We held our first event for the youth yesterday. Some good fencing, some things to work on.
12 and under foil
1st Keely Carter Saint Raphael
2nd Matthew Higgin Apex Fencing Academy
3rd (tie) Jackson Jones Surf City
Jonathan Jarrett St. Mary
9 and under
Gold Aubree Cooper St. Mary
Silver John Alexander Surf City
Bronze Ellery O’Brien CFFA
12 and under epee
1st Matthew Higgin Apex Fencing Academy
2nd John Alexander Surf City
3rd (tie) Linus Huggins CFFA
Ellery O’Brien CFFA
9 and under
Gold Emers O’Brien CFFA
12 and under sabre
1st Matthew Higgin Apex Fencing Academy
2nd John Alexander Surf City
3rd Ellery O’Brien CFFA
Top 5 in sword points
Boys Girls
Higgin 21 Carter 14
Alexander 14 Cooper, A. 10
Jones 12 O’Brien, Ellery 8
Jarrett 12 Ferrel, G. 4
Williams 9 O’Brien, Emers 4
Thanks to the Ferrells and O’Briens for the set up help. Thanks to the O’Briens for reffing and coaching help. Thanks to Herman Smith, Mike Kinney, and Kenyatta Sanford for armoring help.
Just a note to everyone. Our youth events are not open events. That is why I do not put them on askfred. There is a clause in our insurance from USA Fencing that says that unsanctioned events must have no more than three clubs represented or our insurance doesn’t hold. There are standing invitations to all of the various groups under our umbrella, the Wilmington fencing Club, and Salle New Bern. Additionally, I try to run these events at a break even level. The entry fees usually cover medals, trophies, and swords. Thus I can keep the entry fees low. That is dependent on all the help I have always received from volunteers for the reffing, etc. If the events get significantly bigger, I would probably have to start hiring additional referees and the cost would go up. I prefer to keep things smaller and more accessible to everyone.
In Kansas City, Nicole Milewski is fencing in the October NAC. In the Cadet epee Saturday, she beat a B, C, nad D in her pool. She beat another B in her first DE and then lost to an A in the next round. She finished 46th of 135, a 20 place improvement on her original seeding. Today, a bit of a different story. It was the Division I and in an Olympic year everyone is out for blood. Nicole didn’t win any in her pool. However, to give you an idea of how intense it is, half of the current US National team did not make the top 8. All of them lost at least one bout in the pools.
The
next week is a short week. No afterschool Monday because I am in KC to help Nicole and her sister, Samantha, in their event. St. Mary’s Fall Festival is Friday and the
fencing space gets used for the Haunted House. Therefore, we will take
down the overheads on Tuesday night. On Wednesday, homeschool will
meet, but after that the rest of the week is cancelled. NO Wednesday
afterschool or evening fencing and no fencing on Thursday.
next week is a short week. No afterschool Monday because I am in KC to help Nicole and her sister, Samantha, in their event. St. Mary’s Fall Festival is Friday and the
fencing space gets used for the Haunted House. Therefore, we will take
down the overheads on Tuesday night. On Wednesday, homeschool will
meet, but after that the rest of the week is cancelled. NO Wednesday
afterschool or evening fencing and no fencing on Thursday.
On
October 26th Apex is holding sanctioned foil and epee events, split by
gender. Currently, the women’s epee and the women’s foil are both D1s. If all of our epee women show up, it would probably raise to being
a C event. A couple of you will be there anyway with your children who
are fencing. The men’s epee is a B1 and only needs an A or B to become a A1.
However, the men’s
foil is a nasty A2. We have a number of
fencers there at the moment, so no Saturday practice.
October 26th Apex is holding sanctioned foil and epee events, split by
gender. Currently, the women’s epee and the women’s foil are both D1s. If all of our epee women show up, it would probably raise to being
a C event. A couple of you will be there anyway with your children who
are fencing. The men’s epee is a B1 and only needs an A or B to become a A1.
However, the men’s
foil is a nasty A2. We have a number of
fencers there at the moment, so no Saturday practice.
We
will need to put the overheads back up before practice on October
29th. The next set of afterschool classes will start that week. The
next set of homeschool classes will start on that Wednesday. Just FYI, I expect a light turnout from our younger fencers on Thursday (Halloween.)
will need to put the overheads back up before practice on October
29th. The next set of afterschool classes will start that week. The
next set of homeschool classes will start on that Wednesday. Just FYI, I expect a light turnout from our younger fencers on Thursday (Halloween.)
The
first event for the NCFL
for the year will be here on November 2nd. Get ready as there should
be a lot of fencing. As always, help refereeing will be appreciated.
High school foilists should start getting ready NOW. I will be
contacting you to start confirming who will be fencing. For this you
need a complete uniform, so if you don’t have knickers or a plastron
talk to me. The B division can consist of anyone who is 6th grade and up. We can probably pull together a couple of actual teams from St. Mary and Surf City. We will put together composite teams for other interested fencers.
first event for the NCFL
for the year will be here on November 2nd. Get ready as there should
be a lot of fencing. As always, help refereeing will be appreciated.
High school foilists should start getting ready NOW. I will be
contacting you to start confirming who will be fencing. For this you
need a complete uniform, so if you don’t have knickers or a plastron
talk to me. The B division can consist of anyone who is 6th grade and up. We can probably pull together a couple of actual teams from St. Mary and Surf City. We will put together composite teams for other interested fencers.
The next Monday/Wednesday classes will begin on November 4th at 6:30 pm.
Our
next USA Fencing event is Saturday, November 9th. Mixed foil, mixed
epee, and Vet epee. Not a lot of people signed up yet. Entries have
been stagnant, but bwe are finally a B away from a B event. Foil and vet epee are lagging way behind. Get signed up now so we can attract more people and have a
larger event like the first one.
next USA Fencing event is Saturday, November 9th. Mixed foil, mixed
epee, and Vet epee. Not a lot of people signed up yet. Entries have
been stagnant, but bwe are finally a B away from a B event. Foil and vet epee are lagging way behind. Get signed up now so we can attract more people and have a
larger event like the first one.
On the 16th Mid-South has a series of Vet events in all weapons and Apex has another of their youth events.
The JO qualifiers are going to be November 17th at Apex. This year the
JOs are in Columbus, Ohio. The venue is pretty good and the
drive/flight is not too bad. Hopefully we can have a large contingent
at the qualifiers even if not everyone makes it to JOs. It is a one day event, so timing will be tight and I imagine that if you attempt to qualify in multiple weapons you will be running back and forth from one to the other. We can probably have a Saturday practice if there is interest.
JOs are in Columbus, Ohio. The venue is pretty good and the
drive/flight is not too bad. Hopefully we can have a large contingent
at the qualifiers even if not everyone makes it to JOs. It is a one day event, so timing will be tight and I imagine that if you attempt to qualify in multiple weapons you will be running back and forth from one to the other. We can probably have a Saturday practice if there is interest.
The 23rd is the second NCFL meet, this time at Chapel Hill HS.
Also
on that date for non-NCFL fencers, The Harry Rulnick open is being held
in Fayetteville. It has open adult foil split between men and women
and is a sanctioned event.
on that date for non-NCFL fencers, The Harry Rulnick open is being held
in Fayetteville. It has open adult foil split between men and women
and is a sanctioned event.
On Sunday, Mid-South is holding the next in the program of youth sabre events.
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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