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Miniature Golf Outing

On Saturday, August 2, BPFC held its third annual mini-golf outing at Cool Springs. The top three "golfers" scored a 52 and the tie was broken by ranking the best scores on the front or back nine. As a result, Tom Flavin received first place, Karen Vaughn second, and Sean Sriplo third. Further results will be posted soon.

After the tournament, the fencers gathered at Kim Krulikowski's house for ice cream and games, such as frisbee and Uno. Thanks go to Kim for a great time!

Trip to Cleveland!

To commemorate the fact that both varsity squads had a winning season in 2002, the fencing club attended the End of the Season Blowout Tournament in Cleveland, Ohio on June 21. Each one of the participants gained valuable experience, and the directors were impressed with the group's performance. Kim Krulikowski won third in the open sabre competition. Chris Williams won FIRST in the under 16 foil competition, thereby earning an E rating in foil. Chris also tied Matt Bouloubasis's record for most bouts won in an individual event by defeating his opponents 12 times. In addition, Brian Buckley earned an E rating in foil by fininshing 7th in the open foil competition. Congratulations to everyone!

In the process of calculating these awards, one record was discovered. Karen Vaughn broke Kate Ekmann's 2000 record for fewest average touches per bout in a single season with 2.43. Congratulations to all the award-winners!

The following day, the fencers visited Six Flags Worlds of Adventure. Although they had fenced and stayed up late on Saturday, everyone enjoyed the park without mishap, except for a few latecomers to the rondezvous at 5 o'clock. Unfortunately, the writer was unable to travel back to Bethel Park with the team at 9PM. If anyone wants to contribute a description of any events at that time, click here!

Any pictures of the trip would be greatly appreciated. Please send them here!

The team would like to thank Mrs. Buckley, Mrs. Rhoads, and all the participating Tobiases for acting as chaperones at the park. Also, thanks go out to the bus driver Scott for great driving. Finally, thank you Mr. DeLucia for providing the contacts and information for the bus and the hotel!! Because of these people's contributions, the trip to Cleveland was an experience the fencers will not soon forget.