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graculusThis weekend was my first proper epee competition and, as the title suggests, I did not come last! I may have come next to last by one point but the point still stands... ;)
I'm not sure what the overall level was like compared to normal, since there was also a massive competition elsewhere in the country that literally had ten times the women epeeists at, but I'll take it. The folks I fenced were better than me but not ridiculously so. I'd set myself targets for hits in both the poule round and the direct elimination and exceeded all of them, as well as keeping my concentration - in fact, one poule match I might have gone on to win if I hadn't been sporting and admitted that I'd hit the table holding the scoring equipment (don't ask) before I hit my opponent.
In the DE round, I was beaten by the teenager who went on to win the entire thing. She was just quicker and more accurate than me a lot of the time but I did get 7 points off her, a lot of them double hits (meaning I hit her as she hit me, within 40 milliseconds).
Next competition is our club internal competition, then I'm off to fight other folks again next month. Still lots to work with and I'm pretty happy how I got on. :)
I'm not sure what the overall level was like compared to normal, since there was also a massive competition elsewhere in the country that literally had ten times the women epeeists at, but I'll take it. The folks I fenced were better than me but not ridiculously so. I'd set myself targets for hits in both the poule round and the direct elimination and exceeded all of them, as well as keeping my concentration - in fact, one poule match I might have gone on to win if I hadn't been sporting and admitted that I'd hit the table holding the scoring equipment (don't ask) before I hit my opponent.
In the DE round, I was beaten by the teenager who went on to win the entire thing. She was just quicker and more accurate than me a lot of the time but I did get 7 points off her, a lot of them double hits (meaning I hit her as she hit me, within 40 milliseconds).
Next competition is our club internal competition, then I'm off to fight other folks again next month. Still lots to work with and I'm pretty happy how I got on. :)
