The Galveston 
Fencing Club
The Galveston Fencing Club is a member club of the United States Fencing Association. The club meets Mondays at 7PM, in the gym at Moody Methodist and offers 5-week classes for beginning fencers in foil. Other classes are available as need developes.
Classes are free to club members and $25.00 for non-members for each 5-week session.
THE NEXT 5-MONDAY SESSION BEGINS NOVEMBER 9TH!
Each "Fencing Year" runs from August 1, 2009 - July 31, 2010. Membership in the Galveston Fencing Club is $60.00 for the full fencing year. For those starting in November-January, the fee is $45.00.
For more information email us at gfencing@gmail.com
Last Year's Beginners: Group Photo
GALVESTON FENCING UPDATES
Naomia Abbott Memorial Tournament: November 7
The Galveston Fencing Club will host the 3rd annual Naomia Abbott Memorial Fencing Tournament in the gym at Moody Memorial First United Methodist Church on Saturday, November 7.
This is currently the only annual women's-only fencing tournament in Texas. Senior competitions (age 13 and up) will be held in foil, sabre and epee. There will also be a competition in Youth-12 & Under foil.
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The Gobbler's Revenge: November 28
The Galveston Fencing Club will assist another coastal fencing club Thanksgiving weekend. GFC will co-host an all-epee tournament in conjunction with the Brazosport Fencing Extravaganza in Lake Jackson, Texas on Saturday, November 28, during the Thanksgiving weekend. BFE, based in Lake Jackson, is an epee-only fencing club. The Gobbler's Revenge is their traditional fall tournament. This year events conspired to require that they get assistance from another club and the Galveston Fencing Club is happy to help.
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Our thanks to the Galveston Daily News for their coverage of our Jean Laffite Classic fencing tournament. This is the piece written in advance of the tournament: Galveston County Daily News 1. This is the article written from the reporter's visit during the event: Galveston County Daily News 2.
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A comic strip just for fencers! THE FENCING STRIP!
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