Posts about tournament results.
Today, four Red Door epeeists competed in the annual Cantaloupe Open in Ames, hosted by the Iowa State University Fencing Club. Here’s how they placed:
Mixed epee:
Jim – 2nd
Chris – 6th
Julia – 8th
Mike – 9th
All of our athletes fenced well today, and we saw a lot of improvements over previous events this season. Full results can be found here: https://askfred.net/Results/results.php?tournament_id=28041
Today RDF hosted our first USA Fencing-sanctioned tournament at Valley Southwoods Freshman High School in West Des Moines. It was a fun local event, with strong showings from several area clubs and a few folks from out of state. Here’s how the RDF fencers placed:
Saber:
Shelton – 10
Samual – 13
Epee:
Jim – 1
Chris – 3
Julia – 6
Sarah – 8
Mike – 10
Carl – 11
The full results are available on AskFred:
http://askfred.net/Results/results.php?tournament_id=27707
Ames, IA – Six epeeists and 4 saber fencers from RDF competed at Iowa Games this Saturday. It was the first tournament for several, and the first tournament in a long time for a couple others, and a low-key, friendly competition overall.
Full epee results can be found here: https://events.clearthunder.com/index.php?module=thunder&cmd=publicresultsevent&subevent=29662&event=SG2014
Saber results can be found here: https://events.clearthunder.com/index.php?module=thunder&cmd=publicresultsevent&subevent=29668&event=SG2014
Minneapolis, MN – Several RDF fencers competed at the April North American Cup this weekend.
RJ Lesch fenced Veteran Men’s Saber, Vet-50 Men’s Saber, and Veteran Team Saber. RJ’s work to get in shape has paid off – 3 events in three days can be tough, but RJ said he’s feeling pretty good after all that.
This was Mike Timmons’ first NAC, and he fenced Veteran Men’s Epee on Friday. He won two pool bouts but lost his first direct elimination bout 7-10.
Sarah Timmons Powell fenced Division 2 Women’s Epee on an injured hamstring and finished 11th of 48. She lost to eventual gold medalist Maggie Snider from the Iowa City Fencing Center.
Division 1 national championships were held in conjunction with this NAC, so we also got to watch the top fencers in the country, including our Olympic athletes, compete.
Ames, IA – Two RDF epeeists competed at Iowa State University Fencing Club’s Frosty Open tournament in Ames on Sunday. Jim Musgrave placed 2nd and Sarah Timmons Powell finished 8th of 28.
Lincoln, NE – On Sunday, four RDF fencers participated in the Icicle Invitational tournament hosted by the Lincoln Fencing Club.
Of 48 fencers in mixed epee, Jim Musgrave placed 10th, Sarah Timmons Powell placed 16th, and Mike Timmons placed 23rd. Sarah was also 2nd of 15 in women’s epee.
Of 15 fencers in mixed saber, RJ Lesch placed 10th.
Full results are posted here on askFred.
Dallas, TX – Three RDF members competed at the North American Cup tournament this weekend: Sarah Timmons Powell fenced Division 1 Women’s Epee on Friday, Jim Musgrave fenced Division 1 Men’s Epee on Saturday, and RJ Lesch fenced Vet-50 Men’s Saber on Sunday.
Sarah went 1-5 in pools so she did not make the 80% promotion to the direct elimination round, but she did score at least 2 points on all of her opponents. “I guess that’s not too bad for my first Div 1,” she said. She ended 118 of 138.
Jim was 2-4 out of pools (-6 indicator) and made the cut, but lost his first DE bout 15-4. He ended up 180 of 254.
RJ was 3-2 in pools and lost his first DE 10-7, ending 20th of 36 in Vet-50 Men’s Saber. Overall, RJ felt pretty positive about the experience.
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