Whose bright idea was that?

[graculus]

Okay, so time for a recap on yesterday's first competition - those of you reading the previous posts may recall that, in a moment of masochism, I'd signed up to do both the beginners (fencing less than 12 months) and intermediate (less than 3 years) categories and therefore committed myself to a day of jumping about and waiting about, not

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[nakeisha]

Congratulations. Well done you.

And you enjoyed it too - so it's all good.

Yes, sadly some people are like that woman. I'm glad to hear it didn't intimidate you.

[graculus]

One of the advantages of being a grown-up, I guess, that I just thought it was sad and amusing rather than having the desired effect. They were an annoying little clique, to be perfectly honest, and made no effort to talk to anyone else while everyone else was chatting between fights. Their loss.

[nakeisha]

Indeed it is.

That's a shame when that happens. And when it comes to it they are the ones losing out.

[khek]

Congratulations! It sounds like both a fun and satisfying day!

[graculus]

Thanks, it was good fun and definitely has given me the taste for more.

[przed]

Well done, you, on doing so well your first tournament!

[graculus]

Thanks, I'm pretty happy with how it went, other than losing my focus in the final but I think that's as much an experience thing as anything else.

Now comes the challenge of finding the next competition - not so tough that I'll get my arse handed to me early on, as I'd like a reasonable amount of fighting for my time/money. Sadly I've discovered that it's a crap sport for all the information about upcoming competitions being in any one place, which doesn't help.