A big 'Way to go!' goes out to all of our fencers who competed in the W&M Halloween Open last weekend. Plus a huge 'Thank you!' for all the family and friends who came out to support them and to cheer them on. What a great weekend! We had five foilists competing on Saturday and it was the first time out for most of them. Everyone did a great job facing a wide variety of opponents and handled themselves well from beginning to end. As noted earlier, I heard a lot of great things about you from other fencers and refs. Well done, all! Full results are here and a few photos have already been posted to the IWFC Facebook page. If you have pictures of your own you'd like to share, you're welcome to upload them there or to PFC's Facebook page. Or if you'd rather, email them to me and I'll post them. Additionally, I have a few pics and some video that will be hitting our YouTube channel sooner or later.
So what's next? How about the Thanksgiving Throwdown November 19-20 in Richmond? There will be three different foil events, two of which are rating-restricted and one is limited to those whose first tournament was after November 19, 2010. Epee and saber will be fenced as well. Not enough options for you? Well, how about a foil event that's limited to fencers born between 1999 and 2002. Yep, some of you younger fencers can go out and play in this one too!
Now how about a bit of help attending practices or getting to and from tournaments? We're scattered all over Hampton Roads and sometimes a little help getting from here to there wouldn't go amiss. So! If you're interested in carpooling to practices or tourneys, let me know. Tell me if you'd like to drive, ride, or both. And if it's to PFC, IWFC, tournaments, or any combo thereof. I'll put likely matches in contact with each other so you can work out the details from there.
