The
deadline for regular fees for the kickoff open in Richmond is today. The event is September 13-14, more info below.
30th. You can use that as prep for NCFDP’s event.
is hosting open foil and epee events on August 31. These will be
strong events because many of the UNC fencers will be there. Right now the epee is a B1 and needs bodies to be a B2.
The foil needs a B to become a B1 and a body to be a decent C event. Immediately following the close of fencing will be the Divisional
meeting which will plan the operation of the Division for the upcoming
season. I have proxies that can be signed if you are not going to
be there (or stay for the meeting). To sign a proxy you need to be 18
years old and a
competitive member of USA Fencing. Since I will be going up for the meeting I can take some people for the fencing.
Afterschool will start for returning fencers
the Tuesday after Labor Day and for new beginners on Monday a week after Labor
Day. Homeschool classes will start on the Wednesday after Labor Day at 1 pm.
The
next session at Camp Lejeune will start Friday, September 5th. We will
be moving the start of practice back to 6 pm and the beginner class to 7
pm to make it easier for people to get to practice at the beginning. If you have not been in a while and will be coming back, let me know so I can bring equipment for you.
Saturday,
September 6 is the Lafayette Open/Harry Rulnick foil and epee at
All-American in Fayetteville. It looks like I will be observing so I can
offer rides. Gerhard always does interesting awards for these two
events. Right now both the foil and epee need more numbers.
That Sunday is an open foil and sabre tournament at NCFDP.
The
September evening beginner class will start on Monday, the 8th,at 6:30
pm and will run for 6 weeks on Monday and Wednesday. We will start an
intermediate class, if necessary on Wednesday. That will also be the
date (10th) that we start Wednesday practices back up. The UNCW fencers tend
to show up in force on Wednesday so there will be some people to fence.
For
those wanting to participate in a more regional event, Fredericksburg
is again hosting the Kick-Off Open on September 13-14. They have
Division 1A and Division II events. The first means anyone up to and
including As can participate, the second means C and below. These can
be used to qualify for the National Championships next summer. For the
Div1A, you must accumulate enough points over the course of the season –
meaning you would probably need to participate in a number of these.
However, finishing in the top 10% of the Division II event automatically
qualifies you for that event at Nationals. If you are a D and under I
believe that also qualifies you for Div. III. Veterans just need to
compete to be qualified for their events at Nationals. Right now our only competitors are the Harveys. Men’s Div. 1 epee is an A2 which should become at least an A3 and might become an A4. The Men’s Div 1 foil and the Women;s Div. 1 epee are both B heavy A2s. The women’s foil needs an A to become an A1. All the Div. 2 events are middle of the road C events. the women’s events look to be much weaker than last year.
Sunday is epee and sabre at NCFDP.
Our
first event of the season will be held on Saturday, September 20. We
will be having Open foil, Open epee, and an E and under epee. Please
start getting signed up on askfred so we can attract fencers from other
clubs and make these higher rated events. The events are pretty small at the moment. We need to get our higher rated epeeists and foilists in general signed up.
The
27th will be our first 12 and under event. This one will pretty much
be just for returning fencers as the new beginners won’t be that
advanced yet. Foil at 10 am, Sabre at 1:30 pm, epee at 3:30 pm.
Trophies to the top 3 and ties. Medals to those 9 and under who do not
win a trophy. Swords to the top male and female fencer over the course
of the year. In addition a sword will be given to the fencer voted as
the showing the best sportsmanship.
It is a busy weekend because there are adult events at Mid-South. On the 27th they have foil and sabre. The 28th has epee and a youth sabre. The 27-28th is the first RYC of the season in Richmond. It is foil on Saturday and epee and sabre on Sunday. Also on Sunday are team events at NCFDP. They will run them in the NCFL format, first to 5 wins. But they plan to have enough teams to do it as a pool and then a DE elimination.
It is that point in the year where I need to prune the e-mail list. If you no longer want to be included, let me know. I will probably eliminate most of the people that we have not seen at fencing for a long time.
pax vobiscum,
Spahr
Head Coach
Cape Fear Fencing Association
but that’s the way to bet.” Damon Runyon
