Tiger Open 2014

All fencers from the club - from the newbies who've fenced for only 2 months, up to the seasoned veterans of the sport - woke up early to get to Clemson, SC for our first USFA tournament of the year. See below for placements and photos of the tournament!

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Tiger Open placements

• Keith Johnson for earning his E14 in both epee events
• Arthur Lim for renewing his B14 in Open Foil
• Matt Bernstein for earning his E14 in Div3 Foil
• Daniel Bodamer and Keith Johnson: Top 16 in Open Epee
• Cory Walker and Keith Johnson: Top 8 in Div3 Epee
• James McAreavey and Jack Mueller: Top 16 in Div3 Epee
• Alumnus Parth Deshmukh: 2nd place in Open Foil
• Arthur Lim: 3rd place in Open Foil
• Matt Bernstein: Top 8 in Div3 Foil
• Sukwon Shin: Top 16 in Div3 Foil
• Kevin Lyn: Top 16 in both sabre events

Click here to see all results from the Tiger Open.

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Photos from Tiger Open

The YJFC epeeists chilling out on an early Saturday morning.

Leslie McConnell (left) fencing against UT's Katie Keirstead (right)

Cool YJFC track jackets.

The YJFC foilists chilling out on an early Sunday morning.

Parth Deshmukh (left) fencing against Lawrence Tan (right) in the Round of 8

Matt Bernstein (right)

Parth Deshmukh (second from left) and Arthur Lim (second from right) at the awards ceremony

Photos courtesy of our awesome collegiate fencing buddies, the University of Tennessee.

Murder Among the Mateys

On October 25^th, the Yellow Jacket Fencing Team had it’s 4^th Annual Murder Mystery Party. This year’s theme (which matched GT’s homecoming theme) was Pirates!

Fencers got to act as pirates, wenches, and merchants enjoying a party at the The Salty Sea Dog. During the party, however, things took a turn for the worse and Merciless Morgan was found dead! It was then up to the characters to figure out who had killed him and why. Players completed their own personal objectives while also talking to and bargaining with others for clues.

Overall, the fencers had a great time solving the mystery. Thanks to Social Committee for organizing this awesome event!  

Fall SIFA

On October 3^rd, twenty-two members of the Yellow Jacket Fencing Club traveled down to Gainesville, Florida for the inaugural Southern Intercollegiate Fencing Association (SIFA) tournament. Teams for men and women’s saber, men and women’s epee, and women’s foil competed in the tournament, which was held at the University of Florida. Saturday started off with a clinic in the morning, followed by the men’s events on Saturday afternoon. Women’s events were held on Sunday morning. All of the Yellow Jacket teams placed highly and both the men and women’s saber teams won all of their matchups. Tech fencers made new friends from UGA, UF, ECU, UM, Clemson, and UT. We can’t wait for Spring SIFA!

Max, Dalton, and Alan as Georgia Tech's male foil squad.

Brittni (right), sabre, finishing an attack

Leslie, epee, lunging at her opponent

Fencing Field Day

Back in September, we had a fencing field day. Several fencers gathered together outside of the CRC on Saturday morning and then headed over to Tech Green to participate in the games.

The day started out with lunch on Tech Green followed by games like kickball and cornhole.  Then after everyone had some time to hang out, the competition began! Fencers were split into five teams to compete in the days’ activities.

“Team Number 1”

Jack, Cory, Alex, Maeve and Eric

“The Wombats”

Anthony, Leslie, Nora, Fiona, Vlad

The teams sprinted, spun, and jumped up and down Tech Green as they competed in different relays races.  Some of the relay races were used as practice for some of the Homecoming Events that will be happening soon.

Dizzy Bat Race

Wheelbarrow Race

Then it was on to Tug of War. The teams started out competing against each other, but soon there was some need for weapon rivalry.

Sabre and Foil (left) vs. Épée (right)

After all the games were over, some of the fencers headed over to Yogli Mogli for some frozen yogurt and Just Dance to wrap up the day.

Georgia Meet & Greet

On an early Sunday morning of September 14th, 19 fencers drove up to UGA for the annual Georgia Meet & Greet. This year's Meet & Greet included UGA, Clemson, and KSU - with 4 foil, 7 epee, and 7 saber squads competing in total.

Tech A vs. Tech B, with referee Matt Bernstein.

Saberist MC Adams (right).

Most fencers who competed had only spent a few weeks learning to hold a blade, while the more experienced fencers coached or refereed. Fencers learned how to act appropriately in a fencing tournament, as well as get to know the other schools' fencers. After the tournament stretched to the mid-afternoon, the fencers packed up and headed over to stuff themselves in a buffet.

Georgia Meet & Greet 2014's Georgia Tech fencers!

Fencing Statistics

Kevin Lyn, President

The Yellow Jacket Fencing Club is proud to present its Fall 2014 numbers and statistics. Once again, the club experienced exceptional growth, increasing the number of dues paying members to 97. Of those members, 37.1% are female, which is higher than the institute’s ratio of 33% female.

YJFC Cookout

Hey everyone!

Sorry for the hiatus, but we YJFC members were getting too busy having fun with new members. Officers and other veteran fencers got together to coordinate over 50 prospective fencers and teach them the ways of fencing - from footwork to bladework to the three weapons. As of today, we have over 70 dues-paying members in our club!

Last Saturday, the club hosted our annual cookout, where fencers got to mingle together on top of the Curran Parking Deck for Four Square, basketball, volleyball, burgers, hotdogs, and chatter.

Fencers gather around for food and fun!

New fencers also got to be paired up with veteran fencers for the Vets and Wrecks program. This program was designed for new members to get to know more about the club and GT life through a seasoned member, as well as meet a new friend! Some Vets received their first Wreck ever, while others have built up a Wreck family.

President Kevin Lyn (right) with his Wreck Matt O'Brien.

Social committee chair Jess Shimko (second from right) with her Wreck family!

Although the forecast predicted rain, no rain came to ruin the fun!