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----------------------------------------------------------- From: insanemisskitty Message 34 in Discussion Hm, a bad workman always blames his tools eh?! The reason no females from UCD didn't enter the Fed Foil is a lot to do with most of the club opting out of this surprise tournament because our weapons were shot to pieces after a particularly viscious Schull. Just as a matter of interest, how many male foilists entered from UCD, what weapons did they use? Clubs or their own? (I really do not know this) ...Apparently this thought effected our female fencers far worse than the males Ahh Owen, now you're just trying to bait me aren't you?! . This puts me in mind of the last Federation Foil, which UCD hosted and I ran alone, hmm, I wonder why that was?! No man is an island Owen. I don't know whether you offered to take it or was it foisted upon you, whic was it?! Perhaps you're just not a "people person" where I came across a pool of eight women all standing motionless around a piste that hadn't been taped down repeatedly saying, "This piste isn't taped down". It is a true story, I'm not making any judgements. Good, because I do remember a dearth of tape at certain comps. Plus, we are (nearly) always given the crappy pistes that are not properly set up. If you want comps in Ireland to become more popular abroad, perhaps you should start giving your females fencers some respect, and not expect them to go round setting up pistes that should have been prepared well in advance. whoops! you got a rise out of me, and you made me revert to topic on an off topic board, you naughty naughty man! on a last note, and as a pointer, I noted a grand total of one girl from UCD in the Irish Open in womens foil out of a list of 20, only 3 in epee out of 21 and one out of 13 in sabre. Thats a bit sad really, for the (by my calculations at least) largest club in Ireland. Mr McNamee, I urge you to look to your own house first with regards to getting friendlier fencers, less discrimination and more numbers in the sport ! As for the ladeez of UCD, well done you lonely three (in total!), keep it up! ----------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this e-mail, or change how often it arrives, go to your E-mail Settings. http://groups.msn.com/IrishFencingForum/_emailsettings.msnw Need help? If you've forgotten your password, please go to Passport Member Services. http://groups.msn.com/_passportredir.msnw?ppmprop=help For other questions or feedback, go to our Contact Us page. http://groups.msn.com/contact If you do not want to receive future e-mail from this MSN group, or if you received this message by mistake, please click the "Remove" link below. On the pre-addressed e-mail message that opens, simply click "Send". Your e-mail address will be deleted from this group's mailing list. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
