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Clay Fulks (left) faces off against Kevin Bartley in The Gathering 2002.

Ryan Matthews lines up on strip next to Sada Jacobson, Olympic bronze medalist.

Ole Miss Fencing Club

The University of Mississippi Fencing Club is starting its 2005 Fall Semester! Fencers of all levels are welcome — from "never fenced" to "nationally rated." Come and test your mettle against the best fencers Mississippi has to offer!

Ole Miss Fencing teaches the Olympic Sword-Sport — Sport Fencing — including Foil, Epee, Sabre. For a good basic overview, visit WhatIsFencing.com. For more about fencing in Oxford, visit OxfordFencing.com. For more information about fencing, please visit the USA Online Fencing Community.

Fencing Tournament! The Gathering 2005 is the first Ark-La-Miss Circuit Cup Tournament of the season. We're holding it on November 5, 2005. For more information, visit the TheGatheringOxford.com, the official tournament website.

Schedule

We meet at the Turner Center, 2nd floor Activity Room (across from the weight room, beside the water fountains). Wear athletic clothes — t-shirts, gym pants or long shorts, and tennis shoes. Fencers (and non-fencers) of every level are welcome!

Equipment is provided, and lessons are free to club members! If you decide to join the club (try it out first), membership is $25/semester.

Day of week Times Practice type
Monday 7:00pm-9:00pm Open fencing at OFC
Tuesday 9:30pm–11:00pm Classes and open fencing
Wednesday 7:00pm-9:00pm Open fencing at OFC
Thursday 8:30pm–11:00pm Classes and open fencing

Other times are available upon request of the membership. If you want to fence, there is probably someone willing to join you.

Kevin Bartley doing some work at the Gathering 2004.

 

Pictures!

PRACTICE
Sept 16 practice

RECRUITING
2004 Fall Semester
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Elite recruiting squad
(l-r) Brooks, Doc Matthews (head coach), Vicki.


Walter Flaschka leads footwork


New fencers learn the "lunge"


New fencers learn to hate the lunge

More pictures:
Here and here.


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