It’s half-way through summer and we’ve been busy! We still have six more summer camps to go… Over the July 4th holiday Mid-South Fencers’ Club members and staff spent 10 grueling days competing against top clubs across our nation. How did our fencers fare with club across the country? Top 8 Individual Results BRONZE – Tammy JACKSON – Vet-60 Women’s Foil BRONZE – Carl BADGER – Vet-60 Men’s Sabre 5th – Jeff KALLIO – Vet-40 [Read More]

Columbus, Ohio – Thirty members of Mid-South Fencers’ Club, located in downtown Durham, NC, are set to compete over the July 4th holiday in a record setting ten day championship event. Good luck team! Name Events Anna Schikore D2WS, D3WS, CDTWS Carl Badger Vet60MS, VTMMS Eric Huang Vet50MS, VTMMS James Dobbins Vet50MS, VTTMS Joe Mclaughlin Vet60MS, VTMMS Lauren Dunseath D2WE, STMWE Markus Lang Vet50ME Neila Huang Y10WS Spencer Hill Y10MS Tammy Jackson Vet60WE, Vet60WF, D3WE, [Read More]

We are pleased to announce Mid-South Fencers’ Club has hired a third full-time coach, Chris Cheney. Chris has a strong coaching background with deep connections to Mid-South. Chris has been a professional coach for 7 years and began fencing in 2002. Known as the “fencer who came out of nowhere,”  Chris has won numerous regional titles, two national championship titles, and represented Team USA as part of the Under 20 World Cup Team and the [Read More]

USA Fencing tests the endurance limits of member clubs and coaches with its Summer National Championships and July Challenge. Dallas 2016 leaves us with an incomplete 2015-2016 season due to the tragic events that caused the last day of the tournament to be cancelled. Congratulations to all Mid-South participants on their results and efforts: Carl Badger: GOLD V60MS Nicholas Cantin: 125 Div 2 MS, 141st D3MS, 21st SRMSTeam Leanne Chan: 69th D1AWS, 95th JWS, 87th CWS, 10th Div3WS, [Read More]

Mid-South values creating a healthy sport environment for our fencers and recognizes building and maintaining a culture of positive sportsmanship requires cooperation among parents, coaches and spectators and also visiting families of opponents and their coaches. In order for fencers to grow as athletes, boundaries and guidelines must be set regarding the expectations of how parents, coaches and spectators will act. We agree all individuals in our venue are expected to do the following: Show [Read More]