Updates: Recap, Weekend Tourney, and Thursday Open Fencing
Richmond North American Cup RecapCongrats to Isabelle and Coach Gerhard. North American Cups are always tough tournaments. Isabelle placed 95th out of 126 fencers, winning 1 bout 5 in her pools. Coach Gerhard placed 18th out of 32 fencers winning 2 bouts out of 5 in the pools. This Weekend’s Sanctioned TournamentThis weekend’s tournament is […]
Mask Update
Cumberland County’s public health abatement order has been rescinded. We continue to recommend that everyone should wear a mask in public indoor spaces. But it is now optional at the All-American Fencing Academy. Continue to wash your hands and utilize hand sanitizers! And just like when we fence, practice good distance! We also continue to […]
Updates and No Classes This Thursday
Congrats to our finalists in last weekend’s home tournament! Isabelle Guevarra took 1st, Daniel Johnson took 2nd, and Jack Tart and Josh Ayers tied for 3rd. Pretty good event and our first mixed event in a while! Wish Isabelle and Coach Gerhard luck as they fence this weekend at the USA Fencing North American Cup […]
Did You Notice: New Logo
It’s actually not a new logo, it’s still our beloved sword and shield logo, but we’ve made some subtle changes. Partly due to how our branding shows up on websites, shirts, patches, etc, and partly it makes it stand out nicer. So the main obvious difference is the border of the shield. Previously, the border […]
Tournaments and Quick Updates
Don’t forget this weekend is our next home, unsanctioned, teen and adult tournament. If you didn’t see earlier, it’s been moved up to 10AM. Event fee is $20.If you haven’t yet, please pre-register: https://askfred.net/Events/whoIsComing.php?tournament_id=49527 //IMPORTANT// in March, we will be hosting our SANCTIONED tournament (event fee is $40). Here’s the difference between unsanctioned and sanctioned:1) […]
Short Updates and Upcoming Tourneys
Before the updates, I just wanted to say how much progress all of our fencers are making! I’ve been coaching a long time, and this year, we’ve got such a great group of athletes. We have more people competing than ever before, and more people travelling to other clubs for tournaments. Those are always hard […]
Results, Congrats, and Upcoming Tournaments!
Congrats to everyone that competed over the weekend! Here are the highlights:Max Greene went undefeated.The Varsity Home School Team of Seth Hopel, Luke Eaves, and Jack Tart went undefeated.Elinor Morkos took first in the Junior Varsity Individual Home School event.Holden Moorefield took first in the men’s foil.Isabelle Guevarra took first in the women’s foil. Congrats […]
Tournament Update: Time Change
To try to accommodate our friends that are coming from the north who may see more snow than Fayetteville will, we will delay the start of the Youth Foil event to 10:30AM. Homeschool team event: As long as we still have another team joining us, no changes yet to the homeschool event. Sunday events remain […]
Tournament Updates: No Cancellations Yet
We’re not expecting significant snow fall on Saturday. Current weather report says Cloudy this morning with the chance for some spotty light snow then clearing late in the morning. We also see “Mostly cloudy early, then afternoon sunshine. High 38F. Winds NW at 15 to 25 mph. Higher wind gusts possible.” Depending on where you […]
Tournament Updates: This and Next Weekend
For this weekend, we will continue to monitor the weather. Currently, weather states a cloudy Saturday morning with the chance for some spotty light snow then clearing late in the morning. Temperatures likely hover near freezing for most of the day. No changes for the tournament this weekend: Saturday9AM Youth Foil Events1PM Homeschool Events Sunday9AM […]