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Welcome to the Barn Door Fencers Club Fencing Equipment website.
Use this site to begin your search for fencing equipment.
Below is the plastic beeping sword with plastic mask and quilted plastron (vest). You can buy the set or just the foil and mask. The plastic foil is a great way to get started learning the basics of fencing using a safe, light sword. The tip depresses when it contacts any surface causing the sword to beep. It is recommended to get the mask to protect your eyes.
If you do not buy the mask, you must wear protection over your eyes before fencing with any type of object . But when using real fencing swords, you must wear a certified fencing mask. Barn Door Fencers Club does not recommend fencing of any kind with sticks or boards. Use only approved swords manufactured by fencing equipment companies. Get apporpriate instruction in fencing technique and safety and then buy proper equipment.
Barn Door Fencers Club has a special club discount with Balestra Fencing Equipment. Their equipment is top notch. To purchase other equipment: Practice foils, gloves, masks, jackets, knickers, electrical equipment etc,- just send me an email and I will send you the catelogue. BarnDoorFC@gmail.com
If interested in purchasing the equipment below, you can use secure PayPal to send payment using credit card or your bank account. Go to PayPal.com to register to make and receive payments over the internet (Secure, Easy and "No" not expensive)
Below:: Plastic foil with mask and quilted vest. Made of durable, flexible plastic. Foil beeps when point is pressed against any object. Price: $70.00 for set incl. foil, mask, vest (option 3). $25 for foil only (option 1). $25 for mask only (option 2). $50 for Mask and foil (option 1 and 2).
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Jonathan was the only BDFC fencer competing at the US Nationals this year. He earned some national points in Cadet Epee which helped him earn a spot on the US team going to Bonn, Germany. One of our new fencers, Jesse (14) competed in his first competition in Saco, ME in May 2009. He fenced foil and epee and took a 3rd place medal in the Y-14 foil. Congratulations Jesse. Jonathan J. will be going to the National Champoinships in Dallas, TX from 7/3//09 and 7/10/09. He will be competing in 6 events, U-19 Foil and Epee, U-16 Foil and Epee and Division 1A Foil and Epee (these last two are adult level events.). This Natioanls is important for Jonathan to add to his National standing in the points list and his goal to achieve World Team status. Jonathan J. has done it! He achieved a goal he set during this fencing season of being the weapon "High Points Champion" in both Foil and Epee. He bested other older, more experienced fencers not just from this division but also from the Boston area and from Canada. The high points winner receives a few hundred dollars from the Northeast Division toward travel expenses to the National Championships this July (to be held in the Dallas, TX area) Jonathan clinched the double division high points championship by placing 2nd in foil and 5th in epee at the "Wide Open" fencing tournament in Concord, NH on June 7th, 2009. Congratulations Jonathan!. The next local tournament before Nationals is the Pomme de Terre in Waltham, MA on June 20th and 21st. Jonathan J. qualified to compete in the adult category Division 1A National Championships in both foil and epee to be held in Houston, TX in July by placing 12th in the foil and 14th in the epee North Atlantic Senior Sectional Championships on 5/9 and 5/10 2009. He is also qualified to compete at the Nationals in the Cadet and U19 categories for foil and epee. Jonathan will be competing in 6 events at Nationals this year. Good luck to Jonathan. BDFC fielded a sabre team and an epee team for the Molly Stark mixed team event on 4/4//09. Our epee team defeated one team and lost one and placed 3rd. Jonathan J., Casey R. and Cathy McClellan comprised the team. Our Sabre team competed well and placed 4th. Sara W., Casey R., Cathy McClellan and one Conconrd FC fencer comprised the team. This was Casey's first competition and she won