Samantha and Nicole Milewski attended an epee clinic given by Olympian Kat Holmes in the DC area yesterday. Once I get the low down I will pass on good drills and advice. The early word from the girls is that there were a lot of warm up and footwork drills.
We
will have a class starting about 3:30 pm at Topsail Middle School on Friday,
September 22nd. It will be following the same type 8 week schedule as the
Camp Lejeune and homeschool classes.
will have a class starting about 3:30 pm at Topsail Middle School on Friday,
September 22nd. It will be following the same type 8 week schedule as the
Camp Lejeune and homeschool classes.
Other than that, it should be a regular week of practice.
September
23rd will be the first youth event of the
season. Ages 12 and under, foil at 10 am, sabre at 1:30 pm, epee at
3:30 pm. $5 per event. This is the first time in years that there
really is no preseason favorite in either the boy’s or girl’s
competitions. Not expecting lots of fencers for sabre and epee, but
foil could be large, so volunteer referees are quite welcome and
appreciated. For you new fencers, too early to compete, but you might want to come watch the foil.
23rd will be the first youth event of the
season. Ages 12 and under, foil at 10 am, sabre at 1:30 pm, epee at
3:30 pm. $5 per event. This is the first time in years that there
really is no preseason favorite in either the boy’s or girl’s
competitions. Not expecting lots of fencers for sabre and epee, but
foil could be large, so volunteer referees are quite welcome and
appreciated. For you new fencers, too early to compete, but you might want to come watch the foil.
UNC
Chapel Hill has September 30/October 1 for their Tarheel
Open. The epee is a very strong A2. The foil is an A1 that needs a few
bodies to become an A2, that is not nearly as strong as the epee.
Sabre is a B1 that needs 1 A to be an A1.
Chapel Hill has September 30/October 1 for their Tarheel
Open. The epee is a very strong A2. The foil is an A1 that needs a few
bodies to become an A2, that is not nearly as strong as the epee.
Sabre is a B1 that needs 1 A to be an A1.
Also
on September 30 is Salle New Bern’s E and under foil event. This is an
unsanctioned training event. That means it is cheaper than a
sanctioned event and is used to walk people (fencers and parents)
through one of their first or early tournaments.
on September 30 is Salle New Bern’s E and under foil event. This is an
unsanctioned training event. That means it is cheaper than a
sanctioned event and is used to walk people (fencers and parents)
through one of their first or early tournaments.
Mid-South has their first youth sabre event of the year on October 7th.
October
7-8 has a referee clinic and tournament at Research Triangle Fencing.
It is being conducted by Darius Wei and Matt Cox. For those of you who
want to improve your refereeing skills and/or become official USA
Fencing referees, this would be a great clinic to attend. Cost is $75
which gets you the clinic, entry into the observation tournament the next day, and
the ability to take the written and practical refereeing tests. People are needed to fence in the observation event on Sunday. One thing that affects the rating a referee can get is the fencing they are reffing. Hard to get a good rating if you are watching beginners. More
info is up on askfred.
7-8 has a referee clinic and tournament at Research Triangle Fencing.
It is being conducted by Darius Wei and Matt Cox. For those of you who
want to improve your refereeing skills and/or become official USA
Fencing referees, this would be a great clinic to attend. Cost is $75
which gets you the clinic, entry into the observation tournament the next day, and
the ability to take the written and practical refereeing tests. People are needed to fence in the observation event on Sunday. One thing that affects the rating a referee can get is the fencing they are reffing. Hard to get a good rating if you are watching beginners. More
info is up on askfred.
Our
next event is on October 14th. It will have a mixed foil event, a
mixed epee event, and for those not wanting to jump right in to a full
adult open epee competition, a D and under epee event. Please get
signed up now so we 1) attract other fencers, and B) can plan for
referees, etc. The reason yesterday’s event dropped to a B was that we
only had the 4 As and Bs necessary. When two of them met in the 1st DE
round, it was automatic that since we wouldn’t have 4 As and Bs in top 8
that out event was no longer an A rated event. No one has jumped in since last week.
next event is on October 14th. It will have a mixed foil event, a
mixed epee event, and for those not wanting to jump right in to a full
adult open epee competition, a D and under epee event. Please get
signed up now so we 1) attract other fencers, and B) can plan for
referees, etc. The reason yesterday’s event dropped to a B was that we
only had the 4 As and Bs necessary. When two of them met in the 1st DE
round, it was automatic that since we wouldn’t have 4 As and Bs in top 8
that out event was no longer an A rated event. No one has jumped in since last week.
The next huge regional event is the Tiger Open which will be held 10/21 at Clemson. This is a tournament that always has an open and a Div III (D and under) in each weapon. The open epee is already an A2 with 8 As, the D and under epee should become a C2. The open foil has the necessary As and Bs, but needs Cs to become an A event. The Div III foil should end up as a D1, maybe a C2. Sabre is lagging behind.
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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