Richard Trip Balch

1963

Win/Loss Statistics

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Victories 5 5 - - - 10
Losses 18 10 - - - 28
Win Ratio 21.7% 33.3% - - - 26.3%
Pool Victories 3 3 - - - 6
Pool Losses 15 8 - - - 23
Pool Win Ratio 16.7% 27.3% - - - 20.7%
DE Victories 2 2 - - - 4
DE Losses 3 2 - - - 5
DE Win Ratio 40.0% 50.0% - - - 44.4%

Note: Seasons start on August 1st and end on July 31st.

Scores

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Easy wins† 1 2 - - - 3
Easy wins as % of wins 20.0% 40.0% - - - 30.0%
Close wins‡ 2 1 - - - 3
Close wins as % of all wins 40.0% 20.0% - - - 30.0%
Close losses‡ 1 1 - - - 2
Close losses as % of all losses 5.6% 10.0% - - - 7.1%
Big losses† 10 2 - - - 12
Big losses as % of all losses 55.6% 20.0% - - - 42.9%

† Easy victories or big losses are those with the score difference of 4 or more touches in a pool, 7 or more touches in direct elimination, and 5 or more in veteran and youth direct elimination.
‡ Close bouts are those with the score difference of 1 or fewer touches in a pool, 3 or fewer touches in direct elimination, or 2 or fewer touches in veteran or youth direct elimination.

Events

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Events 3 2 - - - 5
Tournaments 2 1 - - - 3

Competition History

2024 Fall Foliage Classic

Unrated Men's Foil (E1, U), October 12, 2024
Place 3 of 6, Seed 3, Not ranked, Rating U, Vermont Fencing Alliance
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 BIANCOSINO Paras 1 U 6 Vermont Fencing Alliance 1051 1014 60.3 48%
Pool L 2:5 LEE Hans 6 U 3 OnTarget Fencing Club 1249 954 41.6 32%
Pool L 2:5 ANNEAR Phillip 4 U 2 RPI College Fencing Club 985 912 49.6 46%
Pool L 2:5 RAMIAH Kalvin 2 U 1 2732 863 2.5 2%
Pool W 5:2 OMALLEY Yonah 5 U 5 Boston Fencing Club 934 860 54.5 46%
T8 W 15:8 OMALLEY Yonah 5 U 5 Boston Fencing Club 1931 1940 134.6 50%
T4 L 10:15 RAMIAH Kalvin 2 U 1 2500 2075 78.5 35%

2024 Fall Foliage Classic

Senior Mixed Foil (C1, SNR), October 12, 2024
Place 17 of 22, Seed 19, Not ranked, Rating U, Vermont Fencing Alliance
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 BIANCOSINO Paras 17 U 22 Vermont Fencing Alliance 1372 991 116.4 30%
Pool L 1:5 LEE Ethan 7 D24 8 OnTarget Fencing Club 1796 1108 26.9 14%
Pool W 5:4 PERNIA Samantha 13 E23 19
Pool L 1:5 GOODMAN Carden 22 U 13 Marx Fencing Academy
Pool L 0:5 CHUA Kirby 12 E23 1 Moe Fencing Club Llc 1889 1081 19.7 11%
Pool L 0:5 DJONOUMA Toyohm 1 C24 5 Portland Fencing Center 1953 1061 15.4 8%
Pool L 0:5 COFFIN Carleton 6 D24 7 RPI College Fencing Club 1580 1046 31.6 20%
T32 L 13:15 CROTHER-COLLADO Gabriela 18 U 16 RPI College Fencing Club

September Skirmish

Senior Mixed Foil (C1, SNR), September 21, 2024
Place 16 of 19, Seed 12, Not ranked, Rating U, Vermont Fencing Alliance
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 HENTY Colton 14 U 15 Vermont Fencing Alliance / Lionheart Fencing Academy/coeur Du Lion Fencing Cl 2500 1248 23.9 12%
Pool L 2:5 WEI Zikun 1 C24 3 No Fear Fencing / RPI College Fencing Club 2696 1224 15.5 7%
Pool L 0:5 TAM Kyle 5 D24 10 Moe Fencing Club Llc 1530 1208 81.2 32%
Pool L 0:5 WADE Grayson 16 U 5 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia - University City 2111 1127 20.8 7%
Pool L 1:5 KROLEWSKI Alexander 7 E24 2 Worcester Fencing Club 1473 1106 64.2 29%
Pool L 1:5 WAYBRIGHT Matteo 18 U 11 Portland Fencing Center 1493 1042 50.7 25%
T32 W 15:12 PERNIA Samantha 11 E23 17
T16 L 2:15 COFFIN Carleton 6 D24 6 RPI College Fencing Club 1451 2465 524.6 89%

Spring Fling

E & Under Mixed Foil (D1, E), May 4, 2024
Place 7 of 15, Seed 12, Not ranked, Rating U, Vermont Fencing Alliance
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:0 YOUNG Owen 15 U 15 Vermont Fencing Alliance 2500 1215 304.6 13%
Pool L 2:5 GALLAGHER Miranda 4 E23 9 Vermont Fencing Alliance
Pool W 5:2 LAMOREAUX Julie A. 13 U 11 Vermont Fencing Alliance
Pool L 2:5 WALZ Nolan 14 U 5 Midcoast Fencing Athletic Club 648 1520 369.7 87%
Pool L 2:5 ANDERSON Shannon 9 U 1 Sword In The Scroll Fencing Academy / Iconic Fencing Club
Pool L 3:5 GOLDENBOGEN Simon 5 E23 3 Vermont Fencing Alliance 2167 1150 35.5 12%
Pool W 5:2 MAZUR Chris 8 U 14 Vermont Fencing Alliance 1142 1115 133.0 49%
T16 W 15:12 SCRIVER Owen 7 U 10 Vermont Fencing Alliance 2500 2226 238.6 41%
T8 L 5:15 SHAW Guinevere L. 1 E24 3 Worcester Fencing Club

Spring Fling

Senior Mixed Foil (C1, SNR), May 4, 2024
Place 16 of 17, Seed 15, Not ranked, Rating U, Vermont Fencing Alliance
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 WENDELL Jay Z. 3 D24 3 Seacoast Fencing Club 2032 2500 737.1 67%
Pool L 3:5 LOZADA Gabriel G. 4 D24 1 1819 1763 329.7 47%
Pool L 4:5 GALLAGHER Miranda 10 E23 12 Vermont Fencing Alliance
Pool L 2:5 YEH Rodney 9 E23 10 Vermont Fencing Alliance 1435 1433 217.9 50%
T32 W 15:4 HOLLIS Michael 16 U 17 Vermont Fencing Alliance 2500 2500 420.5 50%
T16 L 1:15 LOZADA Gabriel G. 4 D24 1 2300 2921 694.6 75%