Tuesday 3/29

Despite being on the official Carver Gym schedule there was no fencing tonight. Several officers showed up to redirect those people who didn't get the message.

Of note:
Fencing this quarter will start at 7pm, not 8pm, and will happen Tuesday and Thursday. The Sunday practice is no more. Also, we're back in Gym D, at least until Intermurals start up again. Some interest was shown in a 'spontanious fencers' list, as well.

More info when we have it.

Sunday 3/13

There was no official practice today. While the schedule did show that we had the gym reserved, there was no employee at Carver to allow us in.

The next practice will most likely be Tuesday, the 29th. Which is the first day of school.

Ladder 3/8

The Ladder continues. Today we got the first rounds of the Direct Elimination phase of it out of the way. There is at least one more day's worth of bouting, though, so we're not done yet.

The Equipment should arrive any day now. It was ordered a week ago Monday, and the vendor is usually pretty good about getting stuff out the door. Sadly, it won't be here in time for fencing this quarter.

There is almost definitely no fencing practice next week during finals week. Our experience during Fall quarter showed that our standing reservation isn't good during Finals. Should that change, I'll post it here.

We are still on for this Sunday, though.

Sunday 3/6

A smaller turnout. Several people who attended the tournament did show up, and worked through observations gleaned during the tournament.

Spring Clean Open results

The results have been posted!

Colin placed 14th
Greg placed 16th
Brandon placed 19th
KY placed 20th
Kevin placed 24th

Kevin showed a remarkable bout in his direct-elimination bout. Fencing the 9th seed, he managed to go 15-11. He even had a lead for a few points there. He was the first of the WWU DE bouts fenced, and it was a very good start.

KY fenced a strong bout against the 13th seed, pulling in a final score of 15-13.

Greg, seeded 19th, fenced the 14th seed and won. The final score was 15-12, and Greg advanced to the second round. There was no audience for this bout as two other WWU fencers were having their own DE bouts at the same time.

Colin and Brandon had the unluck of fencing each other in the first round DE. Colin won 15-6, and advanced to the second round.

Greg fenced the first 2nd round bout. The opponent got a bye for the first round, and was tied for the 2nd seed. The fencer also holds a C2005 ranking, and was Greg's first pool-bout as well.. Greg managed to bring in a hard-fought 15-8 result, losing but happy with it.

Colin fenced the other 2nd round bout. The opponent also got a bye on the first round, and was the other fencer tied for 2nd-seed. The fencer also holds a D2004 ranking, and also was Colin's first pool-bout. The opponent was very aggressive, and very flick-resistant. Colin managed to pull in a 15-6 result.

Ladder 3/1

The Pool phase of the Ladder was completed today. All three pools finished off. The pool sheets will be used to tabulate the direct-elimination stage which will be started next week. Due to absentees, certain pools did not fence all bouts. This will complicate scoring, though that also will be worked out by Tuesday.

It was learned at the Sports Council meeting earlier in the day that the electrical equipment order was not submitted to the vendor until Monday of this week. Because of this, it will require a small miracle for the equipment to arrive in time for this weekend's tournament. As a couple of people intending to go to the tournament this weekend were only going if the order had arrived, this will very likely reduce the number of people we are sending to Eugene. It may turn out that we don't need to rent a van, and can take private transportation. That option will be determined Friday.