Surprisingly with the start of the new season there seems a dearth of items recently...
Ebling
rbebling@...
Sep 1, 2001 11:10 am
1412
There all on there hols. Has anyone found amusment in the cover of the BFA reports and accounts that has just gone out.. Keith Smith shaking hands with a...
Stone Fencing
stonefencing@...
Sep 1, 2001 2:00 pm
1413
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Steven Allen
steven.allen@...
Sep 2, 2001 10:06 am
1414
just to remind everyone, my 21st party (actually its' my & Vicki's joint 21st) is this Saturday. Come along, bring a friend. Saturday, 8pm, Bar 396 on...
gibsonrg@...
Sep 5, 2001 8:05 am
1415
... From: Fencing Footage -Michael Aufrichtig [mailto:maufrichtig@...] Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 1:26 AM To: Undisclosed-Recipient:; Subject:...
Steven Allen
steven.allen@...
Sep 11, 2001 10:23 pm
1416
Dear all, How many of us referee? At the club; at competitions during poules; at the later stages of comps;. I'd be interested in finding out about peoples...
Hunter, Ian
ihunter@...
Sep 13, 2001 11:44 am
1417
The trick is that referee's must be good enough to command the respect of the fencers. So the question becomes "how do you get the respect of the fencers?" -...
john@...
Sep 13, 2001 2:31 pm
1418
And this is precisely why it is so difficult to get enyone to referee at competitions. If a fencer didn't throw his toys out of the pram every time he got a...
Simon Axon
simon.axon@...
Sep 13, 2001 3:14 pm
1419
At the risk of falling off my soapbox, I have to say that the 'problem' with referees/refereeing (and I assume you're talking about foil here) stems from a...
Alan Grafton
alan.grafton@...
Sep 13, 2001 4:13 pm
1420
Just to add to that last year at the Welsh a female foilist made a point of arguing every decision in her pool when referreed by peers. Doesn't this say ...
Paul Arnold
mr_chatterbox21@...
Sep 13, 2001 5:30 pm
1421
hope to see u all @ the viking shield 22nd Sept.Saturday merlin...
merlin enterprises
merlinenterprises@...
Sep 13, 2001 7:49 pm
1422
I think perhaps I have lived a sheltered life..... I should have mentioned that I spend my time at Epee competitions, not foil so I don't know how foilists...
john@...
Sep 14, 2001 10:02 am
1423
Unfortunately a tap on the ankle is seen as a trip in Rugby. I have seen many similar decisions made, though I think it does depend on the referee. Arguing...
Rob Lovett
rob_lovett@...
Sep 14, 2001 11:00 am
1424
I am the parent who cheers on his son - or other members of his club and friends. I used to fence - mainly foil because most clubs did, because to include ...
Ebling
rbebling@...
Sep 14, 2001 12:51 pm
1425
Which is why rugby is so much better behaved than (e.g.) football. If you have thirty large hairy lads in your charge, the only way to keep them in order is...
Simon Axon
simon.axon@...
Sep 14, 2001 1:25 pm
1426
I can't preside foil and sabre so I don't argue against the results - I practising at my sabre presiding so I can do it at club nights - epee I can and do...
Roger Barnes
rogerd@...
Sep 16, 2001 11:13 pm
1427
Some interesting ideas. From my experience of referees, they appear to spend much less time practising refereeing than the fencers. Training is best when it...
Martin Brill
brill@...
Sep 17, 2001 8:52 am
1428
I find presiding epee slightly boring and foil confuses me now, to be honest, but I can preside sabre ok. I beat someone at the Bristol this w/end in the DE...
Martha S
groovypixie@...
Sep 17, 2001 11:18 am
1429
... Much of it depends on the quality of whatever practise they do get. I would suggest that a driver who has received advanced driver training, but only...
Simon Axon
simon.axon@...
Sep 17, 2001 1:00 pm
1430
Perhaps the comments of referees came at the wrong/right time and made me acutely aware and supersensitive to the quality of the referees. Sunday was the...
Ebling
rbebling@...
Sep 17, 2001 1:05 pm
1431
... I preside occassionally at club and BUSA competitions and I know that I'm not going to get it "right " 100% of the time. However I do try. I recently took...
paganbirch@...
Sep 17, 2001 4:34 pm
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... I also have to admit that if I had been president and somebody at a compitition had argued with me with as much gusto, as I did to that president, they...
Mike
paganbirch@...
Sep 18, 2001 11:33 am
1433
Any Epeeist thinking about going to Alencon =============================== I have tried to attach Nic Granjon's poster so hope that you can read all about it....
Ebling
rbebling@...
Sep 24, 2001 9:46 am
1434
Apologies in advance for the trivial question: I'm currently working out how I'm going to get to the Leicester Open. I can't seem to find any railway station ...
Heather Maclaren
heather@...
Sep 29, 2001 4:50 pm
1435
If it's in the same venue as last year then it's a taxi ride from the station (about £5). Note though that there seems to be a great shortage of taxis in...
Roger Barnes
rogerd@...
Sep 29, 2001 6:21 pm
1436
Hello everyone I would be most grateful for recommendations based on personal experiences of fencing clubs in London. I learned to fence with foil many (many)...
Gerard Clarke
gerardclarke@...
Oct 1, 2001 3:48 pm
1437
Hi George We are not quite in the centre of London but just on the M25 at Egham. We are an established club that has been running for more than 25 years now. ...
Mick Johnson
mick_g_johnson@...
Oct 1, 2001 5:06 pm
1438
Depends on where you live - Streatham and Polytechnic are pretty funky mixed ability clubs (since that is where I fence); although Wimbledon, Kingston, Salle...
Roger Barnes
rogerd@...
Oct 1, 2001 8:49 pm
1439
I suggest Northampton by rail and take a taxi - it's not that far (on outskirts of the small-ish city), and a taxi driver is likely to know where to go. David ...
David Kirby
david.kirby@...
Oct 2, 2001 4:25 am
1440
Thanks Roger, I have replied to you off list, but let me know if the message does not reach you. Gerard...
