SPA Invite Results

Thank you to everyone who brought snacks, they were appreciated. This meet gives us a good idea on what we need to work on before States. We have some room for improvement in most of the weapons. Thank you to everyone who stayed to clean up!


MS
6 - Harrison Hite
8 - Eddie Xie
10 - Nick Cohen

WF
1 - Emma Johnson-Rivard
2 - Emma White
4 - Laura Barksdale
5 - Michaela Kim
7 - Mikayla Nelson

WS
4 - Hannah Lutz
5 - Grace Owens-Kurtz

MF
9 - Peter Driscoll
12 - Phillip Dougherty
13 - Alec Nordin
15 - Jonny Socha

ME
7 - Henry Swanson
8 - Francesco Di Caprio
11 - Asher Szachowicz
15 - Phillip Swanson
16 - Jordan Hughes

WE
1 - Marie Siliciano
2 - Claire Wilhelm
9 - Mary Merrell

Week of 1-18-10

Next week.... 1-18-10
No school on the 18th, so no practice that day.

Thursday the 21st. Meet at Roseville Area High School. The bus will leave at 3:30. We will start fencing at 4:30, all squads will fence. After the meet we will continue the tradition and head over to the Dougherty's house for dinner. There is no bus back to SPA. Please RSVP for the team dinner as soon as possible, I have only heard back from one person.

Snacks provided by Swansons and Rosenblums
Drinks provided by Kims, Swansons and Wilhelm-Wolf

Friday the 22nd - No practice, 10 of us are heading to Indiana for Midwest High School Championships.

Next Week - 1-25-10

Wed - Jan. 27th - 4:00 in Bigelow
Foil only meet with TCFC. Everyone must come to cheer them on, but you may leave at 5.

Snacks and Drinks provided by Merrills and Wilhelm-Wolf

FYI - Blake had to cancel our meet with them on 2-4-10 due to a lack of gym space. I will let you know the new date as soon as I know it.

Holy Family Meet

Great job on your first meet today!

We won overall since they had to forfeit 3 events, but we still fenced well.

WE - V - 7-2
ME - L - 4-5
MF - V - 6-3
MS - V 9-0
WS - V 9-0
WF V 9-0

Week of 1-11-10

This week we have the Holy Family Meet on the 13th in the Dining Hall at 4:00. We will meet at the Dining Hall at 3:30 to set up and get ready.. You will need your socks and knickers for this meet if you fence ME, MF and WE. If you are not fencing that day, you are still expected to come to practice and cheer your teammates on.

Drinks provided by Johnson/Rivard and Wilhelm-Wolf.
Snacks provided by Owens-Kurtz and Willa

No practice on Friday the 15th. We will set up for the SPA Invite right after the Basketball game meet at 8:45, set-up usual takes about an hour.

SPA Invite all day on Saturday the 16th. You may leave after your event, but you will need to return to help clean up after the meet, we can give you a better time estimate on Saturday. We hope to be cleaned up and ready to go home by 5.

Start times are as follows. You should check-in and pay for your event at least 30 minutes before you start. You will need the time to warm up and get ready to fence. You will need all of your equipment and socks.

WS and ME - 8:00am
MF - 8:30 am
WE - 9:20 am
MS - 10:00 am
WF - 11:00

Thank you to everyone who has signed up on time, there is a $15 late for those who didn't.

Drinks are provided by Wilhelm-Wolf and DiCaprio
Snacks are provided by Driscoll, Hughes, Browns and Willa
This is a long day so if anyone else wishes to bring drinks or snacks it would be greatly appreciated by all.


Next week.... 1-18-10
No school on the 18th, so no practice that day.

Thursday the 21st. Meet at Roseville Area High School. The bus will leave at 3:30. We will start fencing at 4:30, all squads will fence. After the meet we will continue the tradition and head over to the Dougherty's house for dinner. There is no bus back to SPA.

Snacks provided by Swansons and Rosenblums
Drinks provided by Kims, Swansons and Wilhelm-Wolf

Friday the 22nd - No practice, 10 of us are heading to Indiana for Midwest High School Championships.

SPA Invite

This may be a little late to do this, but in the past a few parent's have set up a concession stand at the meet. It doesn't usually make much money, but it is nice to have food to snack on throughout the day, especially for the fencers from other teams. It would be great if a few brave souls would like to organize this.

Thanks - Jenni

January 4th

Practice as usual this week.

Next week we have the Holy Family Meet on the 13th in the Dining Hall at 4:00. We will meet at the Dining Hall at 3:30 to set up and get ready.. You will need your socks and knickers for this meet.

Drinks provided by Johnson/Rivard and Wilhelm-Wolf.
Snacks provided by Owens-Kurtz and Willa

No practice on Friday the 15th. We will set up for the SPA Invite right after the Basketball game.

SPA Invite all day on Saturday the 16th. You may leave after your event, but you will need to return to help clean up after the meet.
Start times are as follows. You should check-in and pay for your event at least 30 minutes before you start. You will need the time to warm up and get ready to fence.

