There is also an epee event in Charlotte that day which is shaping up to be a B rated event. See askfred for details.
Our next set of Homeschool classes will start on Wednesday, October 29th. That should let us finish that set of classes just before the holidays.
We will have practice at Camp Lejeune on Halloween night. I would ask everyone who will definitely be there to let me know that week, so I only have to pack the equipment we will need.
November 1st is a tournament at Raleigh.
The next set of evening classes will start on Monday, November 3rd. I am also planning to start our next set of afterschool classes that first week of November.
I
want to try and have another youth event before the end of the year.
Right now, it looks like it would be between November 8th and December
20th. I prefer the 8th, because I think the 20th is getting too close
to the holidays. Parents and young fencers, let me know what you think. So far it looks like the 8th is the preferred date among parents as well. I will let everyone know next week.
Sign ups for JO qualifiers are now on askfred.net. The qualifying events are on Saturday and Sunday, November 15th and 16th. All the Junior events (ages 13-19) are on Saturday and the Cadet (ages 13-16) qualifiers are on Sunday. I know that is a bit of issue which might require younger fencers to have an overnight to try to qualify in both, but there is a good reason for it. Cadet age fencers who qualify for the Junior events become automatic qualifiers for the corresponding Cadet events. That means there can be more qualifiers for the Cadet events because the automatic qualifier does not count against those who get to qualify, but does up the entry numbers. Or if they choose not to fence, at least they don’t take a qualifying spot. The USA Fencing rules are very specific that the Junior qualifying event has to be held first for that to happen. Last year when the events were all held in one day, some were not allowed the automatic qualifiers because the Cadet event was fenced first. The JOs are always held over the President’s Day weekend in February. The events are in Richmond, VA, this year. It probably will not be much closer for a long time. That means A) it is easy to get to, and B) the qualifiers will probably be large events that might be highly rated.
The
North Carolina Fencing League’s first event is
November 22nd and we will be hosting it. It is a foil team event and
takes teams of three fencers and they can have a sub. It doesn’t cost
anything, but it is appreciated if we have volunteer referees. Fencers
do need a full outfit including knickers and underarm protector. Let us
know if you might be interested in fencing and don’t have such things
yet so we can see if the club has your size or can borrow from someone.
Our teams fence in the B Division since we don’t represent a school.
In that division fencers can be any age so we will put together as many
teams as we can. Of course, you will possibly be fencing people all the
way up to high school age, but we can try to split some of it out by
ages.
Homeschool fencers cannot fence in the NCFL this year. I missed that the actual first event is Sunday, November 9th. I’ll be sending out a note later today with all the dates, registration information, etc.
pax vobiscum,
I want to try and have another youth event before the end of the year. Right now, it looks like it would be between November 8th and December 20th. I prefer the 8th, because I think the 20th is getting too close to the holidays. Parents and young fencers, let me know what you think.
The
North Carolina Fencing League’s first event is
November 22nd and we will be hosting it. It is a foil team event and
takes teams of three fencers and they can have a sub. It doesn’t cost
anything, but it is appreciated if we have volunteer referees. Fencers
do need a full outfit including knickers and underarm protector. Let us
know if you might be interested in fencing and don’t have such things
yet so we can see if the club has your size or can borrow from someone.
Our teams fence in the B Division since we don’t represent a school.
In that division fencers can be any age so we will put together as many
teams as we can. Of course, you will possibly be fencing people all the
way up to high school age, but we can try to split some of it out by
ages.
Homeschool fencers cannot fence in the NCFL this year.
Your first meet is November 29th, but the location has not been
decided. It is also a foil team type meet under the same rules.
If
anyone is available, Heather and I can use some help with the
homeschool class on Wednesdays at 1 pm, or the afterschool classes on
Tuesday and Thursday at 3 pm. I will pick up your upgrade to a
professional membership if need be. It is hard to teach the beginner
class and give any instruction to the more advanced fencers at the same
time.
pax vobiscum,
Boys Girls
Will Golder
14 Reaghan Juelke 11
Gerrit Swart 7 Nicole Milewski 6
Orion Brown
7 Abbi Gray 5
Jacob Brown 4 Caroline Artz 3
Keegan Million
4 Isabelle Artz 2
Kent Walston 4
Amir Shaheen 2
Hayden Amdahl 2
Liam Bruno 1
Avery Walston 1
Zane
Jaghman 1
Thanks to Donny Zelinski, Heather Hofstetter, and Samantha Milewski with the refereeing help. Thanks to all the parents for bringing your children.
Should be a fairly regular week of practice. No Tuesday/Thursday class, as it finished last week, so people can start early. I believe the UNCW fencers should be down on Wednesday, but I cannot promise.
