Yeah, many rapid updates, but too bad.
I got back from the DeCicco Open a little while ago.
It was a pretty good time (and my first tournament back this season). I just fenced in the Men's Epee event. There were 42 fencers there and enough ratings to make it an A2 event.
My pool went fairly well (I could have/should have done better) and I ended up 3-2 with a +6 indicator. This seeded me at 16th place, or right about in the middle of the pack.
My first direct elimination bout went rather quickly (my opponent was a bit flustered as the body cord he came to the strip with was bad and he hadn't brought his spare with him. I used that to my advantage by not giving him time to calm down) and I proceeded to the next round.
There, I fenced the first seed (Chidel) but was unable to do what I wanted. He ended up defeating me 7-15. I did get to see him loose later that day to a really good female epeeist.
So overall I placed 15th (I was 16th seed but there was one upset in the round of 32 and the 26th or so seed ended up in the bracket with us so we all got bumped up one, I think).
So, there's my tournament update (pretty boring). :)
