30 January 2010 Styling itself as Ireland’s Premier International Épée Event the Duffy Memorial Team Épee attracts teams from Germany and England to Dublin for some serious team fencing against the local clubs. In a sign of the growing interest in épée in the club, Pembroke fielded three teams: my own misspelt Mermidons (thanks,...
Northern Ireland Open – 17 January 2009 I made the short trip up from Dublin to fence epee in the Northern Ireland as it’s only two hours by coach and is a ranking event for the Irish Fencing Federation. Quite a few fencers came up from Dublin, including three from my own Pembroke club. ...
Snow is general all over Ireland and the nation has ground to the halt. Yes indeed, just a light dusting of snow, a few centimetres, is sufficient to bring the country to its knees. Unaccustomed as we are to snow – this is the worst snow since 1982 or, possibly, 1947 – we are...
I was going to write a post full of my resolutions for the New Year most of which would optimistically strive for a better me and be promptly forgotten in a week or two. What else are New Years Resolutions for anyway? I could write about how I want to improve my fencing, or...
Merry Christmas one and all, and all the best for 2010. In the meantime, here’s a short Christmas message from Ireland’s only Oscar contender this year:
The Irish Open, incorporating the prestigious FIE satellite competition for Men’s Epee, took place in DCU over the weekend of 28th and 29th November. As I was out of the country I was unable to attend, although had I been there I would have been way out of my league anyway. It’s possible to...