[Ansteorra-rapier] Soap boxes

[JEvans5420@aol.com]

This sounds great to me. It will give me ample time to rest after my warmup practice and fighting in the first round.  I'll have the second round to rest and get ready for pickups.  Cool, I'll be there.

Harry

In a message dated Sat, 21 Jul 2001  9:43:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time, James Crouchet <jtc at io.com> writes:
>
> Ok, so by the end of the third round there should be
> something like 50 fighters out of the list. It will be
> about 11:00am and the temperature will be in the low to
> mid 90s. There will be lots of shady space around the site.
>
> So, how about if right after the 3rd round those fighters
> who are out and still want to fight, get together and start
> doing pickup fights? The timing won't get better and there
> should even be some WS among those eliminated. I know I am
> often eliminated in the 3rd or 4th round.
>
> Why not ask if it can be announced between rounds, starting
> after the 3rd? I know Larissa will want you all to come back
> and watch starting about the quarter finals but that should
> leave plenty of time. My guess is that there will be about
> 11 rounds with a round robin at the end so if you went to do
> pickups after the 3rd and started watching again at the 9th
> you would have 6 rounds to play and you could get in a lot
> more than one fight per round.
>
> BTW, don't forget the rapier melee practice on Sunday...
>
> While I am writing this, let me include a shameless plug. If
> you are undecided on Queen's, let me encourage you to go.
> Besides being the largest rapier event in the next 6 months
> this one will be an amazing production. The site is beautiful,
> there will be lots of "interesting characters" and great
> surprises. Come expecting more than just a tournament.
>
> Don Dore
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