We had a few fencers go up to the JO qualifiers in Durham this weekend. Before the results, there has been a new rule/interpretation of a rule according to Donny Zelinski. He learned of this by reffing the KC NAC. In sabre, any start before the command to fence will be an immediate Group 1 yellow card under the disobeying the ref rule. (Hear that Lara Bergeron?) For foil and epee, the first violation by either competitor will trigger a warning to both competitors, and subsequent violations will trigger the cards.
In the never give up, never surrender vein; Connor McCormick lost all of his pool bouts, but then won 3 straight DEs to end up against Charles Chow in the final of the Junior men’s foil and finish 2nd. Oliver Galbraith ran into Charles a round earlier and gave him his only close DE match. Oliver finished 3rd and they both qualified to Cleveland JOs. Samatha Milewski finished 3rd in the Junior Women’s epee and qualified for both that and Cadet women’s epee. Oliver finished 8th in the Junior Men’s epee. Reaghan Juelke was 6th in Cadet women’s foil.
For
Thanksgiving week practice will be standard for Monday and Tuesday. There will be practice for the homeschoolers on Wednesday. No
afterschool or evening practice Wednesday and Thursday. No practice at
Camp Lejeune Friday. I can come in for a Saturday morning practice if
there is interest. Let me know, as of yet no one has really requested it.
Thanksgiving week practice will be standard for Monday and Tuesday. There will be practice for the homeschoolers on Wednesday. No
afterschool or evening practice Wednesday and Thursday. No practice at
Camp Lejeune Friday. I can come in for a Saturday morning practice if
there is interest. Let me know, as of yet no one has really requested it.
Mid-South is holding their annual Black Friday event on the 27th.
The orders for December (Think holiday gifts) will be due by Thursday December 3rd.
I
will
be away with our fencers at the NAC December 4-7. Right now I am still
planning to have afterschool practice on Thursday, but that may change. There will
be Thursday night practice, but I won’t be there. No Friday night
practice at Camp Lejeune. There may be Saturday morning practice
depending on what the people in town want to do.
will
be away with our fencers at the NAC December 4-7. Right now I am still
planning to have afterschool practice on Thursday, but that may change. There will
be Thursday night practice, but I won’t be there. No Friday night
practice at Camp Lejeune. There may be Saturday morning practice
depending on what the people in town want to do.
Herman
Smith, Joe McLaughlin, Erica Julien, Samantha Milewski, and Brendan
McConville are the fencers I see on the NAC entry lists. If I am
missing anyone, let me know.
Smith, Joe McLaughlin, Erica Julien, Samantha Milewski, and Brendan
McConville are the fencers I see on the NAC entry lists. If I am
missing anyone, let me know.
No afterschool on Monday December 7th as I will still be in Baltimore.
I know it is a ways away, but start getting signed up for our next adult
event on December 12th. There were people at JOs who were interested, but are waiting to see where the numbers end up.
Afterschool practice will end up on the 17th for the year.
The next NCFL event is December 19th. Start letting me know who is interested.
Charlotte has women’s and open epee on the 19th.
Some fencers from other clubs at the JOs were wondering if we would be holding any day long fencing camps over the semester break. Is there any interest in that? It would probably need to be Monday or Tuesday of the week before Christmas or Tuesday or Wednesday of the week after. Let me know what you think.
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
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