Fencing Clubs in South Carolina

The following is a list of participating USA Fencing 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. Club Information can also be found on the official USA Fencing website.

The USA Fencing logo means that the club is a USA Fencing Full Member Club or Affiliate Club. Only USA Fencing Member or Affiliate Clubs can field teams at national level championships, hold Sanctioned events, and whose employees have completed the appropriate criminal background checks required to participate as a Member or Affiliate Club of USA Fencing.

Additionally, Member Clubs have legal liability insurance coverage for their specified location.

Other Clubs may be included on this page, but should be considered “recreational-only,” and should not be considered to have either the liability insurance, background checks completed, or privileges granted to USA Fencing Member or Affiliate Clubs. The South Carolina Division does not take responsibility for incidents held at non-member facilities, including those involving safety and compliance with USA Fencing regulations.

  • USA Fencing Full Member Clubs have USA Fencing Liability Insurance coverage at the Club-level.  They may also host Sanctioned tournaments. All Club Members, employees, teachers, coaches, class participants, and volunteers MUST, at minimum, be Non-Competitive Members. All fencers who belong to a Full Member Club MUST, at minimum, be Non-Competitive Members (BoD July 2013).
  • USA Fencing Affiliate Clubs are not eligible for USA Fencing Liability Insurance at the Club level.  All Club Members, employees, teachers, coaches, class participants, and volunteers MUST, at minimum, be Non-Competitive Members (BoD July 2013).
  • Affiliate Clubs may host Sanctioned tournaments IF they are able to provide proof of Club liability insurance coverage for their Club and Venue.
    • A Temporary Certificate of Coverage is available for purchase. It must be arranged for and purchased by the SC Division through the USA Fencing National Office. This will insure your tournament via USA Fencing’s 3rd-party insurer. The Certificate Fee is $75 for a specified tournament.  To initiate this process, you must contact the Division via e-mail or phone a MINIMUM of 4 business days in advance of your tournament. When you contact the SC Division, request that they submit a USFA Third Party Event Request form, and provide your pertinent event information.
  • Other Clubs may be listed here, but are NOT considered USA Fencing Member or Affiliate Clubs.

Minimum requirements to be a USA Fencing Member Club are: (1) The owners and/or principal officers of the club must be Professional Members of USA Fencing. (2) All members of the coaching staff must be Professional Members of USA Fencing (3) The Club must have a minimum of ten USA Fencing Members who have declared that Club to be their primary Club.

Columbia Fencers’ Club

Premium Club

Seven Oaks Park
200 Leisure Lane Columbia, SC (MAP)
Contact: Dr. Jane Littmann (Head Coach)
Phone:      (803) 781-0056

Foothills Fencing Academy

Premium Club
1004 Piedmont Hwy  (MAP)
Piedmont (Greenville), SC
Contact:     CJ Maxwell, Austin Maxwell
Phone:       (864) 593-3684

Clemson Fencers Club – Clemson University

Collegiate Affiliate Club
252 Fike Recreation Center
Clemson, SC
Contact:  clemfen@g.clemson.edu

Edge of America Fencing

Premium Club- Multiple Locations

7260 Rab Dr, North Charleston, SC 29406
Head Coach: Parick Lausi
Phone: 843.410.9099

Island Rec Center
1088 Quail Drive, Charleston, SC 29412
Coach: Annemarie LeDonne
Phone:    843.410.9099  

Lowcountry Fencers


Island Rec Center
20 Wilborn Rd.
Hilton Head Island, SC 29926
Contact Patricia Wilkens: (843) 816-0756
email Patricia Wilkens:  wilkenspw@aol.com
Contact Island Rec Center: (843) 681-7273

USC Fencers Club – University of South Carolina

Columbia, SC (USC Campus)
800 Alexander Road #358
Cayce, SC

Knights of Siena

Contact:   Head Coach/Owner:  Alan Blakeborough
Phone:  (864) 270-6172

  • Greenville Location – 1314 Rutherford Rd.
    Greenville, SC

Winthrop University Fencing Club

Rock Hill, SC (Winthrop Campus)
E-mail: wufencing@winthrop.edu