Noah wins gold in Y10 epee at the Capitol Clash SYC in Maryland!!
Noah earned the number one seed for the direct elimination round by doing well in his pool bouts--only four touches were scored against him in his six pool bouts.
He enjoyed fencing the direct elimination bouts, especially the challenging semi-final and final bouts. This was the first tournament where Noah faced a number of fencers from the northeast, and was glad to find he was competitive.
The gold medal bout was particularly thrilling. Noah won the first encounter 5-0 as his opponent was flustered by equipment problems (resulting in a red card). The second encounter was tied 2-2 when time expired. Noah won priority but lost when his opponent got the winning touch. The third encounter was the ultimate in low scoring, however. After three minutes of lackluster flailing, the score was tied 0-0. The entire bout came down to the one-touch overtime period. Noah's opponent began the period with priority. With twenty seconds left, Noah scored the winning touch to win the gold!
Yesterday, Noah fenced Y12 foil. Lots of amazing competition there. Noah placed 81st out of 96 but did win a pool bout, and one DE encounter. It was a great warmup for today's events.
The Y12 epee.event was also enjoyable for Noah. He fenced some VERY tall 12 year-old boys. He was pleased to be able to win three pool bouts, and one DE bout. He was also one of the few fencers to score points on the number-one- and number-two-seeded fencers. Noah placed 28th out of 56 in this 12-and-under event.
Results for the Y10 epee event are at:
http://live.capitolclash.com/FTEvent17104899.htm
