First, a big thanks to Brendan McConville and Tom Oakley for getting the overheads back up and helping with clean up after the Haunted House.
The St. Mary athletic staff found a CFFA jacket in the gym. I didn’t see any names so let me know if you have lost yours.
We had people fencing all around the country this weekend. Farthest from home was Robert Thomas who did three events at the Crescent City Open ROC in New Orleans. In a small but mean Vet event, he came out of his pool only to lose to the eventual winner in his first DE. He also competed in a Div II and a very nasty A2 rated open.
Closer to home, Paul Perkins and I went up to the epee event in Raleigh yesterday. They just missed having enough to have a B event and needed referees, so I dropped out to ref. Paul was one touch away from being undefeated in his pool. He won his first DE, but lost the second one to the eventual winner Sam Karnavas from Mid-South, the other B in the event.
Today, Reaghan Juelke went up to Mid-South for the Y-12 sabre. She had a solid pool, won her first DE, and then (sounding like a broken record) lost her second DE to the eventual winner.
The
next set of evening classes will start tomorrow, Monday, November 3rd at 6:30 pm. The next set of beginner afterschool classes also start this week.
next set of evening classes will start tomorrow, Monday, November 3rd at 6:30 pm. The next set of beginner afterschool classes also start this week.
Tuesday is Mike Courchesne’s last day in town for this rotation, so get out to fence him before he splits.
Wednesday, I will be in if anyone wants to slip in for some extra practice.
This Friday, November 7th will start the next set of classes at Camp Lejeune.
The
next youth event will be held on November 8th. Foil at 10 am, sabre at
1:30 pm, epee at 3:30 pm. $5 per event. Hopefully we will have a bunch of the
fencers who just finished beginner classes showing up, so the events,
particularly the foil, should be larger. According to askfred, the Jack Rackham has been cancelled. Therefore I know the adults are not doing anything fencing wise. If you are free and can volunteer a couple of hours to help ref or teach the younger ones, it is appreciated.
next youth event will be held on November 8th. Foil at 10 am, sabre at
1:30 pm, epee at 3:30 pm. $5 per event. Hopefully we will have a bunch of the
fencers who just finished beginner classes showing up, so the events,
particularly the foil, should be larger. According to askfred, the Jack Rackham has been cancelled. Therefore I know the adults are not doing anything fencing wise. If you are free and can volunteer a couple of hours to help ref or teach the younger ones, it is appreciated.
The
first homeschool league event of the year will be held on Sunday,
November 9th at Mustang Fitness in Greensboro. It looks like we will have a homeschool team. If people change their minds about participating, I believe you can sign up until January 1.
first homeschool league event of the year will be held on Sunday,
November 9th at Mustang Fitness in Greensboro. It looks like we will have a homeschool team. If people change their minds about participating, I believe you can sign up until January 1.
Sign ups for JO qualifiers are now on askfred.net.
The qualifying events are on Saturday and Sunday, November 15th and
16th. All the Junior events (ages 13-19) are on Saturday and the Cadet
(ages 13-16) qualifiers are on Sunday. The JOs are always held over
the President’s Day weekend in February. The events are in Richmond,
VA, this year. It probably will not be much closer for a long time.
That means A) it is easy to get to, and B) the qualifiers will probably
be large events that might be highly rated. I believe the last day to
sign up before the fees increase is November 9th. Right now it looks
like most of our women are in, but very few of our guys.
That weekend, Fredericksburg has large Vet events on Saturday and Richmond has women only events on Sunday. Erica Julien is planning on hitting both of them, so maybe you can head up with her or at least provide back up.
The
North Carolina Fencing League’s first event is
November 22nd and we will be hosting it. It is a foil team event and
takes teams of three fencers and they can have a sub. It doesn’t cost
anything for the fencers, but it is appreciated if we have volunteer referees. Fencers
do need a full outfit including knickers and underarm protector. Let us
know if you might be interested in fencing and don’t have such things
yet so we can see if the club has your size or can borrow from someone.
Our teams fence in the B Division since we don’t represent a school.
In that division fencers can be any age so we will put together as many
teams as we can. Of course, you will possibly be fencing people all the
way up to high school age, but we can try to split some of it out by
ages.
North Carolina Fencing League’s first event is
November 22nd and we will be hosting it. It is a foil team event and
takes teams of three fencers and they can have a sub. It doesn’t cost
anything for the fencers, but it is appreciated if we have volunteer referees. Fencers
do need a full outfit including knickers and underarm protector. Let us
know if you might be interested in fencing and don’t have such things
yet so we can see if the club has your size or can borrow from someone.
Our teams fence in the B Division since we don’t represent a school.
In that division fencers can be any age so we will put together as many
teams as we can. Of course, you will possibly be fencing people all the
way up to high school age, but we can try to split some of it out by
ages.
November 29th is the 2nd homeschool fencing event, but the site has yet to be determined.
December 6th is the 2nd NCFL meet, but again the location has not yet been determined.
Our
next home adult event is December 13. Open foil, open epee, and Vet
epee. Start getting signed up now. For the Vet event, if our fencers
all get signed up and we can get Scott Butler and a couple of outside Ds
to enter, that event can be a B tournament by itself.
next home adult event is December 13. Open foil, open epee, and Vet
epee. Start getting signed up now. For the Vet event, if our fencers
all get signed up and we can get Scott Butler and a couple of outside Ds
to enter, that event can be a B tournament by itself.
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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