Yesterday was Salle New Bern’s Skirmish at Jack’s Island epee event. We had a number of people go and they all had their moments. In the end, CFFA’s Paul Perkins and Josh Harvey took both 3rd place kegs, Andrew Fullmer of Raleigh Fencers, was second, and Stephen Kmiec completed a long winding road to reach his B15 by winning the event. This was sandwiched around an excellent lunch provided by the New Bern people.
The beginner class for May will start on Tuesday, May 5th, at 6:30 pm. Intermediate class if interest. The rest of the week will be pretty standard.
May 9th and 10th will be an event at Mid-South with epee, sabre, and E and under sabre. The foil event seems to have disappeared.
May
16th is a set of unsanctioned events
up at Apex. Unsanctioned means you cannot earn a rating, but it would
be a new set of people for you to fence. The events will be a Y-10
foil, Y-12 foil and epee, Junior
mixed foil, and Junior mixed epee. They have just added an unsanctioned
women’s epee and changed the women’s junior foil to open women’s foil.
This is a good opportunity for a
number of our 12 and younger fencers who want to move to the next level
(moving out of our club events). The junior events look like they will
be pretty strong. You will need a full uniform, so talk
to me if interested. get signed up soon if you are interested so they know how many refs they will need.
Our
Stab-a-thon season ending event will occur on Saturday, May 23rd. Open
Epee, open foil, and a D and under foil. If we can get 4 Ds, 4Es, and
25 total foilists the winner can get a C without having to fence Cs.
Right now both of the opens are really top heavy. No Es or Us in the epee and only one U in the foil. Get signed up on askfred ASAP so we can lure in other fencers.
Stab-a-thon season ending event will occur on Saturday, May 23rd. Open
Epee, open foil, and a D and under foil. If we can get 4 Ds, 4Es, and
25 total foilists the winner can get a C without having to fence Cs.
Right now both of the opens are really top heavy. No Es or Us in the epee and only one U in the foil. Get signed up on askfred ASAP so we can lure in other fencers.
The
last youth event of the season will occur on Saturday, May 30th. Under
12 foil, epee, and sabre. We will give the season long swords away at
point. We may have a number of first time competing fencers for the
event so volunteer refs and assistance is very welcome.
last youth event of the season will occur on Saturday, May 30th. Under
12 foil, epee, and sabre. We will give the season long swords away at
point. We may have a number of first time competing fencers for the
event so volunteer refs and assistance is very welcome.
We will start Saturday practices back up in June. Sometimes fencers from other clubs come down to fence. I will keep you posted.
The State games are the 20th of June in Raleigh. They have recently split the men’s and women’s events. Check askfred for an idea about who is coming, but the official preregistration is on the State Games site.
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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