JO Qualifiers

JO Qualifiers are coming up fast, Sunday December 7th. Go to http://askfred.net/Events/Prereg/prereg.php?tournament_id=6957 to preregister. If this is your first year you don't have to fence this meet, but please stop by to watch and cheer on the team. Please register today, the organizers need to know the final numbers so they can plan to have enough referees and then we don't have to spend the entire day there. You can fence and then leave when you're done. If we have enough team members qualify we can plan a team trip to New Mexico to compete in the Junior Olympics.

Events Scheduled: - Remember you can fence more than one event if you fall into both age catagories.
Cadet and junior events for each weapon and each gender.
Cadet is those born in 1992, 1993, 1994 or 1995
Junior is those born in 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, or 1995.

Pre-registration closes on 12/04/2008.
Fees are $15.00 per event if pre-registered or $20.00 On-site. You can make the check out to MN Division USFA or bring cash.

Please Download and sign Waiver - you can downloag this from askfred. Also bring your USFA form with you.

We are fencing at the MN Sword Club located at 4744 Chicago Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55407.

Snacks and drinks provided by:

Drinks

1 - Jeannie Foussard

2 - Vivan Johnson

3 - Carlson's

4 - Casey White

Food

1 - Jeannie Foussard

2 - Marsha Schoenkin

3- Owens-Kurtz

4 - Casey White

Thank you for the food!

Event Start times and who is resgistered from SPA when I checked today. Make sure you're at MSC at least 30 minutes before your close of registration time.

Cadet (U17) Women's Epee Sun 12/07 8:00 AM Siliciano, Marie SPA / TCFC MN Saint Paul Academy / Twin Cities Fencing Club U Cadet (U17) Women's Foil Sun 12/07 8:00 AM Fencer Club Rating Johnson-Rivard, Emma SPA / TCFC MN Saint Paul Academy / Twin Cities Fencing Club U Cadet (U17) Women's Saber Sun 12/07 8:00 AM 0 Fencers: Fencer Club Rating Cadet (U17) Men's Epee Sun 12/07 8:00 AM Fencer Club Rating Bear, Nathaniel SPA Saint Paul Academy U Cadet (U17) Men's Foil Sun 12/07 8:00 AM Fencer Club Rating Socha, Jonny SPA Saint Paul Academy U Cadet (U17) Men's Saber Sun 12/07 1:15 PM Fencer Club Rating Junior (U20) Women's Epee Sun 12/07 11:00 AM Fencer Club Rating Wilhelm, Claire MSC / SPA Minnesota Sword Club / Saint Paul Academy U Junior (U20) Women's Foil Sun 12/07 11:00 AM 0 Fencers: Fencer Club Rating Junior (U20) Women's Saber Sun 12/07 10:15 AM 0 Fencers: Fencer Club Rating Junior (U20) Men's Epee Sun 12/07 11:00 AM Fencer Club Rating Wald, Jonathan TCFC MN Twin Cities Fencing Club A2007 Junior (U20) Men's Foil Sun 12/07 11:00 AM Fencer Club Rating Junior (U20) Men's Saber Sun 12/07 3:30 PM Fencer Club Rating

Squad Practices

Thank you to everyone who completed the team survey and told me which days you could not attend practice. I am putting the squad schedules together this weekend, I'll email them out to you when they're done. Squad practices will start next week. If you are fencing JO Qualifiers on Sunday the 7th, you may want to come to practice everyday. Our plan for next week is to start with blade drills and let those of you fencing on Sunday use the electrical equipment while the rest of us work on the basics.

