CFFA update | Cape Fear Fencing Association

An interesting day with the youth events yesterday, as there were a lot of first round upsets, but in the end the older more experienced fencers came out ahead. In the foil, Jaden Scott and Nyc Baynes both went undefeated in the pools to come out numbers 1 & 2 in the DE table. In the DEs Will Golder and Nicole Milewski figured them out. It ended with Will winning, Nicole second, and Jaden and Nyc tied for third. Amelia Alexander won the gold medal for those 9 and under. We had more sabre spectators (1) than sabre fencers (0). In the epee, Lydia Huggins took out Nicole in the pool, but couldn’t repeat that in the DE. Nicole ended up 1st, Lydia was 2nd, Gio Martucci and Linus Huggins (who had the best footwork of anybody in either weapon in his first event) tied for 3rd. Will took home swords for both accumulating the most points for boys over the course of the season and for being voted the best sport by the other fencers for the season. Nicole Milewski won the season long point total for girls. A big thanks to Herman for fixing enough foils to keep the event running. A thanks to all the fencers and their parents for their participation over the course of the season.

This is the last week for the daytime homeschool and afterschool programs, so we will have small end of the year parties on Wednesday and Thursday. Riley Hart will be in town visiting and will probably be down fencing Tuesday night in Wilmington and Friday at Camp Lejeune.

Our

next event is the Stab-a-thon on May 28th. Open foil, open epee, and
an E and under sabre. Get signed up. It is the Memorial Day weekend
and we can attract people looking for some time at the beach if it looks
like we will have a good event. Epee is an A1, but our foil
and sabre fencers need to get signed up. The foil only has 10 and sabre
only has 9 entries. The foil has enough higher ranked fencers that with enough bodies it could be a C1. That would
allow a couple of unrated fencers to slip into the 7th and 8th places
and still earn an E. But we have to get to 15 for it to happen. The
sabre needs more fencers, preferably rated E to get it beyond an E1.

We will start having Saturday practices regularly on June 4th. I’ll be in by 10 am and people can fence until they are tired. There will usually be practice unless there is and event (State Games) or maybe a holiday (July 4th).

Our next beginner class will start on Monday, June 6th, at 6:30 pm.

The
Powerade State Games registrations are up. You can check askfred for
an approximate entry list. However, the actual entry is done on
pag.ncsports.org under fencing. The event is only about 2 hours away in
Raleigh this year. Events are split as Y-12, Women’s, and Men’s. They
give awards within the adult events for cadet, junior, and vet; as well as the
overall results.

This
summer, I would like to have sessions for the 12 and under set on
Tuesday and Thursday, starting at 6:30 pm. This will give the fencers of
that age group a chance to keep up with things over the summer. Once
my beginner class is finished in early June, I can give you more hands
on instructions. Costs would be $35 per month or the $5 per session
floor fee.

With the response I have gotten from people about summer camps, the schedule looks a bit more set.

Beginner camp July 11-15

Advanced sabre camp July 18-22

Advanced foil camp July 25-29

? August 1-5

Advanced epee camp 8-12

The Olympics start on the 5th , so we will see what works best for the first week in August. If anyone has a suggestion, I am open to ideas. Otherwise it will be a light week for me.

pax vobiscum,

Greg Spahr
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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