Another busy week after which things will calm down for
Thanksgiving. On Saturday, we had an NCFL meet at Chapel Hill High School. The Hoggard men’s team of Will Golder and Andrew Whitehead, although fencing a person short, still went 4-2. That means they had to win 5/6 of their bouts to win the match. Individually, Will was 17-0 and Andrew was 10-6. The CFFA mixed epee team actually for the first time ever had a full compliment of 3 fencers. Considering that they have never lost even when they only had two fencers, their 4-0 result should not be surprising. Miler Dumas was 8-0, Nicole Milewski was 7-0, and Joey Smith was 5-2. The best day was recorded by the crew from St. Raphael who won all three of their matches 5-0. Keely Carter was 7-0, Cole Carter was 6-0, and Gaby Caceres was 5-0.
Thanksgiving. On Saturday, we had an NCFL meet at Chapel Hill High School. The Hoggard men’s team of Will Golder and Andrew Whitehead, although fencing a person short, still went 4-2. That means they had to win 5/6 of their bouts to win the match. Individually, Will was 17-0 and Andrew was 10-6. The CFFA mixed epee team actually for the first time ever had a full compliment of 3 fencers. Considering that they have never lost even when they only had two fencers, their 4-0 result should not be surprising. Miler Dumas was 8-0, Nicole Milewski was 7-0, and Joey Smith was 5-2. The best day was recorded by the crew from St. Raphael who won all three of their matches 5-0. Keely Carter was 7-0, Cole Carter was 6-0, and Gaby Caceres was 5-0.
Amelia and John Alexander have been competing at the Music City RYC and RJCC in Nashville Tennessee, over the weekend. On Saturday Amelia competed in two events. In the Cadet women’s epee, she had a rough pool. However she turned it around and pulled a large upset by defeating a fencer to whom she had lost 1-5 in the pool 15-13. She then lost to the eventual winner and finished 16th. She had a better pool, 3-3, in the Y-14 foil. She won her first DE easily, but lost the second to finish 12th. John fenced the Y-10 men’s foil yesterday, and also had a hard pool. He then also pulled an upset, winning his first DE. He likewise lost to the eventual winner and finished 15th. Both had better days today. In Cadet Women’s foil, Amelia was 2-3 in her pool which gave her a first round bye. She then pulled off the same type of turnaround as yesterday. She won 15-11 over a woman who had beaten her 5-0 in the pool. She lost her next DE, but still finished 7th. John was likewise 2-3 in his pool of Y-10 men’s epee. He won a close 6-5 first DE, and just lost 9-10 to the number 2 seed. He also finished 7th. Congratulations to both.
We will keep a regular schedule up
through Tuesday. No homeschool, afterschool or evening
classes or practice on Wednesday and Thursday. No Surf City (no school) or Camp
Lejeune (Wallace Creek shuts at 6 pm) practice on Friday. I will come in for a Saturday practice for those that heed to work off their Thanksgiving dinners.
through Tuesday. No homeschool, afterschool or evening
classes or practice on Wednesday and Thursday. No Surf City (no school) or Camp
Lejeune (Wallace Creek shuts at 6 pm) practice on Friday. I will come in for a Saturday practice for those that heed to work off their Thanksgiving dinners.
Practice will return to normal the following week.
Our
next event will be on Saturday, December 7th. It will have an open
epee, and an open and an E and under foil. All
of you lower level foilists who have been waiting for something where
you don’t have to worry about Cs and Bs, etc. should be jumping in. I
will say again that if you are coming you should get entered now,
because people from other clubs are already making decisions about where
to fence that weekend. The more competition they see at our event, the
more likely this is the one they will choose. Currently there are more
Apex foilists entered in our events than CFFA fencers. Sign up is on
askfred.net. We need to see a number of our lower level foilists taking a chance to move the numbers up to where we can give away at least a D for both events. We need to see our higher rated epeeists getting in to draw other high rated epeeists for that event. Remember that the standard preregistration fees are in effect only until Saturday (11/30) night at midnight. After that every event is $10 more. In addition, Herman will be out of town at the Salt Lake City NAC and Brendan will be out of town, so I will need help setting up and making the event run.
