CFFA update for July 1

Starting with the news from Nationals, on Friday Nicole Milewski fenced the Junior women’s epee.  This is for women 13-19.  She had an okay first round going 2-4.  She lost her first DE and ended up 189/240.  Sunday, Kim Phillips fenced the Vet 40 men’s sabre.  He went 4-1 out of his pool.  In his first DFE he was against a person he beat in his pool.  Unfortunately, he had a different referee and didn’t get the same calls he was getting in the pool.  He dropped the bout and finished 9th.  Erica Julien then was up for Women’s epee.  She went 2-2 in her pool.  She won her first DE fairly handily, and then beat a woman with 50+ years of fencing experience.  She dropped a 9-10 bout in priority for her third DE, but comes away with a bronze medal in the National Championships.  I may toss out occasional updates throughout the week depending on how well people do and how busy I am.

Practice back in Wilmington this week will be on Tuesday night.  No practice on July 4th in Wilmington, or July 5th on board Camp Lejeune.  I will let you know about Saturday.

I will be back for the start of beginner camp on the 8th and back to normal practice for the evnings of that week.

Mid-South is planning a referee clinic on the 13th of July.  The clinician is Rylan Delep, an international level referee.  The clinic will run from 9am – 5 pm with a break for lunch.  The cost is $75 for those without a referee certification and $30 for those previously certified.  Although this will help you get ready for taking the referee test, the primary focus will be on current interpretation of Right of Way with actual hands on practice using video replay.  More information is available on askfred and possibly on facebook.  I am considering going, so I may be able to take some people.  However, I have signed up for a referee clinic being held at Nationals, which lowers the probability I will go.  If I do go, it will obviously have an impact on a Saturday practice.

The only individual event for next season currently up on askfred is Mid-South’s Big Blue.  It is August 10-11 with Open foil, epee, and sabre events divided by gender.