Fencing Clubs in South Carolina    Updated March 07, 2009

The following is a list of participating USFA Member Clubs within the State of South Carolina. Information is updated as it becomes available.

Please inform the Division Secretary of any changes or additions that should be made.

City of Charleston Recreational Fencers
(a.k.a. "East of the Cooper" Fencing Club)
Charleston, SC
Contact:   Thad Schmenk, Head Coach
Phone:      (843) 216-3345 ; (843) 697-1528
E-mail:      thadsensei@hotmail.com
Web:       http://eastofthecooperfencing.com

Clemson University Fencers
Clemson, SC (Clemson Campus, Fike Gym)
Contact:   Daniel Thompson (President)
Phone:     None
E-mail:      clemfen@clemson.edu
Web:        www.clemson.edu/Fencers/index.htm

Coastal Carolina Fencing
Myrtle Beach, SC (904 65th Ave. N.)
Contact:    Mark Scott (Coach)
Phone:      (843) 293-2852
E-mail:      dfstrategies@helloworld.com
Web:         www.coastalcarolinafencing.com

College of Charleston Fencing Club
Charleston, SC (
Contact:    Dr. A. Kem Fronabarger (Coach)
Phone:      (843) 953-5509
E-mail:      fronabargera@cofc.edu
Web:        http://fencing.clubs.cofc.edu/

Columbia Fencers' Club
Columbia, SC (Columbia YMCA, 1420 Sumter Street)
Contact:    Jane Littmann (Head Coach)
Phone:      (803) 781-0056
E-mail:       jrl5837@yahoo.com
Web:         www.columbiafc.com

Dueling Society of Charleston
Charleston, SC Contact:     William Rowland (Coach)
Phone:       (843) 345-8828
E-mail:       wmrowland@mail.com
Web:          www.foothillsfencing.com

Foothills Fencing Academy
Piedmont (Greenville), SC ( 1004 Piedmont Hwy )
Contact:     Judy McCarter
Phone:       (864) 593-3684
E-mail:       swordfighter@bellsouth.net
Web:          www.foothillsfencing.com

Furman University Fencing
Greenville, SC (3300 Poinsett Hwy.)
Contact:    Lia Campbell (President)
Phone:     
E-mail:      nedjmeddine@email.msn.com;
                owen.mcfadden@furman.edu
Web:       http://www.furman.edu/recsports/Fencing.htm

Lake Carolina Fencing
Columbia, SC Contact:     Dane Finch
Phone:       (843) 245-1076
E-mail:       lakecarolinafencing@gmail.com
Web:          www.foothillsfencing.com

Low Country Fencers
Charleston, SC ( 850 Weir St.)
Contact:     James Lawrence (Pres. and Coach)
Phone:       (843) 795-5339
E-mail:       None
Web:          None

Palmetto Fencers Club
Columbia, SC (Polo Road Park, 730 Polo Road)
Contact:    Rick Thompson (Head Coach)
Phone:      (803) 736-1657
E-mail:       Palmetto_Fencers@yahoo.com
Web:         www.palmettofencers.org

University of South Carolina Fencing Club
Columbia, SC (USC Campus, Sol Blatt PE Center)
Contact:    Amy Sands (President)
Phone:      (803) 513-8603
E-mail:      fencing@gwm.sc.edu
Web:        None


The USFA logo means that the club is a USFA member club. Only USFA member clubs can field teams at the National Championships. USFA clubs are eligible for USFA liability insurance coverage.  Minimum requirements to be a USFA member club are: (1) The owners and/or principal officers of the club must be members of the USFA. (2) All members of the coaching staff must be members of the USFA. (3) The club must have a minimum of ten USFA members who have declared that club to be their primary club.