CFFA update for December 4th

Results from the NAC in Richmond: On Friday, Erica Julien went 4-3 in her pool and ended up tied for the bronze in Vet 70 Women’s epee.  Joe McLaughlin was 2-4 and ended up 19th in Vet 60 Men’s sabre.  In the Div 1 epee, Ricki Richards was 2-4 and ended up tied for 199th.  Unfortunately that was the highest position eliminated from the DE.  He did defeat Dennis Kraft who finished 13th overall.  On Saturday, in Vet combined sabre, Joe McLaughlin was 2-4 and finished 40th.  Kim Phillips was 5-1 in pools, and finished 9th overall.  Erica Julien competed in Vet Women’s 70 sabre and finished 7th.  Richi Richards, Herman Smith, and Paul Perkins were all in the Div 1-A.  Herman and Paul finished 133rd and 138th respectively and didn’t make the DEs.  Ricki was 3-3 in his pool and lost his 1st DE 14-15, finishing 79th.  Sunday saw Paul Perkins go 2-3 in his pool in Vet 40 epee, including beating the #1 seed.  However he hurt his ankle and dropped his first DE to finish 18th.  In vet 60 epee, Herman Smith had a strong 4-1 round, but pulled a calf muscle.  He still won his first DE and lost the second 8-10 to finish 23rd.  Tomorrow has Captain Phillips in Div 1 sabre and Samantha Milewski in Div 1-A epee.  I will let you know how they do tomorrow.

As I will be with them in Richmond, no afterschool practice tomorrow and no class tomorrow night.  Starting on Tuesday, everything will be back to normal for the rest of the week.

Our next event is on December 10th.  Open foil, open epee, and a D and under sabre.  Please get signed up ASAP.  Paul, Herman, and Brendan all look to be out with injuries, so it makes everything wide open in foil and epee.  We just need to get the bodies to give away ranks.

The 10th is also probably the last day to be able to get an order in for the holidays and make certain we can get it delivered in time.  Talk to Herman or I if needed.

Columbia, SC, has an unusual event on the 11th.  All three weapons as Vet’s combined and Y-12.  More info on askfred for those so inclined.

Saturday, December 17th, is the first official homeschool meet at Oak Ridge.  It starts at 1 pm and I will contact the homeschool team members as it approaches. 

The 17th is also Unrated and U-19 sabre at Mid-South.  The next day has unsanctioned Y-12 and Y-14 events.

RTF is hosting foil and sabre events on the 31st of December to close out the year.

pax vobiscum,