October 21 Fencing Club news: tournaments, workshops, and Hallowe’en hi-jinks

Hello fencers!

Here is you mid-October fencing update, in which you will find exciting news about

– Hallowe’en goofball night October 29
– Beginners Invitational November 10
– Fencing kills workshop Sunday ~~November 25~~ UPDATE: MOVED to DEC 2
– Upcoming Road trips to youth tournaments!

Hallowe’en Hi-jinks

Come one come all to fencing practice Monday October 29 as we will be featuring the annual Gourd Of Infamy challenge! (And yes, we are also fencing on October 31 for those not going trick-or-treating)

Been away for a while? Drop ins are only $5 on goofball event nights.

This is not a tournament, but it is a night that relies on fencing skill to win prizes. Plus there will be candy.

Beginners invitational

Are you a beginner (in our current beginner class or you took your first fencing class in the past year?) Sign up for our beginners invitational event on November 10. Email cap.city.fencing@gmail.com with your name, age, contact info, and which beginners class you are enrolled in.

And calling all non-beginner youth fencers … we need you to help make this event a success! Help set up, referee, and learn all about how tournaments are managed! Look at our fine judges (plus one competitor) from last year!

Weekend skills development workshop

Mark your calendars: We have booked Royal Oak Middle School gym for the morning of Sunday, ~~November 25~~ [update] December 2 from 9:30 – 12:30 so we can have a skills development workshop with coaches Miko Ross and Orion Stone-McNeil.

This workshop is free for all local fencers who have completed a beginner program. Preregistration is requested to assist the coaches in preparing. Please email Stacy at cap.city.fencing@gmail.com for details and registration.

Road Trip! Upcoming youth tournaments

Are you a youth fencer interested in travelling to competitions?

Capital City Fencers’ Club is helping arrange carpooling to tournaments in Vancouver. The Club can assist with the cost of taking a car on the ferry when youth are carpooling to tournaments.

Next road trips are for the Tri-City Fencing Academy events in Coquitlam:

The next one is Sunday October 28; Registration closes October 24 for this one, so please let us know ASAP if you are interested.

The details and events are listed here:

https://askfred.net/Events/moreInfo.php?tournament_id=40468

The second is December 16, 2018

https://askfred.net/Events/moreInfo.php?tournament_id=40469

If you are interested we can help you with equipment and registration. Please email stacy at cap.city.fencing@gmail.com for assistance with registration and to join the carpool.

Need inspiration? Here’s Noelle (right) winning a medal last year at Tri-City!