WS and ME - 8:00am
MF - 8:30 am
WE - 9:20 am
MS - 10:00 am
WF - 11:00

Thank you to everyone who has signed up already, there are still 9 people who haven't yet.

Drinks are provided by Wilhelm-Wolf and DiCaprio
Snacks are provided by Driscoll, Hughes and Willa
This is a long day so if anyone else wishes to bring drinks or snacks it would be greatly appreciated by all.

Looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow.

Jenni, Bob and Bob

Midwest

The following fencers have said that they are planning on attending Midwest High School Championships at Culver, Indiana on January 23rd:
Alec, Claire, Emma J.R., Emma W., Harrison, Laura, Marie, Michaela, Peter, and Jonny

Here is the plan:

We will leave Friday the 22nd at either 5 or 7 pm and fly (yes fly - it turns out to be slightly cheaper or the same price for the small amount of fencers we have attending) to Chicago Midway airport. We will stay at a hotel by the airport that night. A bus (which will be paid for our of our transportation budget) will take us to Culver Saturday morning (118 miles). The first event starts at 10:00 so we won't have to get up too early, plus you can sleep on the bus. We will fence and then take a bus back to Chicago. There are flights out that night, but we're hoping you will fence well and then we would miss our flights, so we are flying out first thing Sunday morning.

Cost - The airfare at this time is around $213.80. - plus baggage fee for your fencing equipment.
You'd pay for your share of hotel. - There are 6 girls and 4 boys. We can squish in room of 3 and 4 or go in 2's, let me know what you want to do. I haven't chosen a hotel yet, but it should be around $100/night for 2 nights/room -
You'll also be responsible for your food.

I need your legal name to book your ticket, you will be billed by SPA for the ticket and hotel. Please respond as soon as possible.

Thanks!

PS - Someone please forward this to Harrison, he has neglected to give me his email address. - Thanks!

SPA Invite

We are hosting the SPA Invite January 16th. The cost is $15 of you sign up by 1-2-10. So far only 5 SPA fencers have signed up. Great work to Francesco, Hannah, Jordan, Maire and Peter.

Congratulations to Max who won a free t-shirt in the t-shirt designing contest.

This is an individual meet for 7-12 graders. We will set up the night before and clean up after the meet.

Start times are as follows. You should check-in and pay for your event at least 30 minutes before you start. You will need the time to warm up and get ready to fence.

WS and ME - 8:00am
MF - 8:30 am
WE - 9:20 am
MS - 10:00 am
WF - 11:00

The following fencers need to register by the end of this week in order to avoid paying an extra $15 late fee for a total of $30 for registering late or at the door:

Alec
Charlie
Cynthia
Dev
Eddie
Emma J.R.
Emma W.
Grace
Harrison
Henry
Jonny
Laura
Mary
Michaela
Mikayla
Nathalie
Nick
Phillip S.
Phillip D.
Nat
Max

You can use this address to register for the meet. Or go to www.askfred.net and search for the SPA Invite.
http://askfred.net/Events/Prereg/prereg.php?tournament_id=10333

Treat Sign Up - & Meet Schedule

SPA FENCING TREAT SIGN UP

Please email me to let me know if you can bring treats on any of the remaining days.

JANUARY 2010

Jan. 13^th Holy Family Meet – 4:00 Dining Hall

Drinks Johnson - Rivard

Drinks ______________________________________________

Snacks Owens-Kurtz

Snacks _____________________________________________

Jan. 16th SPA Invitational

Drinks DiCaprio

Drinks ______________________________________________

Snacks Driscoll

Snacks Hughes

Drinks ______________________________________________

Drinks ______________________________________________

Snacks _____________________________________________

Snacks _____________________________________________

Jan. 21^st - Roseville High School @ Roseville 4:30

Drinks Kim

Drinks ______________________________________________

Snacks _____________________________________________

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Jan. 27^th TCFC meet 4:00 Bigelow. Foil only

Drinks Merrill

Drinks ______________________________________________

Snacks McFalls - cookies

Snacks Merrill

FEBRUARY 2010

Feb. 4^th Blake @ Blake 5:00.

Drinks Johnson-Rivard

Drinks ______________________________________________

Snacks _____________________________________________

Snacks _____________________________________________

Feb. 10^th MN Sword Club @ SPA 5:00 Dining Hall

Drinks Lutz

Drinks ______________________________________________

Snacks Nordin

Snacks _____________________________________________

Feb. 17^th Shattuck/Sword Play @ SPA 4:30 Dining Hall

Drinks ______________________________________________

Drinks Siliciano

Snacks Siliciano

Snacks _____________________________________________

Feb. 21^st State Championships @ Roseville

Drinks Lutz

Drinks ______________________________________________

Snacks McFalls – Cookies and Bagels

Snacks _____________________________________________

Drinks ______________________________________________

Drinks ______________________________________________

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Baby Sister Blat

Bob, Big Brother Owen and I are pleased to announce the safe arrival of Sydni Lynn Minci Blat. Her Daddy and her arrived home from China on Christmas Eve. She is 11 months old and making a smooth transition into the Blat household. It's been quite a year for us adopting 2 kids in one calendar year. I'm on adoption leave from teaching until February 18th which takes us almost to the end of the fencing season. It worked out well for us last year, so I'm excited to start practice again in January.