Updated Treat List

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

Drinks

1 - Jeannie Foussard

2 - Vivan Johnson

3 - Carlson's

4 - Casey White

Food

1 - Jeannie Foussard

2 - Marsha Schoenkin

3- Owens-Kurtz

4 - Casey White

Sunday, January 4th - High School Meet at SPA

Drinks

1 - Jeannie Foussard

2 - Owens-Kurtz

3 -

Food

1 - Heilig

2 - Marissa Rosenblum

3-

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

Drinks

1 - Kathy Larkins

2 - Vivan Johnson

3 -

4-

Food

1 - CJ Zheng

2 - Owens-Kurtz

3-

4-

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

Drinks

1 - Casey White

2 -

3 -

Food

1 - Casey White

2 -

3-

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

Drinks

1 - John Reinartz

2 -

3 -

Food

1 - Kim's

2 -

3-

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

Drinks

1 -

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Food

1 -

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4-

TBA - Team Meet after school against MN Sword Club

Drinks

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Food

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TBA - Team Meet after school against Roseville

Drinks

1 -

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Food

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2 -

3-

E-Mails

I've just spent a very frustrating few hours typing in the emails to the fencing list. Since there are over 50 people signed up for fencing, it's a large list. I send it out BCC, but many of your e-mail providers consider it SPAM and won't let me send it to you. So if you're not getting the team e-mails, email me directly and we'll see if that help matter or just read the blog. I update it as I send out the team email.

T-shirt Contest

We sell t-shirts at the SPA Invitational Meet, I usually design them and I'm out of ideas. Submit your idea to me by December 1st and if it's chosen you'll get a free shirt.

Guidelines - It should be one color on a grey, white or navy background. It should also have a Spartan somewhere - maybe fencing. It should say SPA Invitational and the date somewhere - January 17th, 2009. That's it - the rest is up to you!

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

Drinks

1 - Jeannie Foussard

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3 -

Food

1 - Jeannie Foussard

2 -

3-

Sunday, January 4th - High School Meet at SPA

Drinks

1 - Jeannie Foussard

2 -

3 -

Food

1 - Heilig

2 - Marissa Rosenblum

3-

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

Drinks

1 - Kathy Larkins

2 -

3 -

4-

Food

1 - CJ Zheng

2 -

3-

4-

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

Drinks

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Food

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

Drinks

1 - John Reinartz

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3 -

Food

1 -

2 -

3-

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

Drinks

1 -

2 -

3 -

4-

Food

1 -

2 -

3-

4-

TBA - Team Meet after school against MN Sword Club

Drinks

1 -

2 -

3 -

Food

1 -

2 -

3-

TBA - Team Meet after school against Roseville

Drinks

1 - Jeannie Foussard

2 -

3 -

Food

1 - Jeannie Foussard

2 -

3-

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

Name -

Grade -

Years fencing -

Weapon -

Hand - right or left -

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!

Turkey Meet

There is a meet in Waukesha, Wisconsin on November 22nd and 23rd. The first day is for High School fencers only and Sunday is an open meet, maybe Bob will fence it too. If you're in middle school you can fence the second day if you wish. We are considering taking a group to the meet. We would leave Friday after school and return Sunday after everyone is done fencing. Since we have to work on Monday we can't drive, it's just too exhausting, so we have a couple of options; We can get parents to drive or see how much it is to rent a small bus. I need to know by Sept. 12th if you'd like to go and your preferred driving arrangements so I can start making arrangements. This is not a SPA required event, it's a good warm up for the season and will give you a good idea of what to expect at Midwest this year.

You can look at askfred for more information and details.

Captains - please check around and make sure that everyone knows about this. Thanks!

USFA Membership

I hope you're having a great summer! At the banquet we talked about fencing USFA meets to give you more bouting time and more experience. To do this you must be a member of the USFA. The membership year starts in July, so you'll get the most for your money if you join now. In addition to being able to fence in USFA meets you'll also get a magazine. Just click on the link below and follow the instructions.

http://www.usfencing.org/usfa/content/view/2300/156/

The SPA Invite in on January 18th (I think), if you like to submit a design for the t-shirt please do. This includes alumni fencers as well. It should be one color and on the front of the shirt. It should reference SPA in some way - maybe a fencing Spartan... I'm eager to see what you can come up with. I'd like the design by December 1st so you have some time = )

Final Call for Team Banquet

The team banquet is held on March 5th in the Dining Hall at 6 pm. The cost is $ 15 per person.