I think everyone has seen how slippery the strips have become, even with a lot of sweeping, so I would like to propose the following: Let stop a bit early Thursday night and sweep and mop the entire floor. Then on Saturday, if people would come in for a bit about 10 we could put a couple of coats of lacquer on just the strips. They can dry and by Monday the strips should have good grip again. If a number of people come in on
Saturday, it won’t take long and then you can go to Riverfest.
The next beginner class will start on Tuesday, October 7th, at 6:30 pm. Intermediate class at 7:30 pm if interest.
The October 10th, practice at Camp Lejeune may be on the short schedule due to it being a holiday weekend, I am trying to find out.
Our second adult event is October 11th. Open epee, Open foil, and a D and under foil. Start signing up now. Having our fencers in is a big part of the draw, so unless we have a good enough field to be “bait,” don’t expect other people to come down here.
October
18th is the Tiger Open in Clemson. This has started being a very large
event recently. The open epee is already an A and the foil is a
B. They also have D and under events in foil and epee.
A little closer is an event in Raleigh that has a number of unsanctioned Y-12 and Y14 events, plus sanctioned open foil and epee and Div II sabre events on the 18th and 19th.
I haven’t been approached, but I am guessing that St. Mary will want to set up for the haunted house part of their Fall Festival on Thursday, October 23rd, so I would guess there will be no practice that evening, maybe as early as afterschool on the 22nd.
October 25th is The Joseph Cadole in New
Bern. It is an E and under foil event, perfect for those of you looking
for a lower stress first tournament or a real shot at your foil ranking. I am going so let me know if you are interested in a ride.
The North Carolina Fencing League’s first event is
November 22nd and we will be hosting it. It is a foil team event and takes teams of three fencers and they can have a sub. It doesn’t cost anything, but it is appreciated if we have volunteer referees. Fencers do need a full outfit including knickers and underarm protector. Let us know if you might be interested in fencing and don’t have such things yet so we can see if the club has your size or can borrow from someone. Our teams fence in the B Division since we don’t represent a school. In that division fencers can be any age so we will put together as many teams as we can. Of course, you will possibly be fencing people all the way up to high school age, but we can try to split some of it out by ages.
Homeschool fencers cannot fence in the NCFL this year. Your first meet is November 29th, but the location has not been decided. It is also a foil team type meet under the same rules.
If
anyone is available, Heather and I can use some help with the homeschool class on Wednesdays at 1 pm, or the afterschool classes on Tuesday and Thursday at 3 pm. I will pick up your upgrade to a professional membership if need be. It is hard to teach the beginner class and give any instruction to the more advanced fencers at the same time.
pax vobiscum,
27th will be our first 12 and under event. This one will pretty much
be just for returning fencers as most of the new beginners won’t be
that
advanced yet. Foil at 10 am, Sabre at 1:30 pm, epee at 3:30 pm.
Trophies to the top three and ties. Medals to the top three 9 and under
who do not
win a trophy. Swords to the top male and female fencer over the course
of the year. In addition a sword will be given to the fencer voted as
showing the best sportsmanship. Anyone wanting to work on their
refereeing or tournament management is welcome.
It
is a busy weekend because there are adult events at Mid-South. On the
27th they have foil, which needs 6 people to be a B event, and sabre, which is already an A. The 28th has epee, which needs1 person to become a B event, and a youth sabre.
The 27-28th is the first RYC of the season in Richmond. It is foil on
Saturday and epee and sabre on Sunday. Also on Sunday are team events
at NCFDP. They will run them in the NCFL format, first to 5 wins. But
they plan to have enough teams to do it as a pool and then a DE
elimination. That Sunday are the foil and sabre events; with All-American already putting in a foil team. Sunday the 5th has the epee event with two teams already in.
The next beginner class will start on Tuesday, October 7th, at 6:30 pm.
Our second adult event is October 11th. Open epee, Open foil, and a D and under foil. Start signing up now.
October
18th is the Tiger Open in Clemson. This has started being a very large
event recently. The open epee is already an A and the foil is almost a
B over a month out.
October 25th is The Joseph Cadole in New
Bern. It is an E and under foil event, perfect for those of you looking
for a lower stress first tournament or a real shot at your foil ranking.
A couple of other housekeeping things, Kelli
Strickland of Southeastern Homeschool Sports will probably be in to the
homeschool class within the next couple of weeks to explain that process
to interested fencers. Homeschool meets are foil only at the moment
and I can help answer the more fencing related questions if you are
interested.
The North Carolina Fencing League’s first event is
November 22nd and I have asked that we host that one. I haven’t heard
back from St. Mary, but hope that date will be okay. Circle the date
because we need fencers, referees, and other assistance.
pax vobiscum,
pax vobiscum,
All of our fall classes are now started, so we are close to seasonal operations. The UNCW fencers are going to take at least one more week before they start showing up on Wednesday nights, but everything else is up and running.
