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staff writer BMP WAITERS
The USC fencing club held its second annual
Cyrano Challenge Charity Tournament
Saturday at the Blatt PE Center to raise money
for Sandhills Academy, a school for learning!
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About 30 people showed up to watch the
rUSC fencers compete in a series of bouts with
each other. Each spectator could give any amount
of money to the charity, but no donation was
required to watch the fencing.
Total proceeds from this year's tournament
are unknown as of press time, but last year's
Cyrano Challenge raised more than $300 for
the fencing club's charity.
* "We supported Harvest Hills Food Bank last
year and took donations of diy and canned goods
as entry fees, as well as the monetary donations,"
said Rick Thompson, coach of the fencing
club.
He felt that this charity tournament was a
great way of putting something back into the
community.
Sandhills Academy, located on Timberlane
Drive, is a private school that educates
learning-disabled children and adults. The school
works with students who have Attention Deficit
Disorder, dyslexia and other lesser-known disorders.
"We found out about Sandhills Academy
while we were doing fencing demonstrations at
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The school was in need of help after a costly
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and member of the fencing team, said.
Moen said that Sandhills is barely able to
make ends meet anyway because it keeps its
tuition low so people can afford'to attend.
"We are trying to raise money to buy them
special devices that will allow the students to
take notes orally and have them directly translated
into the computer. Each apparatus is rather
costly," Moen said.
"The school really is a wonderful cause,"
Moen said. "I've gone out and spent some time
with the children out there, and it's such a.
loving, relaxed atmosphere, and the kids just
thrive in it. We really want to help that continue."
Doug Huffines and his son Mitch, who at
tends Sandhills Academy, were at the tournament.
They said they heard about the event
through Sandhills and had never seen fencing
before, so they wanted to come and see what it
was all about.
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Freshman Michael Allen has been fencing
for five years and has participated in the fencing
club for one year. He said that it feels good
to do something he enjoys to benefit charity.
The Challenge consisted of one fencing tour
nament, whereas most fencing tournaments
consist of separate events for each style of fencing,
Thompson said.
"It's a just-for-fiin format we've been using
for about 18 years," Thompson said.
The format of the tournament was such that
a fencer could use any of three swords (foil, sabre
or epee). Each fencer in a match used the same
sword, but the sword used was chosen by the
fencer who won a coin toss.
Although the fencing team sponsored the
event, anyone who was a member of the United
States Fencing Association could participate.
The USFA is the national organization that
helped sponsor the event.
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man. There are a total of about 40 students in
the fencing club and 20 more in PEDU 124, a
fencing class that the university offers. These
students and Thompson helped put together
the event.
Thompson said precautions are taken to ensure
the fencers' safety. They wear protective
masks, and the swords used are not rigid.
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lake donations to Sandhills Academy,
in at 798-6211.
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