Western Massachusetts
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Western Massachusetts
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February 1941
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6
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WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
A full schedule of A. F. L. A. events has been planned for the Western Massachusetts division in 1941, far exceeding anything the division attempted last year. Fourteen competitions appear on the division’s printed schedule, including men’s prep foils, novice foil, sabre and epee, junior sabre, individual three-weapon, three-weapon team, all New England professional coaches invitation three-weapon tournament, all New England Y. M. C. A. open three-weapon tournament, and the first annual Western Massachusetts open outdoor all-weapon tournament for men and women.
Women’s competitions will include a prep and novice foil, the Western Massachusetts women’s team championship, and the division’s open women’s championship. In addition to these tournaments, the division will sponsor a “fencers’ frolic” in March.
The Western Massachusetts Fencing Club, affiliated with the West Springfield Y. M. C. A., has also prepared a full schedule of men’s and women’s team matches that includes 12 women’s competitions and 11 men’s.
A program of fencing in the high schools of Springfield and West Springfield is being sponsored in 1941 by the Western Massachusetts group. Douglas P. Boyea, coach at Springfield College and the local Y. M. C. A., will supervise these activities. It is anticipated that fencing instructions will be given to 350 girls and 300 boys each week. A league among the schools will be formed in the spring, and the year climaxed with a high school tournament.
