second place. Paul Perkins third place gave us three of the top four and the other third place went to Patrick Lausi. Jacob Hester-Heard re-earned his E in the open epee and just to prove it wasn’t a fluke won the E and under epee to do it again. Jacob still thinks he is fencing for Delta H
(harrumph, harrumph). Gannon Hart of CFFA’s Camp Lejeune branch took 2nd. Gabe Davis of CFFA and Tom Mason of Salle New Bern tied for the 3rds. Thanks to everyone who helped with set up, clean up, tournament management, etc.
event. She won her first DE and finished in the middle of the pack.
NO afterschool practice tomorrow as St. Mary doesn’t have school. We will hold the evening classes however. The rest of the practice week should be pretty normal.
The
27th will be our first 12 and under event. This one will pretty much
be just for returning fencers as most of 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 three and ties. Medals to the top three 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
showing the best sportsmanship. Anyone wanting to work on their
refereeing or tournament management is welcome.
It
is a busy weekend because there are adult events at Mid-South. On the
27th they have foil, which needs 6 people to be a B event, and sabre, which is already an A. The 28th has epee, which needs1 person to become a B event, 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. That Sunday are the foil and sabre events; with All-American already putting in a foil team. Sunday the 5th has the epee event with two teams already in.
The next beginner class will start on Tuesday, October 7th, at 6:30 pm.
Our second adult event is October 11th. Open epee, Open foil, and a D and under foil. Start signing up now.
October
18th is the Tiger Open in Clemson. This has started being a very large
event recently. The open epee is already an A and the foil is almost a
B over a month out.
October 25th is The Joseph Cadole in New
Bern. It is an E and under foil event, perfect for those of you looking
for a lower stress first tournament or a real shot at your foil ranking.
A couple of other housekeeping things, Kelli
Strickland of Southeastern Homeschool Sports will probably be in to the
homeschool class within the next couple of weeks to explain that process
to interested fencers. Homeschool meets are foil only at the moment
and I can help answer the more fencing related questions if you are
interested.
The North Carolina Fencing League’s first event is
November 22nd and I have asked that we host that one. I haven’t heard
back from St. Mary, but hope that date will be okay. Circle the date
because we need fencers, referees, and other assistance.
pax vobiscum,
Head Coach
Cape Fear Fencing Association
but that’s the way
to bet.” Damon Runyon
