04-06-2006, 03:00 PM
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#41 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Chelmsford, MA
Posts: 1,756
| I'd come down except for several things:
A: I spent last weekend on Long Island running an RYC, and don't want to kill myself with too much travel (I'm just getting over mono)
B: I have tickets on Sunday for the gold medal game @ the world curling championships ( http://www.wcc2006.org ), which is going on five minutes down the street from my house.
C: I have to replace the brake pads / rotors on my car this weekend, If I didn't do that I probably wouldn't make it to Maryland (If I was driving myself... Mike quite correctly points out that I could go with him)...
D: I have a heel spur that is making it painful to walk (about 10x worse the day after I fence).. podiatrist on Monday... woo hoo.
all that said... epeemike is coming down, with a total of three or four people in his car (including himself).
Maybe next year.
-w
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04-06-2006, 04:20 PM
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#42 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: North Carolina
Posts: 1,274
| Hope the heel feels better and the car gets fixed.
Cool that epeemike and a car load are coming down. If they are sending over saturday night send me a PM | 
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04-07-2006, 09:19 AM
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#43 | | Bitter young coach
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Bay Area
Posts: 4,486
| So are the fnetters going to get together at this one?
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04-07-2006, 12:06 PM
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#44 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Boston, MA
Posts: 3,996
| That would be cool.
on the side:
WTF when did mixed epee turn into a small NAC? Woo, tableaux of 256! | |
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04-07-2006, 12:30 PM
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#45 | | Scavenger
Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 4,469
| Stupid question--the times listed are close of check-in, right? Not start of fencing? I tend to get there early anyway, but I like to know HOW early.
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04-07-2006, 01:48 PM
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#46 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: North Carolina
Posts: 1,274
| Yes, see you there.
If you are coming stop by and say hi. I should be mildly sane Saturday, not so much on Sunday
It should be a good tournament anyways, woohoo for epee NAC's, and heck even foil is at 128 now | |
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04-07-2006, 06:37 PM
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#47 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 604
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Stupid question--the times listed are close of check-in, right? Not start of fencing? I tend to get there early anyway, but I like to know HOW early.
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Times are close of check in. | |
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04-08-2006, 11:06 PM
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#48 | | Just Joined
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 1
| Just as a small note as of 11:04pm on Saturday, April 08...
Epee ended up being 138 or 139 fencers...and was run EXTREMELY well. VERY impressed.
Great job guys...I'm sure Saber will be run just as well. | |
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04-09-2006, 02:24 PM
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#49 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Posts: 107
| does anyone have any preliminary results from yesterdays bouts? | |
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04-09-2006, 08:23 PM
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#50 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Boston, MA
Posts: 3,996
| Just got back. It was a fun and strong tournament, definitely worth my time. My current suggestions for improvement, starting with the most important and working my way down:
-Loudspeakers! Some sort of PA system that isn't "shout and hope they hear"
-pool listing/de tableaux, etc. posted in more than one place
-Grounded strips
-More refs and strips (the tournament is at a size that it needs them now) | |
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04-09-2006, 09:11 PM
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#51 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Posts: 107
| telkanaru do you know if any Puerto Rican fencers medalled and if you remember their names? | |
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04-09-2006, 09:41 PM
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#52 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: DC area
Posts: 223
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. . . are posted on askFred.
As for the PUR fencers:
Mixed Foil: Jonathan Lugo, 3rd
Mixed Sabre: Jimmy Caraballo, 2nd
Gabriel Torres, 7th
Women's Epee: Mariangeli Moreno, 1st
Women's Foil: Luisa Parilla, 1st
Zacha Acosta, 2nd
Kristal Bas, 6th
Women's Sabre: Victoria Ortiz, 3rd
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04-09-2006, 10:04 PM
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#53 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: DC area
Posts: 223
| Congratulations!
. . . and many thanks to the organizers, who did an outstanding job, and were unfailingly gracious and helpful on Saturday when I was there. Yes, it would be wonderful to have grounded strips and more refs, but those are scarce resources. It would be fairly easy to post the seeding/pools/tableaux in several places and a PA system is probably a necessity in the future.
Thank you also to Steve Heck and artist William Fleishell, for creating a very charming alternative to the usual fencing medal.
Congratulations to all the medalists, who rose to the epic challenge, but particulary DCFC's Kashi Way, Byron Neslund, and Marissa Dearing who took first in their respective events.
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04-09-2006, 10:36 PM
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#54 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Philadelphia
Posts: 798
| Does anybody know how Alice Clark is doing? Pass on good wishes for a speedy recovery from several FAP fencers. | |
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04-09-2006, 10:56 PM
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#55 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: DC area
Posts: 223
| I don't know Alice Clark personally, but I am on staff at the hospital where she was seen. I checked in with the ER doc later that day who said she had been discharged with no serious injuries.
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04-09-2006, 10:59 PM
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#56 | | Scavenger
Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 4,469
| Best Cherry Blossom ever!
Comments: Nice venue. Well lit, well ventilated, terrible acoustics, small bathroom which was filthy by the end of the weekend. Plenty of parking and many inexpensive hotels & restaurants in the vicinity. Strip layout a little funky--interlaced in the middle and very close, resulting in cross-pollination by spectators all over the place. Competent referees, and it WASN'T SELF-REFEREED!!!!!! Huzzah. The decision to flight the mixed sabre made sense. A very strong mixed sabre event indeed, with some excellent fencing. I wish the T-shirt came in a small. I would have bought it because the design is pretty. However, a white medium T-shirt on a middle-aged woman like me accentuates the negative. Absolute Fencing as usual was excellent. The armorer was a little overloaded with work much of the time but did a good job once you got to him, and the referees checked for marks and plastrons. There wasn't much food and it was candy or pizza. Oog. Luckily I packed some Clif bars. Excellent bout committee (yay for having Jill in the area!) and good central location for the seeding/pools/DE tables/results bulletin board. The framed engravings make a really nice prize, and the Absolute gift certificate is excellent (though I haven't had a chance to spend it).
Further: The swords for the Chesapeake Challenge this year are very very coooool.
Conclusion: This event was incredibly strong, well run, and about as rewarding as a good NAC. Congratulations to the organizers.
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04-09-2006, 11:00 PM
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#57 | | Scavenger
Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 4,469
| Results
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04-09-2006, 11:11 PM
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#58 | | Fencing Expert
Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Pennsauken, NJ
Posts: 8,376
| I'd also like to pass along thanks to the organizers for a well-run event. Was definitely worth the weekend, even if I wasn't really feeling like fencing this morning.
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04-10-2006, 12:40 AM
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#59 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Bedstuy, Brooklyn
Posts: 1,541
| I was very impressed and happy with the event...
Even though the ****er that upset me for the 8 got blackcarded right after beating me...
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04-10-2006, 01:04 AM
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#60 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: DC area
Posts: 223
| Story behind the black card?
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