CFFA update for April 4 | Cape Fear Fencing Association

We had three fencers go to the RYC at Mid-South over the weekend and they all won medals. Reaghan Juelke didn’t have a great first round in the Y-14 Women’s foil, but then pulled a bit of an upset in her first DE over a person she had never beaten before and took the 8th place medal. Will Golder went 2-3 in the Y-14 Men’s foil, but then lost his first DE. In the Y-12 Men’s foil he was 3-3 in his pool, won his first DE and finished 6th. Nicole Milewski was 3-1 in her pool for the Y-14 Women’s epee and took the bronze, in Y-12 she took the silver. She probably also set a new club record for the youngest person to defeat a C fencer in competition, she is 11 for a couple more weeks.

The April beginner class will start tonight. The last afterschool class of the year will also start today.

The
April NAC in Richmond is Friday, April 8th, through Monday, April 11th;
so no afterschool next Monday. Also no fencing at Camp Lejeune this
Friday.

Our

next event is Saturday, April 16th. Open foil, Open epee, and an E and
under foil. Start getting signed up now. The epee is now an A event.
The foil could be a C. It has the ranks, but not the numbers. The E
foil was put there as an event that our lower level/beginning foilists
could enter and compete against other similar fencers. The foil fencers need to learn from
the epee fencers. They got signed up and other people from across the
state have jumped in and made the event higher rated. Our foilists need
to get signed up, at least for the E and under, and a few should try the
open. Now is better than later, otherwise for next season it will make
no sense to try and hold such events. We are at four and need two more Us to make it an event where someone will earn an E. If a bunch of Us sign up, then we might start pulling in the 4 Es you need to make it a D event.

April 23rd will be the next youth event. Foil at 10, Sabre at 1:30, epee at 3:30. $5 per event, Trophies to the top 3 places, medals to the top 3 nine and unders.

Charlotte
is also holding adult events that day. It looks like their epee will be
a B.

April
30/May 1 is an RJCC at Apex. This is a regional competition solely for
Y-16 and Y-19 events. Most of the men’s events look like they will be A
competitions. The women’s events will be strong although probably not
that strong. Entry fees go up after April 15.

May
7-8 is the Division Div II/III and Y-14 qualifiers in Burlington.
Preregistration ends April 30th. All the events look to be small at the
moment. Good to attend even if you won’t be going to Dallas.

Apex
is holding a bunch of unsanctioned events on May 14th. Open women’s
foil and epee, open mixed foil and epee, Y-10 mixed foil, and Y-12 mixed
foil and epee. These are unsanctioned, so all you need is the standard
non-competitive USA Fencing membership. A really good event for those
looking to move up from our youth events or early career older fencers
looking for a less intense competition.

May 14th is also the Skirmish at Jack’s Island at New Bern. This is an epee only outdoor event. This year it will be held at the church in New Bern regardless of the weather; outdoors if nice, running inside if rainy. As and Bs get to fence for free, so it should be a strong event. New Bern always provides a really good free lunch after/during the event.

pax vobiscum,

Greg Spahr
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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