So seems like I was the only one who bothered to go out into the rain and make it to fencing at LB today :}

Not that it was really worth it. Showed up with one lefty foil dead with a broken wire, broke the club lefty in the 3rd pool, and ended up having to switch to Right-handed and borrow something to finish. Then for some reason Alex Cheng went and did so poorly I got him for my first DE! bah, so lost that one, but at least I didn't hurt my elbow, just a bit sore.

Senior Mens Epee Pacific Coast Championships 2009

Senior Men's Epee: 76 Competitors, a A4 Event
40 of 76, which was not too bad. Fenced righthanded, since I didn't have any lefty epee gear.

Pool #10
Competitor --- Club		1	2	3	4	5	6	7		V (%)	TS	TR	Ind	Pl
Spivack, Robert : HALB	1		D1	D3	D2	V4	V3	D0		2 (33%)	13	21	-8	6
Brown, Alec : FAN	2	V4		D2	V5	V5	V5	D2		4 (66%)	23	20	3	2
Getsla, Chris : CAB	3	V5	V5		D4	D2	V5	D1		3 (50%)	22	22	0	5
Le Beau, Andrew : SLH	4	V4	D2	V5		D3	V5	D2		3 (50%)	21	20	1	4
Hershberger, Aric : SWASH	5	D3	D3	V5	V4		V5	D1		3 (50%)	21	19	2	3
Colgate, Kenneth : RRFC	6	D2	D4	D2	D1	D0		D1		0 (0%)	10	28	-18	7
Fernandez, Sergio : FORTUNE	7	V3	V5	V5	V4	V5	V5			6 (100%)	27	7	20	1

Took me until the 4th bout to remember how to fence, but did ok after that... well Sergio still kicked my butt, but at least I won 3 of 6

seed (35) Hershberger, Aric :SWASH
at least I made the 80% cut in epee

(29) Brown, Alec 15 - 9
bah, I was doing ok, good even at the start, remembering how to fence epee keep my arm out there and let him run into it (essentially) but my elbow started to hurt and I had to keep resting my arm, lowering my weapon and resting the pommel on my front leg, it took too long to return to attack from there and he got several that should have been doubles, then my point control started to go - again from my arm being too sore - and I missed a few that could have been mine or at least doubles. I remembered him from my pool, and even though he'd beat me then I should have had an easier time than this. He has a good fast lunge, but I should have been able to double those, and when I kept my attack out, I was able to catch his arm coming in, or evade and hit a few times as he came in. but... And after I'd done such a great job of fixing my epee that had broken a wire - doing a splice and everything - that's the one that broke... double lunge he went under my blade and I caught his jacket on the lower back? and snapped it. I could hold my arm out in attack but the slightest beat or strike against it hurt my elbow, and if I tried to flick, or coupe that would hurt. So my arm was certainly not well yet. I guess I'll stay 'off' it for another 2 or 3 months, see if that helps. Suppose I need to get some lefty gear now... Gelnaw directed.

Senior Foil Pacific Coast Championships 2009

57 of 58...

Pool #3
Competitor --- Club		1	2	3	4	5	6	7		V (%)	TS	TR	Ind	Pl
Hershberger, Aric : SWASH	1		D2	D1	D3	D3	D0	D1		0 (0%)	10	30	-20	7
Noyes, Christopher : PRESIDIO	2	V5		D0	D2	V4	V5	D2		3 (50%)	18	23	-5	4
Huang, Alexander : M TEAM	3	V5	V5		D3	V5	V5	V5		5 (83%)	28	10	18	2
Schenkel, Eli : LAIFC	4	V5	V5	V5		V5	V5	V5		6 (100%)	30	10	20	1
Amaranathan, Ambrish : CFA	5	V5	D3	D1	D0		V5	D3		2 (33%)	17	25	-8	5
Gutierrez, Nikolai : HALB	6	V5	D3	D1	D1	D3		D4		1 (16%)	17	25	-8	6
Bishe, Bryan : TTFC	7	V5	V5	D2	D1	V5	V5			4 (66%)	23	20	3	3

gah. okay but I have 2 really good excuses... :) I'm still fencing lefty and I suck at it, plus I caught cold just 2 days before PCCs - really annoying. Kelly from the bout committee was quite nice about me fencing lefty in righty printed knickers, so that eased things.
I think I could have beat Amaranathan & Gutierrez, even lefty, if I hadn't been so groggy and forgetting what I was doing... heh. Ah well, I'd have skipped PCCs if it had been possible, but there were no refunds and you had to register almost a month in advance, so... sick or not. The worst was that I could see things one second and lost them the next.

