09-15-2003, 05:43 AM
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#1 | | Senior Member
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| Zelda's Adventures in Sydney
I forgot to post before I left, but over the weekend I fenced the AFF #3 circut in Sydney. Lets just say I am VERY happy with how I went, and the fencing gods are smiling. Results for all events can be found at http://www.ausfencingevents.org/2003sydney/ . Lets just say, only having lessons and not bouting obviously agrees with my competition preparation.
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09-15-2003, 06:39 AM
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| i didn't see ya there..... mind you i have no idea what you look like  | 
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09-15-2003, 08:09 AM
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| If thats you in the picture then...
You have HAIR
... EYES.... or 2 things in the place of your eyes...
and... hmmm a very pixilated body
Anyway goodjob. | |
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09-15-2003, 08:40 AM
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| Re: Zelda's Adventures in Sydney
Quote: Originally posted by Zelda
I forgot to post before I left, but over the weekend I fenced the AFF #3 circut in Sydney. Lets just say I am VERY happy with how I went, and the fencing gods are smiling. Results for all events can be found at http://www.ausfencingevents.org/2003sydney/ . Lets just say, only having lessons and not bouting obviously agrees with my competition preparation. | having the eventual winner in your poule was unlucky - well done | |
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09-15-2003, 09:11 AM
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| Congrats, Zelda. Keep it up. 4th after pools is quite strong. | |
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09-15-2003, 09:34 AM
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| Downunder/Talyn, I was the one in the blue/grey/pink tracksuit at the medal presentation (ie the only one not wearing a Qld or Australian tracksuit). Was it one of you two who scored the trip to perth?
Thanks Marco/JEC, the pools were REALLY stuffed up. People who generally wipe the floor with others lost etc etc. I must admit when I saw the rankings after pools I actually exlaimed "Flipping heck", had everyone turn round to stare at me, which prompted me to go hide for 5 minutes.
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09-15-2003, 11:01 AM
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| nice work zelda
good to see you beat JBM  | |
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09-15-2003, 02:19 PM
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| Congrats Zelda. Nice job!
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09-15-2003, 07:23 PM
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| Hi!
Upon examining the DE results, I see that there were many blow-outs in the DE matches. An odd happenstance, or was there something special causing this? Care to elaborate?
Have a nice time, and congrats to you Zelda!
BTW: I went to a competition a few weeks ago, and there was a WE competitor there - Majella Clarke. Placed 27th out of 31. Heard about her?
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09-15-2003, 08:08 PM
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| Very nice work Zelda, I found your name in women's foil. Good work. Dont worry about being a feminist, more fencing. Again, nice work. My best results here were hidden. [bwouhahahahaahahahahahaha!]
People with your last name tend to do well, one of my toughest karate sparring partners was one of your kinsmen, he was sort of unstoppable.
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09-15-2003, 08:51 PM
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| Quote: Originally posted by Zelda
Was it one of you two who scored the trip to perth? | i'm going.... don't know if i scored anything tho..... | |
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09-15-2003, 08:53 PM
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#12 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
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| Hey, it's kind of, er, laconic for an "adventure tale"! Where's the drama, the romance, the danger, the hairbreadth escapes, the purple prose describing same?
Expatiation!  | |
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09-15-2003, 09:27 PM
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| Geez, it's still very Caucasian in Oz, isn't it? I saw the 2 Yues (one of which may be non-Chinese), Quan in ME - as usual, his name was misposted; and TWO in WS.
The vets are all Caucasians.
And all these years they ahve encouraged immigartion from Asia...
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09-15-2003, 10:51 PM
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| Peter: I really dont know what happened with regards to the poules and DE matches. It was a similar proposition in Mens epee. My mate who fences Mens epee has a theory that this is what happens when you stuff around the calender. Nationals are generally in sydney in around Nov/Dec and this competition is generally in Brisbane. However nationals are in Perth this year so the Brisbane competition moved to Sydney, thus everyone was confused!
PKT: There are alot of Asians who fence, they just dont compete.
Inq: I'm australian....larconic is an artform! However I can give you drama etc if you want it!
Pieree: I only beat JBM cause I didnt have to fence her! (Thank goodness!)
Must say the best touch of the day for me was something that I heard someone call later "The matrix riposte". My opponent flesched at me, I parried while stepping back and hit her as she went past me with a riposte and with the halt. It was allowed, much to my surprise! Someone asked why, and was told even though it was a very slow riposte it was one movement as she went past, hence it was allowed. Suited me!
The drama? Well I think it was the fact everything was running very late due to the building opening up late. Womens finals were supposed to be at about 2:30/3pm, we didnt start fencing them until about 4ish. I didnt leave the venue until after 5.
Overall though it was alot of fun and I'd do it again in an instant!
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09-16-2003, 03:35 AM
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| Quote: Originally posted by Zelda
My mate who fences Mens epee has a theory that this is what happens when you stuff around the calender. | zac or peter? hehe | |
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09-16-2003, 04:51 AM
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| Who do YOU THINK?
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09-16-2003, 08:38 AM
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| yeah.... i didn't really have to ask.....
bloody zac, hehe | |
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09-16-2003, 09:02 AM
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| Quote: Originally posted by Zelda
Peter: I really dont know what happened with regards to the poules and DE matches. It was a similar proposition in Mens epee. My mate who fences Mens epee has a theory that this is what happens when you stuff around the calender. Nationals are generally in sydney in around Nov/Dec and this competition is generally in Brisbane. However nationals are in Perth this year so the Brisbane competition moved to Sydney, thus everyone was confused! | Brisbane (well Gold Coast) was brilliant last year! great weather, nice beach..oh yeah bit of fencing too! beats freakin' Lidcombe any day of the week  | |
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09-16-2003, 09:39 AM
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| Pier, the local city DUMP beats Lidcombe most of the time. To make it worse we had to deal with the netballers outside on Saturday......icky, thank goodness I only had weapons check.
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09-16-2003, 10:54 AM
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| its a bit of a dump hey.
you would think they'd be able to find a better venue closer to Sydney.. | |
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