Greensboro RYC 2007 Day 2
Yesterday was a good day. As a tournament organizer, everything was smooth and on time. No one needed medical help. No one cried, and no parents behaved badly.
As a coach it was a good day too. We fielded seven fencers and we brought home five medals. All in all a good day.
Today we have four fencers and I predict we'll be taking home four medals. We have good kids. No we are not one of those feel good sports were everyone wins and everyone gets a prize. This is fencing, not happy feel good Barney day. If the blades were sharp there would be just one winner and a room full of dead kids. As we are a sport, there is a first, a second, and two thirds (that way we don't have to fence off for third).
As I wrote this one of our fencers just took third in Epee. That means the other will take first or second. The other two medals are still up in the air, but I am confident in my fencers.
If you are interested in coming out and seeing what all of the fuss is about, we are on the UNCG campus, in the Health and Human Performance Building (HHP) in the UNCG ancestral home of fencing the Coleman Research Gym (room 248).
I suspect the fencing will wind up today by about 4pm.
Ya'll come!
