CFFA has its first A rated fencer. Today Oliver Galbraith won the epee event in Williamsburg, beating Andrew Fulmer 15-12 in the final and earning his A17. He also finished 7th in yesterday’s foil event. Doing his best not to be outdone, Captain Kim Phillips won yesterday’s sabre event. Unfortunately, it was “only” a B event, so he reearns his B17. Congratulations to both.
No afterschool tomorrow as it is the last day of St. Mary’s spring break.
April
21-24 is the NAC in Baltimore, so no local tournaments. I
won’t have class Thursday night as we have a fencers in the 8 am event on
Friday. There will be afterschool and night practice. No Camp Lejeune fencing on Friday, 4/21. There are also
fencers involved in the NAC on Monday, so no afterschool on 4/24.
21-24 is the NAC in Baltimore, so no local tournaments. I
won’t have class Thursday night as we have a fencers in the 8 am event on
Friday. There will be afterschool and night practice. No Camp Lejeune fencing on Friday, 4/21. There are also
fencers involved in the NAC on Monday, so no afterschool on 4/24.
April
29th is our annual Lynn Krupey Memorial Iron Maiden. This is an event
for women only. Our women need to start
getting signed up to make it worthwhile for people from other clubs to
show up. For the UNCW women, consider it a study break.
For the CFFA women, a few are signed up. However, a number of you who
told me you were coming out of retirement to fence this are not. Some
of you who are looking for a good first tournament where you don’t need
to fight your way through a bunch of guys, this is it. Right now there
are 10 in the epee, so its rating will depend on getting 5 more bodies
with ranks. 6 in the foil. 5 Us in the sabre, so with one more U we
can give out an E. Things haven’t changed in the last week, so you need to get entered ASAP if we hope to get these events up to where there are real ratings on the line.
29th is our annual Lynn Krupey Memorial Iron Maiden. This is an event
for women only. Our women need to start
getting signed up to make it worthwhile for people from other clubs to
show up. For the UNCW women, consider it a study break.
For the CFFA women, a few are signed up. However, a number of you who
told me you were coming out of retirement to fence this are not. Some
of you who are looking for a good first tournament where you don’t need
to fight your way through a bunch of guys, this is it. Right now there
are 10 in the epee, so its rating will depend on getting 5 more bodies
with ranks. 6 in the foil. 5 Us in the sabre, so with one more U we
can give out an E. Things haven’t changed in the last week, so you need to get entered ASAP if we hope to get these events up to where there are real ratings on the line.
The next Tuesday/Thursday beginner class will start on May 2nd at 6:30 pm.
Our next 12 and under event will be held on May 6th. Foil at 10 am, Sabre at 1:30 pm, and epee at 3:30 pm. $5 per event. All of our current beginner classes end in time for people to be able to fence, so hopefully at least the foil events will be large. Volunteer or training referees welcome.
Mid-South has a youth sabre event on May 6th. Y-10, Y-12, and Y-14 events which are unsanctioned. A Junior and an adult U event, which I believe will be rated if they can get the bodies.
Salle New Bern is holding their annual Skirmish at Jack’s Island on Saturday, May 13th. Epee only, has a good chance of becoming an A event. See askfred for more details.
Our annual Memorial Weekend Stab-a-thon will be held on Saturday, May 27. Open foil, epee, and sabre. If people start getting signed up now they could be really big events.
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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