New Order & Jackets

If you ordered a Club Jacket, be sure to bring money during practices to pay for them. Additionally, a new club order will be placed so if you would like to order equipment, please contact me ASAP

Fencing Resumes

Fencing Resumes at the 5C’s!!! See you all on Saturday!!

Fencing is Happening!!!

Fencers,

1) If you are thinking of joining the PE class OR the club, you MUST register for one section of PE 222 or else you will be evicted from participating with us. No exceptions.

2) If you took a pair of socks from me for competition, please bring $10 for me this Saturday. It would be nice so that I don’t have to shell out $220 for so many socks out of my own pocket…

3) Juan, our amazing Spanish Sabeurist needs everyone to fill out this survey for our Team Reservation at the Pomona Lodges. $75 for one night http://www.doodle.com/2t6hr2kdksrwuvfa

4) Practice on this Thursday with Coach Valderrama is confirmed the following people attending: Cody Chang, Corry McD, Louis Gallardo, Blake Shaw, Michael Gray. Please email me if you can participate. 3pm to 5 pm is the time range.

5) Please email me to confirm that you can help us tape down the gym on Friday at 3 pm. We need atleast 10 people.

6) Practice will be starting at 3 pm on Saturday. Afterparty at Juan’s Apartment at 8:30. Participation is mandatory.

Regards

Update!

Fencers,

1. Congrats to the Team! Santa Barbara was by far our fastest tournament and one with the best results!
2. You MUST register for PE 222 – Fencing Club if you are to have any interaction with the club or fencing in general, now or in the future. Registration is our official roster for attendance and heavily affects our funding for the next year at budget hearings. REGISTER NOW!!!
3. Practice tomorrow from 3 PM to 5 PM at the LAC with Coach Valderrama and the High Schoolers.
4. Practice this Saturday is cancelled in observance of Thanksgiving break.

Regards

UC Santa Barbara – Saturday November 20th

We are meeting in front of the LAC gym at 6:45 and will leave promptly at 7 AM. The drive is about 3 hours long. Expect to return to Claremont at around 7:30 pm and remember to bring work.

We will be bringing ONE CMS Van so be sure to pack everything BEFORE Friday. That way we can make arrangements to move it back.

Competing 12 Fencers are below:

Women’s Epee (3)
Kimberly Chung
Deidre Kessler
Lillian Haynes

Men’s Foil (3)
Andres Morales
Cody Chang
Jeffrey Hemphill

Men’s Epee (3)
Li Liang
Louis Gallardo
Corry McDonald

Men’s Sabre (3)
Michael Gray
David Wyman
Juanpe G-Unit

If you do not see your name above then that means I do not have knowledge that you are competing. Please email me immediately if you plan on competing.

Additional Practices

Fencers,
There will be additional practices on Tuesdays and Thursday from 3 pm to 5 pm. Please let me know if you are going to come so that I can arrange for the Coach to be here.

Regards

Fundraising Ideas

For those of you that attended the Dinner – Thank You! It was fun and we have alot of work to do! Below are some fundraising ideas

1) Purchase massive amounts of foam swords from China. Print ’5C Fencing’ on them and paint one side with glow in the dark paint. Bring them to a party. Bask in Glory.
2) Culture Night at Pitzer + Literary Derivations of the English Language
3) Promote Fencing to the City of Claremont
4) Partner with Pomona High School and other local High Schools for Fencing exposure
5) Mudd Snack Fencing
6) Teach drama club how to fence/ swordplay or make a play ourselves then charge them money
7) Fencing Officials and Referee Clinic and/or Examination

Academics vs Athletics

Fencers,

Please note that there are efforts being made to have us as an NCAA team, varsity status. This comes with much more visibility on campus, priority to space, and general, copious brownie points.

While ‘student’ in ‘student’-athlete comes first, implying that academics does indeed precede athletics, you are competing on a team, and you need tp make the necessary accommodations to  fit additional practices, regular practices, and matches etc. This means, knowing that we have competitions or practices, you should try your best to plan your week out so that you have time for studying, etc AND fencing. If you are on the team, you owe it to the team to do so. It is no longer a personal matter, but a group one.

This is not directed to any individual person, but just something we should remember to keep in mind as we move forward. If we want to team to succeed, quite honestly and as corny as it sounds, it starts with us individually.

UC Irvine Competition – Sunday Nov.7th

Fencers, the competition at UC Irvine will be a TEAM tournament, NOT individual. We are meeting in front of the LAC gym at 7:45 and will leave promptly at 8 AM. The drive is about an hour long. I have been there before so there should be no problem arriving there. Expect to return to Claremont at around 5:30 pm and remember to bring work.

Competing 15 Fencers are below:

Women’s Epee (3)
Kimberly Chung
Deidre Kessler
Lillian Haynes

Men’s Foil (4)
Andres Morales
Cody Chang
Eric Autry
Joohyun Kim

Men’s Epee (4)
Li Liang
Jeffrey Kang
Louis Gallardo
Corry McDonald

Men’s Sabre (4)
Blake Shaw
Alan Hu
Michael Gray
David Wyman

If you do not see your name above then that means I do not have knowledge that you are competing. Please email me immediately if you plan on competing.

Thursday Dinner and Saturday Practice, Drivers Respond!

Fencers,

1) Thursday please wear your weapons at your side until Collins Dinner at 5:30 pm. Below are the people that have confirmed

Cody Chang
Alan Hu
Blake Shaw
Juanpe
Mike Gray
Louis Gallardo
Kimberly Chung
Lillian Haynes
Eric Autry
Andy Morales

2) Coach Valderrama will be joining us this weekend. PLEASE COME ON TIME! He will be avaliable for lessons ($25) after practice. Let me know if you are interested so I can schedule it for you.

3) Drivers that need to find me to sign CMS authorization and give me license to make a copy
Eric Autry
David Wyman
Jeffrey Kang
Cody Chang
Natalie Cannon
Kimberly Chung
Corry McDonald