by Doug Nichols | Feb 22, 2021 | Blog Post, Burchard, Peter, Cabrillo College, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers F - J, Fencers K - O, Halberstadt, Hans, Huddleson, Demi, Mayer, Helene, Mitchell, Maxine, Northern California, Schools/Clubs, Stanford, The Fencing Center |
Yes, I know it’s a title stolen from the Counting Crows first album, but I was just perusing backwards through my website and realized I haven’t posted since August. More than a few things have happened since then and not many of them have to do with...
by Doug Nichols | Sep 2, 2019 | Blog Post, Cabrillo College, Carnighan, Len, Clark Skillman, Laurel, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, D'Asaro, Gay, D'Asaro, Michael, Ellingson,Joy, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers K - O, Marki, Ferenc, McDougall, John, Moore-Selberg, Julie, Northern California, Nottingham, Jack, Okawa, Heziburo, San Jose State University, Schools/Clubs, Selberg, Charles, The Fencing Center |
You don’t forget your first team, or your first teammates. The fortuitous circumstances surrounding my introduction to fencing couldn’t be more memorable; a time filled with remarkable personalities. Fencing was my first college course. Fencing, the game I’d always...
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...
