Leicester Open 2019
Yes, I am still way behind
Okay, this competition I screwed up, because I thought it was 2 rounds of pools so I didn't maybe fight with full blood and guts in the "first" pool, because I wanted to try a few things against fellow female foilists that I can't practise in the club, and I thought I could make up for any losses in the second round. (Don't worry, I have learnt my lesson)
This meant I had a sucktacular draw in the knockouts. And I would have lost anyway, but no way was it a legit 15-4. Since I was well brought up, and because I needed to keep the ref sweet because I needed him to bring some other referees to the Birmingham, I just gave him the "could you explain that, sir" a couple of times. His point was that I wasn't aggressive enough in my attacks, they "didn't feel enough like attacks". Given I had been working on making my attacks look like attacks after the Lancaster and had been extending my arm (which even the referee in question admitted), this was somewhat frustrating. (I return to this topic when I write up the Birmingham).
In the referee's defence, after he'd been knocked out of the men's competition, he was willing to give more detail, which I have since put into practise.
Okay, this competition I screwed up, because I thought it was 2 rounds of pools so I didn't maybe fight with full blood and guts in the "first" pool, because I wanted to try a few things against fellow female foilists that I can't practise in the club, and I thought I could make up for any losses in the second round. (Don't worry, I have learnt my lesson)
This meant I had a sucktacular draw in the knockouts. And I would have lost anyway, but no way was it a legit 15-4. Since I was well brought up, and because I needed to keep the ref sweet because I needed him to bring some other referees to the Birmingham, I just gave him the "could you explain that, sir" a couple of times. His point was that I wasn't aggressive enough in my attacks, they "didn't feel enough like attacks". Given I had been working on making my attacks look like attacks after the Lancaster and had been extending my arm (which even the referee in question admitted), this was somewhat frustrating. (I return to this topic when I write up the Birmingham).
In the referee's defence, after he'd been knocked out of the men's competition, he was willing to give more detail, which I have since put into practise.