Veterans Fencing in Div I

[akaiyuki]

It was my first Div I this weekend too. I didn't feel unwelcomed at all. Everyone were just much more competitive. And there was no talking to everyone else in my pool going, "hey, where are you from? how long have you been fencing? good luck!"

[Inquartata]

Actually... if you had won that one, you would have fenced me for points.

Yeah, I realized that after reading your blog entry.

What the heck happened? I gave him a hard time, old man that I am, and you're better than me...

[AndrewH]

Yeah, I realized that after reading your blog entry.

What the heck happened? I gave him a hard time, old man that I am, and you're better than me...

Oy, i'm trying to forget about that whole day. I was pulling for him to win cuz I fence him plenty, being from NJ, and felt confident in my ability to beat him. In retrospect, I'd rather have taken my chances with you, even though I'd be starting from scratch. I'm just wary of veterans, they tend to be crafty...

[GGK]

I'm just wary of veterans, they tend to be crafty...

I don't know for a fact, but rumor is Inq is a wizard with Glitter Glue and dry macaroni

[peet]

I don't know for a fact, but rumor is Inq is a wizard with Glitter Glue and dry macaroni

Hey, no fair! That one made me fall off my chair!!!!

-p

[fencerbill]

I don't know for a fact, but rumor is Inq is a wizard with Glitter Glue and dry macaroni

There's a rumor he does scrapbooks.

[jfarmer]

There's a rumor he does scrapbooks.

You heard it wrong. Inq doesn't keep scrapbooks, he keeps scalpbooks...

[Botelho]

While I have never felt welcomed at a Div I (but that doesn't bother me), what I do find surprising are the smiles and pats that I get from those who are old enough to have an ache or pain, and in this group I include parents and not a few refs, who clearly enjoy this old person taking on 'the youth'... and somehow I ended up with senior points doing it!