We held one of our youth 12 and under events yesterday, with a good turn out considering the holiday, etc. In the foil, Amelia Alexander was 1st, Jackson Jones was 2nd, James Russell and Eamon O’Brien took the thirds. For the 9 and under set, John Alexander won gold, Lou Lightner won silver, and Noah Droke won bronze. Amelia also won the epee. In that Linus Huggins was 2nd, John Alexander and Porter Havens tied for 3rd. Ellery O’Brien won the gold for 9 and under epee with Noah Droke getting the silver. Sabre was James Russell 1st, Eamon O’Brien 2nd, and Ellery O’Brien and John Alexander tied for 3rd. Thanks to Eoin and Eilis O’Brien for reffing. Thanks to Herman and Kenyatta for armoring. Thanks to all the parents with helping with set up, tear down, and hooking up fencers. Planning on having one more such event before the end of the school year, the date is still up in the air. As far as the sword points, Amelia is pretty well untouchable on the girls side, up by 36 points. On the guys side it looks to be a three way race: Eamon has 44 points, James has 40 points, and John has 35 points.
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Mary is off on Monday the 22nd, so no afterschool tomorrow. The beginner class will meet in the evening and everything will
be back to normal on Tuesday. There will probably be a Saturday practice at 10 am this week.
Mary is off on Monday the 22nd, so no afterschool tomorrow. The beginner class will meet in the evening and everything will
be back to normal on Tuesday. There will probably be a Saturday practice at 10 am this week.
May 4th is our
Stab-a-thon. The Open epee is currently a B, and needs just one more A to be an A event. The
Open foil needs 4 bodies, one of whom is a C to make a C event. The E and under
epee needs a number of people and two Es to be able to give away a
D. Don’t forget that you must be entered by a week before (that deadline is this coming Saturday) or the fees go up.
Stab-a-thon. The Open epee is currently a B, and needs just one more A to be an A event. The
Open foil needs 4 bodies, one of whom is a C to make a C event. The E and under
epee needs a number of people and two Es to be able to give away a
D. Don’t forget that you must be entered by a week before (that deadline is this coming Saturday) or the fees go up.
The May beginner class will start on Tuesday, May 7th. This will probably be the last beginner class until fall.
On the 11th Apex will have another one of their unsanctioned youth events.
Also on the 11th, All-American in Fayetteville. is having low level sanctioned events. Both the men’s and women’s foils should be giving away Es.
They are also having an open epee, which will probably also have an E on the line. See askfred for more info.
They are also having an open epee, which will probably also have an E on the line. See askfred for more info.
May 18th is a sanctioned set of 1A foil and epee events at Apex. Right now, the women’s 1A epee looks more like a C and under while the women’s 1A foil is more of a D and under. The men’s 1A epee needs bodies to be a B event, the foil 1A is already a strong A2. The Div II (C and under) mixed epee looks more like a D and under and foil should be a C2. Check askfred for more details.
May 25th is the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. No big events close by, so that may become the last youth event or a middle school team event like the one last year. Let me know what works better for people.
June 1-2 is the Powerade State Games. Remember that you need to enter on the ncsports.org website. However, this year they are working to make the askfred list more accurate as far as the entries. Right now it looks pretty sparse for all the events.
June 8 is another unsanctioned event at Apex. We will probably use this date for whichever of the youth events we don’t use the Memorial d
Day weekend for.
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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