Tag Archives: bout committee

Definitely a Trend . . .

UPDATE (6-13-2011): There’s a typo in the third table—the team total for the 2007-2008 season should be 369. You can find the original spreadsheets I used on the Tournament Software Project page on the USFA website—just scroll down to the … Continue reading

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This explains Summer Nationals

The other day while cruising online, I stopped dead at a quote from a Harvard researcher named Charles Czeisler: “We now know,” says Czeisler, “that 24 hours without sleep or a week of sleeping four or five hours a night … Continue reading

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Wishful Thinking

I’m heading for Dallas in the morning, ready for what will be US Fencing’s largest tournament this season, outside of Summer Nationals. I’ve done all I can here at home to get ready, and will do more tomorrow afternoon when … Continue reading

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Civilization, Then Doom

The December and January NACs will be an interesting pair this season, providing first a cozy, civilized tournament (despite its site in Atlanta’s cavernous Georgia World Congress Center) and then a ridiculously, overwhelmingly huge tournament in Dallas. For December, we’ve … Continue reading

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