Mid-South Fencers' Club

Summer Classes and Camps

Amy Hendrix — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:25:33 +0000

The summer class schedule is posted and registration is now open! Many of our summer options are though local summer camp programs. If you don’t see what you are looking for, you can find camps at Duke School and Cary Academy and you can find out information on [...]

2012 Summer Camps

Amy Hendrix — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:08:06 +0000

Summer camp registration is now open! We have a full slate of camps available this year, including Beginning through Advanced Fencing camps at the club, plus Beginning Fencing at Cary Academy and the Duke School. In addition we had also added two more Beginner Level Summer camps the Week of June [...]

Spring Class Registration

Amy Hendrix — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:52:42 +0000

The spring class schedule is posted and registration is now open. Check out:

Quarterly group classes (for non-members)

Please note: registration is by paper forms this quarter. You’ll find the form on the class schedule page, or download it directly here. MSFC members, check the schedule under [...]

2011 Mid-South Fencer Year End Review

Jen Oldham — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:50:31 +0000

The 2011 review is a hard one to write. I’ve been thinking about it for weeks. Though so much has been good, we’ve had some pretty big losses this year that have had a ripple effect in our community. The top ten things that stand out of me this year start with two noteworthy losses:

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January Winter Registration

Amy Hendrix — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 06:00:50 +0000

Starting in January we have a beginner classes for the 5-8 year olds on Tuesdays from 4:30-5:30, 9-14 year olds on Wednesdays from 6-7pm and 13-adults on Wednesdays from 7-8pm.

Happy New Year!

Letter to Ned Light, 1967-2011

Jen Oldham — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:30:05 +0000

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 [...]

Priority On Youth #2 Results

Amy Hendrix — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:50:47 +0000

Thanks to everyone who turned out to support Youth fencing at this weekend’s Priority On Youth Series #2!

Results from all events are posted on AskFred, and the updated points list is posted on the Youth Points List page.

Congratulations to all the fencers!

USA Cadet Team, Second Place in Hungary!

Jen Oldham — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:03:26 +0000

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 [...]

Foil Clinic October 16

Amy Hendrix — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 01:46:51 +0000

Stephen Pashby (Mid-South Fencers’ Club) and Kriszti Hovanyi (Apex Fencing Academy) are offering a foil clinic for intermediate foilists 13 and up with at least 6 months of fencing experience. Fencers should bring their electrical fencing equipment.

This will be a fun, high energy clinic to kick off the competitive season. Come and work [...]

New Parents’ Organization Activities

Amy Hendrix — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:10:30 +0000

From the MSFC Parents’ Organization:

The MSFC Parents’ Organization has a brand-new email list! You can sign up here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MSFCparents. The address to email the group is: MSFCparents@yahoogroups.com. This group can be used to coordinate carpools, exchange equipment, ask questions, etc.

We are planning to coordinate a quarterly equipment purchase to save on [...]