Richmond Fencing Club

Qualifying to Nationals!

Three of RFC's teenage fencers qualified to Summer Nationals at this past weekend's Youth Championships.

Jacob Duell qualified to Under 16 Foil and Youth 14 Foil.
Sid Menon qualified to Under 16 Saber and Youth 14 Saber.
Aravind Menon qualified to Youth 14 Saber.

Sid won Youth 14 saber, and is Virginia Division's Youth 14 Men's Saber Champion!

(Under 16 also qualifies a fencer to Division II and Division III, so Jacob and Sid have already qualified for 4 events in Atlanta.)

Congratulations to all our fencers!

Want to qualify yourself? Here are upcoming tournaments:

March 24-25 Division II/III Championships
April 1-2 Team Championships
May 6-7 Section Championships

Today's Practice is On!

Today's practice tournament will be held on schedule.

Weather will be mixed, and bad later in the day, so PLEASE CHECK YOUR WEATHER REPORT CAREFULLY. Here is a warning from the NOAA:

/O.CON.KAKQ.HS.W.0001.060211T1700Z-060212T1200Z/ FLUVANNA-LOUISA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER- CAROLINE-AMELIA-POWHATAN-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOUISA...FARMVILLE...GOOCHLAND... ASHLAND...COLONIAL HEIGHTS...RICHMOND 559 AM EST SAT FEB 11 2006

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 AM EST SUNDAY...

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...CENTERED OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA EARLY THIS MORNING...WILL TRACK ALONG THE SOUTHEAST ATLANTIC COAST LATER TODAY. THIS WINTER STORM WILL RAPIDLY INTENSIFY OFF THE VIRGINIA CAPES TONIGHT...AS IT LIFTS NORTHEAST ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD AND JUST EAST OF CAPE COD BY SUNDAY EVENING. A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE WARNED AREA DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION MAY BECOME ALL RAIN FOR A PERIOD OF TIME THROUGH THE MIDDAY HOURS AROUND METRO RICHMOND... BUT WILL LIKELY BE MAINLY SNOW...NORTH AND WEST OF RICHMOND. BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AND WILL CONTINUE...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...SATURDAY NIGHT...BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES SUNDAY MORNING.

STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES IN METRO RICHMOND...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTH AND WEST OF THE CITY. WELL WEST AND NORTH OF RICHMOND...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR 1 FOOT.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

Junior/Youth Practice - Feb 11

AskFred site for Prereg.

A warmup before Junior Olympics for all young fencers. This is not a USFA sanctioned tournament, but everyone is invited!

Top 4 places will get awards! (Maybe medals, maybe something cooler than a medal!)

Events Scheduled:
Junior (U20) Mixed Foil 9:30am
Junior (U20) Mixed Epee 11:30am
Junior (U20) Mixed Saber 1:30pm
Y12 Mixed Foil 9:30am
Y12 Mixed Epee 11:30am
Y12 Mixed Saber 1:30pm

USFA membership is required to ensure everyone is covered by insurance.

Registration is taken at the door, but preregistration is appreciated. Entry fee $10 per event. You can enter either Junior or Y-12 but not both per weapon.

http://www.richmondfencing.com

Preregistration closes on 02/10/2006.

CLOSED

The club is closed today, December 5th, due to unfavorable weather conditions.

Richmond Highland Games

Today, we're doing a demo at the Richmond Highland Games & Celtic Festival. No telephone pole tossing for us, just getting muddy in our fencing whites.

Friday, Sue and I finished putting down polyurethane on the floor (unfortunately I didn't have my camera with me) and Chuck built some big shelves, and a weapon rack. More photos in a couple days.

The First Week

Here are some photos from this week, with a little fencing going on. Monday, the floor wasn't ready to seal with polyurethane, because the stain wasn't all that dry.