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| Well, we went to Miami and brought some new blood to the national level. We also had some veterans come back for another crack at the title matches. We team flew down. Kevin made the top 32 and benefit from the repecharge that is being used this season to defeat Jones from Sacramento earning him the 22 Well, we went to Miami and brought some new blood to the national level. We spot. He is now pre-qualified for nationals. MIke has now won his first national also had some veterans come back for another crack at the title matches. We also had some veterans come back for another crack at the title matches. We did a invasion from the air and land. Matt and crew drove while the rest of the did a invasion from the air and land. Matt and crew drove while the rest of the team flew down. Kevin made the top 32 and benefit from the repecharge that is being used this season to defeat Jones from Sacramento earning him the 22 spot. He is now pre-qualified for nationals. MIke has now won his first national medal, funny he laughed when he realized it was in foil. He was the low man making it into the final 8. I guess our foil program is working well this season so far. Warren had a strong day in the sabre and now has a better understanding of why we train the way that we do. Karen had a great time with women's epee and a disappointing day with the sabre event. She did us all proud and came back after her injury to not only finish the pool but went on to fence her direct elimination bout when a person with "lesser" character would have just thrown in the towel. Great job Karen. Gabe went through all three weapons this weekend and saw fencing through a different level and will be coming back to train with a vengence. Finally, this was the first "big" event for Matt. I believe that now that he has been to the "mountain" he will be even a great asset to our mission to train and recruit the 1000 |
| To say that the trip was a walk down memory lane would be an understatement. With all the people that were there from the three areas of fencing that I have opened schools to then see a lot of these people where it all started was pretty amazing. The venue and the staff were top notch and seeing old friends is always worth the time and money to go. Seeing John from Canada was amazing. We shared many laughs about the old days of going back and forth to the tournaments in Canada and the stories of Vidosa. I was nice to here about his send off. It was truly how he would have wanted to be remembered. Running into the Abbonanzo brothers was a real surprise. I wish them all the luck with the ziptip. I think that they have a winner product. Let's see what else they come up with. |