by Doug Nichols | Jan 17, 2015 | Blog Post, California, National Tournament, Need Help, Selberg, Charles, Tournaments, Tournaments 1971-1980 |
The 1979 All Cals (as in, All of California) took place at the West Field House at the University of California, Santa Cruz. It was a collegiate competition for a conference that was in the process of dwindling as funding for fencing programs across the state were...
by Doug Nichols | Jan 16, 2015 | Blog Post, California, National Tournament, Tournaments, Tournaments 1981 - 1990 |
Alan Buchwald, if memory serves, sponsored The Buchwald Open in honor of his grandfather. While not a fencer, Alan said his grandfather would have appreciated the energy of the fencing. I don’t know if Alan’s grandfather was from Santa Cruz, but that’s certainly a...
by Doug Nichols | Jan 16, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches P - T, Domolky, George, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers K - O, Magay, Daniel, Orley, Piller, George |
Tomas Orley was one of the leaders of the student protests that sparked the Hungarian revolution of 1956 that eventually saw Soviet tanks storm into the country and forcibly return the control of the country to communist hands. The 1954 Junior World Sabre Champion,...
by Doug Nichols | Jan 16, 2015 | Blog Post, Burchard, Peter, Cabrillo College, California, Carnighan, Len, Clark Skillman, Laurel, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Ellingson,Joy, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers K - O, Massialas, Greg, National Tournament, Tournaments, Tournaments 1981 - 1990 |
In 1980, Len Carnighan, then coach at Cabrillo Community College in Aptos, CA, hosted a tournament seeded with three of the top fencers in the area. Greg Massialas, Peter Burchard and Joy Ellingson were invited to be the top 3 seeds in the final, a direct elimination...
by Doug Nichols | Jan 16, 2015 | Blog Post, Schifrin, Peter |
In 1983, my SJSU teammate (and for a year, my epee coach) was seeking a berth on the US Olympic team. He had a number of strong finishes, but really needed to get some European competitions under his belt, both for the experience and hopefully to get some...
