European Junior Championships, Odense, Denmark

[Foilling Around]

With the British Forum down for repairs I thought I would see if there were any other Europeans out there wanted to get a discussion going.

Here is the link

http://www.ejc09.eu/index.php?option...d=49&Itemid=59

We Brits have had a mixed start. 2 of the 3 WS girls being cuts and Sophie Williams going out in the L32. Shame, though to be honest they did actually perform to their inital seeding.

The MF lads seem to be doing better as befits the upbeat moof in British Men's Foil at the moment.
Rhys Melia 5/5
Jamie Fitz 4/5
Marcus Mepstead 3/6
Husayn Rosowsky 3/3

With cuts seeming to be about 20%, Rhys may get a bye into the L32.

[pigeonmeister]

Good luck lads!

Glad to see Rhys doing well, he could get Fitzy in the L16 (which would be a shame)

What happened to Husayn?

[Foilling Around]

Good luck lads!

Glad to see Rhys doing well, he could get Fitzy in the L16 (which would be a shame)

What happened to Husayn?

To me it looks like just one drop the other 2 losses seem to be agianst fencers doing really well on the day. They all vary so much at this age and the line is so thin between a great day and a cr*p one. The 5th seed, (the greek Kont....s who would need to be 8 feet wide to get his name on his back) was cut!

[pigeonmeister]

I just wondered who had put him out (or if he had withdrawn) because I couldn't see him on the tableau.

Rhys vs Fitzy in L16- shame but at least one Brit will be in L8.

[Foilling Around]

Oh Marcus, So close.

Thought Jamie would demolish Wosniak, having trained with the Austrian in Hungary this summer. He had to work to beat me and Jamie would flatten me!!

[Zilverzmurfen]

Posted on www.fencing.se this morning -- a serious incident with a foil breaking through a lexan mask:

http://www.fencing.se/nyheter/allvar...asken-i-odense

[pigeonmeister]

Tough day for our WF- all 4 eliminated after poules and only 2 victories between them.

Fingers crossed for the ME team.

[pigeonmeister]

Posted on www.fencing.se this morning -- a serious incident with a foil breaking through a lexan mask:

http://www.fencing.se/nyheter/allvar...asken-i-odense

I take it this was yesterday- in the Men's foil?

Google translate tells me there were no serious injuries- which is a great relief- but still a very worrying development.

[Zilverzmurfen]

I take it this was yesterday- in the Men's foil?

Google translate tells me there were no serious injuries- which is a great relief- but still a very worrying development.

Yes. And no, no serious injury, though it says the blade went through the lexan and caused a bleeding wound next to his mouth.

The articla also says that fencers who are worried were welcome to switch to regular masks for the rest of the event. The organisers had masks to lend them, but it luckily it seems that no "mass hysteris" has spread.

The feeling I get from the article is that everyone sees it is an unlucky -- and lucky! -- incident.

[PeterGustafsson]

Hi!


ZZ beat me to it.

It says in the article that the Lexan was pierced due to a normal lunge, and that the blade was not broken. The Lexan mask did not show any obvious signs of previous damage. The lexan plate was pierced, causing a 2 cm diameter hole, and the fencer got a profusely bleeding would just over the corner of the mouth

It also says that the medican commission of the European Fencing Federation has recommended that fencers should not use the mask during the remainder of the championships. However, the article also notes that the other users of Lexan masks continued to used their masks as if nothing had happened.

On another note, the Odense fencing club uses an unusual layout for the strips: http://www.ofk.foreningssite.dk/Nyheder/20091101.aspx

I have tried to find any mention of this accident in Danish media, but so far I have not found any.


Hoping for a speedy recovery,

Peter Gustafsson

[pigeonmeister]

On another note, the Odense fencing club uses an unusual layout for the strips: http://www.ofk.foreningssite.dk/Nyheder/20091101.aspx
Peter Gustafsson

Looks like the referees could get pretty close to each other.

[pillow]

Hi!


ZZ beat me to it.

It says in the article that the Lexan was pierced due to a normal lunge, and that the blade was not broken. The Lexan mask did not show any obvious signs of previous damage. The lexan plate was pierced, causing a 2 cm diameter hole, and the fencer got a profusely bleeding would just over the corner of the mouth

It also says that the medican commission of the European Fencing Federation has recommended that fencers should not use the mask during the remainder of the championships. However, the article also notes that the other users of Lexan masks continued to used their masks as if nothing had happened.

On another note, the Odense fencing club uses an unusual layout for the strips: http://www.ofk.foreningssite.dk/Nyheder/20091101.aspx

I have tried to find any mention of this accident in Danish media, but so far I have not found any.


Hoping for a speedy recovery,

Peter Gustafsson

Is it reasonable to expect any type of "urgent letter" on the FIE website if they are considering changing rules about Lexan masks as a result of this accident?

[oiuyt]

Is it reasonable to expect any type of "urgent letter" on the FIE website if they are considering changing rules about Lexan masks as a result of this accident?

Based upon past practice, if they change the rule or suspend it they would post an "urgent letter".

-B

[Zilverzmurfen]

Looks like the referees could get pretty close to each other.

Yes. Though other photos suggests these are the finale pistes so they are most likely not used all at the same time.

[Wingate85]

Congrats to Ido H. men's Epee bronze medal winner from ISRAEL.