CFFA update for September 25

WHQR is having their fall pledge drive October 12-18.  It looks like they may have done away with it being a contest to get some free advertising on the station.  However, it is still an easy way for us to get our name on the air a bit.  They need to have four people (I think you can have more like 5-6) to take pledge phone calls.  They have a computer program that walks you through the pledge process, so it isn’t hard.  I will be there, so if we can get 3 more people I will try to get us signed up.  Most shifts are for three hours.  The downside is that our next tournament is that Saturday, so for people to be off work we would probably need to sign up for one of the Sunday shifts (October 16th), which are 7-10 am, and 10 am – 1 pm.  The upside is that it is right after Erica does the World Championship thing, so we should have some good things to talk about.  If interested email me ASAP with when you might be available.  In the past the slots have disappeared quickly.

I have been reading our insurance policy through USA Fencing and it reinforces the fact that everyone MUST get signed up to be a USA Fencing member.  The $10 non-competitive membership is fine.  By definition we are only a USA Fencing “member club” if 100% of our members have a USA Fencing membership.  If even one of our members is not a USA Fencing member, then we are an “affiliated club” and NO ONE has insurance.  Additionally, the hundreds of dollars we spent to get the insurance is wasted.  Please bring me in a copy of your membership if you haven’t already.

Yesterday we had Kathy Walters in to teach armoring.  Only a small turn out, but a good bit of club equipment got repaired, or at least diagnosed.  Many of our people who have been armoring for years learned new time saving shortcuts for their armoring.

We also had a fairly small turnout for our first youth tournament of the year.  Thanks to Zemi Lawrence and Robert Thomas for helping with the refereeing.  I think everyone would like to see more competitors at the next one, but Elina and Avery particularly want to fence someone more than just themselves.  Here are the results:

Foil
1st – Nicole Milewski CFFA Jacksonville
2nd – Don Evans  CFFA
3rd (tie) – Luke Martin   Salle New Bern     &   Jaden Scott    CFFA
9 and under

Gold – Lexi Williams 
CFFA                                                                           Silver –
Joseph Evans 
CFFA                                                                        Bronze –
Everett Martin   Salle New Bern

Sabre                                                                                                         
1st –   Elina Grooman 
CFFA                                                                           2nd-   Avery Walston  CFFA    

Epee
1st – Nicole Milewski        CFFA Jacksonville
2nd – Abbey Campbell      Salle New Bern
3rd (tie)  –   Lydia Huggins    CFFA  &  Linus Huggins  CFFA

Here are the current points in the season long competition for the swords

October 2nd is also an NCFDP event for epee and foil at Chapel Hill.  Both events will be at least B tournaments, and probably will end up as A events.

October 1-2 is an RYC in Richmond, check askfred if interested.  Preregistration closes September 30th, but price go up after September 28th.

October

8th is Salle New Bern’s Joseph Cadole Memorial event.  It will be an
unsanctioned adult E foil (meaning no ratings can be earned) and and an
unsanctioned Y-12/under 12 event.   I will give the
appropriate sword points for any of our Y-12/under 12 foilists who want
to go.  I am assuming that all the foil fencers from New Bern who competed yesterday will be there. 
Let me know if any of our young fencers are going so I can make certain you have equipment.  Also, I will be
going up, probably to referee, so I can take people if they need a ride.  So far no one is signed up for either event.