OCD 2009-01 Epee

A09!! woot!

Tournament:	OCD January 2009
Location:	CSU Long Beach
Event:	Open Mixed Epee
Event Class:	A2
Date:	Sunday, January 25, 2009 - 12:00 PM

1 Hershberger, Aric Swashbucklers ORCST B08 A09
of 30

Pool #4		1	2	3	4	5	6		V	TS	TR	Ind	Pl
Contway, Cody (NFFC)	1		D2	V5	V5	V5	V5		4	22	16	+6	2
Fernandez, Sergio (FORTUNE)	2	V5		V5	V5	D1	V5		4	21	18	+3	3
Quiroz, Ruben (ARROW)	3	D1	D4		V5	D4	D2		1	16	24	-8	6
Laurie, Anami (MACBEAN)	4	D3	D3	D4		D4	V5		1	19	23	-4	4
Hershberger, Aric (SWASH)	5	D4	V5	V5	V5		V5		4	24	15	+9	1
Sandler, Jordan (LAIFC)	6	D3	D4	V5	D3	D1			1	16	22	-6	5

seed tie for 4th, just barely won the pool Me, Cody & Sergio all had 4 victories, I beat Sergio, he beat Cody, Cody beat me.

DEs
1st DE (29) Bailey, Creston - C05 vs (4T) Hershberger, Aric - B08 6 - 15
2nd DE (20) Laurie, Anami - U vs (4T) Hershberger, Aric - B08 6 - 15 again, Laurie was doing quite well, he beat an A in his first DE. I'd fenced him previously, and in the pool earlier so I actually did think there would be any problem.
3rd DE (4T) Pingel, Thomas - B08 vs (4T) Hershberger, Aric - B08 13 - 15 made me work, but I'd been watching him earlier which I think was helpful. My fletches landed more often than his, but we both probably over did them.
4th DE (9) Brown, Alec - C08 vs (4T) Hershberger, Aric - B08 14 - 15 lots of doubles made it go very quick, we were I think 13 - 14 at the first break, and I think I won on a double. I out-reached him a bit, but when he rushed in there was still usually a double. I think I surprised him a few times with my reach on the attacks where he thought he should have gotten a double.
5th DE (4T) Hershberger, Aric - B08 vs. (7) Tovmasyan, Vahram - B08 15 - 14. He was kicking butt all the way, had given up at most 9 points previously. I only saw his last bout vs. Clawson, Brian and Tovmasyan has a very fast very strong sweeping take repost, either up or down, and Brian was getting in far too close. He also likes to sit way down at his end of the strip. So my main strategy was to let him go back there and attack from as far away as I could while still staying out of range, lots of lunging and leaping back. When he got my blade firmly I was lost, but a few times I was far enough out that I could slip out of his take and still get a touch - really by luck mostly it was nearly a flat hit - at least 2 or 3 of those, including the last one. We did have a few doubles I think, but not many. My best hits were keeping low lunging in under his sweep and touching his thigh. I think I got at least 5 or 6 of those. And one hand touch, and once being in place for his attack and him running his bicep onto my point. The fletches I tried, I think I got one, he got 2 or 3 on his repost, and I got past a few times with no touches. He was mostly ahead or even the whole way up I may have gotten ahead once or twice but not for long. I was getting worried at the end my lunges were getting shorter, I was getting tired and I'd been getting a cramp in my front thigh starting the previous bout, which made me have to get in closer to touch. The last touch I went in for the thigh but not with a lunge, he caught it but not fully, I slipped off his blade and bounced the tip off his chest while he twisted and tried his repost but caught on my bell, a bit of luck really. And boy was he loud...
I had a nice cheering section, Cody, Sergio, and Sam were all there. Plus about 30 guys waiting for us to finish up so they could play basketball... :)

