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standard week of fencing this week. I will be in for Saturday
practice at 10 am. Our first class of the fall starts on Tuesday
evening at 6:30 pm. We will also be starting a new class on board Camp
Lejeune on Friday at 7 pm.
standard week of fencing this week. I will be in for Saturday
practice at 10 am. Our first class of the fall starts on Tuesday
evening at 6:30 pm. We will also be starting a new class on board Camp
Lejeune on Friday at 7 pm.
No Camp Lejeune practice on the 30th due to the Labor Day weekend. I may try to blow out of here for a weekend before it all goes crazy, so I will keep you informed about Saturday.
I will be gone on Tuesday night, September 3rd. I should be back for practice on the 5th, but it isn’t guaranteed.
Looking forward, The next class will be a Monday/Wednesday one. It should start on the Monday after Labor Day. Afterschool fencing should start back up on that date as well. Homeschool Fencing will start back up on Wednesday the 11th. And fencing will start up at Surf City middle school (if approved) on the Friday the 13th. (I don’t know about you, but it’s always been a good date for me.) I don’t know yet when the UNCW fencers will be back for Wednesday nights.
For those looking for opportunities to fence next weekend, the closest is an unusual unsanctioned Team event at the Charlotte Academy of Fencing. It is for epee teams, but their coach will decide who goes on what team. Cost is only $10.
If you are looking for a sanctioned event, the best two options seem to be in the DC area. On Saturday and Sunday, in Herndon, VA, near Dulles Airport, they have a number of youth events plus currently rated B1 events in epee and foil. Both need a couple of A or B fencers and a few bodies to become A2s. If you really want a challenge, the first of the DCFC Champagne Challenges for the year is on Sunday in Silver Springs, MD. Currently it is a twenty three person A1 with 7 As and 5 Bs. Silver Spring is just across the border from Herndon, and the Herndon epee is on Saturday, so the really serious epeeists could make a weekend of it.
Maryland Division schedule is not up yet and Homeschool league has not met to set their schedule. We asked for our first event to be on September 21 with mixed open foil, mixed open epee, and a Div III (D and under epee). I will keep you posted.
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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