09/04/2018
Been to a Doggie Diner recently? We have! Oh, no, wait! It's just the logo dogs that were sitting outside the venue at the RYC on Treasure Island this weekend! Saturday found Bennett (aka Bleft) fencing in his first tournament. He was awesome! He fenced great in the pools and finished the day with a top 16 finish, just missing by a couple of points a top 8 finish. Lexa and Meriem were calm, cool, and collected - of course! Meriem took home the 6th place medal and Lexa claimed the gold! On Sunday, Ryan and Bennett (aka Bright) fought to the top - they both ended up in the gold medal match! It was advance, retreat, advance, retreat, jump in, jump out, lunge! A hard fought battle finally finished with Ryan winning the gold and Bright taking home the silver! At the same time during the day (a coaching nightmare!), Fatima took no prisoners! She fenced to the top, fighting hard for the gold, but just missing out and proudly taking home the silver medal to add to her collection! Also on Sunday, the Y14 men battled it out! Andrew fenced out of his skin in his first tournament (his first 2 pool wins ever!) and finished in 19th place! Rishi just missed the top 8 and finished in 10th place! Kyan rocked the day with his quick footwork and amazing ability to be here (no, wait, he's not here, he's there!), and finished on the medal stand in 5th place! Monday (Labor Day) dawned sunny with a little bit of fog and a lot of traffic! The Y12 girls fenced an amazing tournament : Joharah was in 12th place, Kitty and Aden (both fencing in their very first tournament) battled down to the wire to finish in 10th and 9th place, respectively (and they were very respectful!) and Renee brought home the bronze medal with her amazing finish!
We don't have pictures of Bennett (aka Bleft) and Joharah and Rishi - they were too quick on their feet and escaped our photographer!
We are proud of all of our fencers!
They were AWESOME!