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Andy Mayer

Founder of Agile web agency Yoomee that makes cool social web platforms for social change. Geek, father, husband, Lotus fan and keen fencer - touché!

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February 11th, 4:39am 0 comments

Fencing competition video

Just finished putting together a short video of my first fencing competition from 28 January. It's hard to tell what's happening with the fast action, so I've used some slow motion. I am the guy on the left with my back to the camera. Throughout the competition I tried to keep a positive mental attitude by imagining I was Maximus - it was a huge amount of fun! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_5pMGVJGqU Thanks to Annette for the video clips. Click here to see a list of those I defeated! For those that don't know, I took up fencing last summer mainly in an effort to get fit. The sport has really hooked me. The physical demands have encouraged me to get fitter, coupled with the challenge to make lightening speed decisions. I now fence two to three evenings a week.

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January 21st, 4:45am 0 comments

Breaking news: First fencing competition

Breaking News: I've just come second in the 2006/7 Sheffield Novice Foil competition! My first sports competition ever! This was a complete surprise, especially as I was only two hits away from coming first. Amazing. I didn't even have any lunch with me because I thought I would be knocked out quickly. (Update: results are here). Fencing

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