Holiday Closure
Westdale Fencing Club is now closed for the holidays.The next practice will be held on THURSDAY DECEMBER 30th (contrary to what has been previously posted on the website), and will be an open practice for anybody who wants to attend. Normal practice schedules resume on January 3rd.
We wish all of you and yours a very happy holiday season, and we look forward to seeing you soon!
Weekly Update - December 17/2010
This Week:
There will only be a Monday night practice this week. The practice will be open, so all are welcome.
Competition Results:
Last weekend was the Decemberfest OCC event in Cambridge. WFC Results:
Cadet Mixed Foil: Victoria 12/14
Senior Men's Foil: Mike 2/23 Logan 15/23 Daniel 16/23
Senior Women's Foil: Jackie ?/13 Tia 12/13
Y14 Mixed Foil: Tia 11/25 Victoria 13/25
Cadet Men's Sabre: Logan 1/6 William 2/6 Victoria 3/6 Tia 6/6
Senior Men's Sabre: William 1/7 Logan 3/7
Y14 Sabre: William 1/4 Victoria 3/4 Tia 3/4
Volunteers Needed:
We are looking for a few volunteers to help with equipment during December, no experience would be required. If you're interested in helping out please talk to Terri or one of the Coaches.
Weather Reminder:
As the winter weather begins please remember some of our club policies:
- Please remove wet shoes and boots before entering the stage/gym area.
- If the weather is unsafe we may cancel practice, as many of our fencers and coaches commute from out of town. Please check the website for closures before heading to practice!
- Regardless of the club's status, if the weather is dangerous and you don't feel safe driving, stay home!
Christmas Schedule:
Regular Practices will run until December 17th and will resume January 4th.
We will be holding open practices on December 20th and December 30th from 6 - 8:30.
Youth and Intro Classes:
Our new intro class will begin January 26, 2011. Link to registration here.
Our Youth classes will also resume January 29, 2011. Link to registration here.
Weekly Update - December 6, 2010
This Week:
All practices will be running as scheduled this week. Ranil will be out.
Volunteers Needed:
We are looking for a few volunteers to help with equipment during December, no experience would be required. If you're interested in helping out please talk to Terri or one of the Coaches.
Weather Reminder:
As the winter weather begins please remember some of our club policies:
- Please remove wet shoes and boots before entering the stage/gym area.
- If the weather is unsafe we may cancel practice, as many of our fencers and coaches commute from out of town. Please check the website for closures before heading to practice!
- Regardless of the club's status, if the weather is dangerous and you don't feel safe driving, stay home!
Christmas Schedule:
Regular Practices will run until December 17th and will resume January 4th.
We will be holding open practices on December 20th and December 29th from 6 - 8:30.
The 2010 WFC Holiday Party will be taking place on December 15th from 6 - 8pm at the church. Sign up sheets are posted at the doors to the gym.
Youth and Intro Classes:
Our new intro class will begin January 26, 2011. Link to registration here.
Our Youth classes will also resume January 29, 2011. Link to registration here.
Weekly Update - November 29, 2010
This Week:
All practices will be running as scheduled this week. There is no core class on Monday evening. Ranil will not be out Monday and Wednesday.
Weather Reminder:
As the winter weather begins please remember some of our club policies:
- Please remove wet shoes and boots before entering the stage/gym area.
- If the weather is unsafe we may cancel practice, as many of our fencers and coaches commute from out of town. Please check the website for closures before heading to practice!
- Regardless of the club's status, if the weather is dangerous and you don't feel safe driving, stay home!
Competition Results:
This weekend, WFC attended the Newmarket OCC Tournament. Results:
Senior Men's Foil: Dan 2/48, Logan 7/48, Daniel 14/48
Senior Men's Sabre: William 5/15, Logan 9/15
Senior Women's Sabre: Kristina 2/14, Victoria 11/14
Senior Women's Foil: Jackie 3/26, Victoria 12/26
Christmas Schedule:
Regular Practices will run until December 17th and will resume January 4th.
We will be holding open practices on December 20th and December 29th from 6 - 8:30.
The 2010 WFC Holiday Party will be taking place on December 15th from 6 - 8pm at the church. Sign up sheets are posted at the doors to the gym.
