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June 04, 2005

A rare win . . . for me!

Today was a trip up to near Peterborough, Ontario, to compete in a rapier tournament (part of the SCA event "Pikeman's Pleasure" run by the Petrea Thule SCA group). To my utter amazement, I won the tournament. Not only that, but I won the tournament absolutely untouched: no losses in any bouts, and no touches against me in any of those bouts. Given my nearly year-long layoff from active SCA fencing, I have to attribute my sudden success to the new sword I was using today: a Darkwoods Armory 42" rapier. Up until today, I've been fencing with 36" practice schlager blades — the extra length was a very pleasant surprise for me, and an unpleasant one for my opponents.

Now the less impressive back-story: it was a very small turnout to the tournament, so the absolute worst I could have done was finishing fourth!

That being said, each of my opponents has beaten me in the past, so it was far from being a predictable result.

Can you tell that I'm still delighted with the results?

Posted by Nicholas at June 4, 2005 08:59 PM
Comments
Well met! Posted by: Barbara at June 6, 2005 10:27 AM
Fan-effing-tastic! Posted by: Anne at June 6, 2005 10:55 AM
Contratulations on the win. I know that you will be in a better frame of mind at your next tourney. Maybe you will win it too. I hope so. Posted by: Clive at June 7, 2005 11:41 AM
nice job, man. Now all you have to do is come down here and teach me how to use mine, and we'll be untouchable! Posted by: Liam at June 7, 2005 04:20 PM


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