Men's Epeeists Gideon van Zyl and William Bishop were first up.
A slow start due to poule changes after a successful protest regarding seedings. Original poules changed - Gideon was in a poule of 6 and won 3 lost 2, William was in a poule of 7, won 5 lost 1. Gideon was seeded into the DE 17th and William 5th.
Gideon lost first DE to Kristian Radford (AUS) for a final placing 20th.
In the 32 William Bishop beat Davidson (AUS), then Robert Allen (South Africa) to reach the last 8. He then powered on through James Allen (ENG) to reach the semi finals losing to Gandolfi (ENG) and winning the 2009 Commonwealth Junior Men's Epee Bronze medal.
It is a good starts for our Kiwi team.
ReplyDeleteWell done William!
We proud of you and the supporting team.
Keep going the other team members, we cheer you up here from Christchurch New Zealand.
Brilliant William!
ReplyDeleteBest of luck to everyone else.
Seem like someone prepped our Kiwis well.
-Andreas
Man that guy looks hot.
ReplyDeleteKat e put this up on the board tommorow