WPI
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LUB
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Congratulations and thanks to our graduating Senior fencers, current and past.
Helen Le, Jacob Salerno, Mia Long, Theron Howe, Cabot Priestner
Jane Cohen, Madison Eisenhour, Zachary Hershowitz, Ryley Wheelock, Yufei Lin;
E.C. Finken; Danny Ribaudo; Maggie Gaffney; Garrett Smith; Amelia Nishimura; Jesse Abeyta; Alex Bell;
Will Luca; Justine Roy; Griffen Spincken; Liz Raine; Clayton Dembski;
Sydney Fisher; Evan Kelly; Chris Beauregard; Mike Taylor; Simon Redding;
Josh Denoncour;
Alex Moore; Matt Schwartzman; Jarret Sarnell;
Kyle Young; Miya Gaskell; Keith Rockwood; Alex Bittle;
Evan Baum;
Nick Picard;
Ozan Akyildiz;
Perry Franklin;
Samee Swartz
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WELCOME FENCERS!
Announcements of practice details will be posted here, |
Please see the WPI Fencing group page on Facebook for Fencing videos and other material.
PLEASE NOTE!
=== First A term 2023-24 Fencing Club Practice ===
For both experienced and beginning Fencers
Date and time tbd. Watch this space!
= Harrington Auditorium =
Practices are usually 2 hours.
PE credit (PE 1205) is only available in A term and B term,
for beginners and experienced fencers. Credit is for attendance.
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.
You can come to the practices without registering for PE credit if you want.
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 equipment, please bring it to practice.
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[ Club Practice A'16 ] [A'15 practice] [A'14 practice] |
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Irene wins Bronze in WF, Big One 2022 
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WPI Fencing Team: New England Collegiate Club Competition 2017 MF individual 1st, team 1st; ME individual 1st, team 2nd; MS team 3rd; WF team 3rd; WS individual 3rd, team 3rd. 
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WPI Fencing Team: 3rd place in MF and MS: 2014 NE Collegiate Club Championships 
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WPI Mens Epee Squad: 3rd Place: 2012 NE Collegiate Club Championships 
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Fencing at the Olympics |
FIE Centennial |
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Fencing Club Alum:
Scott McKenzie reports in 2009: "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..." |
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WPI Fencing: UConn scrimmage: Apr 2023 
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WPI Fencing: Smith scrimmage: Mar 2023 
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WPI Fencing: NEIFC: Feb 2023 
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WPI Fencing: The Big One: Nov 2022 
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WPI Fencing: UConn Little One: Oct 2022 
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WPI Fencing: WFC In House: Oct 2022 
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WPI Fencing: URI: Apr 2022 
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WPI Fencing: UConn: Mar 2022 
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WPI Fencing: NEIFC New England Championships: Mar 2022 
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WPI Fencing: WPI vs. WFC: Feb 2022 
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WPI Fencing: Invitational @Smith: Dec 2021 
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WPI Fencing: In house F & E events: @Worcester Fencing Club Oct 2021 
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WPI Fencing: The Small One @UConn: Oct 2021 
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The WPI Fencing Club has been active for over 50 years.
It is open to any WPI student who is interested in Fencing.
- The club normally meets two or three times a week during the terms to practice and fence.
- No experience necessary: Novice Training starts in the Fall (A term).
- Experienced fencers are always welcome.
- All members can register for PE 1205 credit in A term and in B term. Grades are determined by attendance.
* Better than 60% attendance is needed.
- You do not need to register for PE credit to take part in the club.
- After novice training, members will integrate with the club team and begin weapon training.
- If you are at varsity level you can compete for WPI at collegiate competitions.
- Weapon training available in Foil, Epee and Sabre.
- We can provide equipment, but we encourage you to use yours. Talk to the Coach before buying.
* A complete starter set begins at about $200-300
- A limited amount of equipment storage is available for members who are not permitted to keep their equipment in dorm rooms.
* You can request temporary storage from Residential Services when you first move into the dorm, until you can transfer equipment to the club cupboards.
