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----------------------------------------------------------- From: SwissKC Message 14 in Discussion Hi there, I'm going to put my two cents worth in, as a competitive and yet (hopefully) not too aggressive and loud female fencer (though I shall leave it the women fencers of Ireland to let me know if otherwise). Having been on the scene in Ireland for 6 years, I have generally found the womens competitions to be sidelined and rarely considered a good event in itself. If there are time constraints, generally the female competitions are the ones that suffer. Having said that, our fencing in general does not seem to reflect that of the male competition, both in quality and numbers of entries, etc. One thing I would say though, is that if you are getting new trophies for comps, the womens ones don't have to different to the mens. If women are always rewarded with less, they may be less likely to feel valued enough to come and fence, and that realistically should be our goal when trying to encourage females to stay in the sport. ----------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this e-mail, or change how often it arrives, go to your E-mail Settings. http://groups.msn.com/IrishFencingForum/_emailsettings.msnw Need help? If you've forgotten your password, please go to Passport Member Services. http://groups.msn.com/_passportredir.msnw?ppmprop=help For other questions or feedback, go to our Contact Us page. http://groups.msn.com/contact If you do not want to receive future e-mail from this MSN group, or if you received this message by mistake, please click the "Remove" link below. On the pre-addressed e-mail message that opens, simply click "Send". Your e-mail address will be deleted from this group's mailing list. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
