CFFA update for February 14

 

We had three fencers compete yesterday at the JOS in lovely downtown Cleveland.  Samantha Milewski went 2-4 in her pool, but lost her first DE and finished 132/181.  Oliver Galbraith went 1-5 and finished tied for 194 of 243.  He missed moving into the second round by a couple of touches. Connor McCormick was 0-6 and finished 228.  Former CFFA fencer, Riley Hart, was 1-5 and finished 159, not making it into the DEs.

This should show people how hard these National Tournaments are.  Samantha had 3 As in her 7 person pool.  Connor is a D and was the lowest rated person in his pool.  These are not the kind of events you can practice for once a week and hope to do well at.  If you want to be prepared for these events it takes lots of home footwork practice, fencing at least a couple of times a week, working with the coach or other fencers on drills, and doing competitions outside of our own so you have seen a number of different styles.

No practice Monday due to President’s Day and the fact that I will still be in Cleveland as Samantha has another event.  Everything should be back to normal for the rest of the week.

February 20th is Mid-South’s Grand Opening anniversary event.  Lots of sabre on Saturday and Open foil and epee on Sunday.  The epee needs one more A to be an A2 event.  The foil needs a B for a B1.  The sabre needs a B for a B1.  Further info on askfred.

Also on the 27th is an unsanctioned youth foil tournament in Fayetteville.  Starts at 10 am and has separate divisions for 7-9, and 10-12.  On Sunday they are having adult unsanctioned foil events.  Details on askfred.