This year's USFA Summer Nationals were
held July 3 - July11 at Liberty Hall
in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
Hundreds of competitors from around
America and world came to test their skills
and take their chances against their peers.
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Murphy's Law Strikes Again! Always, have
several spares because you KNOW at least one of your epees is going to go
out. Usually at exactly the wrong time.
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HFC was well represented by Brian Parker who,
although an old hand at competing, was fencing in Division 1-A Men's Epee
for the very first time.
Out of 96 competitors in his 1-A/ME, Brian was
seeded 67th after the pool bouts and came in 32 in the DEs, defeating Sean
Harder in the round of 64 and losing only to Patrick Gettings from Notre
Dame in the round of 32.
Not bad for a first shot at that
level.
Just wait til next year! ;-)
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Brian takes the piste for his bout against Sean.
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Brian introduces Deborah to the wonderful
world of tournament vendors. Her shopping
genes may never be the same.
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A PINK mask!?! Oh, they gotta be kidding!
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The 'Lesson Learned' this time around?
If you must travel more than a couple
of hours to get to a tournament
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Arrive A Day Early!
After all day on the road, we arrived the night
before Brian had to fence. Next day all of us felt like we had been
run over by a Mac truck. But after one day's rest, everybody was
back to normal and Brian was back to his energetic,
aggressive fencing self.
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