5th Annual Don Bone Classic: Apr. 7, 2024
This past Sunday, 11 of our fencers competed in Wentzville at the 5th Annual Don Bone Classic. We competed in three different events: Y12 Mixed, Senior Women’s, and Senior Mixed.
Fence St. Louis Birthday Bash: March 17, 2024
We spent our St. Patrick’s Day doing what we know best - fencing! Our one day, saber only tournament at our club was a success and well-attended despite the holiday and spring break. We hosted four different events: Senior Women’s, Senior Mixed, Y10 Mixed, and Y12 Mixed.
Queen City Cup 2024: March 9-10, 2024
On March 9-10, 2024, Coach Annamaria and fencers Lillian S., Caden B., and Gregory S. traveled out to Cincinnati for our clubs first official travel regional away from home with multiple fencers!
Caden B. and Gregory S. each competed in one event - Y14 Men’s Saber and Y12 Men’s Saber respectively. Lillian S. competed in Y14 Women’s Saber and fenced up into the Cadet Women’s Saber for the first time, too!
7th Annual Join the Pirate Crew: Jan. 27, 2024
Buccaneer Blades hosted their 7th Annual Join the Pirate Crew this past weekend on January 27. We brought a great group out to Wentzville for the tournament: check out this tournament recap to see how our fencers performed.
Fence St. Louis December Duel: Dec. 2-3, 2023
We hosted our winter fencing tournament, the Fence St. Louis December Duel, this past weekend and had an excellent time! Check out this tournament recap to see how our fencers performed.
Where Are the Women Fencing Coaches?
Take a look around any large tournament and you’ll find a lack of women coaching fencers. In 2019-2020 fencing season, WFencing released a report card. The report card looked at a lot of different roles within USA Fencing, NCAA, and USFCA, among other groups, to see how women were represented in senior, professional roles. However, the report card did not take a look at individual clubs and how they were staffed. I was curious to take a snapshot of how clubs present themselves and their coaches through their websites to see how prevalent women were at the club level.