We held the Iron Maiden event in honor of Lynn Krupey yesterday. It had a pretty good turnout of women from across the state. A number of them were people who don’t fence much currently who came out just for this event. In the foil, Samantha Wolstenholme-Britt of Apex defeated Colleen Gallant of Charlotte in the final to re-earn her E. Our Nora Reber and Emma Filer tied for the 3rd places. In epee, Riley Hart of CFFA (Camp Lejeune) jumped from a U to a D by defeating her teammate Samantha Milewski. CFFA’s Nora Reber got back her E in epee by taking third, tied with Sandy Tapia of Charlotte. Sandy then proved she was the most aggressive of the non-sabre fencers in the sabre event and won her E Kenyatta Snaford of CFFA was 2nd, Kaitlyn Hall of CFFA and Abigail Barman of the Wilmington Fencing Club tied for 3rd. A huge thanks to all the officials who donated their time, friends who donated food, Zemi Lawrence who made all the top awards and keepsake key chains, our sponsors who provided free entry for the event, and everyone who donated in Lynn’s name. $1173 was raised in Lynn’s name. John Rea took a number of photos which are also on WFC’s Facebook page if the link doesn’t work for you. https://picasaweb.google.com/101660849423871806365/IronMaidenCFFAMar212015?authkey=Gv1sRgCMvP943drM78aQ
A standard week of practice this week. A new beginner class starts Friday night at Camp Lejeune.
Mid-South is hosting the
area’s RYC on the 28th and 29th. They have changed how you get to
Nationals for Y-12 and Y-10, so just showing up is not enough. It is now
also based on how well you do, but you can’t get qualified if you don’t
go. It is also a good first step for those of you considering the jump to
bigger events like the JOs. They also have Y-14 events, some of which are
looking pretty strong. If you haven’t already preregistered, the fees have gone up.
area’s RYC on the 28th and 29th. They have changed how you get to
Nationals for Y-12 and Y-10, so just showing up is not enough. It is now
also based on how well you do, but you can’t get qualified if you don’t
go. It is also a good first step for those of you considering the jump to
bigger events like the JOs. They also have Y-14 events, some of which are
looking pretty strong. If you haven’t already preregistered, the fees have gone up.
Our next homeschool class will start at 1 pm on Wednesday April 1st. Not an April Fool’s joke. If you missed it, we had an article in the Star news about the Artz girls this week. Here is a link to it with some additional video posted
http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20150318/ARTICLES/150319877/1155?p=1&tc=pg&tc=ar
http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20150318/ARTICLES/150319877/1155?p=1&tc=pg&tc=ar
No afterschool on April 2nd and the following week as that is St. Mary’s Spring Break.
April
4th is Salle New
Bern’s John Martin event. E and under foil and epee plus Y-12 foil and
epee. I hand out sword points for the Y-12 events as part of our kids
series. So far none of our kids are signed up. Plus they are doing the free lunch they always do. I will be
going up, so let me know if you need a ride. Both have a shot at giving away Ds if we can get more fencers there.
4th is Salle New
Bern’s John Martin event. E and under foil and epee plus Y-12 foil and
epee. I hand out sword points for the Y-12 events as part of our kids
series. So far none of our kids are signed up. Plus they are doing the free lunch they always do. I will be
going up, so let me know if you need a ride. Both have a shot at giving away Ds if we can get more fencers there.
April 6th starts our next beginner class. This one will run on Monday and Wednesday for 6 weeks. Assuming that I have a class, I will start staying around Wednesday evening on the 8th.
Mid-South is holding their next set of Youth sabre events on Sunday April 12.
The last afterschool beginner class of the year will commence the week of April 13th.
Our next event is on Saturday, April 18th. The boys can come back out and fence this time. The epee is well on the way to being a B event. The foil needs to get a bunch of people signed up. The E and under epee is 1/2 way to being able to give an E to the winner.
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
but that’s the way to bet.” Damon Runyon
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