next event will be on Saturday, December 7th. It will have an open
epee, and an open and an E and under foil. All
of you lower level foilists who have been waiting for something where
you don’t have to worry about Cs and Bs, etc. should be jumping in. I
will say again that if you are coming you should get entered now,
because people from other clubs are already making decisions about where
to fence that weekend. The more competition they see at our event, the
more likely this is the one they will choose. Currently there are more
Apex foilists entered in our events than CFFA fencers. Sign up is on
askfred.net. We need to see a number of our lower level foilists taking a chance to move the numbers up to where we can give away at least a D for both events. We need to see our higher rated epeeists getting in to draw other high rated epeeists for that event. Remember that the standard preregistration fees are in effect only until Saturday (11/30) night at midnight. After that every event is $10 more. In addition, Herman will be out of town at the Salt Lake City NAC and Brendan will be out of town, so I will need help setting up and making the event run.
Apex
is having a number of youth and adult unsanctioned events on that
date. Those of you too young for our events may want to go up there.
Check askfred.
is having a number of youth and adult unsanctioned events on that
date. Those of you too young for our events may want to go up there.
Check askfred.
We are looking at having a board meeting on December 11th, location to be decided. Herman, Brendan, and I have been trying to make this organization run without a lot of other long term participation and we are about at the point where we cannot keep all the balls in the air. Whatever skill you can bring is appreciated. Specifically, we can use help with ordering gear, media relations (both official and social), setting up and running tournaments, youth events, etc. Talk to someone if you believe you have the right combination of expertise and interest. Otherwise, we may be talking to you. I am assuming there won’t be any UNCW fencers on that evening as they are in the middle of finals.
December 14 is an NCFL event, but no location has yet been firmly decided.
December 14-15 is also an ROC up in Baltimore. All six events are 1-A events. The men’s foil and epee are A2s, women’s foil is a C1 and epee is a B1. Sabre needs a few more bodies to get a solid rating. The entry deadline for this is also the 30th of November on the USA Fencing website.
The week of December 16th will be the last week of practice before the holidays. I’ll do something small for the kids on the 18th and 19th at homeschool and afterschool. We are looking at having an adult get together on the 18th at some local establishment. Thursday the 19th will be an in club, bring something to share, holiday party, No practice at Surf City on Friday as school will be out. I will let the Camp Lejeune people decide if they want a practice that Friday evening (assuming Wallace Creek is open).
The majority view regarding a youth event on the 21st was against, so I will open up for practice that morning.
With Christmas on Wednesday, I am assuming no one will want to fence Tuesday or Thursday.
We already have people signed up for the Fairfax RYC/RJCC in Baltimore for the weekend of December 28-29, so I will probably be there. If you are interested sign up for that event is on the usafencing.org webpage and ends December 2nd. I will see if anyone else wants to open up the club on Saturday.
I am assuming no one will want to come in on New Year’s eve. However, some of the people going to Charlotte may want to come in on the 2nd. For me it will depend on the timing of events as to whether I can be here or need to be in Charlotte that evening.
Here are the people I saw signed up for the Charlotte NAC. If I missed you, please let me know so I have an accurate idea of who is going. Friday Oliver Div 1 ME Saturday Oliver Div 1 MF Nicole & Kenyatta Div 1 WE Sunday Nicole Jr WE Will ME team Monday Will & Kent Jr ME
Alice, Christi, Kenyatta, Nicole, Erica & Amelia WE Team
Likewise for JOs in February here is whom I have as going: Friday Will Cad ME
Saturday Amelia and Nicole Jr WE Sunday Will Jr ME Amelia Cad WF
Monday Amelia & Nicole Cad WE
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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