World Vet Champion

Just to let everyone here know that Bill Hall ("fencerbill" on this
newsgroup) just won the World Vet Sabre Championship. Way to go Bill!
Along with being an excellent fencer, Bill is also a very warm and decent
human being. Well deserved congratulations.

"J. Randall Brett" <jrbrett@vigia.com> wrote in message
news:W2dc9.7701$XU.1106@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> Just to let everyone here know that Bill Hall ("fencerbill" on this
> newsgroup) just won the World Vet Sabre Championship. Way to go
Bill!
> Along with being an excellent fencer, Bill is also a very warm and
decent
> human being. Well deserved congratulations.

Seconded. Woohoo! Terrific, Bill!

--

Dirk Goldgar

Thirded -- and a double-woohoo with a cartwheel <g> -- can't wait for
Bill to get home and tell us all about it -- I even have a virtual
vanilla dunkachino waiting for him for his efforts <g>!!

Dirk Goldgar wrote:
>
> "J. Randall Brett" <jrbrett@vigia.com> wrote in message
> news:W2dc9.7701$XU.1106@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> > Just to let everyone here know that Bill Hall ("fencerbill" on this
> > newsgroup) just won the World Vet Sabre Championship. Way to go
> Bill!
> > Along with being an excellent fencer, Bill is also a very warm and
> decent
> > human being. Well deserved congratulations.
>
> Seconded. Woohoo! Terrific, Bill!
>
> --
>
> Dirk Goldgar

Okay. Fourthed, then!

B.C. Milligan

P.S. Thanks greatly to that other Bill, Murphy, for all his hard work.

Does anyone know where to find complete results?


On 02 Sep 2002 02:34:43 GMT, remise@aol.com (Remise) wrote:

>Okay. Fourthed, then!
>
>B.C. Milligan
>
>P.S. Thanks greatly to that other Bill, Murphy, for all his hard work.



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Congrats to Bill! It was tight and tense but Bill prevailed. Even
the enxt day, he looked as if he could float several inches above the
ground whenever he felt like it. Three North Americans in the top
four of the 60+ sabre (Goering, Fine, and Hall), two of those US
citizens and one of 'em (Marvin Fine) Canadian by nationality but a
New York resident so he counts twice <g>.

Next day, the men's 50-59 sabre semifinals were all US--Jacobson &
Yung tied for third, Reilly second, and Korfanty first.

--Delia

remise@aol.com (Remise) wrote in message news:<20020901223443.09413.00000957@mb-bk.aol.com>...
> Okay. Fourthed, then!
>
> B.C. Milligan
>
> P.S. Thanks greatly to that other Bill, Murphy, for all his hard work.

Thanks.

The REALLY big news is that the Americans swept the 50-59 Sabre.

Ed Korfanty beat Wang Yung in one Semi-final and Phil Reilly beat David
Jacobson 10-9 in the other Semi Final.

Then Ed Korfanty beat Phil Reilly 10-5 for the Gold.

Solid Red, White and Blue on the medal stand. And Sada Jacobson got to stand on
the sideline and cheer her father on, turnabout is fair play.

In the 60 Plus Sabre, I finally beat Bill Goering for the first time ever,
10-9, in one Semi-final and Marvin Fine from Albany, fencing for Canada, beat
Wolf Nettingsmeyer from Germany 10-9 in the other Semi-final. I finally
prevailed 10-9 over Marvin in the Final.

So that made 3 out of 4 on the medal stand from North America and 7 out of 8
from the two Sabre events.

Yvonne Walton, mother of Kerry and Forrest from Notre Dame, finished 3rd in the
Ladies 50-59 Foil.

Bob Cochrane from Florida took a Silver in Mens 50-59 Epee. So 9 North American
medals and two Star Spangled Banners.

Will try to have more results on in a day or so after I catch up here at home.

Bill Hall

In article <a02e0196.0209021330.778d0282@posting.google.com >,
dmturner@dmturner.org (Delia M. Turner) writes:

>
>> P.S. Thanks greatly to that other Bill, Murphy, for all his hard work.

Delia was too shy to mention that she won the Ladies Demonstration Sabre over
Jeannette Strumillo, USA, while Doty Nicolau, USA, and Fiona Wilson, GBR, were
third. So that actually made 10 out of 12 Sabre medals for North America.

In honor of Ruby Watson, trophies were presented to the winner and to the
highest placed over-50 competitor.

The peace of mind and performance of the USA team were enormously enhanced by
the long hours and efforts of Bill Murphy. I personally had the benefit of him
refitting a broken Sabre blade during the pools. One can learn to get spoiled
by that kind of support.

Bill Hall

Jim Campoli told me they would be up on the website
(http://fencergirl.tripod.com/vwc.htm) but I don't know how soon that
will be.

--Delia

ghi <abc@def.net> wrote in message news:<c677nuo5l1bngchmro43car7loatb6sphm@4ax.com>. ..
> Does anyone know where to find complete results?
>
>
> On 02 Sep 2002 02:34:43 GMT, remise@aol.com (Remise) wrote:
>
> >Okay. Fourthed, then!
> >
> >B.C. Milligan
> >
> >P.S. Thanks greatly to that other Bill, Murphy, for all his hard work.
>
>
>
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My last post was quite incomplete.