Here's what have

Abe - 3 paid

Alanna - 2 paid

Alec - 3 - paid

Alex - ?

Andrei - ?

Arshia - 2 - paid

Charlie - 1 - owe $15

Dev - 2 paid

Emma JR - 3 - paid

Emma W - 3 - paid

Erin - ?

Ethan - 3 - owe $45

Gavi - 3 - paid

Grace A - 2 paid

Grace H -3 paid

Grace OK - 2 paid

Hannah - 3 - Paid

Harrison - 2 - paid

Henry - 3 - PD

Jennifer - 2 PD

Jonathan - 3 - paid

Jonny - 2 - owe $30

Laura - 3 owe $45

Linnea - 3 - Paid

Marie - 3 paid

Michaela - 3 - Owe $45

Muddy - 3 - paid

Nat - 2 paid

Paige - paid

Parker - 2 paid - 2 unpaid

Peter - ?

Phillip - 5 - paid

Saif - 2 - owe $30

Sara - ?

Sharon - 3 - owe $45

Sonya 2 paid

Zach - 2 - owe $30

Money is due by the 25th - the Monday after states. Make checks out to Jenni Blat.

Still owe money from team dinner- Sara and Peter Driscoll, and Saif

State Championships Results

You fenced very well today and your hard work has paid off. Thank you for all of your hard work with the late set-up and take down, we met my goal by being home while there was still daylight!

A special thank you to the parent's who fed us dinner tonight. It was FABULOUS! It was so nice to come home eat, (then send an email) and then relax! I think this might be a start of a new tradition = )

State Results - complete results will be posted on askfred sometime tomorrow, I'm just not that ambitious tonight.

Women's Sabre

4 - Arshia Sandozi - All-State

8 - Gavi Levy Haskell - All-State Honorable Mention

9th - Hannah Lutz

11th - Alanna McFall

2nd place WS team

Men's Sabre

2 - Jonathan Wald - All State

6 - Alex Kramarczuk - All State Honorable Mention

14 - Zach Sethna

2nd Place ME Team

Men's Foil

3- Charlie Feng - All State

12th - Jonny Socha

16th - Phillip Dougherty
22 - Peter Driscoll

26th - Dev McFall

28 - Saif Ahmed

29th - Alec Nordin

30 - Henry Swanson

2nd Place team

Women's Epee

5- Marie Siliciano - All State Honorable Mention

6 - Jennifer Fischer - All State Honorable Mention

8 - Claire Wilhelm - All State Honorable Mention

9 - Linnea Herzog

11-Emma White

17 - Paige Owens-Kurtz

2nd Place Team

Men's Sabre

4- Parker Cook - All State

5-Abe Cass - All State Honorable Mention

9th - Harrison Hite

12 - Mudassar Sandozi

25 - Andrei Neslemov

28 - Ethan Chun

2nd Place Team

Women's Foil

1 - Grace Hartman - State Champion - All State

5 - Erin Lowenthal - All State Honorable Mention

7 - Emma Johnson-Rivard - All State Honorable Mention

12 - Grace Albertson

14 - Laura Barksdale

17 - Michaela Kim

1st Place Team!!!!

Great fencing. Don't forgot equipment turn in is on Monday at practice time. Please wash your equipment! If you are planning on fencing next season and would like the same maske, lame, and whites please put them in a labeled garabage bag and it can get stored together.

TCFC Meet

We won 5-1 (since they forfeited 4 events).

MS - won 6-3

WF - lost 4-5

See you all tomorrow night for set-up.

MSC Meet

Women's Teams won 2-1, Men's Teams lost 1-2. Overall lost on bouts even though the squad victories were tied.

