Wilmington and Charlotte

I’ve mentioned it to some of our new families and fencers, especially those that have been doing homeschool team events, but I highly encourage taking a look at participating in the Wilmington Tournament on Saturday, February 8, 2025.  It is where many of our fencers go as their first away tournament (Lily’s first big sanctioned tournament was there!)

The tournament sign up is largely unrated, so it’s a good beginner one to go to.

The deadline to register is February 2, 2025.  After that is triple fees.  There is also a cap of 28 fencers.  There are currently 23 fencers..  I recommend if you’re event thinking about going to go ahead and register before they hit their max.  You can always remove your name if you can’t go.  You don’t have to pay the registration until the day of the event on site.

Details:
February 8, 2025
Stab-A-Thon
Cape Fear Fencing Association
Registration: https://www.askfred.net/tournaments/46777243-f733-4abf-85f3-b85ee23d8773
Deadline: February 7, 2025
There is a cap of 28 fencers, we already have some of our regular competitors registered, there are currently 19 fencers registered.  This is would be a good tournament for many of our new competitors as a first step into competition outside of the club!  Fencers must be born 2011 or earlier.

Senior Open foil 9:30 am
Senior Open epee 12:30 pm
Div II epee (C and under) 3:30 pm

The Weekend After That…
February 15, 2025
Junior Olympics
Charlotte, NC
Coach Gerhard will be going to Charlotte, NC to support Isaac Canady in his event at 8AM on Saturday, February 15, 2025.  Junior Olympics will actually be occurring from February 14-17, 2025.

A national fencing event means that several equipment suppliers will be on site.  I plan on purchasing several things we need for club.  But if you need to purchase beginner equipment, uniform pieces, start purchasing competitive equipment, or adding or replacing any equipment…actually having a need to purchase ANY fencing equipment, being at a national event is the best place to do so.  You can try things on and or try different types of weapons, shoes, etc.

These are the equipment suppliers that will be on site:

Alliance Fencing Equipment: https://www.alliancefencingequipment.com/
Blue Gauntlet Fencing: https://www.blue-gauntlet.com/
Absolute Fencing Gear: https://www.absolutefencinggear.com/
Prieur: https://www.prieurusa.com/
Leon Paul: https://www.leonpaulusa.com/