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,...
by Doug Nichols | Jun 22, 2015 | Blog Post, Craus, Polly, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers F - J, Fencers K - O, Fencers P - T, Huddleson, Demi, Mitchell, Maxine, Shurtz, Skip |
Maxine (McMasters) Mitchell. Four time Olympian. Finished 5th at her first Games. Four time US National Champion. An “A” rated fencer – with each hand. And growing up, she could whip any boy in the neighborhood. Maxine Mitchell, around 1955 It’s interesting,...
