Weekend Results, Thanksgiving Week, Christmas Party, December Epee Event
Hey everyone! As we end the a giant tournament weekend and begin Thanksgiving Weekend here’s a recap of the weekend and events coming up. I’ll try to keep it short so you can get it all!
Special thank you to our staff over the weekend, Bout Committee Assistant, Holly Green, and all our referees: Lily Kube, Isaac Canady, Isabella Lee, Braydon Griffith, and Hannah Satterlee. Isabella also took on the challenge of 2 finals bouts!
Special congrats to all the fencers who competed in their first tournament as well as our 1st place medalists!
Shrihan Arramreddy: Teen Open Foil
Olivia McKinney: Middle School Open Foil
Jullian Telles: Homeschool Foil
Askfred Results: https://www.askfred.net/tournaments/37a27ada-4eb5-48a4-9c4c-e9a70f71b2fc/results
FencingTimeLive Results: https://fencingtimelive.com/tournaments/eventSchedule/2CEE012E312447DAB92BB024EE6C60EB#today
Photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/avRZhQwu2CatHPLa6
Middle School Finals: https://youtu.be/zY2yoSsGQJ8?si=fzfezETtV8C9oM4Y
Homeschool Finals: https://youtu.be/IU7Cp73N9gg?si=45VzAdpJNBHX0Aja
Video Recap: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BPMzfXL7Q5o
Thanksgiving Week
- Class will still be on schedule on Wednesday (change from previous announcements).
- No classes on Thursday
- All foil and epee Thursday students rescheduled to Wednesday at 7PM.
- We may open Friday or Saturday morning for some turkey work off, most likely at 10AM. I’ll let everyone know on Thursday.
* Don’t forget, you can find all tournaments at Askfred.net, and most of the tournaments that we plan on attending at http://schedule.allamericanfencing.com
December 6th Wilmington Tournament
A number of us are headed down to Wilmington for a December 6th event. If you are interested in attending, make sure you have a current USA Fencing Access Membership. Deadline for regular registration fee is November 30th. Schedule and registration available here: https://www.askfred.net/tournaments/b2d7d7f7-f1d1-4d1d-8824-ae46609ab017
December All Epee Tournament
We’ll be hosting an all epee event in December!
9:30AM: Open epee for ages 13-20. Any of our fencers in the age group can participate!
12PM: Men’s Ages 21+. Not only our current adult fencers, but we’ll create a crash course in December for all our parents who want to participate!
1:30PM: Women’s Ages 21+. Not only our current adult fencers, but we’ll create a crash course in December for all our parents who want to participate!
We’d like to also invite all our parents that participated in the VET tournament to compete again!
Information and registration: https://www.askfred.net/tournaments/14373f33-7605-4e0f-a67e-6b1263271c9d
Christmas Party on December 19th.
I think I mentioned December 12th as a possibe date for our Christmas Party. Some fencers are headed to the Lotus Regional that weekend, some I’m changing the Christmas Party to December 19, 2025 at 6pm. The Christmas Party is a potluck, please sign up for the potluck here: http://www.luckypotluck.com/potluck/2025AAFAChristmasParty
Next Homeschool and Pisacafe at Wilmington on December 20th
Schedule and registration available at: https://www.askfred.net/tournaments/9bc39e8f-6127-4ec2-9d5f-e898f498b9eb
No Classes During the Week of Christmas
There will be no classes during the week of Christmas, but I’ll probably open up for open fencing on one day. I’ll announce it during the week of Christmas.
