| Hi asgaroth,
Candlewood is the base for nearly all of the fencing activity in the Connecticut division. UMass sponsors a tournament each year, and I believe that a club in the Hartford area will be doing a couple this season, but basically everything is at CFC. Decent sized club with some good fencers. If they have any sabre fencers they tend not to compete at all, but I know they have people there that can coach sabre. A couple of the larger tournaments (Turkey Stab in November, Harvey Kerner in June) draw good sabre fields by attracting out of town talent. TS was A-rated last year, HK nearly was but we lost a B in the round of 16.
Tom Ciccarone who owns/runs CFC is also the chair of the division. Go to the club and he'll be able to tell you about membership and competing.
As far as equipment goes, that's a completely separate thread. I'd suggest looking at the review portion of this site to get an idea about the relative quality of the various vendors.
-B :)
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