BC Provincials

Hi folks,

The BC Provincials information has now been posted up on the BCFA website and on Askfred.net . The BC Provincials will be from April 26 to 27, 2008.

Those with a CFF competitive passport can enter this competition.

The cadet, junior, senior and veteran events will be held in Richmond High School (7171 Minoru Blvd., in Richmond, BC). It's right near Richmond Centre Mall and is easily accessible by transit.
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=7171+minoru+boulevard,+richmond,+bc&sll=49.891235,-97.15369&sspn=27.725603,81.738281&ie=UTF8&ll=49.165038,-123.137083&spn=0.013694,0.039911&z=15

More information about the Provincials can be found here:
http://www.fencing.bc.ca/Images/PDFs/BCFencingProvincials2008.pdf

More information and pre-registration can be found here:
http://askfred.net/Events/moreInfo.php?tournament_id=5774

Fencing during April exam period

Hi everyone,

I was able to book more rooms for the month of April afterall. I shall post up the new dates on the website so please refer back to the timetable (practice schedule) on the website before heading out to fencing!!

Here are the new dates for the month of April:
Thursday, April 3 -- 7:00-11:00 pm in SUB Ballroom (full)
Monday, April 7 -- 7:00-11:00 pm in SUB Ballroom Extension
Thursday, April 10 -- NO FENCING
Thursday, April 17 -- 7:00-11:59 pm in SUB Ballroom
Monday, April 21 -- 7:00-11:59 pm in SUB Ballroom
Thursday, April 24 -- 7:00-11:59 pm in SUB 207/209
Monday, April 28 -- 7:00-11:59 pm in SUB Partyroom

Fencing during April exam period

Hi everyone,

I was able to book more rooms for the month of April afterall. I shall post up the new dates on the website so please refer back to the timetable (practice schedule) on the website before heading out to fencing!!

Here are the new dates for the month of April:

Thursday, April 3 -- 7:00-11:00 pm in SUB Ballroom (full)

Monday, April 7 -- 7:00-11:00 pm in SUB Ballroom Extension

Thursday, April 10 -- NO FENCING

Thursday, April 17 -- 7:00-11:59 pm in SUB Ballroom

Monday, April 21 -- 7:00-11:59 pm in SUB Ballroom

Thursday, April 24 -- 7:00-11:59 pm in SUB 207/209

Monday, April 28 -- 7:00-11:59 pm in SUB Partyroom

Stephen Lazar Memorial Tournament Results

Results are posted on Askfred, check them out!

http://askfred.net/Results/results.php?tournament_id=5423&FREDSID=7e9850f3abbb31eee7165776b9689c78

We would like to thank everyone who attended, participated and helped out to make this tournament a success! :) A special thanks to those who volunteered their time either in running the tournament or helping out with set-up or clean-up! Congratulations to all medal winners!

Last but not least, good work to 3 of our fencers who have competed in the tournament! :)

Hope to see you all next year!

CCFC's Fence-a-Thon

I'm passing information about a tournament coming up on Saturday, March 15th starting at 7:00 pm in Victoria, BC - this message is from Anna of the Capital City Fencers' Club:

Hi everyone,

It's the moment you've all been waiting for. On March 15, prepare for The Big One. The most exciting moment of the international fencing season. Bigger than Worlds. Bigger than the Olympics. Bigger than the Beatles and THEY said they were bigger than Jesus. So. Well. You can draw your own conclusions.

The Fence-a-Thon.

If you've been living in a cave with your eyes shut and your fingers in your ears for the last three years you'll probably STILL know that Fence-a-Thon is a twelve-hour overnight fencing marathon to benefit pancreatic cancer research. We start at 7pm Saturday March 15 with a sanctioned tournament that should run until around midnight, break for a huge feast, and the start fencing again and run team tournaments, flepee, or just open bouting until 7am - whatever we feel like! We keep track of bouts and victories and who did what to whom and at the end of the night, tally it all up and hand out some wicked prizes. Really wicked. Just ask Jeff.

This year, we're running sanctioned tournaments in Men's and Women's Foil, Epee and Sabre. All events start at 7pm March 15.

All competitors will require current BCFA and CFF membership or USFA membership.

The tournament will be held at our usual venue, St Andrew's Regional High School, at 880 McKenzie Avenue. Directions to the venue will be available at http://members.shaw.ca/ccfc directly. If you need some help carpooling or a ride down, or if you think driving home Sunday is a poor idea and need a place to crash, give me (Anna) a shout at (250) 592-8713 or by email at anna_smith@shaw.ca. We'll do anything we can to accomodate.

Entry fees will be $20 at the door. Because this is a fundraising event, hit up your friends, your family, your archenemies, your dental patients, anybody at all that you can think of who might have a couple extra bucks towards pancreatic cancer research. This whole thing got rolling a few years ago when the Canadian fencing community lost Christian Vidosa, international referee and all-around crazy basket case. His efforts helped to build many of the best referees working in Canada today and touched the lives of the entire fencing community. Things really aren't the same without him. This whole show is to honour his memory; therefore, one hundred percent of the proceeds will be donated to the BC Cancer Agency. Our biggest breadwinners will also be handsomely prizishly rewarded! PLUS because it's for charity, it's all tax deductable! Forms on our website. You can't lose!

Preregistration is available at http://askfred.net/Events/moreInfo.php?tournament_id=5402. Preregistration is not mandatory but it'll help us figure out how much food to bring along. Right now we're banking on "lots" but might step that up to "tons" or even "moutains" if the need arises!

Ummmm I think that's it! Give me a shout if I spaced on something really vital (I do basically every year) or if you just have any questions and I'll see what I can do to give things a sheen of mudlike clarity. Or, you know, call just to talk. Did you hear what she said he heard about them? Because I totally did.

Thanks guys! I'm really looking forward to having you all out, and hope everyone can make it for the big night. So go out, raise tons of cash, invite your teammates, challenge your rivals and come stab your friends!

Anna