Cape Fear Fencing Association
Today in the Division II Women’s epee Nicole Milewski went 5-1 in her pool, her loss being 4-5. She won the pool and ended up seeded 5th out of the 91 fencers. She won her first DE 15-13, the second 15-8, and the 3rd 15-14.
Living by the Sword
Mesothelioma – for those lucky enough never to have encountered it – is a particularly severe form of lung cancer, and invariably fatal. It kills seven people a day in the UK alone; and 80 per cent of those deaths are known to be related to exposure to fibres of asbestos...
Cape Fear Fencing Association
We held our first event for the youth yesterday. Some good fencing, some things to work on. 12 and under foil 1st Keely Carter Saint Raphael 2nd Matthew Higgin Apex Fencing Academy 3rd (tie) Jackson Jones Surf City Jonathan Jarrett St.
New York Post
The depressing reality for many elite athletes, especially in less prominent disciplines, is that Olympic dreams aren’t just paid for in sweat.
Cape Fear Fencing Association
The information on the JO qualifiers is up on askfred.net. It will be a one day event on November 17th, at the Apex Fencing Academy in Apex. The actual JOs are in Columbus, Ohio, on President’s Day Weekend in February...
Cape Fear Fencing Association
No need to read farther if you are not participating in the NCFL. The first meet is at our place on Saturday, November 2nd. The NCFL wants a roster from each school. I believe their software will be able to sort it out if you all submit your own information.
Cape Fear Fencing Association
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.
Living by the Sword
LONDON at the turn of the 17th century; the dawn of modern capitalism, and the sudden emergence of a whole class of nouveau riche types awash with cash, and ripe for exploitation by urban chancers and scam-merchants.
Living by the Sword
RECEIVING its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival over its middle weekend, Our Ladies (***), Michael Caton-Jones’s adaptation of Alan Warner’s cult 1998 novel The Sopranos, has gone from being...
Living by the Sword
The giant waves that break off Mullaghmore Head in Ireland’s County Sligo are as serious as you’ll find anywhere in the world. Last winter, experienced local surfer John Monahan nearly drowned there after breaking his femur and two ribs during a wipeout.
Alliance Fencing Academy
A great weekend for Alliance fencers at the first international Cadet tournament of the season in Budapest Hungary! Elizabeth Wang and Miles Weiss represented the United States in the team event portion of the tournament and helped bring their teams to a gold and silver medal finish respectively.
Living by the Sword
The subtitle “Poetry In The Twentieth Century” might lead you to expect a historical survey, something that would have been an extraordinary undertaking, even if restricted to work first written in the English language.
Living by the Sword
This thoroughly haunting collection of short stories from Kirsty Logan begins with a note from someone who, we assume, must be the author. While writing this book, she informs us, she spent a month on retreat in Iceland.
Living by the Sword
They’ve performed in abandoned Glasgow offices, danced to Bach, run music together like an iPod on shuffle, and plenty more besides. “Redefining the string orchestra” is the Scottish Ensemble’s motto, and the group more than meets any expectations that phrase raises with its experimental...
Living by the Sword
In many ways, care workers are frontline troops in the battle over wealth, power and resources that is now raging in the UK, and some other western countries. Paid insulting poverty wages to do the arduous and vital job of caring for elderly people in their own homes...
