nickname: Derivative

date of birth: 19 June 1982

titles: 1995 NZ U20 men's epee, 1996 NZ Secondary Schools men's foil, 1998 NZ U20 men's epee, 1998 NZ Secondary Schools men's foil and epee, 1999 Australian U20 men's epee, 1999 NZ U20 men's epee and foil, 2000 Australian U20 men's epee, 2000 Uni Games men's foil. (Check that out Rock, hehehe)

results: World Youth Games 1998, Moscow: 48th Men's epee, 2000 Challenge Australia: 52nd (?) Men's epee.

national ranking: 2nd-4th (somewhere 'round there) men's epee. 8-10th (?) Men's foil.

world ranking: 238 (?)

best fencing moment: 6th at the US Junior Olympics (my first major comp). Winning back to back Australian Under 20 titles in 1999 and 2000. Representing NZ among 8000 athletes from 82 countries at the World Youth Games in Moscow.

best thing about fencing: Winning. Being part of a team and getting the opportunity to travel to cool places to compete.

worst thing about fencing: Losing. Anytime, anywhere. It's just no fun at all...

years fencing: 8

greatest fencing influences: John Bowen, Wes Patzer (both my US coaches), Pam French, Lynette Roberts, Ian Galley (how could I forget!!!).

weapons fenced: Foil, Epee, (lightsabre!!)

other interests: maths/physics, NHL Ice Hockey [the coolest game on ice (TM)], cycling, classical music, art and computer design work, web design, hacky, CounterStrike, CounterStrike, CounterStrike (get the idea!).

personal info: Read Rock's. He stole it from me anyway. Yeah, I'm a 18 year old student at Massey as well. I am also (surprise, surprise) studying for a BSc/BBS majoring in (wait for it...) physics and finance. I work part time doing graphics and design as well as a little bit of internet consultancy. And of course I fool around making webpages like this one and playing CounterStrike [the coolest game online (TM)!].

nickname: Lord Caffeine

date of birth: 7 January 1987

titles: cappuccino machine champion, defender of innocent blah blah blah

best fencing moment: 4th, Champagne Tourney!!! DAMN I RULE!

best thing about fencing: Hitting people with long sharp objects!!! Woohoo!

worst thing about fencing: doing footwork, though I still need to

years fencing: 2

greatest fencing influence: Cahans, could be Laurie

weapons fenced: Foil, Epee, Sabre

other interests: caffeine, like to try kendo....

personal info: when do we start next season?! (no clue, probably 1st Thursday in February - Webmaster)