C and D term practices are for fencers with at least 2 terms of
experience, with no PE credit available.
Note that the club can provide equipment for new fencers to use.
If you already have some of your own, please bring it.
QuadFest08
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Fencing at the Olympics |
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Fencing Club Alum:
Scott McKenzie reports: "I am a graduate of WPI, class of '76, and was in the Fencing Club 1975-76. In fact, I fenced in the New England Championships in sabre my senior year. I won about half my bouts. I am glad to see that the Fencing Club still exists when so much else has changed. I can still remember our roadtrips, we would carry extra gasoline in our car trunks due to the gas shortages. I remember that a female fencer from the '32 Olympics would occasionally come and practice with us..." |
WPI Fencing Club mens team after the 2008 New England Championships. |
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Nathaniel Keith:
His Obituary in the Barre/Montpelier Times Argus.
Nate was a Sabre fencer who fenced for the WPI Fencing Club in the 1999 and 2000 New England Championships. He passed away in February 2005. His family wrote to say that he had fond memories of the fencing program at WPI and that his time in the club meant a lot to him. A memorial fund has been set up. Contributions in his memory may be made to WPI, in care of: University Relations, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609; please mark "For Nathaniel Keith Fencing Fund". |
The WPI Fencing Club has been active for over 35 years. It is open to any student, staff or faculty member who is interested in Fencing. It normally meets three times a week during the terms to practice and fence. There is a nominal yearly club membership fee.
- No experience necessary.
- Training for beginners starts in the Fall.
- PE 1138 credit available in A and B terms.
- Training available in Foil, Epee and Sabre.
- We can provide equipment, but we strongly encourage you to use yours.
(A complete starter set is about $100)- A term 2008-09 Practice: Mon, Wed, Fri, 5:00-6:30 pm
- B term 2008-09 Practice: Mon, Tue, Thu, 5:00-6:30 pm
- C term 2008-09 Practice: tba
- D term 2008-09 Practice: tba
- Location: Alumni Gym.
- Matches with other clubs and schools.
- Take part in the New England Championships.
The Fencing Club Officers, who run the club and schedule matches, are elected each year by the club members.
Coach and Club Advisor is Dave Brown, (508) 831-5618. (dcb [at] cs.wpi.edu) {home page} {fencing vita}
The club encourages Fencing Club Alumni to keep in touch and return to fence the current club teams.
Visitors: Experienced fencers are welcome to visit the club. Those wishing to learn fencing can register to take the PE class starting in A term. An alternative is to contact Worcester Fencing Club and take a class there. For those living closer to Boston, consider the Academy of Fencing in Waltham. Also see this list of Fencing Clubs in the New England Area.
Directions to WPI are available.
For further information, and to arrange matches, contact:
Club Secretary, WPI Fencing Club, WPI Box 5386, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Rd., Worcester, MA 01609 Email: fencing [at] wpi.edu URL: http://www.wpi.edu/~fencing/
WPI Fencing Club members pose after a fencing demonstration at Forest Grove Middle School
in Worcester, MA on February 8, 2006. From left to right the fencers are Sean, Oana, Gene, Alex and Michael.
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