Place	Name	Club	Div	Ratin	Earned
1	Hershberger, Aric	Swashbucklers	ORCST	B08	A09
2	Tovmasyan, Vahram	Swords	SOCAL	B08	B09
3T	Clawson, Brian	No Fear Fencing Club	ORCST	A07
3T	Brown, Alec	Fencing Academy of Nevada	NV	C08	B09
5	Alexander, Charles	No Fear Fencing Club	SND	A09
6	Riviere, Paul	Encinitas Fencing Academy	SND	B08
7	Pingel, Thomas	Presidio	SOCAL	B08
8	Arutyunhynts, Artyoms	San Diego Fencing Center	SND	B08
9	Lu, Peter	UCLA Fencing Club	SOCAL	C08
10	Contway, Cody	No Fear Fencing Club	ORCST	C08
11	Fernandez, Sergio	Fortune Fencing	ORCST	A07
12	Qureshi, Samir	Fortune Fencing	SOCAL	D09
13	Hewitt, Frank	Cabrillo Academy of the Sword	SND	B08
14	Magner, Jon	No Fear Fencing Club	SND	B07
15	Winton, Guy	San Diego Fencing Center	SND	D08
16	Laurie, Anami	Salle MacBean	SNBER	U
17	Gegan, Natalie	Los Angeles International FC	SOCAL	A09
18	Walton, Curran	La Jolla Golden Blades	SND	U
19	Wang, Eric	UCLA Fencing Club	SOCAL	U
20	Carson, Iain	Swords	SOCAL	C08
21	Salter, Alexander	Fortune Fencing	ORCST	U
22	Boisson, Oceane	Unattached (or unknown)	SOCAL	B08
23	Sandler, Jordan	Los Angeles International FC	SOCAL	C08
24	Quiroz, Ruben	Arrowhead Fencing Club	SNBER	E08
25T	Lee, Thomas	South Coast Fencing Center	ORCST	U
25T	Fernandez, Lucero	Fortune Fencing	SOCAL	U
27	Olson, Brian	Salle Couturier	ORCST	C07
28	Sahagian, Izzy	Los Angeles International FC	SOCAL	E08
29	Bailey, Creston	No Fear Fencing Club	NAT	C05
30	Windenburg, Kellie	Presidio	SOCAL	C07

OCD 2009-01 Foil

Tournament:	OCD January 2009
Location:	CSU Long Beach
Event:	Open Mixed Foil
Event Class:	C2
Date:	Sunday, January 25, 2009 - 9:00 AM

Place	Name	Club	Div	Ratin	Earne
1	Brown, Dylan	Fencing Academy of Nevada	NV	C08	C09
2	King, Brian	Team Touche FC	SND	C09
3T	Lee, Thomas	South Coast Fencing Center	ORCST	C08
3T	Westbury, Cameron	Presidio	SOCAL	C08
5	Grossman, Scott	Unattached (or unknown)	ORCST	C05
6	Mauri, Simone	South Coast Fencing Center	ORCST	D09
7	Williams, Zachary	Los Angeles International FC	SOCAL	E09
8	Kuzmak, Mike	Faulkner School of Fencing	SOCAL	D08
9	Drake, David	Team Touche FC	SND	B07
10	Hershberger, Aric	Swashbucklers	ORCST	C08

Pool #5		1	2	3	4	5		V	TS	TR	Ind	Pl
Hershberger, Aric (SWASH)	1		V5	V5	V5	V5		4	20	9	+11	1
Reid, Wesley (SLH)	2	D2		D0	V4	D4		1	10	18	-8	4
Navarro, Reynaldo (SOUTHCST)	3	D4	V5		V5	V5		3	19	6	+13	2
Bunke, Wilder (MACBEAN)	4	D1	D3	D1		V5		1	10	17	-7	3
Craig, Chris (FSF)	5	D2	V5	D0	D3			1	10	19	-9	5

