Fencers to depart
The Himalayan Times (Sports)
A 28-member Nepali fencing team is leaving for Thailand to prepare for the 13th South Asian Games slated for December 1-10 in Kathmandu, Pokhara and Janakpur.
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Book review: Grand Union: Stories, by Zadie Smith
Living by the Sword
This is Zadie Smith’s first collection of short stories – after six novels and two collections of non-fiction – and I opened it with a strange mixture of trepidation and enthusiasm. I scanned down the list of titles and was vaguely ill at ease.
5 Medals at the October North American Cup
Alliance Fencing Academy
5 medals for Alliance fencers at the October North American Cup this past weekend in Kansas City! The October NAC is one of four domestic tournaments that count for the 2020 Olympic Games Qualification Path...
A fencing Olympian revealed she raised $28,000 via GoFundMe so she can afford to go to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
ThisIsinsider.com
- Olympic bronze medalist Monica Aksamit crowdfunded more than $28,000 on GoFundMe to help her pursue her dream of returning to the Olympics in 2020.
- Aksamit also crowdfunded her way to...
Book review: Agent Running in the Field, by John Le Carré
Living by the Sword
John Le Carré’s new novel begins with a game of badminton, and ends with the sentence, “I had wanted to tell him I was a decent man, but it was too late.” Nevertheless that’s what he is. Nat, the narrator...
KC update for CFFA
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.
Frances Poet on tackling the asbestos tragedy in her new play Fibres
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...
CFFA update for October 21
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.
Competing in the Olympics made sent fencing star Monica Aksamit broke
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.
Junior Olympic Qualifiers
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...
NCFL updates, rosters
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.
CFFA update for October 14
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.
Theatre reviews: The Alchemist, Tron Theatre, Glasgow | An Inspector Calls, King’s Theatre, Edinburgh
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.
Film reviews: BFI London Film Festival, various venues, London
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...
Tiree surfer Ben Larg, 14, rides 30-foot wave in Ireland
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.
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