12-23-2002, 08:21 AM
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#21 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: UK
Posts: 784
| Sorry crossed wires. Tunisia was cancelled last year (I know that Slough ran because I was there...).
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12-23-2002, 08:25 AM
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#22 | | Just Joined
Join Date: Dec 2002
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| My mistake, sorry  What event were you in? I was in Men's Foil...and got trashed, to say the least  | |
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12-23-2002, 08:32 AM
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#23 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: UK
Posts: 784
| Women's Foil, did pretty well.
Men's foil was very hard (with quite a few foreigns as well). Although a very entertaining final, if you stayed to watch that :-)
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12-23-2002, 09:01 AM
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#24 | | Just Joined
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| I missed the final, got knocked out much earlier on  I heard about the guy who got black carded though  | |
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12-23-2002, 10:10 AM
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#25 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: UK
Posts: 784
| He gave the referee (Robert Kiss) a lot of unjust grief about his decisions (Robert Kiss is a very good referee and, although retired now, a fantistic world class fencer). This involved the fencer (a Danish guy, I think) unplugging from the piste. Eventually the guy refused to fence, got unplugged again and went up to Robert and gave him a big kiss on the lips. In one way the whole thing was rather awful (very bad behaviour) and in another way pretty entertaining.
I stayed to watch until the end because a friend (guy I have know for about 11 years) made it to the last 4.
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01-03-2003, 08:41 PM
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#26 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Australia
Posts: 116
| Britisher sfencers they fence opposite side of the road, and right-hand drive, they do a hueagh! Gidget pander. Gidget pander. Gidget pander. Yankee it is a fencer on the right side the right side. LIkker tip.
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01-03-2003, 08:42 PM
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#27 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Australia
Posts: 116
| Slough open it is not a slow open it is a slough yeah, it is a slough on the piste, a terrific show of slough fencing for the continent to dread. 
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01-03-2003, 09:12 PM
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#28 | | Just Joined
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 11
| ^^^ A warning as to the dangers of posting under the influence of alcohol. I hope. If not, a warning as to why certain people need a good clout.
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01-17-2003, 04:41 PM
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#29 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kent, England
Posts: 232
| I'm a foil fencer in the UK, from Kent. I'm lucky because my school just started a fencing club (it's something I'd wanted to do for a while) which is free and has all the equiptment provided.
How much are most clubs in the UK? (darn, only two more years of free school fencing  ) | |
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01-17-2003, 04:57 PM
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#30 | | Just Joined
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| Mine is £20 per term then £2.50 a week for U18's. No idea about other clubs tho. | |
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01-17-2003, 05:02 PM
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#31 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kent, England
Posts: 232
| That sounds quite reasonable, I was expecting more.
Do you have to buy your own equipment? | |
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01-17-2003, 05:12 PM
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#32 | | Fencing Expert
Join Date: May 2000 Location: The valley of the -hot- sun, NorCal
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| Quote: Originally posted by Spanky McFarland
Hmm. Considering 'cul' is French for arse, then cul de sac maybe isn't that far away from arsehole, although bag arse doesn't really make a lot of sense. | A cul de sac is a dead-end. Cul is used as a slang for everything's rear in french. Sac is a bag. Literally, it would be the rear of the bag. A dead-end.
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01-17-2003, 06:09 PM
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#33 | | Just Joined
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 11
| Aoife - no, but the club equipment is grim (like every club?!  ), and all the foils are size 3. I've got all my own kit tho. | |
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01-18-2003, 12:46 PM
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#34 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kent, England
Posts: 232
| I guess I'm lucky, our equipment is quite good (I think... having never known anything else, it's hard to say ) It's all brand new, which helps I guess | |
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01-18-2003, 02:11 PM
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#35 | | Just Joined
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 11
| Wait a decade
(BTW, Check your PM please ) | |
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01-18-2003, 02:39 PM
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#36 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kent, England
Posts: 232
| Just did, thanks. I wasn't even aware I had a PM facility here
Lol- I won't be there in a decade, which is why I was curious about other clubs. I want to be able to fence in Uni | |
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01-18-2003, 06:21 PM
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#37 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: UK
Posts: 784
| Most University Clubs are pretty cheap: often you just pay a joining fee (maybe £10) and then pay extra for private lessons, if you want those.
Most general clubs are porbably about £4 a session. I pay different amounts at different clubs I belong to: £4 a session at one, about £14 a month at another, about £60 a term at another and £180 a year at another. Some clubs inlcude private lessons, but I pay extra for coaching on top of that.
It depends on the club and the area. If you are really keen, you might end up in London. There I think you can pay about £300/£350 (adult) a year at a very good club that allows you to train 3 or 4 nights a week.
I wouldn't worry for now - just enjoy it whilst it is cheap ;-)
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01-18-2003, 09:00 PM
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#38 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: Australia - various
Posts: 2,756
| In London I know Salle Boston is about 200 pounds a semester for fencing twice (I think) a week. But that includes a lesson about every second session. Uni of London I have no idea about, though I do know their coach also coaches at Salle Boston. Hope taht helps a bit!!!
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01-19-2003, 09:40 AM
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#39 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kent, England
Posts: 232
| Yeah, thanks. Quote:
I wouldn't worry for now - just enjoy it whilst it is cheap  | lol- I'm currently enjoying it whilst it's free!
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