We shouldn't forget the other saviours of the boardwalk, all of the people
trying to run in under difficult circumstances. I have been involved in
every boardwalk since its inception and none have been more difficult than
this one. So let me add my thanks to Paul for being the diplomat, organizer
and goodwill ambassador, to Sarah for manning the desk at the most difficult
time and losing her voice in the process and probably her energy for the
foil the next day, to Mary, John, and Andrew for throwing themselves in to
the fires of directing some not to pleasant fencers and Amanda for both
directing and helping with registration and last but not least to Geoff and
Johann for coming up with the lights , generator and other equipment to keep
us going. This one was a team effort. If I have left anyone out please
forgive and blame it on mad cow disease, also called old age.
Bob


>From: "Mary Keane" <mary.keane@...>
>Reply-To: santacruzfencing@yahoogroups.com
>To: "'Jeff Powell'" <jeffp@...>, "'SDC
>Fencers'" <fencers@...>
>CC: <santacruzfencing@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: [santacruzfencing] RE: Salle DeCesare and the Boardwalk Open
>Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 20:52:11 -0700
>
>And a hearty thank you from Salle Santa Cruz!!
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jeff Powell [mailto:jeffp@...]
>Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 4:09 PM
>To: SDC Fencers
>Cc: Mary Keane
>Subject: Salle DeCesare and the Boardwalk Open
>
>Hey Gang,
>
>I need to tell you a story. It is titled:
>
>How Salle DeCesare Helped Save The Boardwalk Open
>
>On Saturday, the Boardwalk Open was in full swing in
>the UCSC campus when the unexpected happened: the power
>went out. Apparently the entire campus went dark.
>
>I wasn't there, but the good folks from Salle Santa
>Cruz that were hosting the tournament realized that
>all of SDC's scoring machines could be run on batteries,
>and moved what they could over to those machines.
>
>Alas, it wasn't enough, and power wasn't restored quickly.
>They had to stop the open epee at the round of 16.
>Basically, the fencing was called due to darkness.
>
>On Sunday morning I was called by Mary Keane asking
>what they could do to run their other scoring machines
>on batteries, as they had the foil half of the entire
>event to run, the power still wasn't back, and 4 strips
>wasn't enough.
>
>We talked a while and figured out a plan. Mary has a
>generator and I have a big UPS. That combination would
>drive their scoring machines just fine. Ambient light was
>enough for the morning and afternoon, so we hoped things
>would go fast. And they did, for a while. They had 8
>strips in use as often as they could, but eventually
>things slowed down as fencers were directing, they ran
>out of directors, breaks were needed, and what-not.
>
>And darkness set in, again. As it always does.
>
>But Sunday we had more time to plan. We got some halogen
>lights (thanks to Mary's SO) and put them on the generator.
>Then we finished the open foil events using SDC's battery
>operated strips. It was an odd sight, fencing by halogen
>work light on two strips in that big gym, but it worked.
>We finished cleaning up at about 9:15pm, I think. Well
>after dark.
>
>It was an interesting and eventful tournament, but it
>never would have finished up without SDCs equipment.
>So on behalf of Salle Santa Cruz I need to thank the
>good people of SDC for the equipment loan. Though it was
>never planned that way, it saved the day. Thank you!
>
>The UCSC people say the problem is the main underground
>power cable to the west fieldhouse is bad and must be
>replaced. They weren't going to work on that until
>Monday to save money. Imagine that. :)
>
>Anyway, thanks again. You really came through!
>
>--jeffp
>

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