OFC News
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10/27: Octoberfest!
We're at St Johns' Octoberfest at the Oxford Community Center! Come by and fence with us — goggles and foam sabres provided! More pictures here.
Nov 03:
No Saturday classes! The coaches are traveling... come back Nov 10 for...
Nov 10: Novice Tournament
Stay tuned for more information. Novice fencers, be at the club at 8:30 am at the latest.
OUS Class, 2007
We concluded our first class of Oxford University Fencers! View the graduation photos.
National Cup, 2006
In early October, the USFA National Cup "A" came to Memphis, TN. Oxford's stand-out result: Doc Matthews, 7th in Div III Epee! Mississippi represented!
Oct 21 2006:
No Saturday classes! We're having The Gathering tournament. Read more here.
TOURNAMENT October 21-22, 2006
The Gathering — see the AskFRED listing here. We look forward to seeing you there!
TOURNAMENT August 26–27, 2006
Our "Grand Opening With Air Conditioning" Tournament!
The Oxford Fencers Club and The University of Mississippi Fencing Club are proud to host "Grand Opening with Air Conditioning", a foil, epee, and saber competition to be held at our new Salle located at 606 McLarty Rd. in Oxford, Mississippi.
The schedule of events will be:
Saturday, August 26, 2006
9 AM open epee
12 noon Y14 epee
2 PM open saber
4 PM Y14 saberSunday, August 27, 2006
1 PM open foil
4 PM Y14 foil
Times listed are when the competitions start. Registration and check in end 15 minutes before the start of competition. Please preregister by going to AskFRED.net.
Our new Salle is available for overnight camping out at no charge. We have three couches and lots of floor space, a kitchenette with microwave oven and refrigerator, men's and women' s handicap accessible bathrooms with showers, and a workshop for weapons repair. There is a McDonalds right across the street, and numerous other eateries near by.
Oxford has several nice motels, some with room rates starting at about $50/night. I can get you specific information on request. Dominoes Pizza is an official sponsor of our clubs and will be providing pizza each day of the competition. Registration is $20 for one weapon, $5 for each additional weapon fenced. Fencers rated A fence free. Registration (transferable) will be provided for each FOC rated referee who helps out with refereeing. All USFA rules will apply to the competitions, and proof of current USFA membership will be required.
To get to the Salle:
From Hwy 7 in Oxford turn west on University Avenue, go through two traffic lights that are right together between two shopping centers across the road from one another. Immediately after the second traffic light turn left on McLarty Rd. This road is between the Mcdonalds and a Shell Rapid Lube. Oxford Fencers Club is the first building past the Rapid Lube. (Read more directions and find the MapQuest link.)
June, 2006
David Williams, Provost — Huge step forward for MS fencing! David Williams is now an accredited Provost! Moniteur->Provost->Maestro! Provost Williams is the coach in Clinton MS, an extremely active and productive club in mid-Mississippi. To become a Provost you must pass written and practical exams, administered by Masters from the USFCA.
Competition: We sent several fencers to the Mississippi State Games on June 4! And we brought back 10 medals!
Schedule: It's starting to get hot! Saturday Jr Women's Class is moved to 10am (from 12pm). We will share space with the Parent/Child Class and do break-out training.
April 7, 2006
We have the new website up! We have not updated this site for a long time, because we were working on the new version. We tried several brands of CMS, we aimed for the moon... it was just too difficult. So we're back to our DreamWeaver-based site for now.
March 31, 2006
We have our patch test, Level I Exam. It has been taken 7 times, and passed only once. Study up on the basic fencing concepts and terminology, and be able to do 100 perfect lunges. The Level I Exam is administered on Thursdays at the salle.
March 20, 2006
Fencing Super-Mom Sonya has sent us pictures from our recent Novice tournament. We will put those up when the other website stuff is taken care of.
Congratulations:
Recent fencers who gained ratings, and heaped glory on the club:
Joey White — Earned his D in Foil
Ryan Matthews — Earned his C in Sabre
Brian Reithel — Earned his E in Foil
Walter Flaschka — Reinstated his C in Foil finally.