Saturday 10 October 2015

Our raven abroad
Peter Mundt : Silver with his foil team !
Peter Mundt (left) and his team Mark Kallenbrunner (middle) and Pascal Moser won silver on the German Southwest Championship (U20). 
Congrats from your irish brothers (and sisters) in arms !!!

Galway Open 2015 (19/20 September) : What a success !

What a Team !


It was a great weekend for our fighters. At start :

Women`s epee :
  • Dominique Hance
  • Nicole Bolte
  • Francesca Salina
Women`s foil :  
  • Lise Blanc
Men`s epee :
  • Ronan Cranny
  • Andrei Barcovshi
  • Rainer Bolte
Men`s sabre :
  •  Ronan Cranny 
                                          
                                                                                                       









                                                              Mighty opponents :  The calm before the storm.



Unbeatable in her first competition for the CFC:
Veni Vidi Vici - Lise Blanc won ladie`s foil !!!
 A final hit...
 ... and the final handshake. A perfect job done !

























And another medal for the CFC !
Francesca Salina ranked 3rd in ladie`s epee !

 Francesca well focused in great fights...


.... showed several times how to parry a sudden fleché attack...


... and to score in close contact situations. What a debut for the CFC in Ireland !

Oh Francesca ! - A nice medal and this smile behind it : The CFC can`t wait for more, more, more......


Focus and coolness in her first competition in Ireland brought her straight into the top ten :
Dominique Hance showed impressive performance and ranked 8th in ladie`s epee.
                      Dominique (left) shaking hands after her fight with later winner of the day Suzie Kane.





Nicole had her fun ! 
Nicole ticked the box: A first win on a competition...




CFC`s best man in Galway :
Ronan Cranny made 6th in men`s epee !
 Ronan (left) succesful also in the club internal fight against Andrei.


Looking good even against some of the best : Here an epic epee fight against Laurentiu Ricuta (right).
What a fleché attack by Ronan : Even Laurentiu in shock...  - but of course dominating this fight. He ranked 2nd at the end of the day.
"... stand up for your fight !" (Bob Marley) : Sorry, not our song.....


Our youngest warrior remarkably ranked 12th in men`s epee
Andrei Barcovchi persuades against strong competitors

































Cool and focused enough to place the decisive hits...
... and succesful even against some of the best - here Rory Hayes who came 3rd at the end.
  

Not really his day - but even the old fencing bag had his fun...
Rainer Bolte ranked 15th in men`s epee


Rainer vs. Duncan Salter : Thanks old pal for this fair and enjoyable fight !

Last but not least : 
Laurentiu and the art of going back to the start line...


We can`t avoid it.
Results overview :


Finally I can update our blog....
She fell asleep. The mouse is mine....  !

 

Wednesday 15 July 2015

Multinational CFC...
Our new (12yo) fighter Bart Walczak :
Great to see the first polish national colours in the club !




Still a newcomer in foil and epee - but Bart is doing a good job already :



Saturday 23 May 2015

Training highlights in foil and epee
Peter vs. Ronan
''airborne''
''cool''
''flexible''
''olé"
"precise"
"patient"
"insistent"
"underground"

Thursday 7 May 2015

CFC club championship
Peter made it in foil fencing !
On Wednesday the 6th May 2015 Peter challenged Rainer twice for the epee trophy - but without success. Final score : Rainer won 15:11 and kept the epee trophy in hands.
But challenging with foil straight afterwards Peter ruled the game: He had no problems to beat Rainer 15:11 with his favourite weapon. So based on our foil pool sheet he well deserved his foil trophy.

Sponsoring 2015
A new cable reel ! Thanks a lot, Valeo !
So now we have four pretty new reels and one - old but still working - spare. 
In other words : We are on the safe side to keep two pistes running. What about an old laptop and a new VSM box next year ? Just a bit more fun using the automatic scoring also on the second piste. Any comments ?

Sunday 26 April 2015

CFC club championship
Rainer at his limits - but gets the trophy at the end !

It was hard work : In our special training session on Sunday 26th April 2015 Rainer challenged Peter Mundt for the epee trophy again. Despite Peter leading it most of the time by a few hits this great but exhausting fight ended 15:12 - leaving the trophy in Rainer`s hands.