CFFA Update 2.22.26
RESULTS
Waylon Shepherd travelled up to the Novice Cup at Apex on Saturday for the Y12 men’s foil. He went undefeated in his pool, 5-0. That earned him a bye in the DEs. He won his first DE but lost the second to the eventual winner. He ended up 6/25.
The ACC Championships were held this weekend at Duke, with Nicole Milewski fencing epee for UNC-Chapel Hill’s women’s team. In the team event on Saturday, she was up and down and finished about 50/50 for the day. In the individuals on Sunday, she was 4-2 in her pool which got her into the DEs, where they only take up the top 8. She won her first two DEs (over teammates) but lost in the finals to bring home the silver medal.
IMPORTANT DEADLINES
The deadline to enter the Richmond NAC in April is this Wednesday, February 25th. It has the Division 1 National Championship (you have to have qualified), but also Junior and Vet events. Right now, I only see Brendan and Jackson entered.
The Divisional II/III and Y14 National Qualifiers are now up on askfred. Even though the Nationals are in Portland, this should be a good event to attend. The event is March 21-22, and registration closes on March 15. The events are still pretty sparse except for the Div II Men’s foil and Div II Men’s epee.
The Lynn Krupey Memorial Iron Maiden is on March 7. It is the state’s only all women’s event. We need to get all of our eligible female fencers out to draw in as many other participants as possible. The foil needs one more warm body to be a D event, the epee could be a C event with four more fencers (one of whom needs to be rated), and sabre could become an E event with one more entry.
Donny Zelinski’s club (Salle New Bern) has scheduled their outdoor epee for April 11th at the Tryon Palace in New Bern. The Clicks are in and there are 2 Cs from Donny’s club. If we could just find 2 Bs somewhere and can get a bunch more bodies, it would be an A event.
CLUB UPDATES
My bad, but I kept forgetting to mention this: Since it is February members can also do a 6 month membership. For that, you pay for 5 months but get 6 months of fencing. You pay $225 instead of the $270 if you pay month by month. This is only available in February and August.
Standard week of practice this week. The next beginner class starts on Tuesday, March 3rd.
Our upcoming events are on askfred. Get signed up for the Iron Maiden March 7th and the Stab-a-thon on April 18.
UPCOMING EVENTS
February 28 NCFL & Pisacafe Barber Park, Greensboro Championships NCFL Individual Championships, Homeschool Team and Individual Championships
March 1 Forge Fencing Durham Youth Y10 & Y12 foil, Y10, Y12, & Y14 sabre registration closes 2/28
March 7 CFFA Wilmington Iron Maiden Women’s open foil, epee, and sabre
March 14 On Point Clover, SC Spring Open Open foil, D & under foil Registration closes 3/12
March 14 Pisacafe Fayetteville Championships Middle school individual, homeschool team and individual events
March 20 Greensboro Fencing Greensboro Friday night epee Unrated epee Registration closes 3/18
March 21-22 Divisional Quals Apex Div II/III & Y14 national Qualifiers Registration closes 3/15
March 28 Greensboro Fencing Greensboro Mixed Greens E & under foil, epee, sabre Registration closes 3/25
April 11 Salle New Bern New Bern Skirmish at Tryon Palace outdoor open epee
April 11 Asheville Asheville C and under C and under men’s and women’s, foil and epee
April 18 CFFA Wilmington Stab-a-thon Open foil, open epee, Div III epee
April 24-27 NAC Richmond, VA Div 1, Junior, Vets Registration closes 2/25
May 16 Apex Apex Novice Cup Y10, Y12, Y 14 foil, adult foil and epee
May 30 Apex Fencing Apex Coach Miller Memorial Open foil, open epee, Div III foil
pax vobiscum,
Greg Spahr
Head Coach
Cape Fear Fencing Association
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