Seed (3) Hershberger, Aric - C08
DEs
1st bye
2nd (3) Hershberger, Aric - C08 vs (14) King, Brian - C09 12 - 15, bah he was sandbagging :) (or well he was doing poorly in the pools anyway, else he'd be in the top 4 seeds as he should have been) I got too close, countered too often, and missed a few parries - of course he'd pretty good at evading - he'll come in high for a flick and if you go for the high parry, he'll switch to low, if you go for a low parry he'll flick high, and he was getting all his flick on target, so I wasn't dropping correctly, just bending over. If I'd have been fencing smarter I could have done a bit better, but he's good.
Still it might have been a good thing I got knocked out of foil so early, I don't think I'd have had the energy to do as well as I did in Epee if I was still doing foil DEs during the Epee pools.

Sunday November 23, 2008 OCD Open

Final Results

Tournament:	OCD November 2008
Location:	CSU Long Beach
Event:	Open Mixed Foil
Event Class:	B2
Date:	Sunday, November 23, 2008 - 9:00 AM

Pool #3		1	2	3	4	5	6		V	TS	TR	Ind	Pl
Hershberger, Aric (SWASH)	1		V5	D2	V5	V5	V5		4	22	12	+10	1
Hsu, Tiffany (UCLA)	2	D2		V5	V5	D2	V5		3	19	17	+2	3
Corona, Melissa (MEXICALI)	3	V5	D4		D4	D1	V5		2	19	19	0	4
Wedell, Shannon (LASD)	4	D1	D3	V5		D1	V4		2	14	21	-7	5
Moran, David (SOUTHCST)	5	D2	V5	V5	V5		D4		3	21	14	+7	2
Woody, Warren (LAIFC)	6	D2	D0	D2	D2	V5			1	11	23	-12	6

took the pool much to the consernation of Dave Moran :} he was out of practice, and I just did dumb things with Corona, that should not have gone as it did.

Round 2 Seed 9th

1st DE BYE (but nearly everyone got one)
2nd DE (9) Hershberger, Aric - C08 vs (24) Mauri, Simone - U 15 - 8
3rd DE (9) Hershberger, Aric - C08 vs (8) Westbury, Cameron - C08 12 - 15, I'm a bit surprised he was a C I didn't notice ahead of time, but I felt like I should have done better, (of course I usually think that) but still.

Finished10 of 36

10

Hershberger, Aric

Swashbucklers

ORCST

C08

Final Results

Tournament:	OCD November 2008
Location:	CSU Long Beach
Event:	Open Mixed Epee
Event Class:	A2
Date:	Sunday, November 23, 2008 - 12:00 PM

Pool #4		1	2	3	4	5		V	TS	TR	Ind	Pl
Moran, David (SOUTHCST)	1		V5	D3	V5	V5		3	18	14	+4	2
Riviere, Benjamin (EFA)	2	D4		V5	V5	D2		2	16	14	+2	3
Tibbs, Timothy (NFFC)	3	V5	D3		V5	D1		2	14	16	-2	4
Hu, Jansen (LAIFC)	4	D2	D1	D3		D2		0	8	20	-12	5
Hershberger, Aric (SWASH)	5	D3	V5	V5	V5			3	18	10	+8	1

Took the pool again, but lost to Moran this time :)

2nd round seed 8th

1st DE a BYE
2nd DE (8) Hershberger, Aric - B08 vs (25) Flores, Oscar - C08 12 - 15, and I was ahead 9-6 at one point. Too fast, too agressive, too often, not as rushed at sometimes, but still more than should have. I should have gone for arm more, and not body, although I did get one good fletche the other 4 were wastes of energy. Once did a nice parry 6 repost on a running retreat as he rushed me. and several times got his shoulder as he attempted to come in. then some doubles, the end was on a double, I'd gotten back from 9-14 to 11-14 and he smartly tried for a double. If I'd been thinking better (and perhaps less tired) I could have done better, sure I'd have lost to Thistlethwaite the next round more than likely, but still...

