Yesterday was the Skirmish at Jack’s Island, hosted by Salle New Bern. We had a number of fencers participating, refereeing, and just showing up to be supportive. It was actually held outside this year and, hopefully, none of you have the sunburn to prove it. The event was an A1, won by Andrew Fullmer of NCFDP, Shane Mason of Charlotte was 2nd, our Oliver Galbraith was third, tied with Stephen Kmiec of ECU. Thanks to New Bern for a good tournament and a great lunch.
This week of practice should be regular. This Friday will be the start of a new session at Camp Lejeune. Over the week, anyone wanting to help us get some electric foils up and running for the youth event and just general fencing is appreciated.
May
21st will be our last youth event of the year and the swords will be
awarded. Foil at 10 am, sabre at 1:30 pm, and epee at 3:30 pm. We may have some people down from Jacksonville, so as always, volunteer referees are appreciated.
Charlotte is having an adult epee event that day. It has some As and Bs and could become a well rated tournament.
Spotsylvania,
Virginia, is doing a Vet event that day. Epee is an A2, foil a C1,
and sabre as yet unclear. Erica Julien and Erik Graf are signed up so
with a few more vets we could be a presence.
The week before Memorial Day will be the last week for homeschool fencing and afterschool fencing for this academic year.
Our
next event is the Stab-a-thon on May 28th. Open foil, open epee, and
an E and under sabre. Get signed up. It is the Memorial Day weekend
and we can attract people looking for some time at the beach if it looks
like we will have a good event. Epee is an A1, but our foil
and sabre fencers need to get signed up. The foil only has 7 and sabre only has 5 entries. The foil has enough higher ranked fencers that with one more ranked fencer and enough bodies it could be a C1. That would allow a couple of unrated fencers to slip into the 7th and 8th places and still earn an E. But we have to get to 15 for it to happen. The sabre needs one more fencer to get it to an E1. Then, all you have to do is beat Alex to get an E.
Our next beginner class will start on Monday, June 6th, at 6:30 pm.
The Powerade State Games registrations are up. You can check askfred for an approximate entry list. However, the actual entry is done on pag.ncsports.org under fencing. The event is only about 2 hours away in Raleigh this year. Events are split as Y-12, Women’s, and Men’s. They give awards within that for cadet, junior, and vet; as well as the overall results.
This summer, I would like to have sessions for the 12 and under set on Tuesday and Thursday, starting at 6:30 pm. This will give the fencer of that age group a chance to keep up with things over the summer. Once my beginner class is finished in early June, I can give you more hands on instructions. Costs would be $35 per month or the $5 per session floor fee.
With the response I have gotten from people about summer camps, the schedule looks a bit more set.
Beginner camp July 11-15
Advanced sabre camp July 18-22
Advanced foil camp July 25-29
? August 1-5
Advanced epee camp 8-12
The Olympics start on the 5th , so we will see what works best for the first week in August.
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
