The world cup in Montreal this year was relatively small and weak compared to its days as a grand prix; however, there were some very good Canadian, American and international fencers. My pool: First match was against Smith, who I've fenced at NACs and training camps so I kind of knew what to expect. He's patient and extremely fast when he does choose to go so I had to be very patient myself and ready on my legs so that I could avoid his attacks. First touch is his off a nice ...
Now that almost a week has passed and I've had some time to think about some of the things learned, I feel more comfortable talking about the events of the Vet Sabre Camp/Clinic at Mr. Ma in South Jersey. First, it was small. I'm sorry more vet fencers weren't able to take advantage of the opportunity. Second, small is not bad. We had more opportunity to discuss techniques and strategy and focus on what we each wanted to accomplish. Saturday and Sunday, we began the ...
I persuaded Stephen to take me to the tournament this morning, and provided him with a folding camp chair so he could enjoy himself. The event was once again at Moorestown High, a much better venue than the old one, Cinnaminson High School, which was dark, hot, and uncomfortable. It's a pretty well-run tournament--Wayne from PdF runs it, and everything moves fast--and this year I was pretty happy with my refereeing for a change. A young gentleman named Ian was my ref in the pool, ...
I figured I'd just put up a blog entry to update how things have been and what's been going on since I haven't been in the scene much lately. I worked in the mortgage lending industry and things haven't gone so well lately. The company I worked for was bought up by Citi. Since the takeover I've ended up with a lot less money due to less bonuses (about 7 to 8 thousand less a year) and the place I'm with was put into Citi holdings which is the bad bank. (Which means no ...
Tonight was a two-for-the-price-of-one event... and more... STAR WARS!!! And a pirate! The derby for tonight began with the B teams for both teams: Ft. Wayne Swat Team against the Naptown Warning Belles. Before this began, however, the crowd was treated to a roaming band of Star Wars characters. Storm Troopers (my husband tells me these were members of the 501st), rebels, CP30 (no R2D2), an ewok, Chewy, rebel force members, etc. were all present and one Johnny Depp look-alike with ...
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