MF - lost 1-8

WE - won 6-3

ME - won 6-3

WF - won 7-2

MS - lost 1-8

WS - lost 0-9

Jan. 18th

Tuesday, the 19th, Meet against MSC in the Dining Hall - meet there at 3:30 for set-up. They should have full squads. We will fence at 4:30. Treats provided by:

Snacks - Hartman

Snacks - Barksdale

Drinks - Cook

Wednesday - our last practice before States - everyone is invited.

Thursday, the 21st - Meet against TCFC in the DIning Hall - meet there at 3:30 for set-up we'll fence at 4:30, we're checking to see what squads they have.

Treats provided by:

Snacks - Lutz

Snacks - Sandozi

Drinks - Sandozi

The team dinner is only for the team and is on Friday, February 22nd at 6pm in the Dining Hall, before we set up for States. The following fencers have not let me know if they are coming, I am ordering the dinner on today, so you need to let me know now if you are planning on coming.

Henry

Laura

Nat

Peter

Sara

Sonya

If your name is not on that list I know you are coming.

We'll start setting up in the small gym at 7:00, we can't get into the big gym until 8:45, I hope to have everything laid out and ready to go so it won't take very long to get everything done.

Saturday-January 23rd - States- Plan on being at SPA for most of the day. You'll need to be at SPA at least 45 minutes before your close of registration time which is listed below. Bring $15 if you ordered a t-shirt when you registered. When you check in at the registration table bring your mask so it can get checked. You'll fence a pool of 5-7 fencers, 5 touch bouts first, then get seeded into a direct elemination table and then fence 15 touch bouts. Once you lose you are out in the 15 touch bouts. When you are done fencing hang around, cheer on your teammates. At the end of the day we need to clean up everything.

WS 8:00 am

ME 8:00 am

MF 8:30 am

WE 9:30 am

MS 10:00 am

WF 11:00 am

We'll vote for MVP, MIP and Captains on that day.

Saturday, February 23th (pm) - Wash your whites in cold water and hang to dry.

Monday, Feb 25th. Return your clean equipment to the cage and banquet money

The team banquet is held on March 5th in the Dining Hall at 6 pm. The cost is $ 15 per person.

Here's what have

Abe - 3 total one has paid

Alanna - 2 paid

Alec - 3 - owe $45

Alex - ?

Andrei - ? - apparently the check is in my mailbox ot SPA, I'll get it tomorrow

Arshia - 3 - paid

Charlie - 1 - owe $15

Dev - 2 paid

Emma JR - 3 - paid

Emma W - 3- paid

Erin - 2 - paid

Ethan - 3 - owe $45

Gavi - 3 - owe $45

Grace A - ?

Grace H - 3

Grace OK - 2 owe $30

Hannah - 3 - Paid

Harrison - 2 - owe $30

Henry - 3 - PD

Jennifer - 2 PD

Jonathan - 3 - owe $45

Jonny - 2 - owe $30

Laura - 3 owe $45

Linnea - 3 - Paid

Marie - ?

Michaela - 3 - Owe $45

Muddy - 3 - Paid

Nat - ?

Paige - 2 owe $30

Parker - 4

Peter - ?

Phillip - 5 - paid

Saif - 2 - owe $30

Sara - ?

Sharon - 3 - owe $45

Sonya - ?

Zach - 2 - owe $30

Money is due by the 25th - the Monday after states.

Team Dinner

The team dinner is only for the team and is on Friday, February 22nd at 6pm in the Dining Hall, before we set up for States. The following fencers have not let me know if they are coming, I am ordering the dinner on Friday, so you need to let me know now if you are planning on coming.

Henry

Laura

Nat

Peter

Sara

Sonya

If your name is not on that list I know you are coming - good job!

Now the following people have not paid.

Alec

Alex

Charlie

Ethan

Grace A

Grace H

Grace OK

Jonathan

Paige

Saif

Your money iwas due on Tuesday, the 12th - $10 payable to Jenni Blat. Pay me on Tuesday at the meet.

Captains

All fencers in grades 9-12 are eligible to be voted on for Captain. Please let me know if you do NOT want to be on the ballot.

