Beginners Invitational and Club Social Saturday Feb 18
- Registration for Beginners Invitational
- Social fencing afternoon for all fencers Feb 18 afternoon after Beginners Event
- Volunteering for Beginners Invitational
- PIZZA! Lunch! Included!
- No fencing on Family Day Monday – come Saturday instead!
- OSM Tournament also on Feb 18. Will be awesome!
Registration for Beginners Invitational
Reminder to beginners to register for our Beginners Invitational
When:
Saturday Feb 18 – gym opens at 9, tournament starts at 10 am. Plan to be there 9:30 to 3 pm. We expect the tournament to complete between 1 and 2, depending on numbers.
Where:
Royal Oak Middle School gym
Cost:
free
What is it?
This is a low-pressure friendly event to teach new fencers the structure of fencing competitions. It is part of our beginner program. CCFC invites beginners (currently in a class or recently completed an introductory class) who have not yet participated in a fencing tournament to participate. UVIC and Saanich recreation beginner fencers are welcome. check with your coach if you are unsure whether this event is right for you.
We will take the time to explain each stage of the event to participants (and friends/family in the audience) and coaches will be present to help with equipment and give advice.
All equipment is provided, participation is free. However, we do ask that you register to help with planning. Once we have a registration list we will send an email with more details about what to expect, and what to bring.
The length of tournament is dependent on the number of fencers. To participate in the tournament, you should plan to be at the gym from 9:30 am to 3 pm.
The tournament may end earlier than 3 but we will round out the day with casual fencing and invite club members to come join and meet everyone.
PLEASE REGISTER by Wednesday – event will not run if we do not have 10 fencers registered by Wednesday evening. 🙂
How do I register?
To register as a tournament participant or volunteer reply to this email with the fencers full name, age and whether they are right or left handed! (this helps us group our events by age category and sort out how many left handed blades we need on the day)
CCFC beginners can register when at class Monday or Wednesday by talking to Stacy
Volunteering at Beginners Invitational
Can you help with the beginner’s invitational? Experienced fencers—especially our youth members–are invited to attend and learn to run the tournament. Volunteers will referee, time keep, coordinate bouts, learn to score the rankings. Volunteers should plan to be at the gym from 9 am to at least 2pm for referee and set up duties, and to 4pm for take down. This is a small event and we expect to run the event between 10 am and 2pm. Tournament events may end earlier than 2, but this depends on the number of attendees.
Volunteer tasks include:
- Set up the gym (9 – 10 am)
- Take down the gym (3-4pm)
- Referee 10 – 2pm
- Time keeper (10 – 2pm)
- Score keeper (10 – 2pm)
Social Fencing Afternoon at Beginners Invitational
Come welcome our beginners –cheer them on in their beginners invitational event and then invite them for a casual bout after! – We will follow the Beginners Invitational with pizza lunch and social /casual fencing in the afternoon. We will fence from the time the Beginners event ends to 3pm and then wind down for clean up and being out of the gym at 4pm. 🙂
PIZZA! (at Beginners Invitational)
Want to join us for pizza lunch? Let us know what pizza you like. Pizza will be timed to arrive at the end of the Beginners Invitational (i.e. likely sometime between 1 and 2pm).
No Fencing on Family Day Monday (Feb 20)
So you should come on Saturday Feb 18 for our day of fencing instead!
OSM Tournament also on September 18
Fencers who are looking for a bit more competition this Saturday — it is not too late to register for OSMs tournament. Not only that… it is possible to come help at our event in the morning then peel off to oak bay to compete in some events! 🙂 Junior and Senior events start at 4:45
OSM tournament details are here.
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