Jill, who suited up and fenced sabre for the first time, describes her Olympic day experience and shows off her wounds  here:

 http://www.divaplatform.com/?p=1136

June 23, 2009 was Chicago Olympic Day, and the Chicago Fencing Club was there representing the city and the sport.

We did a fine job with the demonstrations, and no one went down due to heat exhaustion, which was a victory in itself. 

Thanks to Tony, Dakota, and Colton for bringing the electric gear, making it work and for fencing. 

Thanks to Karin, Jen, Steve, Homero, and Charlie for demonstrating fencing and working the crowd.

And last, but not least, special thanks to Jill for suiting up and fencing sabre for first time -- and for fencing for the first time in about eight years. She donated blood, sweat, and tears to the cause.

Saundra Karol (http://www.karolphoto.com ) took pictures, and we will post them soon.

The Chicago Fencing Club will begin its next Introduction to Fencing Class on April 29, 2009.

The class will introduce you to the basics of fencing, beginning with the foil. You will learn footwork, attacks, parries, and the rules of the sport.  Along with that you will also be introduced to the sabre and epee.

The class meets once a week for eight weeks. The class costs $150 and includes a fencing glove and an underarm protector.

The class will be held at at the Parkview Lutheran Church - 3919 N. Monticello.

Register today using the "contact us" link on this page!

Here are the results from this weekend's tournament: 

Women's Epee:
First Place:          Jennifer Hunt Johnson, Chicago Fencing Club     
Second Place:       Annemarie Duchow, Wisconsin Fencing Academy, LLC
Third Place:         Karin Mills, Chicago Fencing Club
Third Place:          Lorena Drahonovsky, Wisconsin Fencing Academy

Mixed Epee:
First Place:         Dan Reed, Northwestern University (Earned D 2008 rating)     
Second Place:     Joe Tovarek, Wisconsin Fencing Academy (Earned E 2008 rating)    
Third Place:        Keegan Roach, Bradley University Fencing Club
Third Place:        David Zeko, Augustana Fencing Club
    
Chicago Fencing Club Members:
      
Ninth Place:         Charles Geter    
Tenth Place:        Steven Sacco    
Eleventh Place:    Homero Castellanos
Fifteenth Place:    Jennifer Hunt Johnson      
Sixteenth Place:   Karin Mills

Women's Foil:
First Place:         Lorena Drahonovsky, Wisconsin Fencing Academy (Earned E 2008 rating)
Second Place:     Angelica Morris, Augustana Fencing Club
Third Place:        Paula Buckner, Rockford Fencing Club
Third Place:        Victoria Simmers, RedStar Fencing Club, Chicago

Mixed Foil:
First Place:         Christopher Monti, Chicago Lakeshore Fencers Club (Earned D 2008 rating)
Second Place:     Mikhail Heber, Illinois Fencers Club
Third Place:        Drew Reynolds, New Trier X-Caliber Fencing Club
Third Place:        Tim Watson, Cracovia Foil Fencing School

Chicago Fencing Club Members
Thirteenth Place:    Homero Castellanos    
Sixteenth Place:     Dakota Couty    

Y14 Mixed Foil:
First Place:           Leonard Grazian, Illinois Fencers Club
Second Place:       Ian Wilke, RedStar Fencing Club, Chicago
Third Place:          Connor Roth, RedStar Fencing Club, Chicago
Third Place:          Carl Brown-Grimm, Escrime Du Lac

Chicago Fencing Club Members
Fifth Place:         Otto Owens

Mixed Saber:
First Place:         Bartosz Pukal, Midwest Fencing Academy
Second Place:     Joel Smith, New Trier X-Caliber Fencing Club
Third Place:        Jacob A. Soltysiak, Skyline Fencing Club
Third Place:        Dennis Ma, Chicago Lake Shore Fencers Club

         
Y14 Mixed Saber:    
First Place:         Bartosz Pukal, Midwest Fencing Academy
Second Place:     Marcel Dolegiewicz, Midwest Fencing Academy
Third Place:        Jacob A. Soltysiak, Skyline Fencing Club
Third Place:        Michael Stubna, Midwest Fencing Academy

Chicago Fencing Club Members
Eighth Place:       Curt Bliamptis
Ninth Place:        Colton Couty

Congratulations to everyone and thanks for coming out!