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redfiona99) wrote2014-11-02 01:56 am
redfiona99) wrote2014-11-02 01:56 am
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Did the Leeds Open
The answer to "how are the refs applying the new parry rules in foil?" is "interestingly". I am being a little mean because hey, at least there was a ref and it's a hellish job, but when he calls the same hit two different ways, it makes life a little difficult. I don't mind reffing using the old rules, I don't mind reffing using the new rules, I object to inconsistency.
By the by, my opponent agreed with my confusion, so it's not just me being a sour loser.
Anyway, I finishing w3-l3 after the pool and I really shouldn't be complaining because there was a time when I would have killed for that sort of result and it's my fault for 1) not getting single lights and 2) not making it clear to the ref that the hit was mine, all mine.
Unfortunately, due to ranking weirdness (no-one's fault, v. good fencer back after a long injury absence so she was down as an unranked fencer and then happened to her opponents) and a couple of people not being awake for in their pool matches, I drew O in the knockouts. Which is bad because she is a good leftie. I was expecting to be pummeled so only losing 15-10 made me ecstatic.
Two more things that made me happy:
1 - Two separate people asked me for fencing advice, I must look like I know what I'm doing.
2 - One of the two got the exact same advice from the woman that won the competition so, to an extent, I do know what I'm talking about.
- one of the London clubs is starting to send its fencers up to the Northern competitions. I suspect that it's to hunt for ranking points because they're not quite good enough to get a large number of points in the Southern comps (the very, very good fencers are split between London and Edinburgh, but the average is better in the Southern comps) but they can get decent results in the Northern ones. Obviously this might start to tilt the balance of power and might mean the Southern fencers might just cross the Watford gap for things that aren't the Birmingham.
There is but one problem.
The coach for the deliberately unnamed club is the most annoying coach to fence against. All his fencers have the same awkward style, which works to an extent. It beats scrubs like me but if they come up against anyone that's actually any good, they lose. The main annoyance though is that he coaches his fencers while they're on piste, which is a no-no. Now, at a competition like the Leeds, no-one is going to card him because it's just not worth the fuss (although T who was reffing some of matches his fencers fenced in was looking murderously at him) but one day, one of his fencers is going to be in a fight where his comments would help and it'll be worth something, and he'll run into a grumpy FIE ref and be carded. Some of us may be looking forward to this day.
Of course the day had been going far too well so TransPennine decided to muck up my journey home. I was tired, grumpy and stuck on a train full of obnoxious drunks :( A disgruntled e-mail is heading their way.
By the by, my opponent agreed with my confusion, so it's not just me being a sour loser.
Anyway, I finishing w3-l3 after the pool and I really shouldn't be complaining because there was a time when I would have killed for that sort of result and it's my fault for 1) not getting single lights and 2) not making it clear to the ref that the hit was mine, all mine.
Unfortunately, due to ranking weirdness (no-one's fault, v. good fencer back after a long injury absence so she was down as an unranked fencer and then happened to her opponents) and a couple of people not being awake for in their pool matches, I drew O in the knockouts. Which is bad because she is a good leftie. I was expecting to be pummeled so only losing 15-10 made me ecstatic.
Two more things that made me happy:
1 - Two separate people asked me for fencing advice, I must look like I know what I'm doing.
2 - One of the two got the exact same advice from the woman that won the competition so, to an extent, I do know what I'm talking about.
- one of the London clubs is starting to send its fencers up to the Northern competitions. I suspect that it's to hunt for ranking points because they're not quite good enough to get a large number of points in the Southern comps (the very, very good fencers are split between London and Edinburgh, but the average is better in the Southern comps) but they can get decent results in the Northern ones. Obviously this might start to tilt the balance of power and might mean the Southern fencers might just cross the Watford gap for things that aren't the Birmingham.
There is but one problem.
The coach for the deliberately unnamed club is the most annoying coach to fence against. All his fencers have the same awkward style, which works to an extent. It beats scrubs like me but if they come up against anyone that's actually any good, they lose. The main annoyance though is that he coaches his fencers while they're on piste, which is a no-no. Now, at a competition like the Leeds, no-one is going to card him because it's just not worth the fuss (although T who was reffing some of matches his fencers fenced in was looking murderously at him) but one day, one of his fencers is going to be in a fight where his comments would help and it'll be worth something, and he'll run into a grumpy FIE ref and be carded. Some of us may be looking forward to this day.
Of course the day had been going far too well so TransPennine decided to muck up my journey home. I was tired, grumpy and stuck on a train full of obnoxious drunks :( A disgruntled e-mail is heading their way.