The Board of Directors has approved executing the 5-year option on our lease. We now have our home locked-in though December 2025. Time to start growing and making the IFC a great fencing club.
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IFC is now on Amazon-Smile
You can help support the Indianapolis Fencing Club by using Amazon Smile for your Amazon purchases. IFC will receive .5% of the value of all purchases, so please use the link below any time you shop at Amazon. https://smile.amazon.com/ch/84-2900263
USA Fencing Membership Renewals
It is time for all sport fencing members to renew their annual USA Fencing Memberships. Membership is from August 1 through July 31 each year, which coincides with the fencing season. As always, there are several options available, including competitive ($75) and non-competitive ($10) memberships. You can renew by clicking here: https://member.usafencing.org As an affiliated club, … Continue reading USA Fencing Membership Renewals
Update on the IFC Reopening Plan – July 6, 2020
Ammon Fillmore spoke with the County Department of Health this morning. As of today we can start fencing again under the Back-on-Track Indiana Stage 4.5 provisions that apply to Sports Leagues. The limitations and processes we are implementing to reduce the risk of contracting COVID-19 are listed below. Our first priority is the safety of … Continue reading Update on the IFC Reopening Plan – July 6, 2020
Update on the IFC Reopening Plan
Indiana has postponed Stage 5 of the Back-on-Track Indiana plan, going to Stage 4.5 instead. Stage 4.5 will last until at least July 17. Stage 4.5 maintains the Stage 4 six foot social distancing requirement for gyms and similar facilities. However, there is a possibility that we can approach it like a "Sports League." This … Continue reading Update on the IFC Reopening Plan
Club Reopening on May 25
Back-on-track Indiana will move to Stage 3 on Friday May 22. Therefore, we will be reopening the Club on Monday May 25 within the Stage 3 Guidelines for Gyms/Fitness Centers. Unless Stage 5 begins earlier than planned, we will maintain this schedule until at least July 6. Here is our schedule (on-site and on-line) for … Continue reading Club Reopening on May 25
Custom IFC Tee Shirts
Right now, IFC coaches want to coach and IFC fencers want to fence. To help the Indianapolis Fencing Club finances through the shut down, we’ve teamed up with Athlete Performance Solutions. Purchase a custom Indianapolis Fencing Club t-shirt from APS and half of the proceeds will go back to the IFC! Head here and support … Continue reading Custom IFC Tee Shirts
IFC Reopening Plan
The State of Indiana has released a five stage plan for the reopening of businesses called Back-On-Track Indiana. Complete details can be found here. USA Fencing has also released requirements for Fencing Clubs to reopen. USAF will sanction clubs starting immediately as long as they meet local requirements (tournaments are not included). The IFC Board … Continue reading IFC Reopening Plan
Extension of Closure due to COVID-19
We are extending our closure until at least May 5. In the mean time join us on-line via Zoom for the following sessions. Click on the name for a link to the session. Conditioning, Mondays at 7:00 pm HEMA: Rapier and Dagger, Wednesdays at 7:00 pm Footwork, Thursdays at 7:00 pm HEMA: Longsword, Saturdays at … Continue reading Extension of Closure due to COVID-19
On-Line Referee Clinic April 11
Here is a good opportunity to learn how to referee a fencing bout! This is an official referee clinic. You can register on AskFred here. We need more certified referees in our club so anyone interested should check it out.