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Here are a couple of videos that I took at Owen’s fencing tournament yesterday for Kevin to watch, since he was in Virginia with Jack at a wrestling tournament.
Owen had a great day. He went 5-1 in the pools and his only pool loss was 4-5 and the last … Read the rest⇒
We had a great couple of days in Ixtapa, Mexico with Owen at the PanAm Youth Games. He qualified to represent the U.S. and fence in the Y-10 men’s foil.
Owen placed fifth overall!
He almost placed third — the match was tied with :30 to go, but the other … Read the rest⇒
Owen did a great job is his first “major” fencing tournament. We’re still learning all the ins and outs of youth fencing, but there are a series of tournaments through the year that are semi-national called “Super Youth Tournaments.” Placing at one of these tournaments can give you points which … Read the rest⇒
Owen had a great fencing tournament … but his run was stalled before the semis when he ran into a kid almost four years older and about 14″ taller!! Despite that, he won the first bout of the elimination round (there are three bouts in an elimination match), then … Read the rest⇒
Fiona enjoys the ride down from the top of the wall
Fiona had a great time Saturday at her classmate’s birthday party at the Doylestown Rock Gym. As usual, she was fearless and shot right up the wall.
She seemed to really like working her way up the wall using … Read the rest⇒
Owen went to his first fencing tournament that wasn’t an in-house BCAF competition. We went down to Philly so he could fence in a youth foil tournament for kids born 1999-2002 (how that is U10, I don’t really know, but there’s a lot about fencing that we don’t get … Read the rest⇒
Owen placed third in his first “real” (electric, not dry) foil tournament Sunday. He was amazing and the best thing was that he got exponentially better as the day went on.
The tournament was supposed to have two groups, 10 and under (Owen is nine) and … Read the rest⇒
Owen’s fencing class held a mini mid-winter tournament, round robin style. Today was the third session of competition. OWEN IS THE CHAMPION of his class. He was undefeated in three weeks of bouts against his classmates. YEAH OWEN!! More photos are here.
Owen is a fencer.
He has wanted to fence ever since he knew the sport existed. He’s been bugging us to get him lessons. We finally contacted the fencing school in the area (the highly regarded Bucks County Academy of Fencing. However, they initially said they didn’t start fencers … Read the rest⇒
