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Congratulations and thanks to our graduating Senior fencers, current and past.
2025: Ava Chadbourne, Jade Logan, Brooke Podlipec, Morgan Owen, Robert Nguyen, Darren Ni;
2024: Wil Michels, Isa Kaplan, Jacob Ewen, Riley Blair, Mia Long, Stephen Fanning;
2023: Helen Le, Jacob Salerno, Mia Long, Theron Howe, Cabot Priestner;
2022: Jane Cohen, Madison Eisenhour, Zachary Hershowitz, Ryley Wheelock, Yufei Lin;
2021: E.C. Finken; Danny Ribaudo; Maggie Gaffney; Garrett Smith; Amelia Nishimura; Jesse Abeyta; Alex Bell;
2020: Will Luca; Justine Roy; Griffen Spincken; Liz Raine; Clayton Dembski;
2019: Sydney Fisher; Evan Kelly; Chris Beauregard; Mike Taylor; Simon Redding; sJosh Denoncour;
2018: Alex Moore; Matt Schwartzman; Jarret Sarnell;
2017: Kyle Young; Miya Gaskell; Keith Rockwood; Alex Bittle;
Evan Baum; Nick Picard; Ozan Akyildiz; Perry Franklin; Samee Swartz
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WELCOME FENCERS!
See you at the Activities Fair! |
PLEASE NOTE!
=== First A term 2025-26 Fencing Club Practice ===
First practice is TBD
= Harrington Auditorium =
Practices are usually 2 hours.
PE credit (course is WPE/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.
But you must join the club via myWPI.
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: NEIFC: Mar 2025 
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WPI Fencing: Smith invitational: Dec 2024 
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WPI Fencing: The Big One: Nov 2024 
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WPI Fencing: UConn invitational: Oct 2024 
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WPI Fencing: UNH invitational: Apr 2024 
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WPI Fencing: NEIFC: Feb 2024 
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WPI Fencing: Smith invitational: Dec 2023 
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WPI Fencing: The Big One: Nov 2023 
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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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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/WPE 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 try to 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 myWPI.
- Each term you will need to have medical insurance to fence, and a Liability/Insurance form must be completed (find the form associated with 'Club Sports' in myWPI or via the club Slack).
- You must complete the online Concussion course (find the course associated with 'Club Sports' in myWPI or via the club Slack)
- You need to 'check in' at every practice you attend: especially if you are registered for WPE 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, Smith and Mount Holyoke College Invitational events, and The Big One.
- The WPI Fencing Club is a member club of USA Fencing.
USA Fencing Membership is required for sanctioned competitions, such as those at WFC or BFC.
An Access level membership might be OK for you: worth checking.
You do not need it for regular college events. But you will need it to attend Open Fencing at WFC.
- A term 2024 in person practice
Mostly Mon at 7, Tue at 9 and Thu at 7. M 26 (Aug) 7-9pm T 27 9-11pm R 29 7-9pm M 2 (Sep) Labor Day, No practice! T 3 9-11pm R 5 7-9pm M 9 7-9pm T 10 9-11pm R 12 7-9pm M 16 7-9pm T 17 9-11pm R 19 9-11pm ** M 23 7-9pm T 24 9-11pm R 26 7-9pm M 30 7-9pm T 1 (Oct) 9-11pm R 3 9-11pm ** M 7 7-9pm T 8 9-11pm R 10 7-9pm
B term 2024 practices:
B'24 Practices M 21 9-11pm T 22 9-11pm R 24 9-11pm M 28 9-11pm T 29 9-11pm R 31 9-11pm M 4 9-11pm T 5 9-11pm R 7 * 7-9pm M 11 9-11pm T 12 9-11pm R 14 9-11pm M 18 * 7-9pm T 19 * 7-9pm R 21 9-11pm M 25 9-11pm T 26 9-11pm R. - M 9 * 7-9pm T 10 * 8-10pm R. -
C term 24-25 Practices:
M 20 Jan - 9:30 pm T 21 Jan - 7 pm M 27 Jan - 9:30 T 28 Jan - 9 M 3 Feb - 9:30 T 4 Feb - 9 M 10 Feb - 9:30 T 11 Feb - 9 M 17 Feb - 9:30 T 18 Feb - 9 Su 23 Feb - New Englands M 24 Feb - 9:30 ? T 25 Feb - 9 ? M 3 Mar - no practice T 4 Mar - no practice
D term 2024-25 Practices: -------------------------------
MARCH M 17 8-10pm T 18 9-10:45pm R 20 no practice M 24 8-10 T 25 9-10:45 R 27 9-10:45 M 31 8-10 APRIL T 1 9-10:45 R 3 9-10:45 M 7 8-10 T 8 9-10:45 R 10 9-10:45 Sa 12 UConn Smaller One M 14 8-10 T 15 9-10:45 R 17 9-10:45 M 21 8-10 T 22 9-10:45 R 24 no practice M 28 8-10 T 19 9-10:45 MAY R 1 no practice
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}
We wish to thank Doug Jacobs and Will Darling for their 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 (WFC) 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")
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