CFFA update for February 18

Another one of those days where I needed to be triplets.  First, a number of UNCW fencers competed in a college club meet at NC State.  In epee, Eli Nathan finished in the top 8, while Seth Garrison took 4th.  In foil, Bracy Heinlein finished in the top 8.

At the JOs in Kansas City, in Junior epee, Samantha Milewski continued her streak of fencing very well and the Fencing Gods not giving her credit for it.  She finished 112th, but was fencing very strongly.  You can ask the three As she beat, one of whom finished 8th.

Saving the best for last, at the High School Individual Championships, Reaghan Juelke persevered through four rounds of pools to come in second.  And she is a freshman.

No afterschool or evening class Monday.  Weather looks to be nice, so I should be back in time for afterschool and evening classes on Tuesday.  After that everything should be back to normal.

The NAC in Baltimore will also be huge.  It has the Div 1 National Championships, plus Vets, Div II, and Div III.  The regular fee deadline is February 22nd.  That is this Wednesday.  Please let me know if you are going so I can plan.

February 25 is a homeschool meet at CFFA.  Time for the meet is 1:30 pm.  We should have the Southeastern team plus teams from Oak Ridge and Twin City.  They fence the Olympic relay format, first to 45 wins.  I am certain our homeschool fencers would like a crowd of supporters.

Also that weekend is the ACC championships at Duke.  There is some talk of taking those interested up to see some very high level college fencing.  I will keep you posted.  Saturday is Women’s individuals and Men’s team events.  Sunday is the reverse.  Let me know if you are interested so we can plan.

March 4-5 are the Division II/III and Y-14 qualifiers in Greensboro.  The entry deadline before fees go up is 2/26.  Check askfred for more info.  Currently we only have 4 fencers entered.

pax vobiscum,