Louisville Fencing Center

Shoutout to one of our youth épée fencers, Emma Wilkins. At the very end of July, she traded the fencing piste for the theater stage and starred in the production of “Romeo and Juliet” put on by Kentucky Shakespeare’s Globe Players. She gave an outstanding performance and we are so proud of her!

It’s August, which means it’s the start of the new fencing season—what better way to start it off than with a tournament! On Saturday some of our club members took part in the Bluegrass State Games here in Louisville.

Special shoutout to Madison Bates for an outstanding performance in the Senior Mixed Épée event and earning her E26 rating! Way to go!

Here’s a summary of how our LFC fencers did:

Unrated Mixed Épée
- Madison Bates: Tied for 3rd Place🥉

Senior Mixed Foil
- Reagan Redemann: 1st Place🥇
- Shawn Redemann: 2nd Place🥈
- John Tran: Tied for 3rd🥉

Senior Mixed Épée
- Alexander Lazaro Duarte Napoles: 2nd Place🥈
- Shawn Redemann: 5th Place
- John Tran: 7th Place
- Madison Bates: 8th Place (Earned E26!)
- Ross McNary: 10th Place

Amazing results are a great way to start off the new season! So proud of all of you!

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