Youth and Intro Classes:
Our new intro class will begin January 26, 2011. Link to registration here.
Our Youth classes will also resume January 29, 2011. Link to registration here.
Weekly Update - November 22, 2010
This Week:
All practices will be running as usual this week and Ranil will be there. Jen will be out Monday evening and there will be a core class.
Competition Results:
This weekend, WFC attended the York OCC Tournament. Results:
Senior Men's Foil: Dan 2/42, Logan 24/42, Daniel 19/42
Senior Men's Sabre: Mike 3/14, Logan 7/14
Senior Women's Sabre: Kristina 2/19, Tia 5/19
Senior Women's Foil: Jackie 3/22, Tia 19/22
Christmas Party:
The 2010 WFC Holiday Party will be taking place on December 15th from 6 - 8pm at the church. Sign up sheets are posted at the doors to the gym.
Weekly Update - November 15, 2010
This Week:
All practices will be running as usual this week. Ranil will not be out this week. Jen will be out on Monday night, and there is a core class after practice.
Competition Results:
This weekend, WFC sent a large contingent of fencers to the Brock University Open competition. Results will be posted as soon as they are released. Several medals were earned and all had great results!
Results can be found here: Brock Results
WFC Results:
Cadet Mixed Sabre: William 1/11, Logan 2/11, Victoria 3/11
Cadet Women's Foil: Tia 6/7
Junior Men's Sabre: Mike 2/11, William 7/11
Junior Women's Sabre: Tia 3/7, Victoria 6/7
Senior Men's Foil: Dan 8/72, Mike 24/72, Logan 28/72, Daniel 45/72, Luke 62/72
Senior Men's Sabre: William 10/60, Mike 18/60, Logan 26/60, Luke 37/60
Senior Women's Sabre: Kathryn 1/31, Kristina 3/31
Holiday Party:
The 2010 WFC Holiday Party will be taking place on December 15th from 6 - 8pm at the church. Sign up sheets are posted at the doors to the gym.
Weekly Update: November 8, 2010
This Week:
All practices will be running as usual this week. Ranil will only be out on Monday, and will not be out at all next week. Jen will be out on Monday night, and there is a core class after practice.
This weekend was the 2010 RMC Invitational. Congratulations to our WS team (Louise, Sandra, Tia and Victoria) who came in 4th! Kristina, fencing for U of T, came in 3rd, and Laura-Lee and Jackie also fenced, but we don't have their results just yet!
Holiday Party:
The 2010 WFC Holiday Party will be taking place on December 15th from 6 - 8pm at the church. Sign up sheets and more details to follow, but please save the date.
Holiday Party
The 2010 Holiday Party will be taking place on December 15 from 6 to 8 pm. Details to follow but please save the date!
Weekly Update: November 1, 2010
This Week:
All practices will run as usual this week. Ranil will probably be out on Monday and Thursday nights only. Our new intro program starts this coming Wednesday. Please note that this program now runs from 6pm - 8pm.
This past weekend was the 2010 Spooky Youth event. Many thanks to everybody who helped to make the day a huge success again. Results:
Weekly Update - October 25, 2010
All practices are running normally this week. Jen will be out on Monday night, and there will be a core class this week.
Our Spooky Foil tournament will take place this Saturday. Information can be found here:
http://www.westdalefencing.com/spooky/
The last two weeks have been extemely busy for WFC's competitive group, traveling to Cincinatti for the USFA NAC A and then to Kingston for the annual Queens Open. Results:
NAC A (Special congrats to Mike C for his medal in Div 2 men's sabre!):
Div 1 Men’s Foil:
Banks – 138/188
Div 2 Men’s Foil:
Banks – 13/120
Ciancone – 60/120
Effinger – 100/120
Fitzpatrick – 119/120
Div 2 Men’s Sabre:
Ciancone – 5/97
Kinney – 62/97
Fitzpatrick – 83/97
Div 2 Women’s Foil:
Fountain – 63/91
Dulac – 85/91
Div 1 Women’s Sabre:
Pierrynowski – 32/88
Dignum – 58/ 88
Han – 86/88
Div 2 Women’s Sabre:
Dignum – 35/ 62
Han – 51/62
Queens Open (Congrats to William and Kathryn on their medals)!:
Men's Foil:
Banks 13/79
Fitzpatrick 33/79
Effinger 42/79
Jeffries 48/79
Stapleton 56/79
Women's Foil:
Fountain 18/46
Men's Sabre:
Kinney 3/50
Ciancone 17/50
Fitzpatrick 31/50
Women's Sabre:
Pierrynowski 1/37
Dignum 6/37
Han 9/37
Reminder: no practices on Sat or Mon
Just a gentle reminder that there will be no practices on Saturday October 16th or Monday October 18th since all the coaches are away at a competition.
