by Peter Gustafsson | May 9, 2019 | Competition formats
After going right for the payoff in form of final results, let us backtrack and look at the competition in the chronological order. Before the DE stages, all fencers fenced together in 5-point matches. Prior to the first matches, the fencers were ranked according to...
by Peter Gustafsson | May 8, 2019 | Organizational
Here are the final standings in the three classes: Men’s senior, Women´s senior, and Men´s cadet. All fencers fenced together until the DE stages started, at which point the genders were separated into two DE trees. Men’s seniors and cadets fenced in the...
by Peter Gustafsson | May 8, 2019 | Competition formats
My club has just hosted the second annual version of the Colley Gustafsson Grand Prix. I am only now coming down from the endorphin rush. Some thoughts, not in any specific order: The competition system produces nailbiters by the boatload. More on that in a more...
by Peter Gustafsson | Mar 28, 2019 | Competition formats
The second edition of the Colley-Gustafsson competition format is on its way! When: Saturday, May 4th 09:30 – 17:00 Where: Tollarps Sporthall GPS: Latitude: 55.929N, Longitude: 13.967E This year, the competition will be organized by the club that I am member of,...
by Peter Gustafsson | Oct 15, 2018 | Refereeing
I just came home from a sabre refereeing seminar, held by none other than Medhat El-Bakry, referee of the Men’s sabre final in the 2016 Olympic games. As far as teaching sabre refereeing, it does not get better than that. He had prepared a very thorough seminar...
by Peter Gustafsson | Sep 26, 2018 | Competition formats, Organizational
Well, I will be darned! The following blog post is about sport, but not about fencing per se. Consider this your notice. UEFA, the governing body for association football in Europe, has decided to implement a competition format in which the poules are filled with...
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