On October 16th, the Scuola Magistrale di Sacramento hosted its first classical
fencing tournament in Davis, CA. We were expecting 10 people at the most, but
were very pleasantly stunned by a turnout of 16 fencers! Everyone was very
patient and accomodating as we made adjustments throughout the day to the
format of the competition. For each weapon we ran one pool shared between 2
strips, sometimes stopping halfway through so that we could finish before
Wednesday. More on lessons learned later...
Scoring for all weapons was based on indicators (touches scored minus touches
recieved) rather than on victories and losses.
We had 16 foil fencers, who fenced 7 bouts each to an aggregate of 5 points.
First place went to Michael Albrecht of La Spada Nimica at +13, second place to
Ben Sombs of Mendocino Classical Fencing at +9, and third place to Daniel
Williams of San Jose State University at +5.
Epee was fenced to 1 point in a complete pool of 12 fencers. First place went
to Michael Albrecht of La Spada Nimica at +8, second place to Andy Marsh of
Mendocino Classical Fencing at +6, and third place was a 4-way tie at +1 for
Greg Dippel, Doug Dippel, and William Byrne of Mendocino Classical Fencing and
Eric Myers of Scuola Magistrale di Sacramento.
12 fencers fought 6 bouts each in sabre to an aggregate of 3 points. First
place went to Michael Albrecht of La Spada Nimica at +9, second to Greg Dippel
of Mendocino Classical Fencing at +6, and third place was a 3-way tie at +4 for
Doug Dippel of Mendocino Classical Fencing and Eric Myers and Rich Schafer of
Scuola Magistrale di Sacramento.
Cumulative 3 weapon prizes were also awarded. First place went to Michael
Albrecht of La Spada Nimica who delivered an utter spanking at +30, second to
Greg Dippel of Mendocino Classical Fencing at +8, and third to Andy Marsh of
Mendocino Classical Fencing at +7.
We learned a few important lessons from this tournament, but first and formost
is that there is a significantly greater interest than we expected. WooHoo!
Our plan was that this would be the first in a series, with other clubs also
hosting tournaments, and the feedback we received indicated that others share
this vision. Other lessons include the need for more directors/strips, with
smaller (or least better seeded) pools. The larger than expected turnout also
changed the importance of results for individual weapons, so we really needed
more medals. We also needed a real bout committee, so that tallying of scores
could be done more efficiently.
From the very beginning we were overwhelmed by the quality of people that
participated in this tournament. Everyone was very patient with the quirks of
the tournament, gracious in their fencing and side judging, helpful in everyway
possible, and all around just plain friendly. Almost everyone was able to stay
for dinner afterwards, which gave us the opportunity for more socializing
instead of just fencing and judging each other ;-)
I am very much looking forward to the next tournament!
-Eric Myers
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