Finished 19 of 43
Not the lowest B there are scattered A's and B's below me, but there are several E's above me.

Sunday November 2, 2008 OCFA open

Final Results

Tournament:	OCFA November Open
Location:	OCFA Gym
Event:	Open Mixed Foil
Event Class:	E1
Date:	Sunday, November 02, 2008 - 9:00 AM

Place	Name	Club	Div	Rating	Earned
1	Hershberger, Aric	Swashbucklers	ORCST	C08
2	Quan, Andrew	Guerra Fencing Studio	SOCAL	E08
3T	Huang, Ken Yen	Fortune Fencing	ORCST	E08
3T	Price, Deborah	Swashbucklers	ORCST	U
5	Merry, William	Swashbucklers	ORCST	C08
6	Howell, Thomas	Salle MacBean	SNBER	U

Round #1 - Pools

Pool #1		1	2	3	4	5	6		V	TS	TR	Ind	Pl
Merry, William (SWASH)	1		V5	V5	D4	V5	D4		3	23	19	+4	3
Price, Deborah (SWASH)	2	D2		D2	D2	D4	D0		0	10	25	-15	6
Hershberger, Aric (SWASH)	3	D4	V5		V5	D4	D3		2	21	19	+2	4
Howell, Thomas (MACBEAN)	4	V5	V5	D3		D3	D1		2	17	20	-3	5
Quan, Andrew (GUERRA)	5	D3	V5	V5	V5		V5		4	23	19	+4	2
Huang, Ken Yen (FORTUNE)	6	V5	V5	V4	V4	D3			4	21	13	+8	1

Round #2 - Direct Elimination

Table of 8	Semi-Finals	Finals
(1) Huang, Ken Yen - E08
	(1) Huang, Ken Yen - E08
(8) -BYE-
		(4) Hershberger, Aric - C08
(5) Howell, Thomas - U		6 - 15
	(4) Hershberger, Aric - C08
(4) Hershberger, Aric - C08	8 - 15
			(4) Hershberger, Aric - C08
(3) Merry, William - C08			15 - 7
	(6) Price, Deborah - U
(6) Price, Deborah - U	14 - 15
		(2) Quan, Andrew - E08
(7) -BYE-		12 - 15
	(2) Quan, Andrew - E08
(2) Quan, Andrew - E08

Not a big event, something else was going on. And I didn't warm up enough as the pools show clearly.

Final Results

Tournament:	OCFA November Open
Location:	OCFA Gym
Event:	Open Mixed Epee
Event Class:	E1
Date:	Sunday, November 02, 2008 - 9:00 AM

Place	Name	Club	Div	Rating	Earned
1	Quan, Andrew	Guerra Fencing Studio	SOCAL	E08
2	Hershberger, Aric	Swashbucklers	ORCST	B08
3T	Fernandez, Sergio	Fortune Fencing	SOCAL	A07
3T	Walker, Hunter	Guerra	SOCAL	E08
5	Merry, William	Swashbucklers	ORCST	U
6	Olivarez, Michael	Unattached (or unknown)	ORCST	E08
7	Lee, Steven	Beverly Hills Fencing Club	SOCAL	E08
8	Rosse, Paul	Swashbucklers	ORCST	U
9	Fernandez, Lucero	Fortune Fencing	SOCAL	U
10	Price, Deborah	Swashbucklers	ORCST	U

Round #1 - Pools

Pool #1		1	2	3	4	5		V	TS	TR	Ind	Pl
Price, Deborah (SWASH)	1		D1	D0	D2	D4		0	7	20	-13	5
Merry, William (SWASH)	2	V5		V5	D1	D3		2	14	14	0	3
Quan, Andrew (GUERRA)	3	V5	D3		V5	V5		3	18	10	+8	1
Fernandez, Sergio (FORTUNE)	4	V5	V5	D2		V5		3	17	10	+7	2
Lee, Steven (BHFC)	5	V5	V5	D3	D2			2	15	17	-2	4