Jenni

State Championships

The date for State Championships has finally been confirmed. It is on Sunday, February 21st at Roseville Area High School. The coach hopes to have the registration on www.askfred.net soon. This is one day later then we thought it would be.

See you this afternoon!

Parent's Day

SPA Fencing
Parent's Day

Thursday, December 10th
4:00 pm - Bigelow

Come and learn a little more about the sport of fencing and meet the coaches.

Each squad will present a different aspect of fencing so hopefully you will understand fencing a little more when you come to our meets.

A sign-up sheet for treats at the meets will also be available.

We are excited to see you next week!

Jenni, Bob and Bob

JO Qualifiers

JO Qualifiers are on the 6th at MN Sword Club. This is an optional meet and you must be a member of the USFA to participate. If you decide to attend the meet and can fence both cadet and juniors, I would suggest you fence both. At this point Bob and I are not planning on attending this meet. If you are planning on fencing this meet and would like us to coach you there, please let us know by Wednesday, December 2nd.

Thanks!

High School Fencers Only

If you have not let me know if you are planning on attending Midwest High School Championships in Culver Indiana, I need to know by the end of this week.

Thanks!

Team Banquet Date

The date for the team banquet has been changed to 3-2-10 due to a conflict with the Dining Hall. More details will come in February.

Electric Days

After Winter Break, each weapon will fence electrically one day per week.
Monday - Sabre
Tuesday - Foil
Friday - Epee

Most meets occur on Wednesday and Thursday, that is why I did not choose those days, we can use those days as make-up days as needed.

Thank You

Thank you very much to everyone who has emailed us to let us know if you can't make a practice. Please remember any unexcused absence and you will not letter, we already have a handful of people who aren't lettering due to absences and we've only had practice for a week. If you have decided not to fence this year, please email us so we can remove you from our roster.

Thank you - Jenni

Meet Schedule

Here is the schedule as of today. All meets are required for everyone except for 6th graders. Please register for the SPA invite on www.askfred.net.

NOVEMBER 2009

Nov. 23^rd Equipment will be handed out – DO NOT BE ABSENT!

Nov. 30^th Squad practices will start.

DECEMBER 2009

Dec. 6^th JO Qualifiers (optional)

Dec. 10th Parent’s Day – MANDATORY ATTENDANCE

All squads practice, Parents Day starts at 4:00.

Treat sign-up for meets available at Parents Day.

Last practice of 2009

JANUARY 2010

Jan. 5th Welcome Back. Whole Team Practice – You must have your personal equipment today.

Jan. 10^th Porthos Youth Meet (optional)

Jan. 13^th Holy Family Meet – 4:00 Dining Hall

Jan. 15th No Practice - Set Up for SPA Invitational in the evening - Mandatory

Jan. 16th SPA Invitational – You will be there all day

Jan. 21^st - Roseville High School Meet at Roseville 4:30 – we’ll provide a bus to RSVL. Team dinner after the meet provided by the Dougherty’s .

Jan 22^nd High School Students Leave for Midwest High School Championship is Culver, Indiana

Jan 23rd Fence at Midwest

Jan. 24^th No Practice – recover from Midwest

Jan. 27^th TCFC meet 4:00 Bigelow. Foil only, everyone else should support the foil team until 5.

FEBRUARY 2010

Feb. 4^th Blake @ Blake 5:00. The bus will leave SPA at 4:15 and return around 6:30.

Feb. 10^th MN Sword Club Meet @ SPA 5:00 Dining Hall

Feb. 17^th Shattuck and Sword Play @ SPA 4:30 Dining Hall

Feb. 20^th State Championships @ Roseville Area High School

Feb. 24^th Return ALL Equipment – CLEAN – NO EXCEPTIONS

MARCH 2010

Mar. 3^rd Team Banquet at SPA 6:00 – We will not accept equipment at this time.

Squad Practices

Squad Practices start on Monday November 30th and will continue for the remainder of the season.

WF - M, T, W, R
MF - M, T, W, R,
WE - M, W, R, F
ME - M, W, R, F
WS - M, T, W, R
MS - M, W, R, F

T- Shirt Contest

Once again we would like to have the SPA Invitational T-shirt designed by one of you.
The t-shirt will be either white, grey or navy with one color of ink imprint on the front.
The design should have SPA, SPA Invitational, January 16th, 2010 and have something to do with the SPA Spartan and Fencing.
The design should be done digitally and emailed to me.
It is due by December 10th.

You will win a free t-shirt.

Thanks!