Fencing Training yet again!

Had Derrick instead of David for fencing training today..nice, friendly decent-looking guy but didn't recieve many comments on what I was doing right or wrong during team bout. Did some footwork drills as always for warming up and realised I need to WASH and AIR my fencing apparel. The stench of sweat was nigh unbearable. Fenced team style to get the hang of it before the real deal on Sunday. Derrick arranged us according to our rankings for U-17s and so it was that me, Lester and Faii were in one team while Reub, Charmaine and Darren were in another. Of all the 3 bouts, the one with Reub went the worse..dind't manage to get a single point off him. Beat Darren because of a 2 point handicap and a little dose of luck. Beat Charmaine too but conceded too many points beacuse of attacking into her guard and poor distancing :(. The 5 point lead was thus closed to 2 point one. Our team lost in the final, decisive battle between Lester and Reub by a couple of points. On the bright side, I don't take so long to suit up any more though I keep on taking stuff that isn't mine (by accident!) :P.
Soon after, the SJC ( Saint Joseph's Convent btw, not Serangoon JC) sabreurs came and we were to fence teams with them. It was Reub, Lester, me, Kai Ling and Sivi in one team and Darren, Faii, Charmaine, Charmaine (the one I fenced for U-17s and got whooped by) and Kimberly. The first team to win 8 bouts would win. I was to fence Kimberly and was initially rather worried as she had 3 years of experience whereas I had less than 6 months. Luckily, she wasn't as tough as Charmaine and I somehow manage to scrape a 5 - 8 (still lost :P). I hope I will be able to sustain or better this performance during U-17 teams. If the gap is too big, Noelle won't be able to save her team despite her prowess. At the mention of Noelle's name, the SJC sabreurs seemed a little intimidated...
Anyway, back to the team event. Charmaine whooped Lester 8 - 6 (girls have a 4 point handicap cus guys are supposed to be twice as fast) and Reub ripped the RJ Charmaine 8- 3. Sivi, who happens to be a left hander, beat Faii 6 -8. Those were the more memorable bouts and to sum it up, we were both even at 3 wins each when Derrick decided to have a make or break last bout due to a lack of time. Despite his recurring ankle injury, Lester manage to clinch a narrow victory agaisnt Faii (maybe the cheering and hooting helped too :p!). Charmaine gave us some of her delicious home-made cookies which we shared with the rest. In reciprocation, we treated them to 2 packets of ice lemon tea.
Before Reub and Darren left, Darren gave me a wooden keychain with the lyrics of Zombie on it as thanks for coming to his party (so sweet ain't it =) ). He cleverly put it in the fencing context - "In your head, in your head they are fighting..." Bade goodbye to them and waited for Pok to finish filling up his form before leaving the place while explaining how teams worked to Jin Han. Met Darren and Reub at the amphi lift landing and reminded Darren that there wasn't any point leaving his equipment in the lockers as he would have to retrieve it on Sunday. Walked through RI with them, discussing about the team bout and parted ways again at the overhead bridge. Yes, the trip didn't seem so long cus you're INTERESTING people =P Been a fairly pleasant day so far methinks...

PS. Don't need to be so anal about mistaken identity la Reub. We know you're good =P !