Pool #2		1	2	3	4	5		V	TS	TR	Ind	Pl
Rosse, Paul (SWASH)	1		D1	D2	V5	D2		1	10	18	-8	4
Hershberger, Aric (SWASH)	2	V5		V5	V5	V5		4	20	6	+14	1
Walker, Hunter (GFS)	3	V5	D2		V5	V5		3	17	12	+5	2
Fernandez, Lucero (FORTUNE)	4	D3	D1	D3		D3		0	10	20	-10	5
Olivarez, Michael (UNAT)	5	V5	D2	D2	V5			2	14	15	-1	3

Round #2 - Direct Elimination

Table of 16	Table of 8	Semi-Finals	Finals
(1) Hershberger, Aric - B08
	(1) Hershberger, Aric - B08
(16) -BYE-
		(1) Hershberger, Aric - B08
(9) Fernandez, Lucero - U		15 - 10
	(8) Rosse, Paul - U
(8) Rosse, Paul - U	8 - 15
			(1) Hershberger, Aric - B08
(5) Merry, William - U			15 - 12
	(5) Merry, William - U
(12) -BYE-
		(4) Walker, Hunter - E08
(13) -BYE-		10 - 15
	(4) Walker, Hunter - E08
(4) Walker, Hunter - E08
				(2) Quan, Andrew - E08
(3) Fernandez, Sergio - A07				14 - 15
	(3) Fernandez, Sergio - A07
(14) -BYE-
		(3) Fernandez, Sergio - A07
(11) -BYE-		15 - 14
	(6) Olivarez, Michael - E08
(6) Olivarez, Michael - E08
			(2) Quan, Andrew - E08
(7) Lee, Steven - E08			10 - 15
	(7) Lee, Steven - E08
(10) Price, Deborah - U	15 - 9
		(2) Quan, Andrew - E08
(15) -BYE-		10 - 15
	(2) Quan, Andrew - E08
(2) Quan, Andrew - E08

Bah, dumb, getting way too close to Andrew, and didn't realise it until nearly 14/14!! I should have known exactly ! I'd just beaten him in foil! He was doing really well tho and beat Sergio.

OCD Open 2008-10-19 Sunday

Final Results

Tournament:	OCD October 2008
Location:	CSULB
Event:	Open Mixed Foil
Event Class:	B2
Date:	Sunday, October 19, 2008 - 9:00 AM

Place	Name	Club	Div	Rating	Earned	Points
1	Bryant, Ezrah	Salle LaVerne	SOCAL	B08
2	Baik, Matthew	South Coast Fencing Center	ORCST	B08
3T	Richard, Brenden	South Coast Fencing Center	ORCST	D08	C08
3T	Emge, Spicer	Los Angeles International FC	SOCAL	D07	C08
5	King, Brian	Team Touche FC	SND	C08
6	Hershberger, Aric	Swashbucklers	ORCST	C08
7	Vandenberg-Rodes, Alex	UCLA Fencing Club	SOCAL	C08
8	Snytsheuvel, Andrew	South Coast Fencing Center	ORCST	C08
9	Cheng, Alex	LASD Fencing	SNBER	B08
10	Rocker, Austin	Los Angeles International FC	SOCAL	E08
11	Lee, Kevin	South Coast Fencing Center	ORCST	C08
12	Navarro, Reynaldo	South Coast Fencing Center	ORCST	C08
13	Green, Nathaniel	University of Southern Califor	IL	E08
14	Williams, Zachary	Los Angeles International FC	SOCAL	E08
15	Lee, Thomas	South Coast Fencing Center	ORCST	C08
16	Rosenthal, Erin	Salle LaVerne	SOCAL	U
17	Hsu, Tiffany	UCLA Fencing Club	SOCAL	C08
18	Chan, Duane	Conejo Fencing Club	SOCAL	C07
19	Conow, Chris	Fortune Fencing	SNBER	B08
20	Ismael, Simon	Conejo Fencing Club	SOCAL	U
21	Quan, Andrew	Guerra Fencing Studio	SOCAL	E08
22	Grossman, Scott	Unattached (or unknown)	ORCST	C05
23	Canann, Alana	South Coast Fencing Center	ORCST	E08
24	Navarro, Miguel	South Coast Fencing Center	ORCST	E08
25	Merry, William	Swashbucklers	ORCST	C08
26	Sobisky, Frank	Los Angeles International FC	SOCAL	U
27	DeLeon, Alexa	South Coast Fencing Center	ORCST	U
28	Kunihiro, Ashley	Fortune Fencing	SOCAL	U
29	Muller, Maximillian	South Coast Fencing Center	ORCST	U
30	Mauri, Simone	South Coast Fencing Center	ORCST	U
31	Price, Deborah	Swashbucklers	ORCST	U
32	Tseng, Patrick	University of Southern Califor	SOCAL	U
33	McClain, Joseph	Swashbucklers	ORCST	E08
34	Lau, Yvonne	LASD Fencing	SNBER	U
35	Brewer, Michael	UCLA Fencing Club	SOCAL	U
36	Craig, Chris	L A Valley College	SOCAL	U
37	Yang-Eaves, Jordan	South Coast Fencing Center	ORCST	U
38	Nicholas, Olena	Fortune Fencing	SOCAL	E08
39	Vendl, David	Unattached (or unknown)	ORCST	U
40	Lupo, Jason	Orange Coast Fencing Academy	ORCST	U
41	Doman, Nancy	UC Irvine Fencing Club	ORCST	U

