Some UK comp results

I'm going to stop making proclamations about how often I'm going to post here. It just makes me look stupid. In the last month, I've entered 2 competitions in Britain.

First one was the Nottingham Open, where I entered the foil and sabre. I was a bit disappointed in my foil performance. Although I had hard fights, there were no bouts in the pooles which I could not have won; as it was however, I lost 3 fights over the two sets of pooles. I was knocked out in the last 32 by the number 8 seed (Rob Anderson, a US fencer). The results aren't up yet but I think I came something like 25th, out of about 80 entrants. In the sabre I fenced crap in the pooles - probably as a result of not fencing enough competition sabre recently - and then got knocked out in the last 32. Again, I think I came about 25th overall from 50 entrants.
The conclusion from this weekend? I must just be better at foil than sabre.

While in Nottingham, Marcos and I stayed with Marcos' Great Aunt Ethel. A wonderful woman, who is definitely one of the best cooks whose table I've ever had the pleasure of eating at. Also her son Kevin was very nice to drive us to and from the airport in Nottingham.

I'm just back from the Birmingham Open where I fenced just the sabre. I took an interesting approach to the travel, in that I flew in to Birmingham airport on a 6.30 flight on the Saturday morning, and went home on a 22.25 flight the same evening. This is an excellent way of fencing, since you only take one day out of your weekend, which seeing as it is Easter, was a long weekend anyway.

The competition was massive: 107 sabreurs. Probably as a result of my experiences in Nottingham, I fenced very well in the pooles (4 up 2 down) and seeded 38th. I then got a bit lucky with the draw, and beat my higher ranked opponent in the last 64. Overall I came 30th, (they're very efficient with getting the scores up on the web-site). It good to feel that the training I've been putting in over the last few months is paying off.

Of to Durham next week for the 5-Nations, I have no details as of yet for the travel arrangements, suppose I should get off my ass and get them...

Jokes From Germany

No posts for a while, here's some German jokes to keep you amused

An Englishman's Castle: JOKES FROM GERMANY:

Knock, knock.
Who's there?
The police. I'm afraid there's been an accident. Your husband is in
hospital.

A man walks into a pub.
He is an alcoholic whose drink problem is destroying his family.

Did you hear about the blonde who jumped out off a bridge?
She was clinically depressed and took her own life because of her terribly low self-esteem.

What do you call a cat with no tail?
A Manx cat.

Why do undertakers wear ties?
Because their profession is very serious, and it is important that their appearance has a degree of gravitas.

How many electricians does it take to change a light bulb?
One.

Why do women fake orgasms?
Because they want to give men the impression that they have climaxed.

Two men are sitting in a pub.
One man turns to the other and says: 'Last night I saw lots of strange men coming in and out of your wife's house.'
The other man replies: 'Yes, she has become a prostitute to subsidise her
drug habit.'

Two cows are in a field. Suddenly, from behind a bush, a rabbit leaps out and runs away.
One cow looks round a bit, eats some grass and then wanders off.

Why are there no aspirin in the jungle?
Because it would not be financially viable to attempt to sell
pharmaceuticals in the largely unpopulated rainforest