Final reminder that you needed to renew your USA Fencing memberships by August 1
for this season. We get our insurance from them and EVERYONE needs to have at least the $10 non-competitive membership for our insurance to be valid. Let me know if you are having problems with the website, and remember it is probably currently getting swamped. Also yearly, six month, or just plain August club dues are payable at this time. Thanks to those of you who have taken care of them.
for this season. We get our insurance from them and EVERYONE needs to have at least the $10 non-competitive membership for our insurance to be valid. Let me know if you are having problems with the website, and remember it is probably currently getting swamped. Also yearly, six month, or just plain August club dues are payable at this time. Thanks to those of you who have taken care of them.
We
had a good practice yesterday with almost all the fencers being female. Thank goodness a couple of them drug their kids in or there wouldn’t have been any guys. This week the last advanced epee camp starts Monday (walk ins welcome),
regular practice Tuesday and Thursday, Camp Lejeune Friday, and Saturday morning practice. I have a conference call about the NCFL season at 1 pm on Saturday, so if practice is going to last after about 12:30 pm, some one else will need to lock up.
had a good practice yesterday with almost all the fencers being female. Thank goodness a couple of them drug their kids in or there wouldn’t have been any guys. This week the last advanced epee camp starts Monday (walk ins welcome),
regular practice Tuesday and Thursday, Camp Lejeune Friday, and Saturday morning practice. I have a conference call about the NCFL season at 1 pm on Saturday, so if practice is going to last after about 12:30 pm, some one else will need to lock up.
Erica Julien was again the subject of a short video. This time it was from actTwo, a series that profiles people who have started something new after age fifty. The woman who runs it said Erica’s video is already the most popular one and it has only been up since Friday. Here is the link:
Just a note for those of you ordering gear, Herman and I have found that the guidelines that companies give you (particularly Absolute’s) often DO NOT give you the best fit. Please talk with us about sizing before placing orders on jackets, knickers, masks, etc. The for sale cases are bulging with gear that didn’t fit when it came in. Then we either have to pay shipping to send it back or hold it until someone that it fits wants gear. Both put a strain on our small club budget or force you to pay a second, and maybe third, shipping charge.
The
only individual event for next season currently up on askfred is
Mid-South’s Big Blue. It is next weekend with Open foil, epee, and
sabre events divided by gender. The foil and epee are all on Sunday so
it doesn’t interfere with our Saturday practice. The women’s epee is now a C1 because we are sending a cadre of (at least) 7 women, including our three Cs. We have a couple of women in the foil, which needs bodies and another E to become a D1. For men the epee is now a 19 person A, but just about the most evenly distributed A you can imagine (2 As, 3 Bs, 3 Cs, etc.). We have a couple of our younger fencers in that. Foil is a 24 person
B, needing only a body to be a B2, and if that person is an A it will be an A2. (No CFFA foilists involved… yet) However, it is extremely top heavy, (9 Bs all hoping for that second A to sign up). Strangely enough for
Mid-South, the sabre events have the fewest people, but are picking up.
only individual event for next season currently up on askfred is
Mid-South’s Big Blue. It is next weekend with Open foil, epee, and
sabre events divided by gender. The foil and epee are all on Sunday so
it doesn’t interfere with our Saturday practice. The women’s epee is now a C1 because we are sending a cadre of (at least) 7 women, including our three Cs. We have a couple of women in the foil, which needs bodies and another E to become a D1. For men the epee is now a 19 person A, but just about the most evenly distributed A you can imagine (2 As, 3 Bs, 3 Cs, etc.). We have a couple of our younger fencers in that. Foil is a 24 person
B, needing only a body to be a B2, and if that person is an A it will be an A2. (No CFFA foilists involved… yet) However, it is extremely top heavy, (9 Bs all hoping for that second A to sign up). Strangely enough for
Mid-South, the sabre events have the fewest people, but are picking up.
It is getting close to that time of year. Our first new beginner class for the season will start on Tuesday, August 20th.
Herman and Brendan are hoping to get cadres of our fencers to go to some regional events. Herman is looking specifically at the Crescent City Open in New Orleans, on October 26 -27. That has a Div 1A, Div II, Vets, Cadet, and Junior events. Other tournaments in our region include the Richard Oles Memorial (my old coach) Charm City event, held in Baltimore on December 14-15, which is a Div 1-A. I have already mentioned the Capitol Clash, which is primarily for youth but does have Vets events on January 17-20, 2020, at National Harbor, Maryland. There is the Fairfax Challenge, held in Owings Mills, Maryland (a suburb of Baltimore) which is Div 1A, Div II, and Vets on Match 14-15, 2020. If you are willing to travel a bit farther, there is the Arnold (yes, that Arnold) Sports Festival in Columbus, Ohio, on March 6-8. It has every category; including Emers if you are reading this, Y-8.
pax vobiscum,
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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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