Round #1 - Pools

Pool #7		1	2	3	4	5		V	TS	TR	Ind	Pl
Hershberger, Aric (SWASH)	1		V5	V5	V5	V5		4	20	3	+17	1
Lee, Thomas (SOUTHCST)	2	D0		V5	D3	V5		2	13	16	-3	3
Nicholas, Olena (FORTUNE)	3	D2	D3		D3	D4		0	12	20	-8	5
Quan, Andrew (GFS)	4	D1	V5	V5		V5		3	16	11	+5	2
Lau, Yvonne (LASD)	5	D0	D3	V5	D0			1	8	19	-11	4

Did really well in the pool.
round 2 seeded 2nd just under Brian King

Round #2 - Direct Elimination

1 DE = BYE
2 DE vs (34) Mauri, Simone - U 15 - 10, much more difficult than I expected, he has a very fast parry 4 repost, I couldn't believe it at first, and tried it couple more times before it sunk in, that yes, he was that fast.
3 DE vs (18) Navarro, Reynaldo - C08 5 - 15, I'd expected more trouble from Rey, haven't fenced him in quite a while tho.
4 DE vs (23) Emge, Spicer - D07 15 - 14, gah, 12 year old kid! :) and I'd brought it up to 14/14. One way of looking at it is that I, really made him work for it, another is, hey it was only one more point why didn't you get it? :}. He was pretty good, and a small target - although really I don't think there were more than 2 where I missed because he was small. He had a quick retreat, and I was slowing down, my lunges didn't quite make it in. I did get several good low outside touches from distance, but anything else was practically infighting.

Final Results

Tournament:	OCD October 2008
Location:	CSULB
Event:	Open Mixed Epee
Event Class:	A2
Date:	Sunday, October 19, 2008 - 12:00 PM

