Author Archives: Alan Geller

Keyon, a fencer and coach at MTFC, recently suffered a bad fall and had to undergo emergency surgery. MTFC is running a benefit tournament for him on May 25th. Please try to attend to help out a fellow fencer!!https://askfred.net/Events/moreInfo.php?tournament_id=43622

Here’s a handy cheat sheet to help you navigate USA Fencing’s membership system to decide what type of membership you need. Click to get an enlarged view… Thanks to David Sapery for putting this together!! https://sapery.com/MembershipRequired.jpg

Results for the veteran events are at http://fencingtime.com/liveResults/VetBattle2018/. Live results for the ROC events will be at http://fencingtime.com/liveResults/Battle2018/.

As usual, December was a productive NAC for Western Washington fencers. This year, having the NAC in Portland made it easier for fencers to attend, increasing the number of participants and leading to a whopping 20 medals for WWD fencers!! … Continue reading →

The following fencers are (unofficially) pre-qualified for this season’s Junior Olympics and so do not need to fence at the divisional qualifier event this Saturday, November 18th, at Rain City Fencing Center. Note that all fencers are responsible for checking … Continue reading →

Results for this year’s division championships are posted at https://askfred.net/Results/results.php?tournament_id=34643. Three-weapon winners were Matthew Comes and Sylvie Troxel. Congratulations to all!!

Lots of medals for the division at the Baltimore NAC!! Leading the way were the veterans: Kwongsuk Chung took double gold in Vet40 and Vet Combined men’s foil Jan Patterson took gold in Vet70 men’s foil Carola Schmid, bronze in … Continue reading →

A memorial for John will be held on Tuesday, May 23, at the Washington Athletic Club (WAC). The Washington Athletic Club is located at: 1325 Sixth Ave., Seattle Noble Room, 1st floor Doors open 4 pm; the memorial will be … Continue reading →

As of April 2, 2017, the following WWD fencers are already qualified for Y14 or division 2 events  at Summer Nationals. Fencers marked with an asterisk* indicate that they are qualified by being in the top 30% of the current … Continue reading →

The Western Washington Division mourns the recent passing of John Zobel. John was an active member of the division, both a veteran fencer himself and a fencing parent for his son Eric. John’s presence will be sorely missed. Our condolences … Continue reading →