Banquet

The team banquet is held on March 5th in the Dining Hall at 6 pm. The cost is $ 15 per person.

Here's what have

Abe - 3 total one has paid

Alanna - 2 paid

Alec - 3 - owe $45

Alex - ?

Andrei - ?

Arshia - 3 - owe $45

Charlie - 1 - owe $15

Dev - 2 paid

Emma JR - 3 - has check in her sweatshirt

Emma W - 4 - owe $60

Erin - ?

Ethan - 3 - owe $45

Gavi - 3 - owe $45

Grace A - ?

Grace H - ?

Grace OK - 2 owe $30

Hannah - 3 - Paid

Harrison - 2 - owe $30

Henry - 3 - PD

Jennifer - 2 PD

Jonathan - 3 - owe $45

Jonny - 2 - owe $30

Laura - 3 owe $45

Linnea - 3 - Paid

Marie - ?

Michaela - 3 - Owe $45

Muddy - 3 - Owe $45

Nat - ?

Paige - 2 owe $30

Parker - ?

Peter - ?

Phillip - 5 - paid

Saif - 2 - owe $30

Sara - ?

Sharon - 3 - owe $45

Sonya - ?

Zach - 2 - owe $30

Money is due by the 25th - the Monday after states.

Team Dinner

The team dinner is only for the team and is on Friday, February 22nd at 6pm in the Dining Hall, before we set up for States. The following fencers have not let me know if they are coming

Erin

Grace A

Grace H

Henry

Laura

Marie

Nat

Peter

Sara

Sonya

If your name is not on that list I know you are coming - good job!

Now the following people have paid.

Alanna

Dev

Jennifer

Linnea

Phillip

For everyone else, your money is due on Tuesday, the 12th - $10 payable to Jenni Blat.

Week of February 11th

Practice only on Monday and Tuesday - we recommend that all fencer come these days since there are only 4 practices left.

Team dinner $10 is due on Tuesday. I'll send out a list of who has signed up and paid later today.

Upcoming Events

Feb 19, 2008 SPA v. Minnesota Sword Club @ SPA 4:30

Snacks - Hartman

Snacks - Barksdale

Drinks - Cook

Feb 21, 2008 SPA v. TCFC @ St. Paul Academy 4:30 pm

Snacks - Lutz

Snacks - Sandozi

Drinks - Sandozi

Team Dinner - Friday at 6

States Set-up right after dinner.

Saturday the 23rd - States

Plan on being at SPA for most of the day. You'll need to be at SPA at least 45 minutes before your close of registration time which is listed below. Bring $15 if you ordered a t-shirt when you registered. When you check in at the registration table bring your mask so it can get checked. You'll fence a pool of 5-7 fencers, 5 touch bouts first, then get seeded into a direct elemination table and then fence 15 touch bouts. Once you lose you are out in the 15 touch bouts. When you are done fencing hang around, cheer on your teammates. At the end of the day we need to clean up everything.

WS 8:00 am

ME 8:00 am

MF 8:30 am

WE 9:30 am

MS 10:00 am

WF 11:00 am

Midwest 2009

The date for Midwest High School Championships has been set. We'll leave on the 23rd and fence on the Jan. 24, 2009: Midwest Open, tentatively at Woodland Jr. High in Gurnee. We'd return early in the morning on the 25th.

Blake Meet

Fantastic fencing! I was very impressed today!

Men's Sabre - Won 6-3

Men's Epee - Won - 9-0

Men's Sabre - Won - 7-2

Women's Epee - Won - 8-1

Women's Sabre - Won - 7-2

Women's Foil - Won - 8-1

Sword Play Meet

Men's Epee and Women's Sabre won since they did not have any teams

Men's Foil won 6-3

Women's Foil won 6-3

Women's Epee won 9-0

Men's Sabre won 8-1

See you at the Dining Hall at 3:30. I'd like to have everything set up and ready to go when Blake walks in the door.