- There is a nominal yearly club membership fee ($20): membership gets you club socks!
- WPI Fencing Club red jackets are available for purchase by members ($35)
- Normal Practice location: Harrington Auditorium.
- For access to Harrington Auditorium please enter through the Recreation Center.
- Please wear gym clothes and non-marking gym shoes: not the same shoes you wear outside. No bare feet, sandals, flip-flops, or regular shoes/boots.
- If you are actually "free fencing" then you must be wearing full fencing gear, and your legs must be covered, preferably by proper fencing pants. i.e., no shorts.
- Everyone attending the Club must register as club members on the Club communication app (tba).
- Each term you will need to have medical insurance to fence, and a Liability/Insurance form must be completed using TechSync (find the form under 'Club Sports').
- You must complete the online Concussion course (find the course associated with 'Club Sports')
- You probably still need to 'check in' at every practice for Contact Tracing and especiallyi> if you are registered for PE 1205.
We have matches with other clubs and schools. We sometimes take part in the New England Championships, the NE Collegiate Club Championships, the UNH Invitational Multimeet, the UConn and Mount Holyoke College Invitational events, and The Big One.
The WPI Fencing Club is an Affiliate Club of USA Fencing (still available?).
This allows you to purchase discounted "Collegiate Club membership" of USA Fencing.
Membership is required for sanctioned competitions, such as those at WFC or BFC.
An Access level membership might be better for you: worth checking.
- A term 2022 in person practice
Mon, Tue and Thu 7-9pm Some changes to the schedule: Tue 13th Sept - no practice Mon 26th Sept - no practice Tue 27th Sept - time change to 9-11pm Thu 13th Oct - no practice
B term 2022 practices:
Note: 9-11 practice need to wind up at 10:45pm. All times are pm. Be aware that the practice times change often. October M 24: no practice T 25: no practice R 27: 9-11 --- M 31: 7:30-9:30 November T 1: 9-11 R 3: 7:15-9:15 --- 5th Nov, Big One M 7: 7-9 T 8: 7-9 R 10: 9-11 --- M 14: 9-11 T 15: 7-9 R 17: 9-11 --- M 21: 7-9 T 22: 9-11 R 24: no practice --- M 28: no practice T 29: no practice December R 1: no practice --- M 5: 7-9 T 6: 9-11 R 8: no practice --- M 12: 8-10 <<< note time T 13: 7-9 R 15: no practice --- Last day of B term is the 16th.
C term 2022-23 Practices:
All practices: Tuesday and Thursday First practice Tuesday 10th Jan 2023. T 10: 9-11 R 12: no practice T 17: 9-11 R 19: 9-11 T 24: 9-11 R 26: 7-9 29th Jan - UNH T 31: 9-11 R 2 Feb: 9-11 T 7: 9-11 R 9: 7-9 T 14: 9-11 R 16: no practice T 21: 9-11 R 23: 9-11 25th Feb - New Englands T 28: 9-11 R2 Mar: no practice
D term 2022-23 Practices: -------------------------------
Starting on 16th March: Mondays 8-10 pm -- not 13th March Thursdays 7-9 pm -- not 30th March
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. (dcb [at] wpi.edu) {home page} {fencing vita}
The Assistant Coach this year has been Will Darling
We wish to thank Doug Jacobs for his devoted past help as Assistant Coach.The club encourages Fencing Club Alumni to keep in touch and return to fence the current club teams.
An alternative to fencing at WPI is to contact Worcester Fencing Club and take a class there.
WPI students are welcome at WFC's Open Fencing evenings.
For those living outside Worcester, consider one of the other great Fencing Clubs in the New England Area.
Directions to WPI are available.For further information, and to arrange matches, contact:
WPI Fencing Club, Club Sports, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Rd., Worcester, MA 01609 Email: fencing [at] wpi.edu URL: http://users.wpi.edu/~fencing/ (Note: changed from "www" to "users")
Lots of Information About Fencing:
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