DUES UPDATES
Long term club dues are currently on the table (through August). You can get 6 months of club membership for the cost of 5 months ($225 instead of $270) by paying August through January all at one time. Or you can go really big and get a whole year for only 10 months ($450 instead of $540). We only offer this when it falls in line with the USA Fencing calendar, so it is only available for August to July. Or the 6 month is August – January and a second shot of February – July.
CLUB UPDATES
Remember, because of our insurance, you cannot fence currently unless your USA Fencing dues are up to date.
Regular schedule for this week as far as lessons and practice. That is: club practice Tuesday and Thursday nights, and Saturday morning someone will be in starting about 11 am. Saturday mornings have been pretty sparse this year, so please let me know if you are planning on coming in.
Time to start thinking about Fall classes, so here is the schedule so far:
August 18 Tu/Th 6 week beginning evening foil class
September 8 Afterschool fencing starts for advanced fencers
September 9 Homeschool fencing starts for both returners and the new beginner class (8 week)
September 14 Afterschool 6 week beginning classes start
September 14 Mon/Wed 6 week beginning evening foil class
INFORMATION ON UPCOMING EVENTS
We have had our fall events approved by the North Carolina Division. Our first event will be on October 24th and will include Open Foil, Open Epee, and a Div III (D and under) Foil event. The second will be December 5th and will have an Open Foil, Open Epee, and a Div III Epee. They are now up on askfred, and have caps of 28 fencers, so start getting signed up. Very few people are currently entered. A number of other clubs’ events (both sanctioned and unsanctioned) are starting to appear on askfred, so I am listing most of them here.
USA Fencing has listed the events for the NACs and SJCCs, even if they don’t have a location secured yet. Here is the list of the events our people might be interested in:
October 9-12 NAC Orlando, FL Div 1, Cadet, Y-14
November 20-23 NAC Columbus, OH Div 1, Junior, Cadet
December 4-6 SJCC Milwaukee, WI Junior, Cadet
January 8-11 JOs Oklahoma City, OK Junior, Cadet
February 12-15 NAC ? Div 1, Junior, Vet Age, Vet Combined
March 5-8 NAC ? Y14, Y12, Y10, Div II
April 16-19 NAC Cincinnati, OH Div 1, Junior, Vet Age, Vet Combined
May ? SJCC ? Junior, Cadet
July 2-11 Summer Nationals Salt Lake City, UT All ages and events
ENDING ON A HAPPY NOTE
There will be an engagement celebration In New Bern on August 29th to celebrate Ryan Miller and Sarah Kate Childs. It will start around 2:30 – 3 pm with a dinner at 5 pm. The location is Marston Crawford’s house, 2504 Old Cherry Point Road in New Bern. Marston does have one electric strip so some epee bouts will be available. If you know them and want to attend, RSVP to Donny Zelinski, sallenewbernfencers@gmail.com .
UPCOMING EVENTS
The next season starts with a ton of regionals, especially for the under 20 crowd. The new points rules allow fencers to get points from any regional, not just the ones in their region. I am starting to see some unusual entries to the events in our region, so keep an eye on something you are interested in and make certain you don’t get capped out.
August 22-23 Forge’s Big Blue Durham Sen Mix F,E,S; Div III Saber, Sen W F.E.S, Y12 F, S
August 22 All-American 82nd Open Fayetteville Y8, Y10, Y12,Y14 Foil, Sr Mix E, F (unsanctioned)
August 29 Apex Novice Apex Y10, Y12 mix F; Y10, Y14 Mix E, M + W Sen F, Mix Sen E
September 7 Forge Durham Sr Women’s F,E,S
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 (Lotus)
(Obviously, this is the one most of our fencers need to be looking at. Registration is open from now until August 31, but all the events are capped. Few entries at the moment, but Cadet and Junior men’s epee are getting close to the caps.)
September 25-27 Regional Richmond, VA Y8, Y10, Y12, Y14, Cadet, Junior + Adult Combined. This is a new category that allows fencers 21 and up to fence without running into those still in the Junior category. This is the first tournament I have seen that is offering this group.
October 3-4 Regional Suwanee, GA Y8, Y10, Y12, Y14, Cadet, Junior
October 9-12 NAC Orlando, FL Div 1, Cadet, Y14
October 10 Apex Novice Apex Y10, Y12 mix F; Y10, Y14 Mix E, M + W Sen F, Mix Sen E
October 24 CFFA Wilmington Open foil and epee, Div III foil
November 7 Doug Griswold Apex Sen Mix F, E; Vet Mix F,E
November 14-15 Regional Glen Allen, VA Y8, Y10, Y12, Y14, Cadet, Junior (Kiefer/Meinhardt)
November 21 Apex Novice Apex Y10, Y12 mix F; Y10, Y14 Mix E, M + W Sen F, Mix Sen E
December 5 CFFA Wilmington Open foil and epee, Div III epee
December 11-13 Regional Myrtle Beach Y8, Y10, Y12, Y14, Cadet, Junior, Div 1A, Div II, Vet (Southern)
pax vobiscum,
Greg Spahr
Head Coach
Cape Fear Fencing Association
Head Coach
Cape Fear Fencing Association