Saturday, February 24, 2007
February/March/April update
Hi to all,
Here is a February/March/April update for everyone.
Firstly, this Saturday, February 24, DFA will be celebrating its 4th anniversary! (The coach will also be celebrating a birthday that day, but she's slightly older). There will be lessons and fencing from
9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., and then coffee, cake and celebrating from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Please stop by and join us.
Secondly, results from the Junior Olympics, held in Denver, Colorado, February 16-19, 2007.
There were 1,700 fencers competing in J.O.'s! We had Scot Pippin,
Nico Bergmann competing in Cadet and Junior Men's Sabre, Masaki Yamada competing in Cadet Men's Sabre and Gretchen Bueermann competing
in Cadet Women's Sabre. Each event had 169, 174 and 119 entries respectively. Linden Ballen competed in Junior Men's Epee and
there were 228 entries! They all did a great job, having been seeded near the bottom, but when the dust cleared and the D.E.'s were over,
everyone finished higher than they had been seeded.
My congratulations go to all the participants, and my thanks to the parents, for their emotional and financial support.
Thirdly, the next tournament is March 3 and 4 at San Bernardino Valley College. This is a qualifying tournament for the National Championships which will be held in Miami, Florida. This tournament
is not a "regular" division tournament with points, simply a qualifier. Diane Whan will be at SBVC to run the tournament. DFA will be open that Saturday for lessons and fencing. Our fencers are not quite ready for Nationals so, if there is another "open" tournament at Long Beach or San Diego, I would recommend our competitive fencers participate in that competition and not go to the March qualifier at SBVC. Only go to the qualifier if you plan on going to Nationals.
Fourthly, I would recommend to our competitive fencers to go to the Junior Pacific Coast Championships, being held in Pasadena, March 16-19. I am helping to run that tournament, so I will be there for coaching, among other duties. So, DFA will be closed that Friday and Saturday, March 16 and 17.
Go to the Pacific Coast Section website. All the info is there with entry forms. Entry deadline is March 1.
Fifthly, the next San Bernardino division tournament that will be held at College of the Desert will be Saturday, April 21.
Lastly, in addition to my guplet1@earthlink.net email address, would you please add this second address, which is guplet1@verizon.net.
I may be switching over to Verizon at some time, but if you get an email from guplet1 at either earthlink or verizon.net, you'll know it is an email from me.
I think that just about covers all the news for now. Please email me if you have any questions.
Leslie
Here is a February/March/April update for everyone.
Firstly, this Saturday, February 24, DFA will be celebrating its 4th anniversary! (The coach will also be celebrating a birthday that day, but she's slightly older). There will be lessons and fencing from
9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., and then coffee, cake and celebrating from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Please stop by and join us.
Secondly, results from the Junior Olympics, held in Denver, Colorado, February 16-19, 2007.
There were 1,700 fencers competing in J.O.'s! We had Scot Pippin,
Nico Bergmann competing in Cadet and Junior Men's Sabre, Masaki Yamada competing in Cadet Men's Sabre and Gretchen Bueermann competing
in Cadet Women's Sabre. Each event had 169, 174 and 119 entries respectively. Linden Ballen competed in Junior Men's Epee and
there were 228 entries! They all did a great job, having been seeded near the bottom, but when the dust cleared and the D.E.'s were over,
everyone finished higher than they had been seeded.
My congratulations go to all the participants, and my thanks to the parents, for their emotional and financial support.
Thirdly, the next tournament is March 3 and 4 at San Bernardino Valley College. This is a qualifying tournament for the National Championships which will be held in Miami, Florida. This tournament
is not a "regular" division tournament with points, simply a qualifier. Diane Whan will be at SBVC to run the tournament. DFA will be open that Saturday for lessons and fencing. Our fencers are not quite ready for Nationals so, if there is another "open" tournament at Long Beach or San Diego, I would recommend our competitive fencers participate in that competition and not go to the March qualifier at SBVC. Only go to the qualifier if you plan on going to Nationals.
Fourthly, I would recommend to our competitive fencers to go to the Junior Pacific Coast Championships, being held in Pasadena, March 16-19. I am helping to run that tournament, so I will be there for coaching, among other duties. So, DFA will be closed that Friday and Saturday, March 16 and 17.
Go to the Pacific Coast Section website. All the info is there with entry forms. Entry deadline is March 1.
Fifthly, the next San Bernardino division tournament that will be held at College of the Desert will be Saturday, April 21.
Lastly, in addition to my guplet1@earthlink.net email address, would you please add this second address, which is guplet1@verizon.net.
I may be switching over to Verizon at some time, but if you get an email from guplet1 at either earthlink or verizon.net, you'll know it is an email from me.
I think that just about covers all the news for now. Please email me if you have any questions.
Leslie
# posted by desertfencingacademy @ 2:55 PM 
