News: May 19, 2025
- coachpaul42
- May 19
- 2 min read
🇺🇸 Saturday, May 24: Memorial Day Weekend: CBA Closed 🇺🇸
Reminder: May Strength & Conditioning Initiative
CBA has implemented a new strength & conditioning program in May.
Here’s the schedule:
Mon – Tue – Wed | 6:30 – 7:00 |
Saturday | 11:30 – 12:00 |
All CBA fencers are welcome to participate!
All competitive fencers should arrange to participate!
Competitive Foil & Epee Saturday Schedules May 10 – June 26
Saturday Basic Plan, Subject to Surprises
Before 10:00 | Lessons by Appointment |
10:00 – 10:30 | Youth Class |
10:30 – 11:30 | Competitive Foil |
11:30 – 12:00 | Strength & Conditioning for All! |
12:00 – 1:30 | Competitive Men’s Epee |
1:30 – 3:30 | Competitive Women’s Epee |
🇺🇸 Saturday, May 24: Memorial Day Weekend: CBA Closed 🇺🇸
Saturday, June 1 & Saturday, June 8: Basic Plan
Sunday, June 9: TCFC Opens
Saturday, June 15: Basic Plan
Saturday, June 22: Pre-Nationals Camp
June 28 – July 6
Summer Nationals: No Competitive Training
Summer Nationals Field Trips
The 2025 Summer Nationals are at the Baird Center in Milwaukee. The full schedule is at https://www.usafencing.org/summer-nationals-2025#Event_Schedule. CBA fencers are encouraged to plan field trips to watch the high-level events in their weapons. As a wise person once said, it’s hard to emulate what you haven’t seen.
The CBA coaches intend to be available to help CBA fencers observe the fencing, and to advise on shopping for equipment: all of the vendors will be there. Due to uncertainties, it is recommended that fencers stock up on equipment from vendors’ current stocks, as virtually all fencing equipment is imported.
A signup sheet will be posted on the Tournament Bulletin Board at CBA. Please sign up for events you wish to watch: this will help the coaches plan their travel schedules.
Tournament Results
TCFC Open: May 18, St. Paul
Y-12 Mixed Epee (6) | Y-12 Mixed Foil (15) | Open Mixed Foil (20) |
1 – Elise Kolpin 2 – Kira Pham 3 – James Uding
| 6 – Thai Pham 10 – Isaac Chu
| 5 – Erik Clippard 9 – Dylan Hopkins 14 – Arya Telci 16 – Graeme Yates |
Open Women’s Epee (11) | Mixed Saber (7) | Open Mixed Epee (28) |
3 – Hannah Culver 5 – Anna Schliep 6 – Leah Siskind 7 – Katia Solodin 8 – Arya Telci 9 – Josephine Skjei 10 – Gwen Nelson | 2 - Jeffrey Chen 5 - Andrew Rosenfrisk 6 – Dylan Baker 7 – Charles Novak | 2 – Marsden Rowland 3 – Nick Oberly 7 – Quinn Bissen 9 – Ben Takata 12 – Kyle Honek 14 – Wesley Sanford 19 – Ryan Willer 25 – Hannah Culver 27 – Anna Schliep 28 – Gwen Nelson |
CBA Tournament Preparation Standards
Fencers who represent CBA in competition are expected to present themselves in a manner that brings credit to CBA. That means:
Ø Bring at least two working weapons, body cords, mask cords. If you don’t have two of each, arrange in advance to rent them from CBA
Ø Uniforms should be in good condition and clean: wash them the day before the tournament
Ø Masks and gloves should be in good condition and clean. Foil and epee gloves can be machine washed and air-dried. Epee masks can be washed in the dishwasher
Ø Long socks are required for all weapons
Ø Bring two weapons, two body cords, and a weapon wrench to the strip for each bout
Ø All CBA fencers should have a CBA patch on the shoulder of their unarmed hand
🇺🇸 Saturday, May 24: Memorial Day Weekend: CBA Closed 🇺🇸
