In Women’s Veteran Epee, Tina won two of her pool bouts but unfortunately missed the cut for DE’s by 1 touch (again). Sally fenced valiantly but did not make DE’s.
In Division 2 Men’s Epee, Alex was 3-3 in pools earning a promotion into the next round. Alex jumped on his opponent in his first DE and came out victorious. In the next round, Alex was not able to repeat the crushing and lost the bout. His performance earned him a 62nd place finish.
Division 2 Men’s Foil had Julio going 4-2 in pools and seeding 22 out of about 102. Earning himself a first round bye but he lost his first DE in what he called a “fun war of attrition/chess match” which resulting in the “better fencer” winning. Yves was 3-3 in pools but was knocked out in the round of 16.
In Division 3 Men’s Sabre, Ben bounced his way to a 4-1 finish out of pools earning a 18th seed. In his DE bout, the coach of his opponent was screaming “HE IS FENCING EPEE!! USE RIGHT OF WAY!!” and during the minute break was seen to be demonstrating the “Epee bounce”. This apparently was enough information for as opponent as Ben lost the bout 15-14.
In Division 3 Men’s Epee, Alex came out of pools with 3-3 record again making the promotion to DE’s. What happened in Alex’s DE is unclear, according to Amy Yu it “happened too fast”.
Division 2 Women’s Epee arrived with Tina sick and not able to participate. Sally had an educational experience in pools while fencing many well adjectived opponents (bouncy, pokey and twirley) but did make the cut for DE’s. Judi did her best to behave but was picto-stupid in her fencing (read: moving a little more than she should have) and was 3-2. However, she lost her first DE despite Ben’s coaching with an accent (“Go for da toe, eh!”) and his own demonstration of the “epee bounce”
In Veteran’s Men’s Foil, Julio was 4-2 in pools earning a 15th seed. His first DE bout was a nail biting bout resulting in him making a massive come back to win 3-2 in the second period. Unfortunately, he was not able to repeat this feat in his next DE and was knocked out. Jon counter-blustered his way through his first DE. Jon skillfully recognized the parameters under which the referee’s would throw cards and used them to his advantage (read: He realized that the refs were allowing “bumper fencing” and used it to win). In his next DE, Jon’s opponent was able to bend space-time in such a manner as to not allow Jon’s point to land. Jon’s fencing did result in his earning of a medal as he finished in 6th place. Great job, Jon!!
