Lots going on this weekend. Starting on Sunday and working back, Oliver Galbraith competed at Chapel Hill’s foil event. He went 4-1 in his pool and was tied for fourth after the pools. The event started out as a 30 person B2. He won his first DE, but then lost to one of UNC’s Cs and finished 10th. All the Bs got knocked out before the top 8 so it fell to a C2 event.
Samantha Milewski took 2nd in the women’s epee at Charlotte. In an open that started out as a B1, she won her first DE, then upset the number 2 seed, but lost to Andrew Fullmer and finished 8th. Again a B got knocked out too early and it fell to a C event.
In the Youth event that we held on Saturday there was some really fierce foil fencing. Will Golder was pretty dominant, only getting hit 3 times all day. Nicole Milewski was 2nd, Isabelle Artz and Lexi Williams tied for 3rd. Don Evans got the gold for the 9 and under division. In the sabre it was very tight between Avery Walston and Noah Nunez, but Avery won. In the epee, Nicole scared away everyone, so there wasn’t an epee event.
Here are the sword points so far:
Boys Girls
Golder 6 Milewski 5
Evans 2 Artz, I. 4
Walston 2 Williams 4
Chaote 1
Nunez 1
Since the events were small, no one is out of the running for swords yet. I’m looking to have the next youth event on October 24th.
The afterschool program starts today. I will pick up the youngsters at St. Mary after they let out. Other interested people should try to be there by 3:30 pm.
September’s
evening class will start tonight and runs for 6 weeks on a Monday/Wednesday schedule.
UNCW will only be coming down occasionally on Wednesday nights and I will let you know when they will be. They have some foilists with previous experience, USFA, NCFL, some of our old fencers, plus some of CFFA’s younger fencers in epee that are coming back now that they are in college. So no Wednesday practice as I will be going out there this week.
Our
first adult event will be Saturday, September 19th. Open foil at 9:30
am, Open epee
at 1:30 pm, E and under sabre at 3:30 pm. All of our events are mixed
unless otherwise specified. $20 for your first event, $10 for any
subsequent event. We really need to see more of our people jumping
in and getting signed up. We need three more bodies to make the epee a B event. Sabre looks decent. FOILISTS – there are currently twice as many people in the sabre event as in the foil event. All of you who didn’t want to enter an event because there are too many difficult people to fence, this is the one to enter. All of you looking for a good event to be your first foil event, this is a good one to enter. All of you who fence other weapons, but want to brush up your competitive foil, this is the event to enter. Why would anyone drive down here if our own folks won’t even enter our events?
Sunday
the 20th is Mixed epee and Mixed sabre at UNC. Epee is an A1 event and sabre is a B. I will be attending the homeschool league organizational meeting so won’t be available on Sunday. Right now we only have one fencer in each event. The reverse of getting people here is that we need to be showing up to other people’s events. Yes you might be tired from Saturday, but this will probably be one of the biggest epee events in the state.
September
26-27 is the Division 1A ROC in Fredericksburg. 1A means that it is
open to everyone, the events are split as men’s and women’s, and most of
the events will end up as A level. This is a good event for those of
you looking for a step up in competition, or planning to get ready for
the NACs that will be in the area this season. If you want to get in, there is already a late fee, but it jumps even higher after this week.
October 3rd is Mixed sabre at UNC, while the 4th is mixed foil and epee there.
October 9-12 is the actual NAC in Richmond. Again there are significant late fees if you are not already entered.
The NCFL is looking for some parents who might want to help constitute a board to oversee it. It was decided that the NCFL is getting big enough that it is difficult to get all the coaches together, much less to agree on things. Let me know if you might be interested.
I have a former fencer wanting to sell a barely used (6-8 times) 36 RH front zip jacket, small mask, and small RH glove for $75. Let me know if you are interested and I will put you in contact.
Gerhard Guevarra’s club in Fayetteville is in a contest for a $500 grant from a local company. All you have to do is vote for them before the end of September and the link is below. They are currently ahead, but every little bit helps.http://www.blantonsair.com/about-us/answer-call/
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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