Happy 2001!!! At Stone Fencing Club we are organising our first fencing comp. It is a friendly foil competition for fencers of all levels. Great prizes for...
steve allen
steven.allen@...
Jan 1, 2001 11:46 am
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Hi all and a Happy New Year to you. I have decided to try fencing this year ( one of my more sensible resolutions....) I am based in Coventry in the Midlands...
Adam.Redshaw@...
Jan 2, 2001 8:53 pm
1020
There are many good clubs in your area, but I live further north in Staffs.I expect the good club members local to you will post a reply for you. If not I will...
Steven Allen
steven.allen@...
Jan 2, 2001 10:50 pm
1021
Dear Adam, Lots of excellent fencing in Coventry and Warwick. Coventry Racquets Club on a Friday evening for example - call Peter Rome on 0247 641 7710 or...
David Kirby
david.kirby@...
Jan 2, 2001 11:15 pm
1022
Adam, give Peter Rome (peter@...) a buzz - he does Coventry and Warwick David ... From: Adam.Redshaw@......
David Kirby
david.kirby@...
Jan 2, 2001 11:16 pm
1023
No - most of our lot at Streatham started then - I started at 32....
Roger Barnes
rogerd@...
Jan 3, 2001 10:36 am
1024
Many thanks to you all, Tamworth is a bit far... I shall certainly try and contact Peter. So nice to have found a good response! I am more determined to give...
Adam Redshaw
Adam.Redshaw@...
Jan 3, 2001 7:13 pm
1025
After several years abroad, I've recently arrived here at Shrivenham and the Royal Military College of Science. The fencing club is staggering along (was less...
TIM KIDWELL
kidwells@...
Jan 3, 2001 7:27 pm
1026
have forwarded your request to Shaun Garley who teaches in Gloucester (amongst other venues) - shaungarley@... - He is a professional coach ie full...
Ebling
rbebling@...
Jan 4, 2001 10:43 am
1027
Hope to cu all... Good fencing. merlin 24 hr. delivery available for the orders placed by 13hrs. mon-thurs. For exports ~ payments by wire transfer or UK...
merlin enterprises
merlinenterprises@...
Jan 4, 2001 4:26 pm
1028
Am I correct in thinking they "expire" after 5 years ? Does the same apply to masks ?...
Roger Barnes
rogerd@...
Jan 4, 2001 5:45 pm
1029
Full details of the first men's sabre World Cup (A-grade) event of 2001 can now be found at www.TheSabreClub.com Don't miss your chance to see the best sabre...
Prof. Neil M Brown
neil.brown7@...
Jan 4, 2001 9:26 pm
1030
hope to c u there ... good fencing. merlin 24 hr. delivery available for the orders placed by 13hrs. mon-thurs. For exports ~ payments by wire transfer or UK...
merlin enterprises
merlinenterprises@...
Jan 5, 2001 10:38 am
1031
I have just had notice form Moneteau that the event will now be on the 18th March 01. Neil -- Prof. Neil Brown 7 Holway Road, Taunton, TA1 2EZ, GREAT BRITAIN ...
Prof. Neil M Brown
neil.brown7@...
Jan 5, 2001 6:12 pm
1032
If not using a computer to run a club comp, can anyone give any advice on the best way of reading the results. Forinstance if you had 3x sets of pools,...
Steven Allen
steven.allen@...
Jan 6, 2001 9:49 am
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Steve There are a couple of ways of doing this you could have a pool unique (Where everyone fences each other I.E. instead of three pools of seven you would ...
Peter Rome
peter@...
Jan 6, 2001 1:08 pm
1034
Another way is to adopt chess's "Swiss System": You seed the tournament and have a first round as in direct elimination: for a field of thirty-two, that's...
Stephan Khinoy
skhinoy@...
Jan 6, 2001 6:36 pm
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Simon Axon
simon.axon@...
Jan 7, 2001 9:32 pm
1036
Sorry all, the first one was due to a bottle of red going the wrong (or right!) way... If you don't want to run DEs, you'll probably want to run a couple of...
Simon Axon
simon.axon@...
Jan 7, 2001 9:44 pm
1037
Thanks Simon, some good advice there.Thansk to for other replies. We have a full day to run it, and are inviting to any other fencers who wish to enter from...
Steven Allen
steven.allen@...
Jan 7, 2001 10:28 pm
1038
Richard, Thanks for your help. I have e-mailed Shaun and David Kirby from Evesham has been in touch so there is hope! Thank you again, Tim Kidwell ... From:...
TIM KIDWELL
kidwells@...
Jan 8, 2001 9:41 am
1039
This might be a quicker way of fencing a poule unique: Split the fencers into blocks (of 2/3/4) and then assign the blocks to rounds of pools so that each...
Roger Barnes
rogerd@...
Jan 8, 2001 1:08 pm
1040
... Er - Then it's not a poule unique? ... Problem with this one is that in the second round, some of the "best" fencers must get artificially low numbers of...
Simon Axon
simon.axon@...
Jan 8, 2001 1:48 pm
1041
... It is. ... The final result is the order of the top pool. ... We do all three ... (and there may be 20 foilists next year). Hence two rounds of pools only....
Roger Barnes
rogerd@...
Jan 8, 2001 2:17 pm
1042
... So the fencers who end up in the top poule, but had a larger proportion of the "easier" fencers in their first poule get a head-start on the others,...
Simon Axon
simon.axon@...
Jan 8, 2001 3:25 pm
1043
... Three poules, top two in each poule go through to the top poule. Hopefully we can get the initial seeding right so that the initail three poules are evenly...
Roger Barnes
rogerd@...
Jan 8, 2001 3:52 pm
1044
Are the rest of you asleep, or do you all agree (with both of us!!) ... If it's the top two, you may well get the promotion from very similar fencers based...
Simon Axon
simon.axon@...
Jan 8, 2001 4:29 pm
1045
... With two poules -I can see the problem with three if the sedding is cocked. ... Sad I know - I even went to a *non* drinking fencing club on Friday instead...
Roger Barnes
rogerd@...
Jan 8, 2001 4:43 pm
1046
Okay, here's a good one - does anyone have any comments on the (proposed?) safety regulations due to come in on Jan 1 2003? Details on the BFA web-site...
Simon Axon
simon.axon@...
Jan 10, 2001 9:27 am
1047
Oh, I agree that New Years Resolutions are rubbish...I'm a bit lost with everything else, to be honest. A-levels do that to the brain, they turn it into...
