Last request for people who might be interested in helping with the WHQR pledge drive. The Sunday (October 16th) times ( 7-10 am, 10 am – 1 pm) are about all that is left. Please let me know if anyone is interested ASAP so we can secure a time.
This will happen the weekend after Erica competes in the Worlds so we should have plenty of good news to put out over the air waves.
We have a new B in epee. Ricki Richards took 2nd at the Bell Tower Classic in Chapel Hill to earn it. In his semi-final he defeated Justine De Grasse, a B from Canada (who had just taken out Andrew Fullmer) 15-8. This was the best I have ever seen him fence. Samantha Milewski also fenced well, winning her first DE handily before losing to the number 2 seed. Also, following up on a former area fencer (UNCW), Connor Costa won the foil event and earned his A.
We also had good results with Nicole MIlewski at the Regional Youth Circuit in Richmond. First Nicole took 7th in the Y-14 competition. Then she was undefeated in her pool in Y-12, taking 2nd. She only lost to the young woman who won both the Y-12 and Y-14 competitions and that score was 12-15.
Our next Tuesday/Thursday beginner class starts on the 4th at 6:30 pm and will run for 6 weeks.
No Wednesday night UNCW practice as they will be on Fall Break.
The next beginner class at Camp Lejeune will start on Friday, October 7th, at 7 pm (1900) and runs for 8 sessions.
October
8th is Salle New Bern’s Joseph Cadole Memorial event. It will be an
unsanctioned adult E foil (meaning no ratings can be earned) and and an
unsanctioned Y-12/under 12 event. I will give the
appropriate sword points for any of our Y-12/under 12 foilists who want
to go. I am assuming that all the foil fencers from New Bern who competed yesterday will be there.
Let me know if any of our young fencers are going so I can make certain you have equipment. Also, I will be
going up, probably to referee, so I can take people if they need a ride. So far no one is signed up for either event.
Erica Julien will be competing at the World Championships in Germany on October 12th. I will keep you posted as to her results.
Our
next event is Saturday, October 15th, Open foil, Open epee, and a D and
under epee. That means if we can find 4 D epee fencers, 4 E epee
fencers, and fill out a field of 25, that someone can walk away with a C
without having to defeat any Cs. Right now the open epee will almost certainly be at least a B, the D and under epee and the open foil both need bodies at this point. Please
get signed up as soon as you are certain you can be there.
next event is Saturday, October 15th, Open foil, Open epee, and a D and
under epee. That means if we can find 4 D epee fencers, 4 E epee
fencers, and fill out a field of 25, that someone can walk away with a C
without having to defeat any Cs. Right now the open epee will almost certainly be at least a B, the D and under epee and the open foil both need bodies at this point. Please
get signed up as soon as you are certain you can be there.
St. Mary’s Fall Festival is Friday night, October 21. Our space traditionally becomes the Haunted House for the event. We will take the overheads down after Tuesday’s practice. Homeschool fencing will meet on Wednesday, October19, but there will be no afterschool or evening fencing for either Wednesday or Thursday.
October 22nd is an epee event in Charlotte for Y-14, women’s and open events.
October
22nd will also probably be our next youth event. It is earlier than I
would have liked, but the schedule from that date until January is
extremely crowded. I will try to truncate the the classes now in progress so that those youngsters will be ready to participate.
22nd will also probably be our next youth event. It is earlier than I
would have liked, but the schedule from that date until January is
extremely crowded. I will try to truncate the the classes now in progress so that those youngsters will be ready to participate.
The JO qualifiers are now up on askfred. They will be on the weekend of the 29-30 and the times are set. The division is still looking to lock down a location. The actual event is in Kansas City next year on President’s Day weekend. Not real close, but not too far away.
We will be hosting the first NCFL meet of the season on November 5th. This tends to be a huge event and we can use help. The A division is comprised of official high school teams or clubs and will have divisions for men’s foil, women’s foil, and mixed epee this year. The B division has junior high and up fencers and they compete as mixed foil teams. It can be B teams from the high schools, junior high teams, or fencers can compete under a club banner. Any of our fencers attending a public school (junior high and up) can compete. Let me know if you need gear as everyone must compete in a complete uniform.
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