Fencing

<grin> Went to the Surrey Novices and Intermediates foil fencing competition on Sunday -- my first! Slightly marred by a lack of rest/sleep the previous day/night as we'd been into town with friends to see "When Harry Met Sally" at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, and "Matrix Revolutions" at the iMax (wow!) but it was an excellent day. I'm a beginner fencer so was not expected to win (& did not disappoint in that respect) but I did beat one person so it wasn't a total washout. First novice 'pool' had the eventual 1^st and 2^nd place fencers in it (tough group!) I was crap in the subsequent 'direct elimination' round where I was beating another novice for a while but lost after letting him take the last 5 points. In the 'intermediates' I was thrashed by the more experienced guys (but had fun) & the subsequent elimination round was against one of the best fencers in my club (Wimbledon) & I was quite happy to get 2 points off him (out of 15!) Good fun, but exhausting...