by Doug Nichols | Apr 20, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, D'Asaro, Michael, Nottingham, Jack, Schools/Clubs, Selberg, Charles, Tournaments, Tournaments 1961 - 1970 |
The Airolimax californicus, more commonly known as the Banana Slug, is the official mascot of the sporting students of the University of California, Santa Cruz. You may hear the name shouted to cheer on UCSC students, as in “Go Slugs!” If you can say anything about...
by Doug Nichols | Apr 6, 2015 | Angell, Tommy, Blog Post, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Moore-Selberg, Julie, Tournaments, Tournaments 1961 - 1970 |
I only ever saw Julie (Moore) Selberg fence sabre. This would have been in the late ‘70’s, early ‘80’s, before there was a National Championship for Women’s Sabre. Now, of course, we have women fencing all three weapons, as is only right. Jeez, was it really so...
by Doug Nichols | Mar 5, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches P - T, Richards, Ed, Tournaments, Tournaments 1961 - 1970 |
The mastermind behind the ultimately triumphant performance of the US Masters team at the 1970 World Fencing Masters Championships was, without doubt, Raoul Sudre, head coach at Cornell University. A year and a half prior to the event, he began calling prospective...
by Doug Nichols | Jan 18, 2015 | Baker, Jack, Biagini, Gerard, Blog Post, California, Coaches K - O, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers F - J, Fencers K - O, Huddleson, Demi, Marki, Ferenc, Mitchell, Maxine, National Tournament, Need Help, Tournaments, Tournaments 1961 - 1970 |
Harold Hayes of The Pacific Fencing Club on Alameda Island, Oakland, CA has been a generous contributor of cool things for the Archive. Among other things, he transferred possession of two long boxes of material he received from Mary “Demi” Huddleson, past editor of...
