W had a busy and fairly rewarding day for our last event of the 2015-16 season. The foil went pretty much to form. Oliver Galbraith of CFFA won, Bobby Gibbs of Charlotte Fencing Academy was second, and our Brendan McConville and Kyler Schoonmaker tied for 3rd. Foil is becoming a self fulfilling prophecy and it needs to change for next season. Too many of our higher rated foilists are saying it won’t renew my rating so I won’t go, too many of our lower rated or unrated foilists are saying I’ll just get beat by the more experienced people. Kyler is a U and has taken 3rd in both of the last opens. We had two Cs from other clubs drop out in the last couple of days, we had three people not show Saturday, I can list 3-4 U rated people who should have been there fencing but weren’t; and we had 3-4 people who showed up that were not signed up on askfred. If everyone would have shown it would have been a solid C1 with there still being a chance for some U foilists to slip into the top 8 and earn a rating. As it was we had more sabre fencers for an E and under than foil fencers for an open.
The epeeists, on the other hand, don’t understand the idea of having A rated events. If you keep knocking out the As before they get to the top 8, no one is going to get an A. LOL Oliver also won this event and renewed his B. Josh Harvey of CFFA was 2nd. Two Charlotte Fencing Academy fencers, Shane Mason and Tommy Dietz, took the 3rds. Vassa Falls of the Jacksonville branch of CFFA jumped from a U to a D, and Robert Thomas of CFFA upped his D to a 16. Margaret Bertoni of Mid-South/Charlotte Fencing Academy reearned her E.
In the sabre, Alex Hoelscher of CFFA won gold and reearned his E, Erik Graf of CFFA won silver. Joe McLaughlin of CFFA/Mid-South took one bronze and Ian Dube of Edge of America Fencing took the other. Thanks to everyone who did show up and fence, the referees, and all the people who helped with set up and clean up. A special thanks to Zemi who observed and ran the event while fighting through a migraine.
This week is the real start of summer hours. Afterschool and the weekly homeschool classes finished last week. So we are down to open fencing Tuesday and Thursday evenings, plus Camp Lejeune on Fridays.
We
will start having Saturday practices regularly on this Saturday, June 4th. I’ll be in
by 10 am and people can fence until they are tired. There will usually
be practice unless there is an event (State Games) or maybe a holiday
(July 4th).
will start having Saturday practices regularly on this Saturday, June 4th. I’ll be in
by 10 am and people can fence until they are tired. There will usually
be practice unless there is an event (State Games) or maybe a holiday
(July 4th).
All-American in Fayetteville is doing a number of unsanctioned events on the 4th, including Y-12 and Y-10 level events. If you are interested in going, let me know so we can make certain you will have the equipment you will need. More info is up on askfred.net.
Our next beginner class will start on Monday, June 6th, at 6:30 pm.
No Camp Lejeune practice on Friday June 11 as we will be doing the ballet performance.
The
Powerade State Games registrations are up. You can check askfred for
an approximate entry list. However, the actual entry is done on
pag.ncsports.org under fencing. The event is only about 2 hours away in
Raleigh this year. Events are split as Y-12, Women’s, and Men’s. They
give awards within the adult events for cadet, junior, and vet; as well as the
overall results. You need to be registered by the 4th or fees go up. Men’s sabre looks fairly big, they could really use an infusion of our fencers in Men’s foil and epee and all of the women’s and Y-12 events.
Powerade State Games registrations are up. You can check askfred for
an approximate entry list. However, the actual entry is done on
pag.ncsports.org under fencing. The event is only about 2 hours away in
Raleigh this year. Events are split as Y-12, Women’s, and Men’s. They
give awards within the adult events for cadet, junior, and vet; as well as the
overall results. You need to be registered by the 4th or fees go up. Men’s sabre looks fairly big, they could really use an infusion of our fencers in Men’s foil and epee and all of the women’s and Y-12 events.
This
summer, I would like to have sessions for the 12 and under set on
Tuesday and Thursday, starting at 6:30 pm. This will give the fencers of
that age group a chance to keep up with things over the summer. Once
my beginner class is finished in early June, I can give you more hands
on instructions. Costs would be $35 per month or the $5 per session
floor fee.
summer, I would like to have sessions for the 12 and under set on
Tuesday and Thursday, starting at 6:30 pm. This will give the fencers of
that age group a chance to keep up with things over the summer. Once
my beginner class is finished in early June, I can give you more hands
on instructions. Costs would be $35 per month or the $5 per session
floor fee.
No one has come up with a suggestion for the week of August 1-5 as far as a summer camp. So I may make it a second beginner camp if it looks like the Olympics may generate interest, or just take a week to relax between camps. Feel free to give suggestions.
People have been asking about T-shirts and jackets. The last time we had shirts done they ran $15 and are the design with the club logo on the back on the fencer on the front. The jackets have the club logo on the back and were $45. I don’t know if they would be that exact price as it was a couple of years ago, but that should be a good approximate. If you might be interested, let me know what you want and the correct size so we can get an order together.
pax vobiscum,
Greg Spahr
Head Coach
Cape Fear Fencing Association
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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