On May 26, 2001, Kristy, Mike, Dave 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. My opponent is Viveka
Fox. It wa sclose but she beat me 5-4. I was 27th after
pools. |
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| Here is Kristy (left) in one of her pool bouts. She wound up
breaking her
épéeduring the course of the day. |
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Here is Dave (right) in one of his pool bouts. Dave was in
my pool and for some strange reason actually beat me. Dave was
ranked 11th after pools but injured his ankle so he finished in
22nd. |
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| Here is Mike (black pants) in a pool bout. |
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Here is Kristy (right) in her D.E. bout. They had an extra
women's event this year so after losing her D.E. she went and fenced
another D.E. there. |
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| Here is Dave (left) in his D.E. bout. Dave hurt his ankle so he
wound up losing and finishing in 22nd place. In my second D.E.
I avenged him by beating this guy. |
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Here I (right) am in my first D.E. Yes that is a little kid
I am fencing. She was ranked 6th after pools so don't feel too
bad for her. I wound up finishing in 6th place. |
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| Here is Mike (black pants) in his D.E. bout. Mike wound up
finishing in 4th place. |
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Here are the four of us at the end of the day. From left to
right are: Kristy, me, Mike, and Dave. Due to a threat of rain
teh turnout was smaller than normal (30 soemthing) and the D.E.s
were shortened to 10 points except for the finals which were
15. Everything wrapped up just as the rain
started. |
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