Note to self (and club) – don’t schedule any events over MLK day weekend. It seems there were a lot of other things going on, so our events this weekend were on the small side. At Saturday’s Wilmington foil event CFFA’s Jesse Harvey won, followed Sam Cason from Raleigh, and then Brett Silverman of the Wilmington Fencing Club and Brandon Debord from Elkin in an event that didn’t even reach E status. The epee was a solid B, which was won by Andrew Fullmer from Raleigh who updated his B to 2015. Second was Ricki Richards from Charlotte, tied for 3rd were Sandy Tapia from Charlotte, and Jesse Harvey; who all re-earned C15s. By coming in 6th Samantha Milewski of CFFA earned her D15. In the one touch epee, Josh Harvey of CFFA came in 1st, Ricki Richards was 2nd, Andrew Fullmer and Gabe Davis of CFFA tied for 3rd. Thanks to Zemi Zelinski for observing and running things. Thanks to Donny Zelinski, Connor Costa, Brendan McConville, and Herman Smith for refereeing. A special thanks to Donny, Zemi, and Herman for providing lunch and drinks and to everyone who donated to the impromptu fund for Lynn.
Sunday’s event at Camp Lejeune was also a bit small. We tried to do a women’s foil team event and a mixed epee team event. The epee just became a practice session. In the foil, we had 3 teams of two. A team from Guilford came in first, the combination of Emma Graf and Qiaochu Li representing CFFA was 2nd, and the Artz twins, representing the Southeastern Cardinals (and CFFA) was third. The Artz girls were the representatives in the official homeschool league meet that followed. Unfortunately, fencing a person down and against much older fencers they didn’t win any matches, but they did get a bout victory against a fencer from one of the A teams.
No afterschool today, Monday, the 19th due to MLK Day. The UNCW fencers won’t be in on Wednesday for a couple of weeks, but I will hang around for anyone who wants to come in.
The
next set of Camp Lejeune classes should start on the 23rd. This one
looks like it will be a large class with a good mix of adults and
younger beginners.
next set of Camp Lejeune classes should start on the 23rd. This one
looks like it will be a large class with a good mix of adults and
younger beginners.
The 24th will be our first 12 and under event for 2015. $5 entry, Foil at 10 am, sabre at 1:30 pm, epee at 3:30 pm. (Not 2:30 pm – ignore my previous typo.) I know we have fencers coming in from other clubs for the foil and epee, so it should be a good experience. Volunteer referees always welcome. Remember, we give trophies to 1st, 2nd, and the two 3rds for the entire event; and medals to the top three 9 and under fencers who don’t win a trophy.
The 31st is the next NCFL meet and it looks like it will be at East Chapel Hill. We should start trying to determine who we will have going. Remember, you need to attend two events to qualify for the individual events in February. At the moment, it looks like those will be held in Elkin.
For adults on that weekend, there will be a referee clinic at Mid-South on Saturday and tournament in conjunction with the clinic on Sunday. See askfred for more details.
I changed the name of our next tournament on askfred, as there was some concern that people might believe it was only for younger fencers. It is still on February 7th and will have an open foil, an open epee, and a D and under epee. It is the last chance for those of you going to JOs to get in a competition. As was obvious from this last event, people read the entries and decide to come accordingly. Get signed up, if you intend to come , and want to see a strong turn out.
The Divisional Div II/III and Y-14 qualifiers are now up on askfred. They will be held on the weekend of March 7-8 in Raleigh.
Tony
Viollis, St. Mary’s AD, has asked me to let anyone who is interested
know that there will be a Golf Tournament to benefit the athletic
program fund on March 21st. I believe there is more information on St. Mary’s website.
Viollis, St. Mary’s AD, has asked me to let anyone who is interested
know that there will be a Golf Tournament to benefit the athletic
program fund on March 21st. I believe there is more information on St. Mary’s website.
Mid-South is again hosting an RYC for the region on March 28-29. Check askfred for the exact date and time of your event(s). The qualifying paths have changed, so merely going to the RYC no longer automatically qualifies you for Y-10 and Y-12 Nationals. You now have to be at a certain level on the National or Regional points list. Even if you aren’t interested in going to the National Championships, this is a good way to start finding out about the larger world of fencing.
Finally,
looking way ahead, camps for 2015 will be in July/August as always. I
will probably use July 13-17 for the beginner camp. The other weeks are
July 20-24, July 27-31, and August 3-7. If anyone has a preference or a
conflict let me know and I will try to make certain your weapon’s camp
does not fall on that week.
pax vobiscum,
Greg Spahr
Head Coach
Cape Fear Fencing Association
Head Coach
Cape Fear Fencing Association
“The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong,
but that’s the way to bet.” Damon Runyon
but that’s the way to bet.” Damon Runyon
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