Joe Biebel to Captain our Veterans at the World Championships
Joe Biebel will be the Delegation Captain for our Veteran's Team as they travel to the World Championships in Porec, Croatia this September.
Joe sheepishly admits that, "Having made just about every tactical, technical and travel arrangement error possible in the last 8 years, I believe myself uniquely qualified to help my team mates stay on course and get the most out of their opportunity."
Joe, 6-time member of the US delegation to the world championships, was asked to captain our fencers by Rinaldo Campana, the Veteran's Committee Chairman.
Posted by Mike
7-31-2010
Joe Biebel's report from the 2010 Summer Nationals
MSFA's Ellis Grasse went to his first national championships and competed in the Y-10 foil. Ellis had 2 victories in the pools, advanced, and fenced one set of DE matches. Ellis won the first match 5-4, lost the second and the third 5-3, 5-3. This was an excellent first appearance at a national event! Way to go Ellis!
I rather fell short at Nationals this last weekend. Fenced brilliantly, first seed after the pool round and finished fifth. This also put me fifth as far as standings for the world team. The only way for me to go now is as the first alternate. Not very likely I'm afraid. The guy who put me out, many of you will remember with great fondness. It was Sam Jones, previously from Caliburn, now in Birmingham. Sam made his first world team. It was great to see Sam and his son Stephan. Stephan is really something, in a good way, of course.
I must say that I have never wept uncontrolled before at a loss. Sam defeated me 4-3 in "sudden death" overtime, (us veteran fencers don't like to use that term) after six and a half grueling minutes, to make the round of 4. When he won and we shook hands and hugged, he refused to let go until I could compose myself. It's interesting how hard we work to vanquish an opponent and still remain the best of friends. Good luck Sam.
Sam then beat Tom Lutton to make the gold medal round and was defeated by Ed Kaihatsu. FYI, Ed won both of the NACs and "Nationals" and has a good chance of winning the world championships. Go Ed!
Joe Biebel
Youth fencing alive and well at the MSFA
The future of our sport resides in the small bodies and sometimes fickle motivations of our children. So, we should all be proud of the job Joe Biebel and his MSFA are doing to cultivate youth fencing.
The June 19th, 2010 MSFA Lighthouse Youth Event was run as one large 10-person pool with Y10, Y12 and Y14, boys and girls together. This format gave all of the competitors nine, 5-touch matches.
One competitor, Ellis Grasse, a Y-10 fencer from MSFA, won all nine of his matches, cleanly and convincingly! Ellis has been working very hard lately and it shows.
After qualifying for nationals at the "Arnold", Ellis has decided to train hard for his first Summer Nationals next month. The quality of his fencing and his confidence has grown markedly and he should do well. We all wish him the best of luck in Atlanta.
The champions were:
Y-10
and overall Champion: Ellis Grasse
Y-12 champion: Ted Capp
Y-14
champion: Alden Grasse
Congratulations to all the fencers!
Agenda set for 2010 AGM
The Agenda Committee extended the comment/motion/nomination period for an additional week prior to this year's AGM. No new motions or nominations came in during that time.3rd call for motions, nominations
This is the third notice of the 2010 AGM and the 3rd call for motions, nominations, ideas, comments, whatever you think will help the division. We're extending the motion process by one more week to give the division members a chance to submit their idea.
AGM announcement
Annual General Meeting
June 26, 2010 @ 12:30 PM
Milwaukee Sport Fencing Academy
247 S. Water Street
Milwaukee, WI
Proposed agenda.
- Role Call of members and guests
- Approval of Minutes from last
AGM
- Old Business
- Officer
reports
i.
Armourer's Report
ii.
Secretary's Report
iii.
Treasurer's Report
iv.
Chairman's report
- New Business
- Committee
Assignments
i.
The Chair will create an ad hoc committee to investigate the
financial split between Division and venue with respect to Division tournaments
(JO Qualifiers, Div 2/3 Qualifiers and Closed Championship).
ii.
The Chair will create an ad hoc committee to coordinate with the
USFA regarding the October 2010 NAC in Milwaukee.
iii.
The Chair will recognize and thank the members of the Sanctions
Committee and the Bylaws Committee. These members worked hard last summer to
finalize these documents. Although the committees are dissolved and their tasks
completed, the work continues for all of us.
- Motions
i.
The Division takes financial responsibility for its web site. (M.
Garrison)
ii.
The Division hosts an armourer's clinic. (M. Garrison)
iii.
The Division hosts an FOC referee clinic. (G. Weimer)
iv.
The Division takes financial responsibility of Division Armory
maintenance. (G. Weimer)
v.
The Division set payment
standards for referees (honorarium and mileage) at the three official Division
events. (D. Baumgart)
vi.
The Division set a time
limit to submit financial information and money from tournaments. (D. Baumgart)
[This time limit is already set at 1 week per the Sanctions Manual. May we
remove motion? MG]
vii.
The Division requires a
standard form for financial reports regarding Division run tournament. (D.
Baumgart)
viii.
The Division Set the
revenue responsibilities/sharing for Division run tournaments. (D. Baumgart) [Addressed
in committee. May we remove motion? MG]
ix.
Discussion on NAC-Milwaukee. How to improve communication with
USFA/ how to help make our NAC successful (G. Weimer) [Addressed in
committee. May we remove motion? MG]
x.
The Division publish a newsletter in addition to
maintaining the website (A. Mctavish)
xi.
The Bylaws be amended as follows (M. Garrison)
Section 3: The Agenda of the AGM
The AGM agenda shall be
set by the following process:
1.
Four
weeks prior to the AGM the Secretary shall create an open call for main motions
to the AGM agenda from the membership of the Division. This call for motions
shall be placed via mail or e-mail and published on the Division web site.
2.
Three
weeks prior to the AGM the Secretary shall compile and publish all submitted
motions on the Division web site, allowing for a second one-week call for
main motions.
3.
Two One week prior to the AGM the AGM subcommittee shall set the
agenda for the AGM, publishing it on the division web site.
xii. The Division collect membership contact information (name, address, phone and e-mail) and this be held by the Division Secretary. (M. Garrison)
i.
Nominations 1.
All current EC members (M. Garrison) 2.
Andy Pain, MSFA (J. Biebel) 3.
Jacob Kriegisch, MFA (M. Garrison) 4.
Mike Conard, NDA (S. Stary) 5.
Scott Bins, NDA (S. Stary) 6.
Danielle Reed, UWSP (S. Stary) 7.
Steve Amich, Lawrence (S. Stary) 8.
Mike Lienau, Durendal (M. Garrison) 9.
Nick Gengler, UWSP (A. McTavish)
i.
Armourer, Currently David Neevel 1.
David Neevel nominated (M. Garrison)
ii.
Secretary, Currently Ginny Weimer 1.
Brian Duckwitz nominated (M. Garrison)
iii.
Treasurer, Currently Diedra Baumgart, 1.
D. Baumgart nominated (S. Stary)
iv.
Vice Chair, currently Steven Stary, 1.
Steven Stary nominated (J. Biebel) 2.
Aaron McTavish nominated (A. McTavish)
v.
Chairman, currently Mike Garrison, 1.
M. Garrison nominated (B.
Duckwitz) ** Remember, proxies
must be received by the Secretary 72 hours prior to the annual meeting. **
2nd call for motions
1. The Division take financial responsibility for its web site.2. The Division host an armourer's clinic.3. The Division host an FOC ref's clinic.4. The Division publish a newsletter.
2010 Annual General Meeting
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