The Alexander family pulled triple sixes at the Magic City RYC (Regional Youth Circuit) in Birmingham, Alabama, over the weekend. On Saturday, Amelia fenced well in the Y14 foil, going 3-1 in her pool, then winning her first DE before dropping the second to the eventual second place finisher. She finished sixth, the highest of any North Carolina fencer. On Sunday, in a harder Cadet foil event, she was 4-2 in her pool, and again won her first DE before dropping the second. She was again 6th, in an event that just needed one more D to be a C1 and give ratings. Not to be outdone, brother John went 2-3 in the Y-10 epee before losing a close DE bout. He also finished 6th. Congratulations to both.
For a blast from the past, Samantha Milewski won the Division II ROC in Portland, Oregon, on Sunday.
The homeschool meeting was yesterday and I will get information out to people.
This should actually be a complete week of practice.
Regular registration for the December NAC ends on October 16th. After that you start hitting the double and triple fees.
Our first under 12 event will be on the 19th. Therefore, Foil at 10 am, Epee at 1:30 pm, Sabre
at 3:30 pm. For those who have not yet participated in one of these, we
give trophies for each weapon to the top 3
(and ties) finishers, medals to the top 3 nine and under finishers,
unless they win a trophy. We keep a year long accumulated points
standing which counts all three weapons and at the end of the season,
the top ranked boy and girl will each win a sword. We also have the
fencers vote at each event for the person who shows the best
sportsmanship and the fencer who wins that gets a sword. Cost per event
is $5. Volunteer refereeing help is greatly appreciated.
at 3:30 pm. For those who have not yet participated in one of these, we
give trophies for each weapon to the top 3
(and ties) finishers, medals to the top 3 nine and under finishers,
unless they win a trophy. We keep a year long accumulated points
standing which counts all three weapons and at the end of the season,
the top ranked boy and girl will each win a sword. We also have the
fencers vote at each event for the person who shows the best
sportsmanship and the fencer who wins that gets a sword. Cost per event
is $5. Volunteer refereeing help is greatly appreciated.
Also on that date All-American is having Y10, Y12 foil, and adult foil and epee. All are unsanctioned.
The next week is a short week. St. Mary’s Fall Festival is Friday and the fencing space gets used for the Haunted House. Therefore, we will take down the overheads on Tuesday night. On Wednesday, homeschool will meet, but after that the rest of the week is cancelled. NO Wednesday afterschool or evening fencing and no fencing on Thursday.
On
October 26th Apex is holding sanctioned foil and epee events, split by
gender. Currently, the women’s epee and the women’s foil are both
E1s. If all of our epee women show up, it would probably raise to being
a C event. A couple of you will be there anyway with your children who
are fencing. Foil might get to a D1. The men’s epee is a C1 and only needs an A or B to be come a B1.
However, the men’s
foil is a nasty A2. We have a number of
fencers there at the moment, so no Saturday practice.
October 26th Apex is holding sanctioned foil and epee events, split by
gender. Currently, the women’s epee and the women’s foil are both
E1s. If all of our epee women show up, it would probably raise to being
a C event. A couple of you will be there anyway with your children who
are fencing. Foil might get to a D1. The men’s epee is a C1 and only needs an A or B to be come a B1.
However, the men’s
foil is a nasty A2. We have a number of
fencers there at the moment, so no Saturday practice.
We will need to put the overheads back up before practice on October 29th. The next set of afterschool classes will start that week. The next set of homeschool classes will start on that Wednesday.
The first event for the NCFL
for the year will be here on November 2nd. Get ready as there should
be a lot of fencing. As always, help refereeing will be appreciated. High school foilists should start getting ready NOW. I will be contacting you to start confirming who will be fencing. For this you need a complete uniform, so if you don’t have knickers or a plastron talk to me.
for the year will be here on November 2nd. Get ready as there should
be a lot of fencing. As always, help refereeing will be appreciated. High school foilists should start getting ready NOW. I will be contacting you to start confirming who will be fencing. For this you need a complete uniform, so if you don’t have knickers or a plastron talk to me.
The next Monday/Wednesday classes will begin on November 4th at 6:30 pm.
Our
next USA Fencing event is Saturday, November 9th. Mixed foil, mixed
epee, and Vet epee. Not a lot of people signed up yet. Entries have been stagnant around 11 for the open epee, 5 for the foil, and 6 for the Vet epee. Get signed up now so we can attract more people and have a larger event like the first one.
next USA Fencing event is Saturday, November 9th. Mixed foil, mixed
epee, and Vet epee. Not a lot of people signed up yet. Entries have been stagnant around 11 for the open epee, 5 for the foil, and 6 for the Vet epee. Get signed up now so we can attract more people and have a larger event like the first one.
I
believe the JO qualifiers are going to be November 16th. This year the
JOs are in Columbus, Ohio. The venue is pretty good and the
drive/flight is not too bad. Hopefully we can have a large contingent
at the qualifiers even if not everyone makes it to JOs.
believe the JO qualifiers are going to be November 16th. This year the
JOs are in Columbus, Ohio. The venue is pretty good and the
drive/flight is not too bad. Hopefully we can have a large contingent
at the qualifiers even if not everyone makes it to JOs.
Also on that date Mid-South has a series of Vet events in all weapons and Apex has another of their youth events.
The 23rd is the second NCFL meet, this time at Chapel Hill HS.
Also on that date for non-NCFL fencers, The Harry Rulnick open is being held in Fayetteville. It has open adult foil split between men and women and is a sanctioned event.
On Sunday, Mid-South is holding the next in the program of youth sabre events.
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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