Red Door Fencing

At the Duel in Des Moines on Saturday, we had 6 fencers in Senior Mixed Epee. Sarah earned the silver medal, Daniel finished 6th, Tristan was 9th, Nick ended 12th, Kalina was 13th, and Chi Chi finished 17th! Chi Chi also fenced Senior Mixed Foil and placed 15th. Thanks for hosting, DMFC!

Full results: https://www.askfred.net/tournaments/85467d26-919c-44b2-a590-a91fb7f58d7a/results

Saturday at the Duel in Des Moines, Lucas, Kai, the second James L., and Tristan fenced in Y14 Mixed Epee! Tristan took home the silver medal, Kai and Lucas tied for 3rd, and James L. ended 5th! Thanks for hosting, DMFC!

Full results: https://www.askfred.net/tournaments/85467d26-919c-44b2-a590-a91fb7f58d7a/results

Yesterday six RDF kids traveled over to Lincoln, NE for their annual Capital City Youth Classic tournament! It was the first out-of-town tournament for Liam, James L. and James G. We saw some great bouts, earned lots of experience points testing our skills against new people in a new environment, and enjoyed seeing the friends we've been training and competing alongside all season as well as meeting new friends!

In Y12/Y10 Mixed Epee, Robert tied for 3rd.
In Y14 Mixed Epee, Tristan won the gold medal, Kalina took silver, Liam finished 5th, James G. was 9th, James L. (the 2nd) ended 11th, and Robert finished 12th.
Robert also tied for 3rd in Y10/Y12 combined mixed foil.

Full results: https://www.askfred.net/tournaments/1dde97b4-6643-47cc-a00d-8c5bd02badf2/results

The first weekend of April, Tristan and Kalina went back to the Chicago suburbs for the Midwest RYC/RJCC tournament. Tristan finished 18th in Y14 Men's Epee, in 2nd in Cadet, and 9th in Junior. Kalina won the gold medal in Y14 Women's Epee and tied for 3rd in both Cadet and Junior. Way to go!

Full results: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/tournaments/eventSchedule/BE93208C727D4E41A071EBC2EAE626AA

The last weekend of March, Malakai, Tristan, Chi Chi, Kalina, and Sarah fenced at the Fencing Center of Chicago's ROC/RYC tournament!

D3 ME: Malakai - 3rd (tie) & E26!
D1A WE: Kalina - 1st, Sarah - 6th, Chi Chi - 17th
JR ME: Tristan - 5th & C26!
D2 WE: Chi Chi - 12th
D1A ME: Tristan - 36th
D1A WF: Chi Chi - 17th (tie)
JR WE: Kalina - 3rd (tie)
D2 WF: Chi Chi - 13th
D2 ME: Tristan - 6th, Malakai - 27th

Nice fencing, all! Full results: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/tournaments/eventSchedule/5DE3F0669E29494A886480D4B7E41A93

Action shots from our Youth/CDT/JR tournament at the beginning of the month! It was the first tournament for several fencers, and it was fun to see our friends from Lincoln and Kansas City! Thanks to everyone who joined us!

Tristan and Sarah fenced at the GRAFA RYC/RJCC/ROC in Grand Rapids, MI last weekend. Tristan was busy with 4 events in 2 days, winning a pool bout and finishing 27th in JR Men's Epee as one of the 2 youngest fencers in the event, ending 21st in Cadet ME, then winning Division 3 ME and earning his D26 rating, and taking home the 7th place medal in Y14 ME! Sarah tied for 3rd in D1A WE and renewed her C rating!

Full results: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/tournaments/eventSchedule/9B059A4691C4402F9891CF130ED161D4

More from the March NAC in Cleveland:
James fenced Y12 Men's Epee, sweeping his pool to become 13th seed, won his first DE and lost his 2nd, finishing 33rd.
Malakai fenced Division 2 ME, where he was 3-3 in pools, but unfortunately lost his DE and ended 132nd.
James was back in Y14 ME, where he went 3-3 in pools, lost a close DE, which put his final place at 142nd.

Also, Kalina's 8th place finish in Y14 WE means she renews her B rating.

Nice fencing, everyone!

Full results: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/tournaments/eventSchedule/4E2874CB40914BDCB0286561FA5531D4

On Friday, Kalina earned the 8th place medal in Y14 Women's Epee at the March North American Cup in Cleveland, OH! Congratulations to Kalina on her first national medal!

Full results: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/21BF310299F54FB9B2BB8991A06A89A8

Awards photos from our (vaguely close to) Equinox Epee Youth Tournament, the 3rd in the Heartland Youth Circuit. We saw lots of great fencing from the kids, and it was the first tournament for several. Action shots coming soon!

Full results: https://www.askfred.net/tournaments/5af034f5-f907-4b86-846f-cb7685f23b72

Points standings: https://www.askfred.net/leagues/1ad09edd-9945-44e5-89af-214f8fea82e4

And because they love fencing so much, after competing in Nebraska on Saturday, Malakai and Kalina traveled to Iowa City on Sunday to fence in the Igloo Open!

In Senior Mixed Epee, Kalina tied for 3rd and Malakai finished 10th!

Full results: https://www.askfred.net/tournaments/91c9df12-b31e-4dab-a40a-c58477f1eae7/results