Place	Name	Club	Div	Rating	Earned	Points
1	Hansen, Eric	Los Angeles International FC	SOCAL	A08
2	Fernandez, Sergio	Fortune Fencing	ORCST	A07
3T	Arutyunyants, Artjoms	San Diego Fencing Center	SND	B08
3T	Jensen, David	Los Angeles International FC	SOCAL	A08
5	Thistlethwaite, Doug	No Fear Fencing Club	SNBER	A08
6	Alexander, Charles	No Fear Fencing Club	SND	A08
7	Gelnaw, William	No Fear Fencing Club	ORCST	A07
8	Magner, Jon	No Fear Fencing Club	SND	B07
9	Cairns, Douglas	No Fear Fencing Club	SNBER	C08
10	English, Katharine	Los Angeles International FC	SOCAL	B08
11	Marsh, Tim	No Fear Fencing Club	SND	A05
12	Tibbs, Timothy	No Fear Fencing Club	SND	A08
13	Conow, Chris	Fortune Fencing	SNBER	B07
14	Winton, Guy	San Diego Fencing Center	SND	D08
15	Boisson, Oceane	Unattached (or unknown)	SOCAL	B08
16	Yang, Jerry	South Coast Fencing Center	ORCST	U
17	Quan, Andrew	Guerra Fencing Studio	SOCAL	E08
18	Qureshi, Samir	Fortune Fencing	SOCAL	E08
19T	Quan, Wilson	Guerra Fencing Studio	SOCAL	U
19T	Polakoski, David	No Fear Fencing Club	SND	A06
21	Illingworth, Adam	No Fear Fencing Club	SNBER	B08
22	Powell, Susan	Unattached (or unknown)	NORCAL	E08
23	Lee, Steven	Beverly Hills Fencer's Club	SOCAL	E08
24	Wang, Eric	UCLA Fencing Club	SOCAL	U
25	Peterson, May	Los Angeles International FC	SOCAL	B08
26	Marsh, Janet	No Fear Fencing Club	SND	A07
27	Hewitt, Frank	Cabrillo Academy of the Sword	SND	B08
28	Huang, Ken Yen	Fortune Fencing	ORCST	C07
29	Sahagian, Izzy	Los Angeles International FC	SOCAL	E08
30	Peterson, Emma	Los Angeles International FC	SOCAL	A08
31	Parseghian, Missag	South Coast Fencing Center	ORCST	U
32	Villa, Richard	South Coast Fencing Center	ORCST	U
33	Oakes, Lennette	Fortune Fencing	SOCAL	D07
34	Hershberger, Aric	Swashbucklers	ORCST	B08
35	Kagan, Igor	California Institute of Techno	SOCAL	D08
36	Mann, Alex	Encinitas Fencing Academy	SND	U
37	Nokleberg, Juli	Fortune Fencing	SOCAL	E08
38	Tinsley, Gavan	South Coast Fencing Center	ORCST	E05
39	Vendl, David	Unattached (or unknown)	ORCST	U
40	Perkins, Krystal	Unattached (or unknown)	NAT	C08
41	Fernandez, Lucero	Fortune Fencing	SOCAL	U
42	Escobedo, Bernardo	Salle Lancier	SOCAL	U
43	Yang, Joshua	South Coast Fencing Center	ORCST	U
44	Freeman, Joseph	Fortune Fencing	SOCAL	E06
45	Quiroz, Ruben	Arrowhead Fencing Club	SNBER	E08
46	Piper, Laura	Fortune Fencing	ORCST	U
47T	Remulla, Julian	Guerra Fencing Studio	SOCAL	U
47T	Kunihiro, Ashley	Fortune Fencing	SOCAL	U

Round #1 - Pools

Pool #3		1	2	3	4	5	6		V	TS	TR	Ind	Pl
Conow, Chris (FORTUNE)	1		V5	V5	V5	D2	V5		4	22	18	+4	2
Hershberger, Aric (SWASH)	2	D4		V5	V5	D0	D2		2	16	19	-3	3
Mann, Alex (EFA)	3	D2	D2		V5	D2	V5		2	16	23	-7	4
Tinsley, Gavan (SOUTHCST)	4	D3	D2	D4		D3	V5		1	17	24	-7	6
Thistlethwaite, Doug (NFFC)	5	V5	V5	V5	V5		V5		5	25	9	+16	1
Sahagian, Izzy (LAIFC)	6	D4	V5	D4	D4	D2			1	19	22	-3	5

seeded fairly low at 28

1 DE vs (35T) Parseghian, Missag - U 14 - 15, dunno, thought I should have done better, and I'd brought it up from 10 - 13 to 14-13!, then I missed a double and it was 14 -14, and he got the last. Same as in foil, I made him work, but geeze all I needed was one more point. It was a hard one, going for the body usually gave him a hit, and I couldn't find his arm, so I had to let him get in too close and pick something off, or squirm out of his attack and hit him on my retreat.