CFFA update for March 16

Boys and girls, the word for today is body cord.  As in where do all of ours keep disappearing to?  I fix some, other people fix some and we started the week with a whole bag of them.  The same with mask cords.  By Thursday the bag is only about half full and it isn’t like we have a pile of freshly broken ones.  I have about 15 foil fencers at Topsail on Fridays and will be having almost 20 at Camp Lejeune.  Some of them have their own equipment, but many just finished beginner classes.  We can’t waste time having them take off and hand off cords.  If we can’t keep a better handle on getting them returned, then we will have to come up with a system, probably something like having you sign them out for practice.  Please check your bags and make certain we get the club ones back.  I think the Youth event next Saturday will be huge, so we will need all of them.

We held the homeschool individual championships today and provided about half the field.  Our best finsiher was Eoin O’Brien who tied for third.  Eoin fences for the Southeastern Cardinals.  Other Cardinals, all O’Briens, were Eilis in 11th, Eamon in 13th, and Ellery in 15th.  We also had four Jacksonville Hurricanes compete.  Matthew Burns came in 7th, followed by Noah Snyder 9th, Caleb Forman 10th, and Matthan Droke in 14th.  Thanks to Zemi Lawrence for running the event and reffing, William Reid for reffing, and Mile Kinney for armoring.

We had a pair of fencers trek to Apex for the Boys Y10/Y12 foil there.   John Alexander took 15th in his tournament outside of our club.  Jackson Jones started slow but then got it together, including an upset of the Number 2 seed, to finish tied for 3rd.

This week, the UNCW fencers are back from Spring Break, so there will be practice Wednesday night.  On Friday, there will be practice at Topsail, but there is floor refinishing at Wallace Creek, so no practice at Camp Lejeune.

March
23rd will be our next youth event.  For those who have not yet done
any of our youth events they are under 12.  That means if you were still
12 or under on December 31, 2018, you are eligible.  We do all three
weapons.  We give away trophies to the top 3 (and ties) finishers.
medals to the top 9 and under finishers (unless they earn a trophy) and
swords to those who earn the most points over the course of the
season.  
We have a ton of new fencers so I am be pleading for refereeing help,
especially in foil.  Cost is $5 per event.  Foil at 10 am, Epee at 1:30
pm, sabre at 3:30 pm.

For
adults, there is an ROC up in Baltimore that has Div 1A, Div II, and Vet
events.   You would now be in the late fee period.  You have to sign up at the usafencing.org
website under Events.