For those of us who frequent the competition scene, there is an important announcement. As you may know, the Michigan Division Website has been having problems and so in an attempt to correct this, they have changed sites. The new site can be viewed at www.michfencing.net

Attention Parents and Fencers
We have a few announcements for you all for these winter months!

For Christmas and New Year, we will be closed Monday December 22nd until Monday January 5th (normal classes resume on the 5th).
We wish everyone happy holidays, and hope you have a great break!

We would also like to let you know that our annual Christmas Party will be after New Years this year! Everyone is envited but we will let you know as soon as a date is set!

Also, the weather is getting bad so please see our weather related closing post if you are unsure what to do!

Join us for the second in a series of 4 popular fencing camps that will build fencing skills over the course of a year. Sign up soon, as the camp fills up quickly. Read about the exciting events at the fall camp here.

Dates:
December 5-7, 2008

Congratulations to Dayana Sarkisova on taking 5th place out of 160 fencers this past weekend in St. Louis, MO. Also impressive was Rada Sarkisova who took 15th place.

We were also encouraged to see a couple of our fencers, Rui Takagi and Alex Kernoski, participate in the event. Keep up the good work!

We will be holding an open Foil and Epee tournament at GRAFA on November 15th. We are also excited to have US Men's Foil Olympian Gerek Meinhart joining us for the tournament.

Open Epee: 10AM
Open Foil: 2PM

Pre-Registration: $25 first event, $10 second event.
At the Door: $30 first event, $10 second event.

Preregister with askfred.net to save at the door.
See who's signed up.

We had very exciting camp over the past weekend featuring US Men's Foil Olympian Gerek Meinhart. Gerek spent the first day fencing with our advanced fencers and the second day fencing and giving some fencing tips to our younger fencers. He also shared his Olympic experience with the camp participants. This was a great camp and everyone enjoyed it a lot.

Current beginning fencers and parents!

Our Fall beginning classes are finally here and have been a great success! However, with as many new students as there have been, it is hard for all the coaches to speak to the parents and answer all the questions that may be out there!
So, that is why the GRAFA Coaches have decided to have a small get together on Monday September 22nd at 7:00pm! This will be a perfect time for all the parents and students to come, have some snacks (refreshments will be provided), and chat with all the coaches and other parents!

We will be there to speak about the sport, training options, as well as any and all other topics you may want covered!

Everyone's welcome! We hope you can make it and hope to see you all there!

Pictures from the 2008 beginner summer fencing camp are now available.

Fall classes will be starting up in full swing soon and we have lots of options for beginning & intermediate classes for you or your child. Please call or contact us to find out which class will be right for you. Classes can be started at anytime, so don't hesitate to contact us and find out more.

Beginning the week of Sept 8:

Monday Youth Beginning Foil
Tuesday Kindergarten Beginning Foil
Thursday Adult Beginning Foil

Dates are posted for the Autumn Equinox fencing camp . This is the first in a series of 4 camps held throughout the year to develop a fencers skills. Spots sell out quickly, so sign up soon!