Presidio Fencing Club of Santa Barbara (www.presidiofencing.com) brought home two gold medals at the Central Coast Unrated Fencing Tournament held in San Luis Obispo on Saturday.  Randy Bublitz, a professor at Santa Barbara City College, won the mixed epee event, and Parker Olson, a student at Dos Pueblos High School, won the mixed foil event.These victories earned both athletes their 'D' ratings with the United States Fencing Association (USFA) (www.usfencing.org) and give them the highest … [Read more...]

The SBCC Sports Pavilion took a break from squeaking basketball sneakers on Sunday and tried something new. Well, new for the Sports Pavilion at least. Fencing has been around since the twelfth century, but it made its first major-tournament appearance in town over the weekend as the Southern California Junior Olympic Qualifying Tournament hit the hardwood, with plenty of young locals competing."It's just fun to be able to do an action and do it perfectly and get the points," said … [Read more...]