Is Stamford Fencing Club closed?
A $40 trial lesson, one hour, gear provided, ages 5 to adult, at Tim Morehouse Fencing Club in New Canaan.
Text us and the desk answers by text. If you call, you hear a short greeting and get a text back.
Class times change by season. Text the desk for this week's times.
Stamford Fencing Club, at 745 E Main St, Stamford, is not running classes, and its website is down. We are not the club and we cannot speak for it, so this page sticks to what can be checked and to where Stamford fencers train now: Tim Morehouse Fencing Club in New Canaan, about 22 minutes away, which this desk books lessons for.
What we know
The address is 745 E Main St, Stamford, CT. At the time of writing the club's website does not load, and there are no classes running there. That is the extent of what we can say with confidence. We do not know the club's plans, and we are not going to guess at them on a page that families will read.
A club closing, or going quiet, is hard on the people who fenced there, and especially on children who had a coach they liked. Nothing on this page is meant as a comment on anyone who ran it.
22 min
about, Stamford to New Canaan
Where Stamford fencers go now
The nearest club with a full program is Tim Morehouse Fencing Club at New Canaan Country School, 635 Frogtown Rd, New Canaan, about 22 minutes from Stamford. It teaches foil, epee and saber to children from age five, teens and adults, runs classes, private lessons and camps, and has a competitive team whose fencers hold USA Fencing membership. It was founded by Tim Morehouse, 2008 Olympic silver medalist in saber. Fencing lessons for Stamford families covers the drive and the practical side.
If you fenced at Stamford Fencing Club
Your gear comes with you
A mask, jacket, glove and weapon you already own are yours to keep using. The trial lesson provides gear for anyone who has none.
02Your experience counts
Tell the desk the weapon and roughly how long you fenced, and the club knows before the first hour.
03Your USA Fencing membership is yours
A membership belongs to the fencer, not to a club, and competitors at the New Canaan club hold the same membership.
04The trial lesson is the same $40
One hour, gear provided if you need it, whether you are new or returning.
What this page will and will not do
It will say what can be checked: the address, that the website is down, that no classes are running. It will be corrected when the facts change. It will not speculate about why, and it will not say anything about the people who ran the club or coached there. If you ran the club or coached at it and something on this page is wrong, text the desk and we will fix it.
It will also tell you plainly where the nearest full program is, because that is what a family searching for the club needs to know next, and because this desk books lessons there. That is the connection, and the only one.
The practical first step
Text the desk with who the lesson is for, their age, which weapon they fenced and roughly how long. The desk books a $40 one-hour trial lesson at the New Canaan club and texts back the day, the time, the entrance and parking at New Canaan Country School, and what to bring. A returning fencer brings their own gear; a beginner is lent it.
Questions people actually ask
Is Stamford Fencing Club permanently closed?
We do not know, and we will not guess. What we can say is that the club at 745 E Main St is not running classes and its website is down at the time of writing. If that changes we will change this page. In the meantime the nearest club with a full program is Tim Morehouse Fencing Club in New Canaan.
Are you connected to Stamford Fencing Club?
No. This desk books lessons at Tim Morehouse Fencing Club in New Canaan and has no connection to the Stamford club, its owners or its coaches. We cannot answer questions about its memberships, refunds or records; those go to the club itself.
My child fenced at Stamford. Where do we go now?
To the New Canaan club, about 22 minutes from Stamford at New Canaan Country School, 635 Frogtown Rd. Text the desk with the child's age, weapon and how long they fenced, and the club knows before the first hour. Gear they own comes with them. The trial lesson is forty dollars for one hour.
Does a USA Fencing membership from the Stamford club still work?
A USA Fencing membership belongs to the fencer, not to the club, so it is yours. Competitors at the New Canaan club hold the same membership and fence under the club's name at tournaments. The desk can tell you how the club handles the paperwork when you text.
Is there any fencing left inside Stamford?
Not a club with a full program, as far as we can find. Stamford is the largest city in the county and the drive to New Canaan is the practical answer, with North Stamford already on the New Canaan line.