one epee round for her club.. Congratulations Casey. Casey and Sarah are students at Fryeburg Academy. BDFC's newest competitor, Sara W., (15) of ME, competed on 3-29-09 in her first Sabre competition and placed second, qualfying for the U16 National Championships. Sara also competed well in the foil event and place 6th. She represented her club with distinction. Cogratulations Sara! Jonathan J. won the Epee on Saturday 3-28 and the Foil on Sunday 3-29-09 becoming a double weapon Division U20 Champion of the Northeast Division. Saturday, 3/7/2009 Jonathan J. and coach, Cathy McClellan, competed at the Timber Country Open tournament at Monmouth Academy in ME. Cathy fenced in the Women's Foil "D" and placed 1st. Jonathan followed suit and won the Foil Open mixed event. Jonathan also competed in the Epee Open mixed event and place 3rd in a stong field. Two first places and one 3rd place in one day for BDFC is great day's work. (click here for full results: http://askfred.net/Results/results.php?tournament_id=8032&FREDSID=f8f2169258c33b6f181a99383800ea24 ) On February 22, 2009, Jonathan J. won the Uriah Jones U-20 foil event in Connecticut. Jonathan J. competed in 4 major competitions in one weekend on 2/13/09 to 2/16/09. Competing at the 5000 foot altitude in Albuquergue, NM, and in extremely dry conditions may have taken its toll. Or just call it an off day combined with an extremely tough tournament but Jonathan came up short on achieving his goal of adding to his point totals in foil and epee. Daniel R., Jonathan J. and Cathy McClellan all competed in the Noreaster Open on 1/31/09. Jonathan had a banner day placing 2nd in both the Open Foil and Open Epee. Daniel placed 6th in the foil and 10th in the epee. Cathy placed 3rd in the Open women's Foil and 14th in the Open Mixed Epee (1st woman). BDFC fencers Jonathan J. and Daniel R. competed in the Bean Pot Open Foil on 1/25/09. Jonathan placed 3rd and re-earned his "B" rating. Daniel placed 12th. Jonathan is currently As of January 2009, ranked 54th in Junior (U-20) epee national points, 30th in Cadet (U-17) epee national points and 29th in Cadet foil national points. 1/19/09 Jonathan J. competed in the NAC D tournament in Louisville, KY, on 1/19/09, and placed 25th in the U-20 Epee earning many points toward a World Team berth. Jonathan's primary goal is the US Cadet World Team. Go to the link below to see the official results. Jonathan J. has achieved international points for the first time in his career. On 1/11/09 Jonathan took 19th place in the Cadet Foil World Cup event in Warsaw, Poland. The result also adds to Jonathan's domestic points totals. To see Jonathan's tournament results go to the following website.
http://fencing.teamusa.org/event/event/1063?page_id=4527
http://www.mat-fencing.com/Mask2009/2009-01-11/index_eng.html
On 1/3/09 Daniel R. competed in the "C" epee and foil in Concord, NH. Daniel was doninant in the foil going undefeated on the day and beating another lefty for the gold. In the Epee Daniel was also a top contender and fenced extremely high level epee in his next to last D.E. but ran out of gas in his last D.E. losing to the same lefty that he beat in the foil.. On 12/27/08 Jonathan J. won two tournaments in one day. He won the "Holiday Open" Foil and also the Epee. Each was a "B" level Open and Jonathan re-earned his "B" in foil and in epee. The epee "B" rating he had earned for the first time only 4 weeks earlier (see above). Jonathan J. (15) on 11/29/08 earned his "B" rating in epee at the Turkey Stab 2008 in BFC by placing second in a field of 51 of the areas top epeeists. The same day right after finishing the gold medal bout, Jonathan put on his lame and started the foil competition. He placed 8th in a field of 54 fencers. One 12/06/08 and 12/7/08 Daniel R. and Jonathan both qualified to compete in the Junior Olympic Nationals. Jonathan won the foil U-20 and placed 3rd in U-20 epee then won the U-16 foil and epee. Daniel R.(16) placed second in both the foil and epee U-16 events. Jonathan J. and Wyatt M. (14) from Vermont teamed up to compete in the doubles foil/epee tournament in the Green Mt. division and placed 3rd in a field of 16 teams.