Practices will resume as normal on October 20th.
Weekly Update: October 11, 2010
This Week
All practices are running as usual this week (including a practice on Monday October 11th). Ranil will be out on Monday and Thursday only. There will not, however, be practices on October 16th and 18th since all the coaches will be out of town. Jen will next be out on October 25th.
Spooky
Information about the 2010 Spooky Youth tournament (which now includes a sabre event) is available here.
Winter Policies
Please take a moment to review our winter policies if you haven't already done so.
Happy Turkeyfest!
Weekly Update: October 3, 2010
This Week:
All practices are running as usual this week. Ranil will be out on all nights, most likely. Other coaches will be out as normally schedueled. Serge will be out on Monday night once again. Please make him feel welcome!
Since it seems to be rapidly approaching that time of year again, please take a moment to review our winter policies.
We have also updated our privacy policy.
This past weekend was the 2010 Nationals / Eastern CSC. Results:
Cadet Men's Foil - Logan 26/27
Senior Men's Foil - Dan 24/35
Cadet Men's Sabre - William 9/14, Logan 10/14
Junior Men's Sabre - William 20/25
Senior Men's Sabre - Mike 28/39, William 34/39
Senior Women's Foil - Jackie 25/26
Senior Women's Sabre - Kathryn 10/29, Kristina 16/29, Louise 20/29
Women's Sabre Team - Kathryn, Amy, Kristina, Louise - Silver Medal
Congrats to all who qualified and competed.
Terri will not be out this week. October payments can be given to Bob.
Weekly Update: September 27, 2010
This Week:
All practices are running as usual this week. Ranil will be out on all nights, most likely. Other coaches will be out as normally schedueled. Serge will be out on Monday night once again. Please make him feel welcome!
Since it seems to be rapidly approaching that time of year again, please take a moment to review our winter policies.
We have also updated our privacy policy.
This past weekend was the 2010 Terre Des Hommes Tournament. Results:
Men's Foil:
Dan - 14/30
Daniel - 29/30
Women's Foil:
Jackie - 16/17
This past weekend was also the SYC event in Rochester. Results:
William Y14 Mens Sabre: 19 of 58
Victoria Y14 Womens Sabre: 27 of 33
Vidosa Bursary
Congratulations to Mike C who won the 2010 Vidosa Bursary for Cadet Sabre. Click here to see the full story.
Weekly Update: September 20, 2010
This Week:
All practices are running as usual this week. Ranil will be out on Monday and Wednesday only. Other coaches will be out as normally schedueled. On Monday nights for the next 3 weeks, we are going to have a guest coach, Serge, who is coming out to complete the last stage of his Community Instructor Certificate. Please make him feel welcome - he has a lot of experience and some very interesting stories to tell!
Since it seems to be rapidly approaching that time of year again, please take a moment to review our winter policies.
Weekly Update: September 13, 2010
This Week:
All practices will be running as usual this week. Ranil will be out on Monday and Thursday.
Jennifer, our RMT, will be offering treatments and a core class tonight. If you wish to book a massage, please email info@westdalefencing.com
Weekly Update, September 6th (Updated)
Monday September 6th we will be running Youth Registration between 6 and 6:45 PM. There will be no practice Monday night.
All other practices are running as scheduled. Ranil will not be out Wednesday and might be out Thursday.
Weekly Update: August 30, 2010
This Week:
All practices are running as normal this week. Ranil will hopefully be out at all. Dan will not be out on Monday.
Weekly Update - August 23/2010
All practice times are back to normal this week. Ranil will not be out.
Monday: 6-8pm
Wednesday: 6-7:30
Thursday: 7-9