by Doug Nichols | Jul 5, 2016 | Biagini, Gerard, Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches K - O, Coaches U - Z, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers P - T, Marki, Ferenc, Shurtz, Skip, Visconti, Edward |
A couple of Fridays past, I was able to spend an hour speaking with Gerard Biagini. Now, if his name is not familiar to you, it really should be. He’s been a mainstay of fencing in the Bay Area since before most of us were born. I first became aware of Mr. Biagini...
by Doug Nichols | May 30, 2016 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Fencers, Fencers P - T, Hurst, Buzz, Shurtz, Skip |
Gifts and Acquisitions It’s been a bit since our last update and I will say from the get-go here that we’ll have a pretty big announcement coming soon to this page, but not yet. Not yet. In the interim, I thought it might be fun to share some recently...
by Doug Nichols | Jan 25, 2016 | Blog Post, Borack, Carl, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches P - T, De Jong, Duris, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers P - T, Shurtz, Skip, Tronchet, Louis |
I like statistics. Not the kind you learn about in school really. More the kind that come about when you ask yourself questions like, “When will I get THAT done?” and “How many Aldo Nadi stories did I write last year?” (Correct answer for the second question is...
by Doug Nichols | Dec 21, 2015 | Blog Post, Borack, Carl, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers P - T, Shurtz, Skip |
Giorgio Santelli’s 1949 holiday card The first year of the West Coast Fencing Archive’s website is drawing to a close, so I thought I’d share some holiday cheer and a few thanks and thoughts. First, many thanks to my partner-in-history, Mark Headley, who also heads up...
by Doug Nichols | Sep 28, 2015 | Blog Post, Fencers, Fencers K - O, Fencers P - T, Mitchell, Maxine, Shurtz, Skip |
Well, I’m on a roll with this footage, so I’m just going to keep on going. We’re back at the 1958 Pacific Coast Championships. This time out, we’ve got the Women’s Foil Finals, pitting Olympic teammates Janice Lee York-Romary against Maxine Mitchell. Jan Romary...
by Doug Nichols | Jul 27, 2015 | Blog Post, Burchard, Peter, Coaches, Coaches K - O, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers K - O, Fencers P - T, Marx, Michael, Mori, Torao, Nonomura, George, Okawa, Heziburo, Shurtz, Skip |
Where Have We Been? What a crazy bunch of weeks! It may still take a bit to get back up to speed with regular stories, but the reason will hopefully be made clear as I describe recent events. First, Nationals. That would be the US Fencing National Championships,...
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