Wednesday and Thursday

Shattuck has canceled for Wednesday, so we'll only be fencing Sword Play. They have one young lady for saber, one young lady for epee, and one young man for epee. They have full men's foil, full women's foil, and full men's saber.

On Thursday at 4:15 we are scheduled to fence Blake in the Dining Hall. Hopefully they will show up. Treats for the Blake meet are:

Snacks - Douglas

Snacks - McFall

Drinks - Herzog

Drinks - Nordin

Sorry for the short notice and the change of meet. We do expect everyone there on Thursday.

Thanks!

Midwest Foil Results

Women's Foil

1st - Grace Hartman

16th - Erin Lowenthal

17th - Emma Johnson-Rivard

21st - Michaela Kim

44th - Laura Barksdale

Men's Foil

25th - Charlie Feng

43rd - Jonny Socha

56th - Alec Nordin

57th - Phillip Dougherty

Epee and Sabre Midwest Results

Here are some of the results - Foil isn't posted yet. You can look at complete results at www.askfred.net

Men's Epee

9 - Jonathan Wald

12 - Alex Kramarczuk

25 - Zach Sethna

Men's Sabre

47 - Harrison Hite

52 - Parker Cook

56 - Mudassar Sandozi

59 - Abe Cass

Women's Epee

27 - Claire Wilhelm

28 - Jennifer Fischer

40 - Emma White

42 - Paige Owens-Kurtz

Women's Sabre

24 - Arshia Sandozi

29 - Gavi Levy Haskell

37 - Hannah Lutz

Week of Jan. 28th

Congratulations to the fencers who went to Midwest, especially Grace Hartman 2 time Midwest High School Champion. I'll have complete results as soon as they are posted.

-January 28th - No SPA Practice - Recover from Midwest

-Tuesday - Regular Squad Practices

-January 30th - Shattuck and Sword Play Meet 6:30 in the Small Gym - No practice before the meet.

Treats provided by:

Snacks – Lindsay Herbert

Snacks – Jonathan Wald

Drinks – Andrei Nesmelov

Drinks – Vivian Johnson

Thursday - Jan 31st - Possible Meet with Blake (we have to reschedule due to super-Tuesday), I'll know more after Monday

Friday - Feb. 1st - Whole Team Practice

Upcoming Events:

Friday - Feb. 15th - Last day to pay and RSVP for the team dinner before States set-up.

Tuesday - Feb. 19th - MSC in the Dining @ 4:30

Thursday - Feb. 21st - TCFC in the Dining Hall @ 4:30

Friday - Feb. 22nd - Team Dinner and States Set-up 7:00 (sorry it's so late, we can't get into the big gym much before 9, try and take a nap)

Saturday - Feb. 23rd - State Championships - SPA

You'll need to be at SPA at least 45 minutes before your close of registration time which is listed below. Bring $15 if you ordered a t-shirt when you registered. When you check in at the registration table bring your mask so it can get checked. You'll fence a pool of 5-7 fencers, 5 touch bouts first, then get seeded into a direct elemination table and then fence 15 touch bouts. Once you lose you are out in the 15 touch bouts. When you are done fencing hang around, cheer on your teammates. At the end of the day we need to clean up everything.

WS 8:00 am

ME 8:00 am

MF 8:30 am

WE 9:30 am

MS 10:00 am

WF 11:00 am

Monday. February 26th - Return Equipment last day to pay and RSVP for the Team Banquet

Wednesday, March 5th - 6:00 Dining Hall - Team Banquet

Team Banquet

Our team banquet is on March 5th at 6:00 in the Dining Hall. It will be catered by Boca Chica's again. We'll have fun team awards, awards for MVP's, MIP's, award the varsity letters and announce the team captains for next year. We hope to see everyone and their families there. Please RSVP and pay us (cash or check - you can make checks out to Jenni Blat) by February 26th, $15.00 per person.

