100th post

Day 1:

Fenced in women's sabre event and clinched the gold medal. Hooray! I was initially rather worried about the Youth Developement Squad Girls but as it turned out, they weren't that intimidating. The epeeists (Sophie and Ruth) turned sabreurs did very well, clinching sixth and seventh position. Joanna was third so I hope our combined points is good enough to give us a bi.
Thanks to all supporters (RJC fencers), my coach David and all others who were there!
Watched Darren eat dinner at KFC while I sipped milkshake and chattered inanely. Returned home and watched the Professional later that nightand decided that Natalie Portman had the makings of a beauty at the tender age of 12. Pity about the bittersweet ending though.

Day 2:

For Men's Sabre, after thrilling matches with multiple parries, blade clashes, shouts of victories and near misses, the J1 beat the J2s 45-33. The J2s still managed to get the silver medal after beating TFC 45-44. Wing, JX and Alvin, for the hell of it, decided to fence in epee teams. Alvin fenced foil style, JX fenced sabre style and Wing attempted to fence epee style with highly amusing and sometimes effective results. They beat the eight seeded team and predictably lost to the strongest team with half their score. There was an intensely thrilling epee bout between SMU and VJC; with 10 second to go, VJC was up 42-43, inducing the SMU fencer to run straight at the VJC one the moment the signal was given. The VJC fencer scored the point and there was only one second left and the SMU fencer did something rather unsportsmanlike. He turned his back and took off his mask.
Did the usual scorekeeping, "cheerleading" and timekeeping and fenced epee with Darren. Didn't fare too well cus I'm too accustomed to slashing rather than poking. Played some warped version of captain's ball with VJC, jsut that the ball was replaced by masking tape and the captain had to catch it with a blade. They won 3-4 due to the overwhelming number of guys (7 to our 3) and I really enjoyed myself running back and forth, in the thick of the action. Better sleep early and fence nicely for womens' sabre team.

Thanks again Darren for being so understanding even though it wasn't you at all. Just lapsing into my petty, emo side once more.