CFFA Update for March 1

CFFA Update for March 1
Yesterday was the NCFL Individual High School Championships.  For the men we had Will Golder compete.  He didn’t make it into the second round, but as a sixth grader I am pretty certain he was the youngest fencer there.  Coastal Christian sent three fencers.  Mack Smith suffered the same fate as Will.  Jonathan Hartness made into into the second round, but not the semi finals. Oliver Galbraith went undefeated for his first three rounds and ended up in 2nd place overall.  We had three entrants into the women’s events.  Reaghan Juelke and Emma Graf both made it into the semi finals and finished eleventh and twelfth respectively.  Emma Filer was undefeated for the first two rounds and finished in fifth.  Filer is an eight grader and Graf and Juelke are seventh graders so in a couple of years we should be dominating the women’s division.

The next evening beginner and intermediate classes start Tuesday,
March 3rd.  6:30 pm for the beginners, and 7:30 pm for the intermediates.  Other than that it should be a pretty standard week of practice.
 
March 7-8 are the Div II/III National Championship
qualifiers.  For Vet fencers all you have to do is show up and survive.
These also have the qualifiers for Y-14 events.   Even if you are not
planning to go to San Jose, this will be a good state wide event.  Get
signed up before the fees go up (March 6th) and so the Division can determine
how many referees they need to hire.  That weekend UNC is also hosting the
NCAA regionals so referees are tight. Right now only men’s foil has enough bodies to be a C event.  Donny is trying to line up an examiner for referees on Sunday, so if you are interested let him (or me, know).
 
March 14-15 is Mid-South’s Grand Opening event.  The epee is
an a weird A event with 2 As, 7Bs, and NO Cs.  The foil might reach being a
B with a an A or B and a few more bodies.  They also have a Vet sabre.




Our next youth event is March 14th.  Foil at 10 am, sabre at 1:30
pm, and epee at 3:30 pm.  $5 per event with trophies to 1-3 and ties,
medals to the top 3 who are 9 and under who don’t get a trophy.
 
The Iron Maiden, the only women’s only event in NC, will be held
Saturday, March 21.  Foil, epee, and D and under sabre.  This is
being held as a benefit for Lynn Krupey, one of our assistant coaches who is
currently fighting cancer.  I would like to see all of our eligible women
competing, maybe even trying weapons you haven’t fenced competitively to pump up
the numbers.   Get signed up on askfred.  Right now the entry list is pitiful
, 4 in epee, 2 in foil, and non in sabre.



Mid-South is hosting the area’s RYC on the 28th and 29th. 
They have changed how you get to Nationals for Y-12 and Y-10, so just showing
up is not enough.  It is now also based on how well you do, but you can’t
get qualified if you don’t go.  It is also a good first step for those of
you considering the jump to bigger events like the JOs.  They also have
Y-14 events, some of which are looking pretty strong.  Only two CFFA
fencers in the mix at the moment.
 
April 4th is Salle New Bern’s John Martin event.  E and under
foil and epee plus Y-12 foil and epee.  I hand out sword points for the
Y-12 events as part of our kids series.  Plus they are doing the free
lunch they always do.
I am getting ready to go through all the lists I have and purge people we haven’t seen for a while, so if you are no longer interested in receiving the updates, please let me know.

pax vobiscum,

 
Greg Spahr
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
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