We had an excellent tournament yesterday. It should be the baseline for what should be happening all of next season. Yes, there were a couple of hiccups, but one of the things that saved it was all the CFFA people who showed up in plenty of time to help with set up, stayed late to help with clean up, etc. Specific thanks to Mike Nicholson, Steve Pashby, Josh White, and Brendan for a long day of refereeing. Thanks to Zemi Lawrence for observing. Thanks to Herman and Kenyatta for armoring. And thanks to all the fencers, because of whom, a large number of people earned new rankings. The open foil turned into a C event, (which will undoubtedly upset a couple of people who signed up but didn’t show up because they figured they wouldn’t get/up a rating.) It was won by Gerhard Guevarra of All-American Fencing who updated his C. CFFA’s Jesse Harvey took 2nd and updated his D. CFFA’s Oliver Galbraith took one third, and Salle New Bern’s Josh White took the other, finally earning his D19 in the process. Also congratulations to Frank Newson and Kalei Woodford, two Charlotte Fencers who won their Es. Also thanks to Josh Harvey, who rolled out of bed and got here so we would have the ranks necessary to make it a C event. In the open epee, Jesse won and updated his rank to a B19 by defeating Oliver in the final. Colson Combs of Apex took one third and Robert Mones of Edge of America Fencing took the other, updating his C along the way. CFFA’s Mike Kinney earned his D19 with a 6th place finish, and Apex’s Ethan Hortelano earned an E19 by coming in 8th. With 4 more people, it would have been a B2 instead of a B1, and Ethan would have earned a D, and the 9-12 finishers (all Us) would have earned Es. That didn’t turn out to be that important as three of the four won a rating in the next event. If we had the four bodies and an A so it was an A2, Jesse would be an A, Robert would be a B, Mike and Ethan would be Cs, Kent and Owen would both be Ds, and Robert and William Joseph would be Es. The final event, an E & under epee worked exactly as it was hoped as we got 4 new ranked fencers. Kent Walston, who started here but now claims Salle New Bern as his primary club, won and earned his D. CFFA created 3 new Es with Eoin O’Brien’s 2nd and Robert Smith and Lydia Huggins’s 3rds. The influx of new Ds and Es certainly will make it easier to hold an E & under next season which will give away a D, and might even be able to do D & under which would give away a C. Just as a comparison, 8 ranks from the club were earned or re-earned through the season before yesterday. Yesterday, by itself, saw 6 ranks earned or re-earned. Thanks again to everyone who helped and participated.
The May beginner class will start on Tuesday, May 7th. This will probably be the last beginner class until fall.
On the 11th Apex will have another one of their unsanctioned youth events. Check askfred, we already have a number of people competing.
Also
on the 11th, All-American in Fayetteville. is having low level
sanctioned events. Both the men’s and women’s foils should be giving
away Es.
They are also having an open epee, which will probably also have an E on
the line. See askfred for more info.
on the 11th, All-American in Fayetteville. is having low level
sanctioned events. Both the men’s and women’s foils should be giving
away Es.
They are also having an open epee, which will probably also have an E on
the line. See askfred for more info.
May
18th is a sanctioned set of 1A foil and epee events at Apex. Right
now, the women’s 1A epee looks more like a C and under while the women’s
1A foil is more of a D and under. The men’s 1A epee needs bodies to be
a B event, the foil 1A is already a strong A2, 35 fencers with 4 As. The Div II (C and
under) mixed epee looks more like a D and under and foil should be a
C2. Check askfred for more details.
18th is a sanctioned set of 1A foil and epee events at Apex. Right
now, the women’s 1A epee looks more like a C and under while the women’s
1A foil is more of a D and under. The men’s 1A epee needs bodies to be
a B event, the foil 1A is already a strong A2, 35 fencers with 4 As. The Div II (C and
under) mixed epee looks more like a D and under and foil should be a
C2. Check askfred for more details.
We are looking for a date to have a middle school team event. It will probably be May 18th or 25th. May
25th is the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, there are no events close by, so we could have a Saturday practice if it does not turn into a team event.
25th is the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, there are no events close by, so we could have a Saturday practice if it does not turn into a team event.
June 1-2 is the Powerade State Games. Remember that you need to enter on the ncsports.org
website. However, this year they are working to make the askfred list
more accurate as far as the entries. Right now it looks pretty sparse
for all the events. Our only fencers currently registered are all in the Y12 events.
website. However, this year they are working to make the askfred list
more accurate as far as the entries. Right now it looks pretty sparse
for all the events. Our only fencers currently registered are all in the Y12 events.
June
8 is another unsanctioned event at Apex. We will probably use this
date for one of our youth events.
8 is another unsanctioned event at Apex. We will probably use this
date for one of our youth events.
We are talking about having a club end of year party, probably on the 15th of June. I’ll keep you updated.
Looking ahead to summer planning, I would like to get a confirmation from everyone who is going to Summer Nationals and which events you are doing so I can plan my time in Columbus.
Similarly, even if you have told me you will be participating in a summer camp, can you reconfirm that? I also would like to know your T-shirt size so I can order those. As of a couple of year’s ago, the camps have become open to adults, who want it use them as a vacation. Just, no crying when the kids go after you. Dates are:
Beginning Fencing July 15-19
Advanced Foil July 22-26
Advanced Sabre July 29 – August 2
Advanced Epee August 5-9
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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