CFFA update for January 4 | Cape Fear Fencing Association

Happy New Year! And the club has a new B in epee. Josh Harvey started slow in the Hangover in Richmond today but ended up tied for 3rd in an A2 and earned his B15. (the up side is that you now don’t have to fence him at Divisionals.) Oliver Galbraith went 4-1 in his pool, won his first DE, but lost his second DE to an A from DCFC. Josh then avenged Oliver in the next round by taking out the A. Oliver ended up 10th. In yesterday’s B2 foil, Oliver was 5-1 and first out of his pool, but lost his first DE and ended up 17th. Jesse Harvey was 4-1 in his pool, won his first DE, but then lost 13-15 to the B who ended up winning the entire event. Jesse placed 12th. A good job from all the guys.

Afterschool

and a new beginner afterschool class will start tomorrow (or Tuesday for the beginners). The
next adult beginner class will start on Tuesday, January 6th at 6:30 pm, with an
intermediate class to follow at 7:30 pm if anyone is interested. The next
Homeschool beginner class and new homschool session will start onWednesday, the 7th, at 1 pm. There look to be a fair number in all of the beginner classes.

The
10th is the first NCFL meet of 2015, at Kestrel Heights. Harry and
Will could really use a third fencer if anyone is interested. Let me know who is interested in going, needs a ride, etc.

The

17th is our first adult event of the New Year. With this one we are
bringing back the one touch epee event in addition to the open foil and
epee. All of our spring events are now up on askfred, so start getting
signed up. There isn’t much to compete with on many of our weekends, so
if we can get our folks signed up we can probably attract out of town
fencers. If it looks like there will not be anyone competing, people
will stay home. Right now the epee for the 17th looks to be solid B event, but the foil can use more bodies and ranks.

The

18th is a homeschool event. I have permission to hold it aboard Camp
Lejeune.. In addition to the homeschool teams, I am going to try to
have
a meet with women’s foil teams and mixed epee teams in the morning.
The epee and women’s foil would start about 11 am and the homeschool
will be at 1 pm. These would all be for high school age and
below fencers and you would need a full uniform. We will loan you
knickers (if we have them in your size) and underarm protectors. No
cost to fence and we can always make composite teams. I will need to
know who would be driving so you can get a pass to get on base.

The
next set of Camp Lejeune classes should start on the 23rd. This one
looks like it will be a large class with a good mix of adults and
younger beginners.

The 24th will be our first 12 and under event for 2015. $5 entry, Foil at 10 am, sabre at 1:30 pm, epee at 2:30 pm.

The 31st is the second NCFL meet of January, location yet to be decided.

Tony Viollis, St. Mary’s AD, has asked me to let anyone who is interested know that there will be a Golf Tournament to benefit the athletic program fund on March 21st. I believe there is more information on St. Mary’s website.

Finally, looking way ahead, camps for 2015 will be in July/August as always. I will probably use July 13-17 for the beginner camp. The other weeks are July 20-24, July 27-31, and August 3-7. If anyone has a preference or a conflict let me know and I will try to make certain your weapon’s camp does not fall on that week.

pax vobiscum,

Greg Spahr
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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