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Mixed Epee, 22 fencers, B1 event
3rd - Daniel Rahl
14th - Chris Johnston

Well done, everbody!

Y10 Foil, Unrated, 5 fencers
1st - Malcolm Macleod
3rd - Asher Macleod
3rd - Carter Oneil
5th - Patrick Guthrie

Y12 Foil, Unrated, 9 fencers
2nd - Jacob Stewart
7th - Alex Binroth
9th - Zach Binroth

D and Under Foil, D1 event, 15 fencers
3rd - Edge Brussel
5th - Gabe Lopez
8th - Mike Richards
13th - Kat Wozniak
14th - Bob Lindberg
14th - Sam McFadden

What a nice showing, everyone! Congrats and thank you for helping to honor Maestro Schmitter!

Women's Open Epee, E1 event, 9 fencers
5th - Maureen Benton
6th - Lisa Lawitzke
8th - Martha Griffin

Mixed Veteran Open Epee, E1 event, 12 fencers
6th - Kim Rahl
7th - Tom rahl
12th - Lisa Lawitzke

One-Touch Epee, 27 fencers
No GLSC fencers in the top 4

Mixed Open Epee, A2 event, 31 fencers
2nd - Daniel Rahl; B08 (renewal)
7th - Mike Williams; C08 (renewal)
9th - Chris Johnston
25th - Maureen Benton
29th - Shawn Barnes
31st - Martha Griffin

Way to go GLSC! It seems the trend for 2008 is for a GLSC fencer to earn/update a rating each event - Keep it up!!!
I'm still missing some info on this event. If you know the number of fencers in each event, or your placing, please let me know. Thanks.

Mixed Foil, ? fencers
17th - Kat Wozniak

Mixed Epee, ? fencers
5th - Dalton Twichell
7th - Kim Rahl
? - Martha Griffin

Mixed Sabre, ? fencers
1st - Mike Williams, earned his E08. Congrats!
5th - Tom Rahl

FEBRUARY 23rd - TOOTSIE ROLL OPEN
Come celebrate the birth of the Tootsie Roll!

FORMAT: 100% promotion from pools to simple DE's (15 touches, 3 periods).

AWARDS: Medals and Tootsie Rolls (duh) down to tied 3rd places.

EVENT FEES: $20 for the first event $15 for each additional event
at-the-door.
Pre-registered fencers will receive $5.00 off EACH event.
Pre-register at www.askFRED.net, or email glswords@glswords.com .

CLOSE OF REGISTRATION TIMES:
Women may fence the Men's events only if they fence the corresponding
Women's event.
Women's and Men's will be combined in the case of fewer than five
competitors in an event
8:30am - Women's Foil
8:30am - Mixed Sabre
11:00am - Women's Epee
11:00am - Men's Foil
1:00pm - Men's Epee

FEBRUARY 24th - YOUTH/VETERAN EVENT
Something old, something new...

FORMAT:
Veteran events - 100% promotion to Vet format DE's (10 touches, 2 periods).
Youth events - 100% promotion to Youth format DE's. (Best 2-of-3 5-touch
bouts).

AWARDS: Medals down to tied 3rd places.

EVENT FEES: $20 for the first event $15 for each additional event
at-the-door.
Pre-registered fencers will receive $5.00 off EACH event.
Pre-register at www.askFRED.net, or email glswords@glswords.com .

CLOSE OF REGISTRATION TIMES: (All Veteran events will be age 40+)
8:30am - Y10 Foil
8:30am - Y14 Epee
10:00am - Mixed Veteran Combined Epee
11:00am - Y12 Foil
11:30am - Mixed Veteran Combined Sabre
12:00pm - Y14 Foil
12:30pm - Mixed Veteran Combined Foil

MAY 17th - YOUTH FOIL; OPEN EPEE & FOIL

FORMAT
Open events - Mixed pools, 100% promotion to simple DE's (15 touches, 3 periods).
Youth events - 100% promotion to Youth format DE's. (Best 2-of-3 5-touch bouts).

AWARDS
Medals down to tied 3rd places.

EVENT FEES
At the door:
$20 for the first event
$15 for each additional event
Pre-registered fencers will receive $5.00 off EACH event.

Pre-register at www.askFRED.net (event id 5236), or email glswords@glswords.com.

CLOSE OF REGISTRATION TIMES
8:30am - Y10 Foil
8:30am - Mixed Open Epee
10:30am - Y12 Foil
11:30am - Mixed Open Foil