Summer Nationals registration closes Friday, May 10

For fencers who qualified for Summer Nationals, the registration deadline is tomorrow, Friday, May 10.

News items

• Jackets are here! There’s a box of jackets by the door and a checklist on the shelves there — if you haven’t yet, pick up your jacket and please cross off your name on the list. Big thanks again to Samantha for coordinating all this — let’s show them off at the Albuquerque tournament.

• Coach Jorge is offering a training camp before Summer Nationals all day, every day, the week of June 17–21 with a competition on Saturday the 22nd. If you are attending Nationals — or even if you’re not, it’s open to everyone — talk to him about your availability or send us an email, we need to make sure we have fencers who can make the commitment.

• Anyone lose an NMFF hat in White Rock? We got a call from someone who found it, let us know.

• The Japanese zen archery folks will be moving their meeting time from Sunday morning to Saturday, 3–5 pm. They will change this when we have tournaments.

• We’re planning youth summer camps June 17–21, July 15–19, and July 29–August 2, but those dates are not set yet. Once we get the details and dates finalized, we’ll send out an email and have flyers at the club. Most of our camp attendees come by word of mouth, so your help is greatly appreciated.

• For USA Fencing members — which you all should be, you need to be a member to fence at the club — there’s a sale on Nike fencing shoes until May 24. Code: usaF4024

Register for Saturday’s tournament in Albuquerque

The Duke City fencers have been coming to our events, let’s return the favor.

School's Out for Summer Tournament
Albuquerque, NM
Saturday, May 11
Mixed Epee at 8:15am; Y14 Mixed Epee at 2:15pm; Y10 Mixed Epee at 2:15pm
» Register at AskFRED

Register for May 18 tournament in Santa Fe

We're running an Open Mixed Epee in the morning, and E & Under Mixed Epee and Y14 Mixed Epee in the afternoon

Santa Fe May Massacre
Saturday, May 18
Open Mixed Epee at 9:30; E & Under and Y14 Mixed Epee at 1:00
» Register at AskFRED
» Register at GoMotion:
 Open Mixed Epee
 E & Under Mixed Epee
 Y14 Mixed Epee

There are two parts to registering for an NMFF tournament, the AskFRED registration gives us our count and participant information, prepaying at GoMotion helps speed up the check-in; we will also accept registration fees at the event, but prepaying is a big help.

Register for Epee and Foil Coaching Clinic in Albuquerque, May 18–19

Duke City Fencing Coach Evandro Oliveira and Salle De Long Coach Margaret De Long are holding an in-person, two-day clinic covering the principles of the Individual Lesson, recommended for coaches and fencers with experience in foil or epee.

Read the syllabus here.

This is part of National Coaching Development Program (NCDP). We're told there's a special $50 rate for students, contact Evandro for details.

Duke City Fencing — NCDP Core Clinic
Albuquerque, NM
Saturday, May 18–Sunday, May 19
9 am–7 pm Saturday and Sunday; Practical Examination Sunday 5–7 pm
» Register at USFCA

Register for tournament in Tuscon Memorial Day weekend

German Fencing Academy Youth Event
Tucson, AZ
Saturday, May 25–Sunday, May 26 (Memorial Day weekend)
Y8–Cadet, see registration for details
» Register at AskFRED

Equipment recommendations from German Fencing Gear

Jens and Leticia of German Fencing Gear made the trip from Arizona for the November tournament — and donated a blade, glove, and repair kit as prizes.

Hopefully, you got to talk to them and see their offerings. It can be tough to figure out what gear is needed and what to prioritize, so we asked them to put together a guide with some recommendations — shown in that graphic above, download a PDF here.

You can also browse their site and choose your gear there. If you have any questions about sizing or anything else, or want other recommendations, send Jens an email.

Share your competition photos

Samantha is posting photos of our fencers at tournaments on the NMFF Instagram and Facebook pages.

If you'd like to share photos for posting, you can use this link to PhotoCircle to send them to her.

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