Letter to Ned Light, 1967-2011

On Friday evening, December 16th, 2011 Ned, a founding coach of the Mid-South Fencers’ Club, died from a short and hard fought battle with cancer.  He leaves behind his wife Anne, his daughter, Erin, his father and two brothers.  Below is the letter written for a memory book that was given to Ned before his [...]

USA Cadet Team, Second Place in Hungary!

A young Mid-South Cadet traveled abroad with her coach to Godollo, Hungary for her first international event in her fencing career and Team USA ended up carrying home a trophy with silver international bling around their necks.   This is a brief introspective account of the young Cadet’s adventure, meet Joey Lew….

In the two [...]

Celebrate our Mid-South Collegiate Fencers

Mid-South has three more “graduates” this year and for the first time they will be fencing for their respective college teams. Here is what our students have to say as they reflect back on how fencing influenced their collegiate choices.

Claire Carson – MSFC Fencer 2009-2011 – Northwestern University, Chicago

Fencing was a definite consideration [...]

Congratulations, Grand Open Winners!

Congratulations to all the medalists from the 4th annual Grand Open tournament! [...]

Preregister for the 4th Annual Grand Open

If you haven’t already registered, please sign up now for this weekend’s Grand Open gala tournament!

http://askfred.net/Events/whoIsComing.php?tournament_id=12272

We’ll be having a packed slate of fencing events:

Mixed Saber Y10 Mixed Saber Y12 Mixed Saber Cadet (U17) Mixed Saber Senior Women’s Saber Senior Mixed Foil

The saber finals on Saturday evening will be followed by [...]

JO Championships This Weekend – Follow the news with MSFC

The annual Junior Olymic Fencing Championships — known throughout the US Fencing world simply as “JO’s” — is one of the most important and exciting fencing events of the year. It’s the national championship for the Cadet (Under 17) and Junior (Under 20) age classes, a qualifier for international events, and generally the biggest tournament [...]

Mid-South National Medallist!

Travis Clarkson (upper right) on the medal stand in Dallas, TX.

Travis Clarkson had a great finish in the recent North American Cup in Dallas, Texas, finishing 3rd in the Men’s Cadet Sabre event. [...]

Spring Schedule and Summer Camps Now Live!

Our Spring Class Schedule for 2011 is now live and registration is open!

We have a very busy Summer Camp season planned for 2011.  Registration for our onsite camps is live, and we have posted the proposed dates for our offsite camps as well.  Registration links will be added as soon as we [...]

End of Camp Tournament- Live Results!

Follow the end of camp results this afternoon by clicking here!

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Fall Holiday Special Opened/Closed Dates

Quarterly classes are not scheduled through the week of December 27 through December 31st. All member classes are scheduled to be held Monday, December 27th through December 30th. During this week the club will be open for members from 5:30pm and will close at 9:30pm. Holiday closed dates are as follows:

Friday, Dec. 24th Club [...]