Sort of like last week, the first part of this will be a public service announcement. PUT YOUR NAMES ON YOUR GEAR!! A lot of you are buying items for yourself or children. When I make a final sweep of the room every night, if I find things, unless it is something pretty unusual, valuable, or I know the owner, I will put the items on the desk in the office. If it is something that looks like it should belong to the club, I don’t always bother to check for a name and just put it back with the club gear. We have Sharpies for this purpose. Usually people put their names on the size tags so it doesn’t bleed through the jacket, knickers, glove, plastron. Masks get tagged on the back tang. Weapons can be marked on the bell pad, or some people put it on the guard under the pad. In ancient times, we used to do color coding of weapons by the color of tape we put on our foils, and some people put the same code on the tang of a mask, or inside the bell of the other weapons. Mine used to be yellow, purple, yellow. In any case have something that delineates an item as yours as we probably only have twenty people who own small right hand brown Absolute gloves, etc.
We had a fun youth event yesterday with a lot of new fencers and people trying other weapons. 18 foilists, 8 epeeists, and 5 sabrists. Occasionally some good fencing broke out. The foil was won by CFFA’s Amelia Alexander over St. Raphael’s Keely Carter. Gaby Caceres of St. Raphael and James Russell of CFFA took the thirds. Everything from there was all CFFA. The 9 and under Gold medal was won by Lou Lightner, silver by John Alexander, and bronze by Noah Droke. Amelia also won the epee with Eamon O’Brien in second. Linus Huggins and Graeme Evans tied for 3rd. John Alexander was 1st in the 9 and under and Ellery O-Brien was second. In the sabre event, Eamon improved one position to win, John fought his way to second. James and Vincent Angel tied for third. Ellery won the gold for 9 and under. Big thank yous to Will Golder, and Eoin and Eilis O’Brien for refereeing help. Thanks to Herman for armoring. Thanks to multiple generations of Alexanders, O’Briens, and Russells for help with set up and tear down. Here are the current sword points for the top 6 people in each gender:
Boys Girls
Eamon O’Brien 29 Amelia Alexander 35
James Russell 27 Keely Carter 17
John Alexander 21 Gaby Caceres 16
Lou Lightner 16 Aparna Dhulipala 14
Graeme Evans 12 Ellery O’Brien 5
Jack Eliezer 12 Lillian Fitzsimmons 4
Pretty regular week of practice this week. Wednesday, March 27th will be the start of the last homeschool beginner class of the year. Friday, March 29th will be the start of the next Camp Lejeune Beginner class.
March
30 and 31 are the NC Divisionals. This is a path to qualify to the
National Championships if you are not already qualified. Times and other info are on askfred. You need to be pre-registered on askfred by 3/28 to avoid double entry fees.
30 and 31 are the NC Divisionals. This is a path to qualify to the
National Championships if you are not already qualified. Times and other info are on askfred. You need to be pre-registered on askfred by 3/28 to avoid double entry fees.
April 1st will be the start of the next Monday/Wednesday beginner evening class.
April
6th is the Lynn Krupey Memorial Iron Maiden. Women only events in
foil, epee, and sabre. Our women need to be getting signed up to
attract other fencers. Epeeists have been signing up, but we need to
see more foil and sabre fencers, You need to sign up by 3/30 to avoid higher fees. Right now, we may cancel the sabre due to lack of interest. Additionally, we may have to change some times to avoid the Azalea Festival Parade. I will keep you informed.
6th is the Lynn Krupey Memorial Iron Maiden. Women only events in
foil, epee, and sabre. Our women need to be getting signed up to
attract other fencers. Epeeists have been signing up, but we need to
see more foil and sabre fencers, You need to sign up by 3/30 to avoid higher fees. Right now, we may cancel the sabre due to lack of interest. Additionally, we may have to change some times to avoid the Azalea Festival Parade. I will keep you informed.
April 13th is the next Apex unsanctioned set of events. Check askfred for times and events.
Some of our people are planning to go to the Pirate Olympics in Charleston, South Carolina. A sanctioned open epee with a variety of unsanctioned events. See askfred for more details. Talk to Brendan about ride possibilities.
April 20 (Easter Saturday), and April 27 are currently free from events. I am looking at one of those for the next youth event. Which is better for everyone?
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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