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View Poll Results: What is your highest-level competition | |
Not competed yet
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No win yet
|    | 10 | 11.90% | |
Intra-club event
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Small event, a few clubs represented
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Regional event
|    | 35 | 41.67% | |
National championship or comparable national event
|    | 14 | 16.67% | |
FIE-recognized international event
| | 3 | 3.57% | 
03-06-2005, 05:55 AM
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#1 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sweden
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| What is the highest-level competition that you have won?
Hi!
If you have won one or more fencing competitions, what is the highest level? All ages count, but only individual events in this poll.
Have a nice time!
Peter Gustafsson
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03-06-2005, 11:13 AM
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| I am guessing that a USFA Division run event in a good sized state counts as regional right? In my Division tourneys can get to be pretty good sized and have a dozen or more clubs with entered fencers. If that does not count, I guess put me one level lower! 
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03-06-2005, 02:35 PM
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| I won an E event with only about 9 people. But it was really fun. And hopefully another event is in my near future 
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03-06-2005, 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Phoenix I won an E event with only about 9 people. But it was really fun. And hopefully another event is in my near future | Same here...I'm not too good at winning tournaments because my endurance isn't good enough, so I've only won one small one. I got my E at a D... | |
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03-06-2005, 05:04 PM
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| I finished second at a local tournament this weekend. That was my best finish.
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03-06-2005, 05:07 PM
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| I won a Junior NAC one year...Senior is a bit harder. Top 8 is my best. | |
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03-06-2005, 07:21 PM
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| I nearly won an Open competition not long ago here in the UK. My brother beat me in the final by one lousy hit; but the weekend before I beat him in the final of the local championships... AND my trophy was bigger 
For me, rankings are quite important... individual results are fine, but a ranking is useful to give you an overall picture of your form (even though you can always do better...). Having gone abroad to study for a year, my national ranking dived all the way down to 150-something. This month it's 29th, but until I get top-15 I won't be happy! | |
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03-07-2005, 07:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Alain I Having gone abroad to study for a year, my national ranking dived all the way down to 150-something. This month it's 29th, but until I get top-15 I won't be happy! |
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03-07-2005, 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by CvilleFencer I am guessing that a USFA Division run event in a good sized state counts as regional right? In my Division tourneys can get to be pretty good sized and have a dozen or more clubs with entered fencers. If that does not count, I guess put me one level lower! | I would count sectionals as a "Regional" event and divisionals as something smaller. I guess a better indicator (for US fencers) would be the "classification level" of the event: A8, A4, A, B, etc. | |
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03-07-2005, 02:22 PM
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| In that case my vote should be changed to one smaller, at least in effect as I don't know of a way to change a vote once it is cast. In my division the average foil is a B2 and the epee an A2, although I have yet to win an epee or foil event anywhere near that strong... To many people on the points list in my division!
Still, and this may be just my lack of nationwide experiance talking, E and under events in VA can get to be over 50 people for foil alone, and some of the opens push up to around a 100 for foil. Epee is usually smaller going anywhere from 25-80 for an open. To me those numbers don't really seem like small events with just a couple of clubs. Not NAC levels to be sure, but we often have better turnouts for our bigger opens than the section does for its Sectional Champs tourney! Maybe I should move to a state where the fencers suck more! It might not help my fencing, but at least it would be better for the ego...
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03-07-2005, 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by CvilleFencer but we often have better turnouts for our bigger opens than the section does for its Sectional Champs tourney! | That's what I have seen in my former section as well. One of the main reasons for this IMO is that sectional champs are limited to US citizens or green card holders only, as they are on the qualifying paths for summer nationals. Therefore there are usually a few foreigners who can be very strong contenders who don't compete in those. Cedric Anen in the Pacific Coast section is a good example of this. He fences in the team sectional event (which doesn't qualify for anything) but not in the individual.
Also, being restricted to the section members only, means that some good fencers from the neighboring sections don't compete in them.
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03-07-2005, 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by CvilleFencer ...E and under events in VA can get to be over 50 people for foil alone, and some of the opens push up to around a 100 for foil. Epee is usually smaller going anywhere from 25-80 for an open. | Envy! 25 is a great turnout around here, regardless of weapon. Neighboring divisons do exceed that, however, if one is willing to drive a few hours. | |
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03-08-2005, 03:52 PM
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| We're working dropping the sizes of our events to manageable levels. So far this season, we've seen several competitions with 40+ events (when we expected a turn-out of around 24-28). Our mixed saber is in the upper 30s when just three or four years ago, it averaged around 6, if that many.
Goes to show ya.
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