Ball State University Fencing Club

On Saturday, November 8th, three BSUFC members traveled to Fort Wayne, Indiana to compete in the Storm the Fort Open hosted by Summit City Fencing Club.  Below are the results:

Sabre Results:
Brian Koby - 5th Place
Caitlin Huston - 7th Place

Epee Results:
Brian Koby - 7th Place
Caitlin Huston - 14th Place

Foil Results:
Josh Williams - 1st Place
Brian Koby - 5th Place

Congratulations to all those who went to compete. Josh Williams renewed his E rating in Foil and Brian Koby renewed his E rating in Epee.

On October 21 and 22, the Ball State Fencing Club hosted a small tournament as a graduation from the beginner foil class.  Members from this class competed against each other for fun and bragging rights.  Below are the results from that tournament:

1.) Tyler Wolford
2.) Cameron Cranor
3T.) Mitch Jacobs
3T.) Dan Darber
5.) Ryan Magley
6.) Ryan Murphy
7.) Dave Izzo
8.) Dane Rowles
9.) Katim Snyder

Congratulations to all the new members of the fencing club with their results.  The advanced foil, beginner sabre, and beginner epee classes will start on Tuesday, October 28.

Time is drawing near for the Ball State University Fencing Mock Foil Tournament; Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 11:00am-2:00pm.

Any BSUFC member is able to compete in this non-USFA sanctioned tournament at no cost besides food. Non-BSUFC fencers are encouranged to travel to Muncie, Indiana to join in the fun and get a good practice tournament in before the end of the school semester for a $5 floor fee.

This tournament is currently being held as a “dry-fencing” (non-electric) tournament due to the lack of updated/working equipment. If any visiting clubs wish to bring extra weapons, lames, and/or boxes and reels please do so. There is also a need for experienced referees to help run the tournament. As of right now, only one member from BSUFC will be able to fully referee that day.

If you have any questions, need directions, or wish to pre-register, please contact Brian Koby, Club Coach, by email at bsufc@bsu.edu or by visiting the contact page on the main web site.

The Ball State Fencing Club had a productive weekend at the Purdue 2008 Fall Open.

Epee Results:
Brian Koby - 7th Place

Sabre Results:
Brian Koby - 16th Place
Caitlin Huston - 28th Place

Foil Results:
Josh Williams - 16th Place
Brian Koby - 17th Place
Mark Kindler - 22nd Place

Congratulations to all competetive members in their results.

The Purude Fall Open will be held on Saturday, September 27. Epee will start promptly at 8:30am, Sabre at 11:30am, and Foil at 1:30pm.

Members will be leaving Ball State University on Friday, September 26 around 6:00pm. They will be meeting with members from the Purdue Fencing Club to help set up for the tournament and to have dinner.

Please show your support to the following fencers in their selected weapons:

Brian Koby - Epee, Sabre, Foil
Josh Williams - Foil
Mark Kindler - Foil
Caitlin Huston - Sabre

On Saturday, September 13, Ball State Fencing Club members Caitlin Huston, Mark Kindler, and Brian Koby traveled to Fort Wayne, Indiana to compete in the Mad Anthony D & Under. Overall, the day was a giant success for the Ball State fencers.

Sabre Results:
Brian Koby - 3rd Place (tie)
Caitlin Huston - 3rd Place (tie)

Epee Results:
Brian Koby - 3rd Place
Caitlin Huston - 8th Place
Mark Kindler - 9th Place

Foil Results:
Mark Kindler - 3rd Place (tie)
Brian Koby - 5th Place

Congratulations to all our fencers for an amazing turnout at this tournament. Videos and photos will be available soon.

Next up: Purdue Fall Open on Saturday, September 27.

I have gone through the club’s web site today and made a few updates. First thing you will see but may not notice is the flash banner scrolling across the home page. There are new three different images: one of some members fencing at the activity fair, another of a few current members (that I have new high-res pictures of), and the last is from the Spring Fling tournament where Mark Kindler and I placed in foil (3rd and 1st respectively).

The next update was to the members page. I have added in some senior members that have returned to the club this year that were not on there at the start of the school year. I have also updated profile pictures of those members which I have high-resolution pictures of. I will be asking all senior members to please stick around after the beginner class so I may get your picture for the web site.

More new and exciting things are coming to the web site with an expected launch of Christmas 2008. Please check the site, or subscribe to the news feed for any future updates.

Brian Koby
BSUFC Club Coach
Club Webmaster

The Purdue Fall Open will be held on Saturday, September 27 this year with mixed Epee starting at 8:30am. Several members from the Ball State Fencing Club will be traveling to West Lafayette to compete in this tournament. Those members include the following:

Brian Koby - Epee, Sabre, Foil
Josh Williams - Foil
Caitlin Huston - Sabre
Mark Kindler - Foil
Nathaniel Correll (maybe) - Epee

If any current member or new member of the club wishes to travel with these members please let Caitlin Huston, club vice president, know as soon as possible so she can make travel arrangemnets. If any member is willing to drive, please let Caitlin know as soon as possible. With the early start of this event, an overnight stay in Lafayette may be in the works. Please check with Caitlin Huston or Brian Koby for more information.

On Saturday, September 13, members from the Ball State Fencing Club will travel to Fort Wayne, Indiana to compete in the Mad Anthony D & Under fencing tournament hosted by Summit City Fencing Club.

As of right now those members scheduled to compete are as follows:

Brian Koby - Sabre, Epee, and Foil
Josh Williams - Sabre, Epee, and Foil
Mark Kindler - Foil
Caitlin Huston - Sabre and Epee

Any member wishing to travel with these competitors are encouraged to do so and must contact Caitlin Huston, club vice president, before or at Tuesday’s (Sept. 9) practice.  There is also a need for drivers and cars.  Any member willing to drive must contact Caitlin as well.  Gas will be reimbursed through those riding with you.

Through the hard work of the club officers and senior members, all issues that occured during this pas week have bee resolved and the beginner class will resume on Tuesday, September 9 at 9:00 in room IG108 (the regular fencing practice room).

However, there have been some changed to the time schedule. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, the BSUFC will meet from 9:00pm to 12:00am. On Wednesdays, practice will start at 10:00pm to allow time for the Judo club to finish their practice.

Due to the recent time changes, Brian Koby, club coach, will no longer be available for private lessons on Wednesday nights. Private lessons are still available from foil instructor Josh Williams. Please speak with Josh about scheduling private lesson times on Wednesday nights.

The main web site will be updated very shortly to reflect the new information.

The beginner foil class is scheduled to begin Tuesday, September 2 at 9:00pm. The Ball State Fencing Club will be meeting in room IG108 (the same room as previous years). If you need directions to the room please visit the directions page on the main web site.

Students are asked to wear comfortable work-out clothes and tennis shoes. No prior experience is needed and all equipment will be supplied by the BSUFC. Any questions may be submitted by the concact form.

I have spent a few hours this morning going through the links page of the web site to update it with new information and a larger resource of links.  There are now links to the national USFA site as well as the Indiana Division and the Great Lakes Section.  You can also find links to various clubs within the Great Lakes region.  This is a place at the bottom of the page with links that are important to BSUFC members.  To access these links you will need to provide your BSU Login ID and Password.

The contact page has also been cleaned up a little bit.  I was unhappy with how it looked compared to the other pages so added a few touches to the design.  At the start of the year I will be adding information on how to send ground mail to the club.

Please keep an eye on the recent news.  I will be posting information about practice times and locations as soon as the club officers are done talking with Rec Services at the start of the first week of classes.

Brian Koby
Club Webmaster