Additional American Medals:

Diane Kallus, third in Womens 50-59 Epee

John Moreau, third in Mens 50-50 Epee

Joe Elliott, third in Mens 60+ Epee

Heik Hambarzumian, third in Mens 50-59 Foil

Joe Streb, third in Mens 50-59 Foil

The medal total is 13, 2 Gold, 2 Silver, and 9 Bronze.

Bill Hall

Hurrah, Bill! ( And Ed, and Phil, and Delia, and...)

Well done, indeed!

I ain't too modest to point out that the trophies were actually
presented to the winner and the *second* highest over-50
competitor--we had TWO gen-u-wine international Veteran age
competitors in the top 4 of the WS--I'm 51. I was really thrilled
about that because it made us look more credible for possible
consideration in future Veteran Worlds. It did make for a dithery
moment on the medal stand while Ralph Zimmerman tried to decide how to
award a trophy everybody assumed would go to someone who hadn't won.

I was misty-eyed about the trophies. That was a really beautiful
moment and I liked being reminded of Ruby. She would have been very
pleased (and she would have been competing, too).

Congratulations, Bill - and hope you win at the upcoming Veterans
Challenge, too!

--Delia

fencerbill@aol.com (Fencerbill) wrote in message news:<20020902174446.12729.00000429@mb-cs.aol.com>...
> In article <a02e0196.0209021330.778d0282@posting.google.com >,
> dmturner@dmturner.org (Delia M. Turner) writes:
>
> >
> >> P.S. Thanks greatly to that other Bill, Murphy, for all his hard work.
>
> Delia was too shy to mention that she won the Ladies Demonstration Sabre over
> Jeannette Strumillo, USA, while Doty Nicolau, USA, and Fiona Wilson, GBR, were
> third. So that actually made 10 out of 12 Sabre medals for North America.
>
> In honor of Ruby Watson, trophies were presented to the winner and to the
> highest placed over-50 competitor.
>
> The peace of mind and performance of the USA team were enormously enhanced by
> the long hours and efforts of Bill Murphy. I personally had the benefit of him
> refitting a broken Sabre blade during the pools. One can learn to get spoiled
> by that kind of support.
>
> Bill Hall

Congratulations, Delia!

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Dirk Goldgar

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"Delia M. Turner" <dmturner@dmturner.org> wrote in message
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> I ain't too modest to point out that the trophies were actually
> presented to the winner and the *second* highest over-50
> competitor--we had TWO gen-u-wine international Veteran age
> competitors in the top 4 of the WS--I'm 51. I was really thrilled
> about that because it made us look more credible for possible
> consideration in future Veteran Worlds. It did make for a dithery
> moment on the medal stand while Ralph Zimmerman tried to decide how
to
> award a trophy everybody assumed would go to someone who hadn't won.
>
> I was misty-eyed about the trophies. That was a really beautiful
> moment and I liked being reminded of Ruby. She would have been very
> pleased (and she would have been competing, too).
>
> Congratulations, Bill - and hope you win at the upcoming Veterans
> Challenge, too!

Do you by any chance know where the complete results could be found?

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Dirk Goldgar

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"Fencerbill" <fencerbill@aol.com> wrote in message
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> My last post was quite incomplete.
>
> Additional American Medals:
>
> Diane Kallus, third in Womens 50-59 Epee
>
> John Moreau, third in Mens 50-50 Epee
>
> Joe Elliott, third in Mens 60+ Epee
>
> Heik Hambarzumian, third in Mens 50-59 Foil
>
> Joe Streb, third in Mens 50-59 Foil
>
> The medal total is 13, 2 Gold, 2 Silver, and 9 Bronze.
>
> Bill Hall

This, like so many things, is a closely-guarded secret. One would hope that
eventually they will appear at the USFA Web site.

B.C. Milligan
P.S. No need to list my result!

In article <OQMd9.183$vK7.47532130@news.netcarrier.net>, "Dirk Goldgar"
<dgoldgar@NOalumni.SPAMprinceton.edu> writes:

>Do you by any chance know where the complete results could be found?
>

Let me get past our Veterans Tourrnament this weekend and I will try to put all
medalists and all other Americans on the news group.

I do know USFA media has what has already been put on here because I sent it to
her.

Bill Hall

All events, all places are now on USFA web site

www.usfencing.org

Bill Hall

"Remise" <remise@aol.com> wrote in message
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> This, like so many things, is a closely-guarded secret. One would
hope that
> eventually they will appear at the USFA Web site.
>
> B.C. Milligan
> P.S. No need to list my result!

Not a good day? I had great hopes for you.

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Dirk Goldgar

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"Fencerbill" <fencerbill@aol.com> wrote in message
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> All events, all places are now on USFA web site
>
> www.usfencing.org

Great! Thanks, Bill (Mr. World Champion).

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Dirk Goldgar

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Bill,

Congrats to you, Delia and everyone on the team!!!!

Regards,
Chris

PS Bonnie & I will see you Saturday!



"Fencerbill" <fencerbill@aol.com> wrote in message
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> All events, all places are now on USFA web site
>
> www.usfencing.org
>
> Bill Hall