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Post by Evelyn S on Dec 10, 2007 20:55:52 GMT -6
Please note: Early pre-registration ends at 11:59 pm December 11th!!! Caddo Magnet Alumni Fencers and Friends, Caddo-Bossier Sword Sports, the Ark-La-Miss Division, and Caddo Magnet High School Invite you to the 8th Annual Southwest Section Circuit Cup Event
THE ROSE
February 23-24, 2008 Bossier City, Louisiana
NEW this year - Veteran Men's and Women's Sabre and Wheelchair Epee! Tournament Pre-registration: askfred.net/Events/moreInfo.p...nament_id=4978Tournament Website: www.fencetherose.comTournament Flyer: www.fencetherose.com/rose2008flyer.pdfEVENTS SCHEDULED AND CLOSE OF REGISTRATION TIMES (posted after Feb 2nd): Saturday, February 23, 2008 7:00 - 8:00 - Men's Épée Women's Foil Men's Sabre Wheelchair Épée (Not a SSCC event) Veteran Men's Épée (Not a SSCC event) Veteran Women's Sabre (Not a SSCC event) Sunday, February 24, 2008 7:00 - 8:00 Women's Épée 7:00 - 8:00 Men's Foil Women's Sabre Veteran Women's Épée (Not a SSCC event) Veteran Men's Sabre (Not a SSCC event) EVENT FEES ***“A” Fencers $20 IF pre-registered and pre-paid by February 2nd!*** Early bird discount through 11:59 p.m. December 11th $30/10 (Registration $30 /event $10 )REGULAR REGISTRATION FEE December 12th - through 11:59 p.m. February 2nd $30/15 (Registration $30 /event $15 ) LATE REGISTRATION February 8th - through 11:59 p.m. February 21st $50/20 (Registration $50 /event $20 ) AT DOOR FEE begins FRIDAY, February 22nd. $80/25 (Registration $80 /event $25 ) Our tournament is sponsored by the friends and family of a 1999 graduate of Caddo Magnet High School, Rose Condon, who was involved in a fatal automobile accident in January 2000. Absolutely all proceeds from the tournament go toward the Rose Condon Memorial Scholarship, given once each year to a graduating senior from Caddo Magnet High School. The committee works year-round to plan and carry out this event in Rose's memory and we hope you will be able to help us make this year's event a success.
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Post by schlager7 on Feb 25, 2008 8:11:34 GMT -6
Event honors late Magnet student February 24, 2008 By Mike Pizzolato Special to The Timeswww.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080224/SPORTS/802240328/1001/SPORTSIt was but one improbable day Sharron Settlemire's life in 2000, and it was also Rose Condon's last day of life. Settlemire's voice quivered and her eyes watered. Settlemire, a retired teacher originally from Arkansas with 23 years of teaching at Caddo Magnet, took a moment's rest amid the clatter of fencing weapons and the buzz of electronic scoring equipment in the spacious Bossier Civic Center at the eighth annual Rose Condon Memorial Fencing Tournament on Saturday. She talked about the day at the hospital when former Caddo Magnet student Rose Condon died of injuries from a car accident, just after high school graduation. "I thought life is unfair," she said. "Why take such a wonderful person? Am I even worthy to be here, when you have someone like Rose (taken)? "When she died I was at the hospital. I saw her mother's face. I thought, I have to do something to honor her." The loss rippled through the Caddo Magnet family, and Settlemire, who had started Magnet's fencing program, did what she knew best —fencing. She began a scholarship program that rewards character to honor Rose, and so the tournament was created. In its eighth year, it offers an annual $1,000 scholarship for the Caddo Magnet fencer and student with "Rose-like" character. No one on the committee of about 12 people is paid, nor are the volunteers at the tournament. Each year, they all come — the fencers, the referees, the unpaid volunteers, the silent auction workers — to participate in the tournament, but more importantly, to honor the character of a special young woman taken from their fencing family all too soon. "I loved her," Settlemire said. "She was a very unique person. She had a warmth that drew people to her — a magnet— she was a magnet." The event, which continues today, has grown from a gaggle of a gathering in a local college gym to one of the most significant sports tournaments in the area, drawing fencers from all over the country, including New York City. Matthew Zich of the Manhattan Fencing Club finished first out of 37 competitors in the senior men's saber. Evelyn Scarborough of the Caddo-Bossier Foundation Sword Sports took the senior women's foil. Bethanie Rich-Reyes of the Caddo-Bossier Foundation Sword Sports took second and Amanda Hock of Caddo Magnet Fencing took third. Gary Van Der Wege of the All Texas Athletic Center won the mixed wheelchair epee. ©The Times February 24, 2008
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Post by schlager7 on Feb 25, 2008 8:14:15 GMT -6
Chen, 14, captures Condon fencing titleFebruary 25, 2008 By Mike Pizzolato Special to The Timeswww.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080225/SPORTS/802250316/1001/SPORTSThe eighth annual Rose Condon Memorial Fencing Tournament wrapped up on Sunday with its annual awards ceremony. Rodney Chen, of Dallas, with his mother, father and brother watching, took the men's foil open division. Fencing has been described as a mental game of discipline and patience, and the 14-year old Chen shook off his nerves against older, more physical opponents to win his division and renew his rating, working up until the very last touch over 10 matches in one day's work on Sunday. The fencer with five touches or the lead at 3 minutes wins the match. Fencers then move on to direct eliminations, three 15-touch bouts of 3-minute rounds. "I was real excited," Chen said. "I was real nervous up to the end, the last touch, and then I was not nervous any more." Chen, of the Fencing Institute of Texas in the North Texas Division, will move on from the Condon event to the Regional Youth Cup, to be held in Houston in the next few weeks. "I really like fencing," Chen added, "and when I started, it just sort of pulled me in." His teammate, Shalyn Shourds of Arlington, Texas, has been fencing for 16 years. Shourds tied for third in the men's foil, losing a match to Chen in the process, which did not dampen his affection for the Condon tourney. "I always come here," Shourds said. "It's a really serious tournament, and it's really competitive where we all fence and still have a good time." The tournament added a new twist this year, the mixed wheelchair epee event. An epee is a fencing weapon with a depressed point, slightly heavier than a foil. The fencers in this mixed-gender division faced off in close quarters, wheelchair-to-wheelchair. Placing in the top three respectively were Gary Van Der Wege of the All Texas Athletic Center, Susan Gilmore of the Redlands Fencing Center in Oklahoma, and Joseph Brinson of Central Mississippi Fencing of the Ark-La-Miss division, who tied for third with his teammate Robert Donerson. ©The Times February 25, 2008
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