Team Dinner before States Set-Up

We'll have a team dinner when we set up for States on February 22nd. We won't have practice but meet at the dining hall at 5:00 or 6:00 for a dinner of rigatoni, meatballs, salad, bread and desserts. If you choose to have dinner please pay me $10.00 by February 15th. Yes, you have a lot of time to forget to do this, I just wanted you to get it on your calendars. Make checks out to Jenni Blat. When we're done eating we'll go set up for States. (I'm not sure of the exact start time, it depends on the basketball team, I'll let you know when I know).

This Week

You all fenced well yesterday, we are very proud of all of you.

This meet helped us to see what we need to work on until States. We have a lot of work to do. We need to be much more focused in practice and work on the drills and spend less time playing around. It was very clear to us which fencers have been taking practice seriously and those who haven't based on the results. Bob and I are going to start giving individual lessons, this means we won't be able to watch you the entire time and make sure you're working. The choice is yours on how you want to spend your practice time, you can spend it goofing off or syou can pend it trying to be the best fencer you can be. As a coaches, we'll be focusing our efforts on the fencers who are working hard and taking practice seriously.

No practice on Monday - No school.

Practice Tuesday - Thursday. Even if one of these days is your day off, feel free to come!

Friday - 8 am leave for Midwest.

I noticed a lot of cameras taking picture of the event, if you could please get me the pictures, I'm planning on making a slide show of the season for the banquet.

SPA Invitational Results

Men's Epee

6th - Zach Sethna

8th - Alex Kramarczuk

Men's Foil

2nd - Charlie Feng

11th - Jonny Socha

16th - Peter Driscoll

18th - Dev McFall

20th - Henry Swanson

21st - Alec Nordin

22nd - Phillip Dougherty

23rd - Saif Ahmed

Men's Sabre

1st - Parker Cook

7th - Harrison Hite

11th - Mudassar Sandozi

14th - Abe Cass

18th - Ethan Chun

23rd - Andrei Nesmelov

Women's Epee

3rd - Claire Wilhelm

7th - Marie Siliciano

8th - Jennifer Fischer

9th - Emma White

10th - Linnea Herzog

13th - Paige Owens-Kurtz

Women's Foil

5th - Erin Lowenthal

8th - Emma Johnson-Rivard

9th - Micheala Kim

12th - Grace Albertson

13th - Laura Barksdale

15th - Sara Driscoll

Women's Sabre

5th - Arshia Sandozi

7th - Hannah Lutz

8th - Gavi Levy Haskell

10th - Alanna McFall

Socks!

You must wear your SPA socks or else. (So, I still have to figure out what the or else is, Bob says, you won't compete, but we all know that I like to win.) I'll bring the socks for the new people to practice today. I have 8 pairs of new socks on sale for $10 each, so, if you can't find your socks, I'll be happy to sell you a pair!

Roseville

We won 5-1

Women's Epee Lost 3-6

Men's Epee Won 8-1

Men's Sabre Won 6-3

Women's Sabre Won 7-2

Men's Foil Won 5-4

Women's Foil Won 8-1

I'll do the detailed report and indicators either Thursday or Sunday - too tired tonight, you know I'd make mistakes.

We were very impressed with your fencing this first meet. There were many pleasant surprise as well as a clearer picture of what we need to work on.

The meet MVP's are Phillip for doing his job and winning his two bouts to help lead the Men's Foil Team to victory and to the Women's Sabre squad who dominated the Roseville Team - Well Done. You'll also get your gear and certificates next week after this crazy tournament is over. Congratulations!

A couple of reminders: Get all your gear together and make sure it is working. I expect to see EVERYONE in their SPA socks this weekend. The shipment for the new socks came today and I will get them to you in the next few days.

Make sure you keep track of your gear at the meets, I came home with a jacket and three masks. Laura is missing her black and white nike shoes, please look in your bag for them. Try to keep your bag closed so stuff won't walk away or get mixed up.

Great job tonight - Thanks again to the Dougherty's for hosting dinner and to the families who brought drinks and snack today.

