ROUND 8 and Season Grand Final!!!

Well, I do not know about you, but what an evening of excitment and nail biting fencing that was!!!

Congratulations to all our winners last night and of course throughout this season!!!

Round 8 team battle was won by Sultan Qinan of Escorts Lounge Elite, defended bravely by Hope Coakes of Kilt by Antiquity

The Round 8 final was a battle between Sultan Qinan and Gary Kumaki, a very close and exciting match!!! Congratulations to Gary!!!!!!

The Grand team battle, which was a selection of the winning teams from this season. The team captains put forward representatives of their finest and eight players stepped up to the tracks!! Sultan and Joyce each won a semi final, so we didn't need to play the final, as the Escorts won!

Praise indeed must go to Acru Joliat for his 4 consectutive wins during the festivities - he was awarded $L5000 for his noble task!!

Round 8 - Rankings - FINAL - CORRECTION

****** For the sake of correctness, the scores have been updated. Sissy and Joyce's notecard was lost in mail, and was not in before the deadline. This was due to a misunderstanding, and - as the match was played within the time limit, we have chosen to accept the score as valid. The correction will have no impact on the 8 finalists, or the teams qualified for team battle. However, Sissy will move ahead one place in ranking.*********

Yay-yay!!!! The finalists are ready, based on following calculations:

1. Sum of scores (averages until all games are played); if equal, then:
2. Number of wins; if equal, then:
3. Win margin

We are sorry to report that Zephyr and Johan had to withdraw. 

1. Tyr Akina (4.8 points)
2. Acru Joliat (4.70 p)
3. Joycelyn Liotta (4.50 p, 8 wins) (was #7 before correction)
4. Aries Oh (4.50 p, 7 wins, 2.4 win margin)
   
5. Dusty Merlin (4.50 p, 7 wins, 2.3 win margin)
6. Sultan Qinan (4.30 p, 8 wins)
   
7. Gary Kumaki (4.30 p, 5 wins)
8. Erik Rossini (4.20 p, 7 wins)
   
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10. Clairvaux Debevec (4.10 p)
    
11. Brook Yifu (3.90 p)
12. Serpentino Eel (3.80 p)
    
13. Alissa Munro (3.70 p)
    
14. Juls Rosca (3.50 p, 4 wins, 4.0 win margin)
15. Tamil Cerveau (3.50 p, 4 wins, 3.8 win margin)
16. Sissy Stardust (3.50 p, 4 wins, 2.8 win margin) (was #17 before correction)
17. Aldo Blanco (3.10 p)
18. Tai Koltai (3.00 p, 3 wins)
    
19. Manannan Amat (2.70 p)
    
20. Sandra Frascati (2.20 p)
    
21. Zephyr Washborne (withdrawn)
22. Johan Binder (withdrawn)

Detailed score is here.

Team rankings:

1. Kilt by Antiquity (4.5 p)
2. Escort Lounge Elite (4.2 p)
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3. Heart of Dragons (3.23 p)
4. Team Vaux (3.08 p)
   

En garde!

Round 8 - Status halfway through the round!

40% of scheduled games have been played! 11 more games, and we will start posting the ranking! Some players will have a busy few days to finish their remaining games:

• Juls (10 games)
• Joycelyn (10)
• Acru (10)
• Johan (9)
• Erik (9)

The deadline for handing in notecards is Saturday, noon SLT, as always!

It will be a tough fight to be one of the 8 finalists. After 40% of the games, the cut-off is at 4.0 points!

Schedule for Fall Season 2008!

We haven't even finished our last round in the first season before people want to know when the next starts up! Great!

So... After a nice summer break we start up mid-August with qualifications for Round 1. The scheduled finals will be held on the following Sundays:

• Round 1: August 31
• Round 2: September 14
• Round 3: September 28
• Round 4: October 12
• Round 5: October 26
• Round 6: November 9
• Round 7: November 23
• Round 8: December 7

(The En Garde Champions League Christmas Party will be held on December 21!)

So mark your calendars!

Postcards from Round 7

Summing up a season of good fencing fun!

As we are drawing close to the end of the season, it's time to sum up the results. If you can't remember winners, here is a list:

Spring 2008:

• Round 1: Sophia Debevec & Escorts Lounge Elite
• Round 2: Joycelyn Liotta & Heart of Dragons
• Round 3: Clairvaux Debevec & Heart of Dragons
• Round 4: Sultan Qinan & Heart of Dragons
• Round 5: Clairvaux Debevec & Team Vaux
• Round 6: Gary Kumaki & Escort Lounge Elite
• Round 7: Juls Rosca & Escorts Lounge Elite
• Round 8: ? & ?

The individual winners will get their prizes in a little ceremony at the finals on June 8th.

We ask the team leaders to name their team for the Ultimate Team Battle the same day! As it stands now, we need following nominations:

• Escorts Lounge Elite: 4 fencers
• Heart of Dragons: 2 fencers
• Team Vaux: 1 fencer
• In addition the same three teams plus Kilt by Antiquity must be prepared to nominate a player for the 8th round.

Round 8 - Draw!

21 players in this round! 10 games each! As always - you find your opponents here.

Play your games before Saturday, June 7th, noon. You have 11 days to play 10 games. But try to schedule your games as soon as you can - to avoid time squeeze and desperation right before deadline!

Send notecard of each match with players, score, place and time after the game - to Aries Oh. After 50% of games are played, we will start announcing ranking (without scores) daily. When 75% of games are played, we will post detailed scoring.

Wish you all the best of luck!

En Garde!