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The Capitol Clash SYC and Cadet all youth fencing tournament is the world's largest! USA Fencing and Capitol Division sanctioned. Net proceeds to charity.

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Seeing pictures like this makes our day! Hopefully it makes yours too 😊 Thanks for competing this weekend!

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The last awards of this year’s tournament have been given out. Congrats to the Cadet Men’s foil finalists!

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The cadet men’s foil event just finished up…and with that, Capitol Clash 2016 has come to a close. Thanks to everyone for all their support!

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Our event isn’t over just yet, but our packing up process has begun. A lot of work goes into (de)constructing this!

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Congratulations to the Y12 women’s foil top 8 finalists!

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This year’s clash has grown again! We had 1620 entries in 24 events, with 1053 athletes participating.

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Our Y12 women’s foil DEs are currently underway.

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A big thanks goes out to @PhoebeWhitmore for taking some of today’s event photos!

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Did you know that some of our fencers this year are also reffing? Meet Trey, being briefed on his pool ref work.

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Did you know we’re sharing space this weekend with a Historical European Martial Arts event? Look at that armor!

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Current pools underway: Y14 men’s epee, Y12 men’s sabre and Y12 women’s foil.

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It’s the final day of the cap clash, are you ready for it?

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Y-14 women’s foil DE bouts are currently underway!

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Don’t forget: you can keep up with the results as they unfold at the clash at https://t.co/0wVsEBF2u2!

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The Y-14 men’s foil pools are currently underway!

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Good Morning! It’s day two of the Capitol Clash! We’ve got many great events going on today, with a lot of excitement. Good luck fencers!

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Spotted on an empty strip: a potential future fencer?

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The BC also has a great view of the Y10 men’s sabre pools right now!

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Our bout committee has a great view of the Y-12 men’s epee event going on right now. They’re still in pools!