11-14-2004, 02:22 AM
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Mmmm, small numbers in some events.
D1MS 74
D1WF 59
D1WS 61
If those numbers hold, approximate numbers receiving national points are only:
MS: 26 or 29 (depending on whether second round is 42 or 48 fencers)
WF: 22
WS: 22
Not making it easy to earn points in those weapons, are they....
ME is, as usual, huge (170 D1, 135 Vet).
-B :)
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11-14-2004, 03:30 PM
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#2 | | Fencing Coach
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| I wonder why the numbers are down this time around? | 
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11-14-2004, 06:08 PM
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Originally Posted by oiuyt Mmmm, small numbers in some events.
D1WF 59 | Brad, if WF in Australia got that many at a National level circut comp the DT would be having kittens. BE GRATEFUL!
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11-14-2004, 06:58 PM
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#4 | | Scavenger
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| WS has been low since they changed the classification requirement. They keep doing things to reduce the size of the epee, I think, since the immense Pittsburgh NAC, and that affects the size of other weapons but doesn't seem to reduce the epee much.
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11-14-2004, 07:34 PM
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#5 | | ǝlpoou
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| wish i could've gone
scheduled over my exams | |
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11-14-2004, 11:35 PM
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Originally Posted by hpfencing I wonder why the numbers are down this time around? | Cuz it's in Richmond VA?
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11-15-2004, 01:13 AM
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| The fact that it's in VA is actually a big factor in my decision to attend, that being that it's within driving distance.
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11-15-2004, 01:20 AM
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Originally Posted by hpfencing I wonder why the numbers are down this time around? | 1) 3 NACs instead of 2
2) Non-olympic year
3) Some people called it quits after Olympics
4) Cuz it's in Richmond VA (C)EDew
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11-17-2004, 02:22 AM
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| Why so down on Richmond?
I know we're not a cultural Mecca like Greenville, Charlotte, Overland Park, or Chattanooga  , but Richmond has alot to offer. The venue is great, and if you'd like to consult the event website even you, EDew, may be able to find something to occupy your time when you're not fencing, or complaining.
Here's the site...remember, we're fencers, not web designers. Also, I'll be adding more recommendations over the next 2 weeks. http://www.richmondfencing.com/NAC2004/index.htm
Tom Lucente
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11-17-2004, 03:03 AM
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#10 | | ǝlpoou
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Originally Posted by tlucente I know we're not a cultural Mecca like Greenville, Charlotte, Overland Park, or Chattanooga , but Richmond has alot to offer. The venue is great, and if you'd like to consult the event website even you, EDew, may be able to find something to occupy your time when you're not fencing, or complaining.
Here's the site...remember, we're fencers, not web designers. Also, I'll be adding more recommendations over the next 2 weeks. http://www.richmondfencing.com/NAC2004/index.htm
Tom Lucente
Richmond Fencing Club www.richmondfencing.com | i'm sure edew will spend his off hours strolling about the hollywood cemetary and pony pasture park.
you're hosting fencers; where's the list of local bars? | |
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11-17-2004, 04:31 AM
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#11 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
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Originally Posted by tlucente I know we're not a cultural Mecca like Greenville, Charlotte, Overland Park, or Chattanooga , but Richmond has alot to offer. | May have something to do with the fact that it's about as far from where he lives as it is physically possible to get and still be in the Continental US...
That's why I'm not going. Well, that and the fact that I don't relish the prospect of being trounced in Div I... | |
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11-17-2004, 08:47 AM
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| Richmond NAC
I can understand his lack of enthusiasm for traveling 3000 miles to Richmond...I imagine it's similar to my future discomfort at buying a plane ticket to Sacramento for Summer Nationals. It seemed that he had something against the city, rather than the geography.
I will definitely post more bar recommendations, but in the meantime...
Right near the event hotel (Crowne Plaza) and the Omni in Shockoe Slip, there are 3 popular watering holes: Sine' (Irish Pub and restaurant), Richbrau (microbrewery, restaurant, and pool tables), and The Tobacco Company (bar, restaurant, notorious "meat market"). Slightly farther down in Shockoe Bottom (still walking distance) is: Have a Nice Day Cafe' (dance club, restaurant and bar), Catch 22 (bar, dance club) The Canal Club (live music, bar), and Buffalo Wild Wings (sports bar and restaurant)
Please feel free to post any other Richmond specific questions. We want everyone to have a great time at the event, and in their off hours.
I'm not looking forward to getting "trounced" either...at least DIVI Men's Epee is on the first day, so I can get it out of the way and enjoy the rest of the weekend.
Tom Lucente
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11-17-2004, 11:43 AM
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| Tom's recommendations reveal him as a unremitting party animal. For those who favor nonalcoholic watering holes, try Cafe Guttenberg, a coffeehouse/bookstore in Shockoe Bottom. (Yes, they're open again after the flood.) Nice place and not a chain! www.cafegutenberg.com | |
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11-17-2004, 11:51 AM
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| how can it be nonalcoholic if in the first sentence on the website it bills itself as a 'wine lounge' ... just asking...
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11-17-2004, 12:05 PM
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#15 | | Senior Member
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| Hi guys,
Do you know when is the close of registration for the ME event on friday? or if nobody knows, when are we supposed to get this information?
Thanks. | |
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11-17-2004, 12:12 PM
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#16 | | Member
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| ME Close of registration
My impression, since the USFA has put a # next to the DIVIME event on their website, it that close of registration will be before 10am...meaning, probably 8am.
I have nothing concrete, though. | |
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11-17-2004, 12:20 PM
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| Well, they do have nonalcoholic wines nowadays, although I don't know if this place serves only the nonalcoholic kind ;-)
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11-17-2004, 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by morael Tom's recommendations reveal him as a unremitting party animal. ... | Quote: |
Originally Posted by tlucente ... and The Tobacco Company (bar, restaurant, notorious "meat market"). | what kind of meat?  
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11-17-2004, 02:40 PM
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| Morael, where do you fence?
For those who want a non-alcoholic atmosphere, in addition to seconding Morael's "Cafe Gutenberg" recommendation I would suggest World Cup (a coffehouse in the fan), 3rd Street Diner (downtown), or Galaxy Diner (Carytown)...although both diners also have beer.
If anyone has a specific thing they'd like to eat or do, please feel free to post questions. My restaurant recommendations usually skew toward Asian, so if you're a "meat and potatos" kinda person, I'll be happy to point you to something you'll like. | |
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11-17-2004, 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by misha 1) 3 NACs instead of 2
2) Non-olympic year
3) Some people called it quits after Olympics
4) Cuz it's in Richmond VA (C)EDew
. | That it's a non-Olympic year actually gets a lot of newbies to try out the Div I. Second, the number of people calling it quits after the Olympics is much smaller than the number of newbies itching to move in to those slots.
'Cus it's in Richmond might say a bit more.
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