Yesterday we held the first middle school team event with some local teams and teams from Raleigh and New Bern. The team of Megan Looney and Emma Melvin fenced a person short all day for St. Mary and came in seventh. The Topsail Pirates team of Isabella LaCorte, Evan Cherry, and Ivone Alexander finished third. The Topsail Tacos: Logan Schott, Amelia Alexander, and Jackson Jones won the event. If you go to a middle school and would be interested in having a team next year, talk to Herman Smith or me. A huge thank you to Herman for setting this up and sponsoring the event. Thanks yous to Brendan McConville, Kyler Schoonmaker, and Jerry Antonellis of Epiphany for refereeing. Thank yous to the fencers and parents.
We also had fencers go to the event in Apex yesterday. Will Golder finished 14th in the men’s epee and 17th in the men’s foil. Both were A2 events. Erica Julien finished 6th and Nicole Milewski was 8th in women’s epee.
This week practice keeps moving to more of a summer schedule. We should have a Saturday practice on the 19th, starting at 10 am and going until ?
May 19th is open epee and unrated foil at Charlotte. Epee might become a B and the foil may become an E event.
May
20th is a U foil at All-American. I will be going up to observe, but
at the moment the field is maxed out. If they have anyone drop out I
will let you know.
20th is a U foil at All-American. I will be going up to observe, but
at the moment the field is maxed out. If they have anyone drop out I
will let you know.
Our
next event will be the Stab-a-thon on May 26th. The epee is shaping up
nicely, already a B1, and only needs another A to become an A event. The foil needs a C and bodies to be a C. The sabre needs warm bodies to become an E.
next event will be the Stab-a-thon on May 26th. The epee is shaping up
nicely, already a B1, and only needs another A to become an A event. The foil needs a C and bodies to be a C. The sabre needs warm bodies to become an E.
Afterschool practice will end the last week of May.
June
2nd will be the last Youth event for the season. We will give the
swords away after the events. Foil at 10 am, epee at 1:30 pm, sabre at
3:30 pm.
2nd will be the last Youth event for the season. We will give the
swords away after the events. Foil at 10 am, epee at 1:30 pm, sabre at
3:30 pm.
Also
on June 2nd, Apex is hosting a referee clinic that will set you up to
take the written referee test. It is written to be difficult so
attending a clinic like this is not only necessary, but very helpful.
It is listed on askfred (look under clinics) for more
details. If you have questions, ask me. They are then having
unsanctioned foil events on the 3rd so that the prospective referees can
be observed.
on June 2nd, Apex is hosting a referee clinic that will set you up to
take the written referee test. It is written to be difficult so
attending a clinic like this is not only necessary, but very helpful.
It is listed on askfred (look under clinics) for more
details. If you have questions, ask me. They are then having
unsanctioned foil events on the 3rd so that the prospective referees can
be observed.
June 9th is Mid-South’s last sabre extravaganza of the year. They are having a women’s epee and a Vet combine mixed epee.
Our only entrants currently listed for Powerade State Games are Mike Kinney, Erica Julien, Nicole Milewski, and Kim Phillips. The entry fees are at their second level but will go up again on June 1st. The games are the weekend of June 16-17.
On June 12th I will start having a summer practice for the younger set at 6:30 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We will go for about an hour and the cost is $5 per time or $25 per month.
Summer camps will go 9 am to 5 pm Monday to Thursday and 9 am to 3 pm Friday. More information is on the website or on a handout I have prepared. Last year we experimented with allowing adults to take the camps and the results were solid, so if you would like to attend a camp, talk to me. If you are attending, please let me know so I can plan the curricula and tell me your T-shirt size so I can order them. Camp dates are:
Beginning Fencing Camp July 9-13
Advanced Foil Camp July 16 – 20
Advanced Epee Camp July 23 – 27
Advanced Sabre Camp July 30 – August 3
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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