RESULTS
Brendan McConville suffered through that nightmare that all fencers have about going to NACs and National Championships. He arrived in Portland fairly early Friday. Unfortunately, his weapons, body cords, and masks decided to take some extra sightseeing around the country. He started his Vet 50 Men’s foil with a new mask, two new body cords, and two brand new, just built weapons. You cannot get the blades he likes anymore; the blade had a different cant (blade angle) from what he likes, and they were stiff unbroken-in blades. Just not quite working for him through most of the pool. His case showed up finally and Lauren brought over his regular weapons. He was able to win his last bout and his first DE. Unfortunately, that lined him up to fence the number 1 seed, who was fairly quick (understatement). He ended up 31st. No one fencing today. James Russell and Jackson Jones up tomorrow.
Erica Julien won the Vet 80 Women’s sabre and did it with a mangled finger. She has her epee events today.
USA FENCING UPDATES ON THE UPDATES
Membership fees for USA Fencing are going up for next season. Not tons, but about $10 per membership. However, they don’t technically go up until August 1. So, if you get your membership before then, you actually still pay this year’s fee. $10 is $10.
CLUB UPDATES
The club is closed this week. We will open back up Tuesday, July 7.
GARAGE? BASEMENT? SALE
We are selling our club jackets and knickers to our members for $5. Bring it to one of the officers and let us check it to make certain it still passes safety and other regulations, hand us your Abe Lincoln, and it will be yours. This probably won’t go on much longer, so get things while you can.
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
I have been informed of another Italian fencer looking for a host family. Her name is Chiara and she looks to be a right hand pommeling French grip epeeist. She says she also likes the beach and subjects like biology, psychology, sociology, and anthropology. She is looking for a whole year placement but is also looking for a Welcome Family. This would be a placement from August to about Halloween, which would give the organization time to finalize the rest of the year somewhere else. If anyone is interested, let me know and I will put you in contact with the CIIE representative. If you want a better idea of how it all works, you can talk to the Popovics.
SUMMER CAMPS
Just a reminder that this is the camp schedule for this summer:
July 13 – 17 Advanced epee
July 20 – 24 Beginner foil
July 27 – 31 Advanced foil
Email me if you have questions.
UPCOMING EVENTS
June 27 – July 6 USA Fencing Portland, OR Summer Nationals
The next season starts with a ton of regionals, especially for the under 20 crowd.
September 12-13 Regional Virginia Beach, VA Y8, Y10, Y12, Y14, Cadet, Junior
September 18-20 Regional Myrtle Beach, SC Y8, Y10, Y12, Y14, Cadet, Junior, Div 1A, Div 2, Vet
September 25-27 Regional Richmond, VA Y8, Y10, Y12, Y14, Cadet, Junior
October 3-4 Regional Suwanee, GA Y8, Y10, Y12, Y14, Cadet, Junior
October 9-12 NAC Orlando, FL ?
pax vobiscum,
Greg Spahr
Head Coach
Cape Fear Fencing Association
Head Coach
Cape Fear Fencing Association