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UMASS FENCING CLUB NEEDS YOU!
Our team has been organized on campus since 1961, and ever since we have been training our students to get better at fencing! We compete throughout the school year with other club teams, as well as NCAA organized teams. In 2019, we placed 5th at the Club Fencing National Championships in Pennsylvania. Last year, our Women's Epee Team and Women's Combined Team placed 2nd and 3rd at National's in Virginia out of around forty teams, respectively!
We strive to provide these opportunities to UMass Students while maintaining that the club stays affordable to all our members. This year, we are going to Nationals in Pennsylvania, which will be very expensive and take up a lot of our funding for this year. Every cent you donate helps us bring fencers to Pennsylvania to compete for our team, and we're extremely grateful for everything you can contribute! We had record amounts of novice retention this year, with over 30 new novices joining our team, so the donations you make help send both our experienced and new fencers to competitions across the US!
Help us get the equipment we need to practice hard and grow our team!
Go UMass!
You are the enthusiasm that keeps this team excited for the new year that lies ahead!
In an individual direct elimination bout, we go to 15 points. When the score goes to 14-14, we get only a few seconds to prepare. Losing the point means packing up and going home, winning means getting to advance to the next round. You're there screaming with us for that final winning point!
You got us in love with our sport. You were sitting by the sidelines cheering us on, when neither of us had an idea of what was going on. Your support is vital to our success!
You are a key member to this team! We need members like you so we do well at competitions and bring home the gold!
Your leadership qualities and top notch fencing skills are what we need to teach our team to get better and excel!
You are the best of the best! Under pressure in the most critical moments is when you always pull through for this team!
Your incredibly generous contribution shows an unmatched level of dedication to ensuring the success of our team. We would be unable to thank you enough, but we sure will try!