Yesterday we held the Lynn Krupey Memorial Iron Maiden. In the Foil, Samantha Wolstenholme-Britt of the Apex Fencing Academy won and reearned her E, defeating Colleen Gallant from Charlotte Fencing Academy. The thirds were shared by CFFA’s Nora Reber and Jasmine Valadez. We gained three new fencers from UNCW, Taylor May, Catherine Parks, and Catherine Shin. All three women won at least one bout and finished 7th, 8th, and 9th. In the epee, Samantha won again and again renewed her E. Nora was 2nd this time, and the 3rd place tie was between Samantha Milewski of CFFA and Patricia Wilkens of Edge of America Fencing. For sabre, first was Kaitlyn Hall of CFFA, 2ns was another new fencer, Callie Pray of Hoggard, who fenced all three weapons. Tied for third were Jasmine and Erica Julien of CFFA. Thanks to Mike Glapion with helping with set up and refereeing, Herman Smith for armoring and refereeing, Donny Zelinski for refereeing, and Zemi Lawrence for observing and managing the event.
We also held the state homeschool team championship. Our fencers, Isabelle and Carolyn Artz, Philip Nazzaro, and Kyler Schoonmaker, represented the Southeastern Cardinals. They lost to the eventual winner, Oak Ridge 28-25; and then lost a heartbreaker 44-45 to Forsyth County.
This week the last homeschool beginner class of the academic year will start at 1 pm on Wednesday. The UNCW students are away on Spring Break, so no Wednesday night practice. Afterschool and Camp Lejeune beginner classes both finish this week. Herman fixed a lot of things yesterday, so we may not need an armory night Thursday. However, if fencers think they need one we can keep it. Let me know.
Our
first youth event of this semester will be on Saturday March 12th.
Apologies for not getting the date set earlier, but a number of other
tournaments have been moving dates due to weather, etc. These events are for fencers 12 and under and cost $5
per event. We give trophies to the top 3 places, fencing usually has a
tie for 3rd. We also give medals to the top 3 fencers who are 9 and
under who don’t win a trophy. There are swords to the top girl and boy
in our season long point competition, plus a sword awarded to the person
voted the best sport by the other fencers. Foil
is at 10 am, sabre at 1:30 pm, and epee at 3:30 pm. As always,
volunteer refereeing help is very welcome, as foil could be pretty large. The last foil event had 20 fencers and I expect this one to be larger. The other two youth events
this semester should be on April 23rd, and May 21st.
first youth event of this semester will be on Saturday March 12th.
Apologies for not getting the date set earlier, but a number of other
tournaments have been moving dates due to weather, etc. These events are for fencers 12 and under and cost $5
per event. We give trophies to the top 3 places, fencing usually has a
tie for 3rd. We also give medals to the top 3 fencers who are 9 and
under who don’t win a trophy. There are swords to the top girl and boy
in our season long point competition, plus a sword awarded to the person
voted the best sport by the other fencers. Foil
is at 10 am, sabre at 1:30 pm, and epee at 3:30 pm. As always,
volunteer refereeing help is very welcome, as foil could be pretty large. The last foil event had 20 fencers and I expect this one to be larger. The other two youth events
this semester should be on April 23rd, and May 21st.
For adults on that Saturday, there is a mixed epee in Charlotte that looks to be a B event. They are also holding a U epee event the same day.
The next set of Camp Lejeune classes will start on Friday the 18th.
March 19th is the Homeschool individual championships, in Oak Ridge at 11:30 am..
March 21-28 is St. Mary’s Spring Break, so no afterschool. Just as a reminder that is the Monday – Friday the week before Easter and the Monday after.
We could do a Saturday morning practice on the 26th if there is interest. Let me know.
April
1-3 is the Ned Light RYC at Mid-South. This is for fencers from 8-14
in various age groupings and is the next level up for those who want to
advance beyond our local youth tournaments. You will need a full set of
gear, knickers, underarm protector, etc. We will let you borrow club
gear if we have the correct sizing. Let me know if you are interested.
1-3 is the Ned Light RYC at Mid-South. This is for fencers from 8-14
in various age groupings and is the next level up for those who want to
advance beyond our local youth tournaments. You will need a full set of
gear, knickers, underarm protector, etc. We will let you borrow club
gear if we have the correct sizing. Let me know if you are interested.
The April beginner class will start on Monday the 4th. The last afterschool class of the year will also start that day.
The April NAC in Richmond is Friday, April 8th, through Monday, April 11th; so no afterschool that Monday. Also no fencing at Camp Lejeune that Friday.
Our next event is Saturday, April 16th. Open foil, Open epee, and an E and under foil. Start getting signed up now. If we can get 15 fencers of whom 4 are Es we might be able to give away a D in the E and under.
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
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