03-08-2005, 02:17 AM
|
#41 | | Fencing Coach
Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Amarillo, Texas
Posts: 1,306
| Hey I am a twin and red headed at that....
FYI: He might be at the Phoenix cup if he comes out of hiding... Be warned here are two of us and he is nowfencing modern as well as SCA.....  | 
|  | | And now for this message... |
| |
03-08-2005, 10:29 PM
|
#42 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Bay Area, California
Posts: 501
| Quote: |
Originally Posted by telkanuru I'll go if someone pays for my entry fee, plane ticket, and hotel... | Well, I just happen to have a free "entry to the Phoenix Cup" that I won in Vegas. Since they are comping As I don't need it (and I might not even go) so if you want it I can make one third of your wish come true ;-) | |
| | |
03-09-2005, 10:20 AM
|
#43 | | Fencing Coach
Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Amarillo, Texas
Posts: 1,306
| Go counterattack... Thanks for helping others. Too bad you will not be joining all of us there! | |
| | |
03-14-2005, 03:59 AM
|
#44 | | Fencing Coach
Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Amarillo, Texas
Posts: 1,306
| So who are the referees lined up and what not, so far?
How many strips are you setting up? | |
| | |
03-14-2005, 01:14 PM
|
#45 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Somewhere in your nightmares!
Posts: 23,475
| I don't know, I'm afraid. I'm not involved in organizing it, just doing my part recruitment-wise. I can ask, though. | |
| | |
03-16-2005, 05:48 PM
|
#46 | | Fencing Coach
Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Amarillo, Texas
Posts: 1,306
| That would be great....
Also the Baquet/dinner idea at the end of fencing on Sat is a neat idea... | |
| | |
03-16-2005, 06:01 PM
|
#47 | | Fencing Expert
Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Pennsauken, NJ
Posts: 8,914
| Mmm, registration fees are waived for 'A' fencers, does that include the event entry fee (given that there are separate registration and event fees....)? If one were to waive a fee it seems waiving the entry fee makes more sense than waiving the registration fee (not that it matters much, the two are the same amount for someone fencing only one weapon or only an A in one weapon). If both are waived then the language is, at best, poorly chosen.
-B :)
*who won't be going unless having an A also waives the fee the airline charges :) *
__________________
"Oh but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you!"
| |
| | |
03-17-2005, 08:41 PM
|
#48 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Somewhere in your nightmares!
Posts: 23,475
| Answers:
Only the registration fee is being waived for As, not the event fees. Sorry, ya greedy barstids!
HOWEVER, there are cash prizes for the winner of each event ( arrangements can be made for those facing NCAA restrictions and the like ). Amounts depend on the rating of the events, and are as follows:
A4 or A3: $500
B3 or C3 $350
A2 or B2 $250
A1 $250
B1 $250
C2 $150
C1 $75
D1 $35
E1 $25
14 strips, 8 of them metal and the rest either copper mesh or rubber-mat. There's a gallery for spectators.
Confirmed refs thus far:
Mary Annavedder
Robert Carrillo
Michael Ross
Gerrie Baumgart ( FOC ).
Pending confirmations:
Gerry Benson
Ed Richards
Frank Van Dyke
Derek Cotton
8 others TBA
Oiuyt, maybe you'd like to come and fence one day and referee the other? IMO they are too heavy on foil and epee refs already, and need a good sabre ref for 'the rest of us'. I'll suggest it if you're interested/available.
Three armourers lined up.
At least one vendor ( HOM Fencing ). Fencing Post is deliberating.
There will be a massage room available---free to refs, available for a fee to all. | |
| | |
03-17-2005, 09:07 PM
|
#49 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 3,354
| Quote: |
Originally Posted by Inquartata There will be a massage room available---free to refs, available for a fee to all. |
... and people wonder why they should take the ref exams. | |
| | |
03-17-2005, 09:58 PM
|
#50 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Pacoima, ca USA
Posts: 5,942
| Quote: |
Originally Posted by Inquartata Three armourers lined up.
At least one vendor ( HOM Fencing ). Fencing Post is deliberating.
| Oh great....I may have to go all that way, only to compete against my own vendor????
Hopefully for me, Saul won't go...but it's a fairly short drive...urgh. | |
| | |
03-17-2005, 11:00 PM
|
#51 | | Fencing Expert
Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Pennsauken, NJ
Posts: 8,914
| Quote: |
Originally Posted by Inquartata Oiuyt, maybe you'd like to come and fence one day and referee the other? IMO they are too heavy on foil and epee refs already, and need a good sabre ref for 'the rest of us'. I'll suggest it if you're interested/available. | I'm committed to going to a graduation that weekend. Otherwise I would DEFINITELY be interested in doing something like swapping reffing service for all day Saturday and all of Sunday after the mixed sabre finishes for airfare and hotel (or even just a local bed). Enough so that I just checked Travelocity/Orbitz and discovered that airfare is only a bit over $200, so such a deal might even be reasonable. So I'm definitely interested, but unfortunately not available.
