We are starting up again!

Bob sent his email, before we could just send one. Hopefully everyone is on this email list. If you don't want to receive the SPA emails any more please let me know. I will email at least once a week so everyone knows what is going on. If you are a fencer, it is your responsibility to check your e-mail, not your parents. Any emergency information will get emailed out, so please check often.

Practice this week starts Monday at 4. Middle school doesn't have school that day, so they don't have practice. Full team practices for the rest of the week. We'll mainly do conditioning and hand out the equipment on Thursday. Our first practice with equipment in on Monday the 24th. We only have practice Monday and Tuesday that week. Up until Thanksgiving everyone will practice everyday - it's only 7 days.

Squad practices will start on December 1st. To help save a tree, I'm going to add the usual team questionare at the end of this email, please fill it out and return it to me by the 21st, so I can plan the practice days.

Our first meet is on, Sunday, December 7th - not very far away. You need to have your equipment, and your USFA membership by that day. If you need another copy of the team expectations and what to buy letter let me know. Everyone, but first years is expected to fence this meet. At these meets, you can fence and then leave when you're done. Only the coaches need to spend the day there. You can register now at www.askfred.net. If you don't know how to do it, ask a friend that does, or bring your laptop to practice and I can help you.

At the mandatory meeting on Saturday we started the treat sign up fo the year. There is a lot of blanks, please let me know what dates you can help out on. We need to fill up the 12-7 date first. I'm Ok with anything kids will eat for treats - bagels, granola bars, cookies, fruit, cakes, candy.... For the all day meets we'll need sandwiches to help fuel us through.

Sunday, December 7th - JO Qualifiers - MN Sword Club, Minneapolis

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Sunday, January 4th - High School Meet at SPA

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Saturday, January 17th - SPA Invitational - We'll be here all day

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Saturday, January 24th - Midwest High School Championship - Gurnee, IL - High School Fencers Only - Packed food to bring with us.

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Sunday, February, 1st - High School Meet @SPA

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Saturday, February 21st - MN High School Championship - Blake - An all day meet

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TBA - Team Meet after school against MN Sword Club

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TBA - Team Meet after school against Roseville

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SURVEY - Cut and paste this email along with your answers and send it back to me - asap - thanks!

Name -

Grade -

Years fencing -

Weapon -

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Other sports played -

Please list equipment owned -

3 Goals for the season -

Day you can not make it to practice due to other commitments, if any.

Thanks - See you all tomorrow!