Third Annual Bloodletting

Third Annual Bloodletting
April 25, 1998
Out in the great wide open, Baton Rouge

About the Event

This years tournament sees a dramatic change in venue. We now have a more stable and different venue to fence at. We should have more amenities, such as cold water (that is clean), shade, a bathroom, etc. We are departing the Mississippi River venue and opting to fence at George, Beth, and Craig's new residence, a wonderful old house. Fencing will be under the shade of the mighty larch on the grounds at 709 Staring Lane.

Trusty rock-paper-scissors did work again, this time the sequence was Saber, Epee, and Foil. The weather was pleasent: sunny, breazy and a high of around 80F. The event started off well and was captured both on camera and video tape. Except for the odd fencing-in-circles (where Bart was amazingly enough, mostly involved with ;-) ) and the attempt by Ryan to hurt himself in new and wonderfull ways by almost breaking his spine on the root of a tree - it went off quite well. It all wrapped up around 4:20pm with the final championship. There was quite a good showing by the less experienced of the group with Steve comming out of nowhere to take the foil, John placing 3rd in foil, Wes doing quite well in both Saber AND Foil! And Ben getting second in Saber and Foil. Congrats to all who participated.

The event is a CSFA organized event designed to remove the fencers from the typical surroundings of competition. It was conceived in the twisted little minds of the Founders: Thomas Smailus, George Fuller, Beth Hughes.

The Horcktoberfest used the current CSFA rules of the event.

Specifics

Participation: Fencing by invitation only.
Cost: $5 to fence only, $20 fence + T-Shirt.
Non fencers: (and partygoers) a $2-$5 contribution to the organization will be greatly appreciated to help defer the cost of the party supplies, but is not required.
Date: April 25th, 1998, 10am - 3pm.
Starting time is EXACT. Be at George's place by 10:00 am if you want to insure your ability to fence in any event as we will not know which goes first till that day. Since we are now meeting at the site, arriving late is not a problem. However, if you arrive after the bouts for a weapon have completed the first round, you will be too late for that weapon. Arriving after the start of the weapons first bout but before the end of the first round will allow you to be added to the brackets, but you will start your first bout with a 2 point penalty. Ending time is, of course, only approximate.
Awards: This years awards are something special. A nice new cavalary sabre will be presented as a prize to each of the three victors as the stroke of midnight.
Poisons: The usual array: Southern Comfort and the Victors Bain: the Hot Damn!. In regards to additional poisons, please read the Rules of the Duel.
In light of the recent incident at LSU, rest assured that this event is safe and not university related or on university property and that all precautions are taken to insure that all participants are prevented from causing harm to themselves and to others.

Champions!


	Sabre		Tom
	Epee		Bart
	Foil		Steve

The Final Breakdown of the Weapons:


SABER Thomas Smailus Ben Mims Bart Kemper Wes Dion Beth Hughes, Gus Landry Michelle Reis, Steve Berger Greg Faust, Ryan Farlow Craig Sylvester, John Hughes	EPEE Bart Kemper Steve Berger Craig Sylvester Greg Faust Ryan Farlow Rayma Kemper, Beth Hughes Thomas Smailus, Michelle Reis Gus Landry, John Hughes	FOIL Steve Berger Ben Mims John Hughes Thomas Smailus Wes Dion, Bart Kemper Gus Landry, Craig Sylvester Ryan Farlow, Greg Faust, Erika Stelzer Melanie Huh, Beth Hughes, Michelle Reis

Pictures

Here is the photographic record of the tournament .

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