On May 27, 2000, Kristy, Mike and myself went to Fort Ticonderoga for an
épée
tournament. This tournament was different from most as it was set
outside. The fencing strips were set up in the fort's parade
grounds. The grounds were only dirt covered so things got a little dusty
at times. The fort was still open to normal visitors so we had plenty of
spectators and I am sure they were more than little surprised to see lots
of people sword fighting.
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Here I (far side) am in a pool bout. This is the only pool
bout I won. I had a tough pool. The top two finishers in the
tournament came from my pool. I missed making the Direct
Eliminations (D.E) by one. They took 40. I was ranked 41. |
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| Here is Kristy (black pants) in one of her pool bouts. Becca
Reger is directing. Kristy won two of her pool bouts so she
made it to the D.E.s. She wound up being ranked 37th. |
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Here is Kristy (black pants) in a pool bout against Becca Reger.
Kristy won the bout. Mike has a hard time beating Becca and
almost always loses to her in competition. |
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| Here is Mike (black pants) in a pool bout. For the second
year in a row Mike was fortunate enough to have his pool on the
grass. Mike made the D.E.s as well. |
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Here is Kristy (black pants) in her D.E. bout. She started off
good, 5-2, but then her opponent discovered her weakness, being
charged, and she wound up losing. |
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| Here is Mike (black pants) in his D.E. bout. Mike mounted a late
charge but it wasn't enough and he lost. |
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Here the three of us after being eliminated. From left to
right are: me, Kristy, and Mike. Even though we were all
elimated early we had to stay around till the end since they were
using our strip equipment. We got to see some good fencing
while we waited though and everyone had a good time. |
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