If anyone else happens to be involved with a large tournament that might be willing to exchange airfare and lodging for a decently highly rated referee (3 in sabre, 4 in foil/epee) and A-level sabre fencer to come and referee and fence, this is something that I would nearly always be interested in discussing. And Inq, if you're connected with the group planning for next year's second annual Phoenix Cup/Desert Rose tournament I will likely be available for that one.
-B :)
*who wishes the Phoenix Open were scheduled either one week earlier or one week later, both of which he has available*
__________________
"Oh but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you!"
| |
| | |
03-18-2005, 12:56 PM
|
#52 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Tucson, AZ USA
Posts: 1,207
| I'm thinking I might attend as a spectator. It's only a couple hours up the road from me. 
__________________
Fail until you succeed!
Ka-riposte back atcha Purple!
Disgruntled Employee of the Month.
| |
| | |
03-19-2005, 05:35 PM
|
#53 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Tucson, AZ USA
Posts: 1,207
| Unbeatable spring weather!?!?!?
I mentioned to my coach that I was thinking of attending the Tournament and she gave me a flyer for the event. At the bottom of the flyer it reads: "Come and enjoy the fencing and the unbeatable spring weather of Phoenix."
I have lived in Arizona for over 20 years now, and I know for a fact that the "unbeatable spring weather" in Phoenix in late May will almost certainly be sunny, dry, and somewhere between 90 and 100+ degrees F. Now I'm a desert dweller and I still think that is hot. Just be prepared, especially those of you who are driving out.
__________________
Fail until you succeed!
Ka-riposte back atcha Purple!
Disgruntled Employee of the Month.
| |
| | |
03-19-2005, 09:55 PM
|
#54 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Somewhere in your nightmares!
Posts: 23,475
| Well, there is that. By most standards summer in Arizona lasts from May to early October.
But it's a DRY heat.  | |
| | |
03-20-2005, 05:40 AM
|
#55 | | Épéeist Hive Queen
Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sweden
Posts: 12,754
| Quote: |
Originally Posted by Morion ...somewhere between 90 and 100+ degrees F. | Crikey, is that the temparature in spring..?! 
__________________
Fencing is my only PvP. | |
| | |
03-20-2005, 09:17 AM
|
#56 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Holland
Posts: 861
| Quote: |
Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen Crikey... | Crikey?!?!?!??!?!?
Isn't that a little off, topographically speaking?
Hopefully you don't feel the need to grapple living handbags....? 
__________________
With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter | |
| | |
03-20-2005, 11:17 AM
|
#57 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Somewhere in your nightmares!
Posts: 23,475
| Quote: |
Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen Crikey, is that the temparature in spring..?! | Southern Arizona is a land where, to paraphrase Monty Python, "fall gives winter and spring a miss and goes straight into summer".
There's none of that ridiculous snow stuff, though. Counts for a lot. | |
| | |
03-20-2005, 11:30 AM
|
#58 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Tucson, AZ USA
Posts: 1,207
| Quote: |
Originally Posted by Inquartata Well, there is that. By most standards summer in Arizona lasts from May to early October.
But it's a DRY heat. | Inq please be aware that there is a state law that declares it justifiable homicide to shoot anybody that says "But it's a dry heat" when the temperature is above 105! 
__________________
Fail until you succeed!
Ka-riposte back atcha Purple!
Disgruntled Employee of the Month.
| |
| | |
03-20-2005, 02:27 PM
|
#59 | | Épéeist Hive Queen
Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sweden
Posts: 12,754
| Quote: |
Originally Posted by dunastor Crikey?!?!?!??!?!?
Isn't that a little off, topographically speaking?
Hopefully you don't feel the need to grapple living handbags....? | Pardonnez-moi, but that really was way beyond my head... 
__________________
Fencing is my only PvP. | |
| | |
03-20-2005, 09:33 PM
|
#60 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: MA
Posts: 7,459
| Quote: |
Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen Pardonnez-moi, but that really was way beyond my head... | I think he was referring to "crikey" as being a Brittish expression.
Arizona is REALLY HOT. WOW. I'm staying up here, where it's cold... | |
| | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off | | | All times are GMT -4. The time now is 09:08 AM< |
