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March 8, 2010 The club did very well at the Division II/III qualifiers this weekend. In the Men's foil qualifiers, Herman Smith qualified for Division II and Division III. Robert Thomas qualified for Division III. In the Women's foil qualifiers, Nora Reber took third place and qualified for Division II and Division III, and Ellie Cooper qualified for Division III. In the Women's sabre, Lara Bergeron lost a tough DE 13-15, but fences better at every event. In the Y-16 Epee, Josh Harvey took second and qualified for Nationals. Ricky Shindel tied for 3rd, but lost the qualifying fence off . In the Y-16 foil, Jesse Harvey finished 5th out of 10. On Sunday, in the Men's Epee, Robert took the Silver Medal, re-earned his D10, and qualified for both the Division II and Division III events. Paul Perkins tied for the Bronze and qualified for Division II. Herman qualified for Division III. Both Paul and Herman were fencing under severe handicaps. In Women's epee, Kaitlyn Hall won the Silver and qualified for Division II and Division III. In the Y-14 epee, Ricky Shindel took the Bronze and qualified for Nationals. Oliver Galbraith took 6th out of 12 competitors in the Y-14 foil although he was one of the youngest competitors there. Herman qualified for Vet's foil and epee, Mike Kinney qualified for Vet's epee, and Bobby Babson qualified for Vet's foil. This week is practice as usual. The Jacksonville beginner class ends this week. I will be in for Saturday practice at about 10 am. Charlotte Fencing Academy is having events this weekend with foil and epee on Sunday. Check askfred for further info. Remember that the time changes this weekend, so it will feel like everything starts an hour earlier. The divisional team events will be at Mid-South on March 21. The registration for those events ends on March 15th. THERE IS NO LATE REGISTRATION FOR THE TEAM EVENTS, so make certain you get a team together and signed up prior to that if you are interested. There are adult teams and Junior (ages 13-19) teams. I would think we could at least get a Men's junior foil team together. We could probably have Men's foil and epee, and maybe a UNCW men's foil and epee squad. The Division meeting will occur at the event. If you cannot attend, but want to give your proxy to someone as far as voting, you need to get a proxy to Jamie Casper by March 17th. In order to vote, you must have been a member by February 1 and at least 18 years of age. On the 20th, New Bern is holding their Carolina Cup event with foil at 9 am and epee at 12:30 pm. A number of people look to be going up, so let's figure out travel issues. That weekend is also a Youth RYC in Georgia. It looks to be the last one in the area that would qualify those under 12 for the NAC in Virginia Beach and the Summer Nationals in Atlanta. Check askfred for exact details. Our next in house club event for younger fencers will be on Saturday, March 27. That is the first day of St. Mary's Spring Break. We are looking at all three weapons split into age groups of 8-11 and 11-14. Foil and epee will be electric, sabre will be dry. Our schedule looks to be sabre at 9:30 am (both age groups), foil at 11:30 am (both age groups), and epee at 2 pm (both age groups.) The cost will be $5 per event. It looks like ECU will be having an adult foil and epee event that date as well. Keep an eye out on askfred. We will probably have enough help, although volunteers are always welcome, so if you want to go to Greenville, we should be okay. Our elections will occur in April. Nora has picked up a number of other duties at UNCW and will be stepping down as President. Lynn and Todd have maxed out their time, so we need a number of people to step and become part of the board. It would probably be good to have some non-fencing parents on the board to go with the fencers, and parents who fence. Looking further ahead, there will be a referee clinic with Jon Moss on June 12-13 at NBS gym in Raleigh. The clinic and test are Saturday with observations on Sunday. I believe they will be putting together tournaments for prospective referees who want to be observed. Cost is $50 if you wish to attend and take the written test. If you just want to attend, the cost will be $5. If you want to attend, but have passed the written test, and would like to be observed, the cost will likewise be $5. You must pass the written in order to be observed. Also, we are starting to get interest about summer camps. Donny has a couple of fencers who would like to attend the advanced foil camp, August 2-6. Would anyone be able to let a someone bunk in for a week? I don't know ages and sex yet. Pax vobiscum, Greg
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