2025-26 Tournaments Hosted by Epic Fencing Club

Level 1 & 2 Tournaments

These are tournaments for fencers who have competed in minimum 2 Donut tournaments

  • Sept 13-14th, 2025 – Eleanor Harvey Fence-O-Mania

  • Oct 11-12th, 2025 – AB Cup #1 – Epic Fall Classic

  • October 26th – Alberta Winter Games Qualifier Zone 2 & 3

  • February 20-23rd, 2026 – Canada Cup #3 – hosted at 7 Chiefs

  • March 21-22nd, 2026 – AB Cup #3 – Leslie Palmai Memorial Tournament – Register Here

  • June 6-7, 2026 – Gladiator Cup

Epic Fencers should scroll to the bottom of this page to see other tournaments we are planning to attend

Donut Tournaments (In-house, Level 0)

These are tournaments for all level of Epic fencer. Our beginners will be placed in the appropriate level for them. Our more experienced fencers get a chance to practice competing AND support their new clubmates

  • October 25th

  • Dec 13th, 2025 + Holiday Party

  • March-April date TBD

  • June 13th, 2026 + End-of-Year Party

Value of Tournaments

At Epic Fencing, we believe in the value of competition for the lessons it teaches:

  • The importance of taking care of your body and mind

  • The value of discipline and self-regulation

  • The correlation between hard work and tangible improvements

Tournament Progression

  • Start with in-house tournaments (Ex. Donut Tourrnaments)

  • Progress to provincial tournaments (Ex.  Fence-O-Mania, Epic Fall Classic, Leslie Palmai, Gladiators Cup, AB Cups, Ares Open)

  • Move to out-of-province tournaments such as Sask or BC provincials, Canada Cups, and USA tournaments (Regional Youth Circuits – RYC, Regional Junior Cadet Circuit – RJCC, or Regional Open Circuits – ROC)

  • Increase difficult of USA tournaments; Super Youth Circuit – SYC, Super Youth Circuit – SYC, or North American Cup – NAC

  • ​Compete internationally at European Cadet Circuits and Junior, Satellite, or Senior World Cups.

Additional Tournaments Epic Fencers Likely to Attend

AB Tournaments

  • Nov 8-9th, 2025 – AB Cup #2, Leduc, AB

  • Jan 3-4, 2026 – Don Lazslo (Level 1)

  • Jan 10th, 2026 – Ares Open (Level 1 – Epee Only)

  • Feb 13-16th, 2026 – Alberta Winter Games (Athletes Must Qualify)

  • May 9-10th, 2026 – Alberta Provincials, Leduc, AB

Canada Cups

  • Sept 26-28th, Canada Cup #1, Kingston, ON

  • Nov 29-Dec 1st, 2025 – Canada Cup #2, Richmond, BC

  • Feb 20-22nd, 2026 – Canada Cup #3, Calgary, AB

  • May 15-18th, Canadian Nationals – Quebec City, QC

USA Tournaments

  • Oct 3-6th, 2025, October NAC, Salt Lake City (CT, JR, D1)

  • Oct 31-Nov 2, 2025 – AFM SYC, RJCC, ROC (Y10 to Vet)

  • Nov 14-17th, 2025, November NAC, Fort Worth, TX (Y14, CT, CtTeam)

  • Feb 12-15th, 2026, February NAC, Location TBD (JR, D1, Vet)

  • March 6-9th, 2026, March NAC, Cleveland, OH (Y10, Y12, Y14, Div2)

  • April, 2026, April NAC, Richmond, VA (Vet)

  • April 10-12th, 2026, Battle in Space City Spring, Houston, TX (Y8-Jr + D1, D2, Vet)

  • June 27-July 6th, 2026, July NAC, Portland, OR (CT, JR, D1)