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Registration is pen now for fall classes and teams.
Note that there are two new options for beginners: classes on Monday evenings both in Stratford and in London, ON. Choose the option that's right for you in our store. Congratulations to all our athletes for what was some very fine fencing at all levels over the last weeks. This Sunday marks the end of the fencing season and the transition to summer camps (if you have not registered, please let us know).
This Sunday is our final day BBQ (hamburgers, hotdogs, salads and drinks) and the finals of the various flights. We will start the event at 12 noon. The BBQ will follow the end of the finals, beginning at 12:15ish. Our finalists are:
A couple of reminders: Please bring chairs if you wish to sit, we have limited seating in the club and there is a cost involved for the BBQ: 7$ for family members and 10$ for fencers (3$ go to pay the medals for the various flights). Our thanks to Jerry and Sandra Degroot and the Ontario Pork Congress (Producers) and Dave Davies Plumbing for sponsoring the BBQ and providing the humanpower to cook it up. Congratulations to all the fencers for Sunday's splendid fencing. The final four were Justin Quong and Nolan White-Roy (still to be decided) and Blake DeGroot and Spencer Orr. EVERYONE else is eligible for the next series - D'Artagnan to be followed by the Inigo Montoya series.
Both will start NEXT Sunday (Father's Day) and end with the BBQ the week following, but will happen on the same day. For phoeos, see here. I forgot the results at the club, but will post them anon. The pre-elite group will have its finals on Wednesday. Darren On Sunday, 10 am start, the club championship series begins. The is a multiple tiered event, with the overall club series starting this Sunday. Everyone, excluding minifence athletes, is encouraged to participate.
Minifence is at 3pm as per usual. See you Sunday. Each year, we have an overall club championship followed by a series (two) of tiered championships recognizing our athletes along the development curve.
The Club Championship will take place on June 9th, starting at 10 am. Everyone is welcome, and it is a tournament in the normal fashion with one exception - the finals will take place at the end of season BBQ on June 23rd. We had to change the date as the Youth Provincials was unexpectedly placed in conflict with our date. Our apologies for this, but it was not in our control. We will remove, at least, the top 4 fencers for the second tier of championships the following week (June 16th) for the D'artagnan Series. The week following, another cull of the top placed fencers, results in our final series - the Inigo Montoya series likely at the tail of the 16th day. In each case, the finalists will fence on the 23rd of June. Each week starts at 10 am in order to finish on time. Our y10 and under group will also have their own tournament on the 16th of June. We will end the season with a BBQ - on the 23rd and the finals - at 1 pm for everyone (families and friends come as well). The cost for tournament and food is 10$ per person (if fencing) or 7$ if not fencing (e.g, a family member or guest). Please mark the calendars accordingly, and let the coaches know if you are going to be absent at any time during the cycle on the Sundays. Just a reminder that Coach Marks is away this Sunday with our athletes at the Youth Provincials in Markham; for anyone NOT at this tournament training is at 1pm with Coach Godfrey and Coach Bell.
Minifence will be at the usual time at 3pm. Parents never really know how hard their athletes work until they fence a mile in their shoes! Check out our photo gallery for pics from our annual Parents vs Fencers night! (Spoiler - parents did not fare so well, but we did give them baggies of peppermint epsom salts for their efforts.)
The Ontario Youth Provincials have dropped, and are soon!
June 1-2 at Vango. Details at: https://tiny.cc/sltr6y Each year, we invite parents/adult family members to join us for a team tournament in order to experience what the athletes do each and every week. The format is pretty simple, we place you in teams against your athlete, they beat you badly and then you have to console that a 12 year old just out duelled you with some cold "pops" at a nearby establishment.
This year's edition of the adult tournament will be on a weekday (all the weekends are taken with club events) and will be Tuesday, May 21st, starting at 6:30. After, we will decamp to Jobsite brewery for those inclined. If you are so inclined - please let us know so we can make sure there is enough equipment of adult (ah, politely) size. There is a cost, we do need to insure you. It is $5 per person. We are restricting this to adults over the age of 16, and you must let us know in advance. We may even provide some Epsom salts for afterwards. Darren Each year, we have an overall club championship followed by a series (two) of tiered championships recognizing our athletes along the development curve.
The Club Championship will take place on June 2nd, starting at 10 am. Everyone is welcome, and it is a tournament in the normal fashion with one exception - the finals will take place at the end of season BBQ on June 23rd. We will remove, at least, the top 4 fencers for the second tier of championships the following week (June 9th) for the D'artagnan Series. The week following, another cull of the top placed fencers, results in our final series - the Inigo Montoya series on the 16th of June. In each case, the finalists will fence on the 23rd of June. Each week starts at 10 am in order to finish on time. Our y10 and under group will also have their own tournament on the 16th of June. We will end the season with a BBQ - on the 23rd and the finals - at 1 pm for everyone (families and friends come as well). The cost for tournament and food is $10 per person (if fencing) or $7 if not fencing (e.g, a family member or guest). Please mark the calendars accordingly, and let the coaches know if you are going to be absent at any time during the cycle on the Sundays. Darren |
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