Hey Everyone!!
We had a Fantastic Comp on Thursday! It’s a Big Deal for our small club to pull of a D1- fielding 15 fencers E and under!!! Thank You to our refs, bout committee, & Jeff for food and All the Awesome Parents who attended supporting each other during the stressful/ uplifting experiences of a Comp!!
Highlights:
1st timers Milo, Ashley, and Michele all demonstrated great attitude s towards the challenges of this experience!! The Saylors fielded all 5 family members!
Memphis Earning his E!!
In the Y12 Mixed:
Evie lunged her way to a 3-1 out pools! Milo fought for every touch! Elijah scored 6 single lights in a row against Charlie in his DE!
In the Final: Reigning Y12 Champ Saige struggled hard in pools to find her grounding 2-2…but this didn’t stop her from regrouping emotionally to put herself in the finals against Charlie who hadn’t lost a bout all night and looked determined to win! It came down to 14-14… tension was high…Charlie attacked off the line but fell short than engaging in follow up preparation to attack Saige ceased the moment to attack into Charlie’s Prep for the Win!! Awesome fencing you two!!
In the D1 Mixed epee:
Let’s be clear because it was a D1 Comp, the bouting was Serious/Intense.
Memphis showing his improvement in the comp setting fenced solid to a 4-0 record in pools. Henry/Achiel also 4-0. Jackson also improved his past comp experiences by being 3-1.
DEs had an upset Nilo( 11) ousting Jeff(6) but it was the semis that brought the Heat Up!!
Cedric fencing with Fury, Athleticism and Grit took the lead from Achiel out of the gate… it wasn’t looking good for Achiel (who was fencing solid all night). However, Cedric took his foot off the gas just enough that allowed Achiel back into the bout with Series of Parry 4 Riposte only to find ourselves at 14-14!! Cedric hesitated in his attack Achiel did a step lunge to win the bout. Cedric did renew his E.
In the Semi- Memphis controlled the bout with great counter attacks and strategic doubles to 12-9 til Henry made a tactical/ distance adjustment with his Attacks taking the lead 14-12 but Memphis fought his way back to 14-14! Henry pushed off the line Memphis hesitate just a moment in his Counter Attack and Henry landed the touch to win!
In the Final: Henry from the get go realized if he didn’t control the strip Achiel would be all over him…. And that’s what Henry did with constant pressure with flèche s and strong parry riposte. Achiel just couldn’t respond. Henry Earning his D! Achiel renewed his E
Thanks to Everyone for creating a great atmosphere at the comp!!
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