Good Luck to Grace Hartman and Jonathan Wald who are fencing in Atlanta this weekend.

M-T-R - Regular Squad Practices - Check with Bob P. and make sure all of your equipment works!

Wednesday - Meet against Roseville. Meet by Mr. Brown's office to board the bus to Roseville. Dinner at Dougherty's (about 1 mile away from the high school) right after the meet.

Snacks/Drinks are provided by:

Snacks – Lindsay Herbert

Snacks – Marsha Schoenki

Drinks – Owens-Kurtz

Drinks – Vivian Johnson

Friday -January 18th - No practice - Set up for the SPA Invite around 7. It should take about an hour. Do/start your homework now, you won't have any time on Saturday to work on it.

Saturday-January 19th - SPA Invitational - Plan on being at SPA for most of the day. You'll need to be at SPA at least 45 minutes before your close of registration time which is listed below. Bring $10 for your entry fee and another $15 if you ordered a t-shirt when you registered. When you check in at the registration table bring your mask so it can get checked. You'll fence a pool of 5-7 fencers, 5 touch bouts first, then get seeded into a direct elemination table and then fence 15 touch bouts. Once you lose you are out in the 15 touch bouts. When you are done fencing hang around, cheer on your teammates. At the end of the day we need to clean up everything.

WS 8:00 am

ME 8:00 am

MF 8:30 am

WE 9:30 am

MS 10:00 am

WF 11:00 am

Upcoming Events:

-January 21st - No School - No Practice

-January 25th - High School Students leave for Midwest High School Championships.

-January 26th - fence at Midwest

-January 27th - Return from Midwest

-January 28th - No SPA Practice - Recover from Midwest

-January 30th - Shattuck and Sword Play Meet 6:30 in the Small Gym - No practice before the meet.

The Week of January 7th, 2008

Monday - Whole Team Practice

-Turn in Midwest Permission Slips

- Tell Jenni (or better yet email her) your desired roommate for Midwest

- Track down the remaining people who have yet to register on askfred for any of the three meets.

Thursday - Friday

-Regular squad practices

Upcoming events

-January 16th - Our first meet against Roseville and dinner at Dougherty's after the meet. We'll have a bus go from SPA to Roseville, you are responsible for getting a ride to Dougherty's and home from the dinner.

-January 18th - No practice - Set up for the SPA Invite around 7. It should take about an hour.

-January 19th - SPA Invitational - Plan on being at SPA for most of the day.

-January 21st - No School - No Practice

-January 25th - High School Students leave for Midwest High School Championships.

-January 26th - fence at Midwest

-January 27th - Return from Midwest

-January 28th - No SPA Practice - Recover from Midwest

-January 30th - Shattuck and Sword Play Meet 6:30 in the Small Gym - No practice before the meet.

You're making me cry...

Thank you to everyone who has registered on askfred! Especially to the Men's Epee team who is the only squad fully registered for the SPA Invite. Quick work to Emma J.R, Claire and Phillip who have already registered for Midwest!

One note - we are designated as SPA on askfred. Please don't register as SPAFT. This will create confusion and incorrect seeding of teammates. Thank you!

The following fencers please, please, please register NOW!

For the SPA Invite

WF - Sara, Emma J.R., Grace A.

WE - Jennifer, Paige, Marie

WS - Arshia

MF - Dev, Peter, Saif

MS - Ethan

For States

WF - Sara, Emma J.R., Grace A.

WE - Jennifer, Emma, Paige, Maire

WS - Arshia,

MF - Charlie, Dev, Peter, Saif

ME - Zach, Nat

MS - Ethan, Harrison, Andrei, Mudassar

For Midwest

WF - Erin, Grace H., Sara, Laura, Michaela

WE - Jennifer, Linnea, Emma, Paige

WS - Arshia, Gavi, Hannah

MF - Charlie, Alec, Johnny

ME - Alex, Zach, Jonathan, Nat

MS - Ethan, Parker, Abe, Harrison, Andrei, Mudassar