Our
first event of the season will be held on Saturday, September 20. We
will be having Open foil, Open epee, and an E and under epee. The epee looks to be a solid B1 and with some luck might get to be a B2. The E and under epee is just an E1.
The foil needs a number of fencers to make it higher than an E1. A number of our people are not signed up yet! Filer? Kurtz? Valadez? Stephanie Galbraith? Geschickter? Brendan will be recovering from surgery (it’s either his knee or a lobotomy, I forget which) so I can use help setting up, cleaning up, and keeping things running.
The
27th will be our first 12 and under event. This one will pretty much
be just for returning fencers as most of the new beginners won’t be that
advanced yet. Foil at 10 am, Sabre at 1:30 pm, epee at 3:30 pm.
Trophies to the top three and ties. Medals to the top three 9 and under who do not
win a trophy. Swords to the top male and female fencer over the course
of the year. In addition a sword will be given to the fencer voted as
the showing the best sportsmanship. Anyone wanting to work on their refereeing is welcome.
It
is a busy weekend because there are adult events at Mid-South. On the
27th they have foil and sabre. The 28th has epee and a youth sabre.
The 27-28th is the first RYC of the season in Richmond. It is foil on
Saturday and epee and sabre on Sunday. Also on Sunday are team events
at NCFDP. They will run them in the NCFL format, first to 5 wins. But
they plan to have enough teams to do it as a pool and then a DE
elimination. That Sunday are the foil and sabre events; no teams signed up yet. Sunday the 5th has the epee event with two teams already in.
Our second adult event is October 11th. Open epee, Open foil, and a D and under foil. Start signing up now.
October 18th is the Tiger Open in Clemson. This has started being a very large event recently. The open epee is already an A and the foil is almost a B over a month out.
October 25th is The Joseph Cadole in New Bern. It is an E and under foil event, perfect for those of you looking for a lower stress first tournament or a real shot a your foil ranking.
For the new people, all of these events are listed on the website askfred.net. That stands for ask Fencing Results and Events Database. Most fencers will just say askfred or fred. The site lists most of the upcoming tournaments. You can customize it to show events
at the distance you are willing to travel. After the tournament is over most organizers upload the results. In large tournaments you might not know how you did when you get knocked out; you will just know you are somewhere between 33-64, or 17-32, etc. Fred also has a section listed as myfred which keeps a record of all your results in tournaments listed on the site.
A couple of other housekeeping things, Kelli Strickland of Southeastern Homeschool Sports will probably be in to the homeschool class within the next couple of weeks to explain that process to interested fencers. Homeschool meets are foil only at the moment and I can help answer the more fencing related questions if you are interested.
The North Carolina Fencing League’s first event is November 22nd and I have asked that we host that one. I haven’t heard back from St. Mary, but hope that date will be okay. Circle the date because we need
fencers, referees, and other assistance.
pax vobiscum,
On Sunday I traveled to the Homeschool league meeting in Winston-Salem. I will be sending out a not to the homeschoolers about the upcoming season, meet dates, requirements, etc. I don’t always know who is homeschooled, so if you don’t get the e-mail and are interested, let me know.
September evening beginner class will start tonight, Monday, the 8th, at 6:30
pm and will run for 6 weeks on Monday and Wednesday. We will start an
intermediate class, if necessary on Wednesday. That will also be the
date (10th) that we start Wednesday evening practices back up. The UNCW fencers won’t be coming for a couple of weeks until their club is on solid ground.
For
those wanting to participate in a more regional event, Fredericksburg
is again hosting the Kick-Off Open on September 13-14. They have
Division 1A and Division II events. At this point entry is pretty expensive.
Sunday is epee and sabre at NCFDP.
Our
first event of the season will be held on Saturday, September 20. We
will be having Open foil, Open epee, and an E and under epee. Please
start getting signed up on askfred so we can attract fencers from other
clubs and make these higher rated events. Right now we need another epeeist to make that a B event. The E and under epee is just an E1. The foil needs a number of fencers to make it higher than an E1.
The
27th will be our first 12 and under event. This one will pretty much
be just for returning fencers as the new beginners won’t be that
advanced yet. Foil at 10 am, Sabre at 1:30 pm, epee at 3:30 pm.
Trophies to the top 3 and ties. Medals to those 9 and under who do not
win a trophy. Swords to the top male and female fencer over the course
of the year. In addition a sword will be given to the fencer voted as
the showing the best sportsmanship.
It
is a busy weekend because there are adult events at Mid-South. On the
27th they have foil and sabre. The 28th has epee and a youth sabre.
The 27-28th is the first RYC of the season in Richmond. It is foil on
Saturday and epee and sabre on Sunday. Also on Sunday are team events
at NCFDP. They will run them in the NCFL format, first to 5 wins. But
they plan to have enough teams to do it as a pool and then a DE
elimination.
pax vobiscum,
