Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Saturday, December 1, 2012
MICKEY GRIFFIN and JACK SNAITH
BUILDING THE STORIES for 2013: by brian zelley
*early in the process for 2013, two of the top eight for
support include ex-Nanaimo boxers Jack Snaith and Mickey Griffin.
The following from the NANAIMO INFORMATION site touches
on a slice of their boxing stories.
Others with some early support include:
Ron Whalley, Derrick Hoyt, Gordie Lawson, Jim Gallagher
Sid McKnight and Gary Wood.
*early in the process for 2013, two of the top eight for
support include ex-Nanaimo boxers Jack Snaith and Mickey Griffin.
The following from the NANAIMO INFORMATION site touches
on a slice of their boxing stories.
Others with some early support include:
Ron Whalley, Derrick Hoyt, Gordie Lawson, Jim Gallagher
Sid McKnight and Gary Wood.
Saturday, November 24, 2012
BRITISH COLUMBIA AMATEUR BOXING HALL OF FAME
BRITISH COLUMBIA AMATEUR BOXING HALL OF FAME
The above link records the names of most of the inductees
for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012 including three boxing clubs:
Campbell River Eagles Boxing Club,
Nanaimo Boxing Club, and the
Spruce Capital Boxing club of Prince George.
Some of the
faces in the
Hall of Fame:
Laurie Mann
Micael Olajide
Tony Duffy
Bert Lowes
Donnie Orr
Mandy Lapointe
Allan Bayne
Roger Adolph
Eddie Haddad
and Frank Scott
Dick Findlay and
Fred Desrosiers
1967 Diamond Belt
Tournament
* the finalists of the 1967 event:
*************************************
derek austin, ron maceachern
frank scott, james logan,
wayne boyce, brian zelley
dick coulson, ken lee
dave wylie, freddie fuller,
jim russell, pat o'reilly jr..
donato paduano, dennis rorick
george smith, ron wilson,
james allen, marion kolar,
wes craven, and bill taylor
**************************************
Alan Brown
Tommy Paonessa
Jamie Ollenberger
Lennie Walters
The above link records the names of most of the inductees
for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012 including three boxing clubs:
Campbell River Eagles Boxing Club,
Nanaimo Boxing Club, and the
Spruce Capital Boxing club of Prince George.
faces in the
Hall of Fame:
Laurie Mann
Micael Olajide
Tony Duffy
Bert Lowes
Donnie Orr
Mandy Lapointe
Allan Bayne
Roger Adolph
and Frank Scott
Dick Findlay and
Fred Desrosiers
Tournament
* the finalists of the 1967 event:
*************************************
derek austin, ron maceachern
frank scott, james logan,
wayne boyce, brian zelley
dick coulson, ken lee
dave wylie, freddie fuller,
jim russell, pat o'reilly jr..
donato paduano, dennis rorick
george smith, ron wilson,
james allen, marion kolar,
wes craven, and bill taylor
**************************************
Alan Brown
Tommy Paonessa
Jamie Ollenberger
Lennie Walters
Sunday, November 4, 2012
THE ROLL OF 2013 NOMINEES
THE ROLL OF 2013 NOMINEES: by brian zelley
JUNIOR/YOUTH BOXERS:
Mickey Griffin, Cliff Ballendine,
Scott & Troy Bannink and
Jamie Ballard.
Women - In - Boxing:
Jeannine Garside, Teresa Taylor,
Linda Gigliotti and Betty Clarke.
Boxers:
Gary Wood, Derrick Hoyt, Jack Snaith, Geronimo Bie,
Gordie Lawson, Steve Noel, and Sid McKnight.
Builders:
Ron Whalley, Jim Gallagher, Jim Howie,
Vic Murdoch, Ian Gibson, Stan Smith,
Ed Williams, Dick St. Louis, Ralph Galloway,
George Nepper, Boyd Bayne, Todd Alain
and Wally Doern
Boxing Clubs:
Cranbrook Eagles Boxing Club.
The list of nominees for 2013 gives
British Columbia Amateur Boxing
a good cross section of boxers and
builders throughout the decades.
*For the junior/youth category
we have boxers from the seventies,
and eighties that include some
National medal winners, and
boxers that have earned the
prestigious "Jimmy Symes Award"
for excellence in boxing.
Some of them may join current
junior=/youth inductees:
Alan Brown and Tony Duffy.
George Nepper, the founder of
the Newcastle Boxing Club in
Nanaimo in the sixties was also
involved in the formation of the
Nanaimo Boxing Club in 1971.
Before the Newcastle club, he
was involved with the boxing
club in Chemainus that saw the
Nepper brothers train with the
likes of Skimp Williams and
Danny Daniels.
RON WHALLEY is a respected ring official who
was very active before his passing. He worked
with Bert Lowes and Fred Fuller, and was there
for club shows and tournaments in BC,
provincial tournaments, nation
VIC MURDOCH:
is a long time boxing official
but he is also a golden gloves boxing alumnus. Vic was one of the early
Golden Gloves champions in the forties and is one of the few BC boxers
to win a Golden Gloves title in Seattle.
Stan Smith was involved in administrative matters for boxing in the Sixties
and also one of the East Vancouver Optimist boxing club officers. Later he
would serve as a director with the BC Amateur Boxing Association
JIM GALLAGHER, former coach of the Cloverdale boxing club and also served in otherareas of boxing for Boxing BC
.
GORDIE LAWSON
began his boxing
journey with the
Firefighters boxing
club in Vancouver
in September and
in his first year of
activity, he would
earn a silver gloves
championship in
1968.
Lawson could be
called a warrior's
warrior who always
came to do battle
regardless of the
skills and experience
of his opponents.
WALLY DOERN, boxing coach
*2 Rivers boxing club, Quesnel, BC.
*photo of Bob Pegues and Wally Doern, 2010
THE END GAME - THE INDUCTEES of 2013
Mickey Griffin, Cliff Ballendine,
Scott & Troy Bannink and
Jamie Ballard.
Women - In - Boxing:
Jeannine Garside, Teresa Taylor,
Linda Gigliotti and Betty Clarke.
Boxers:
Gary Wood, Derrick Hoyt, Jack Snaith, Geronimo Bie,
Gordie Lawson, Steve Noel, and Sid McKnight.
Builders:
Ron Whalley, Jim Gallagher, Jim Howie,
Vic Murdoch, Ian Gibson, Stan Smith,
Ed Williams, Dick St. Louis, Ralph Galloway,
George Nepper, Boyd Bayne, Todd Alain
and Wally Doern
Boxing Clubs:
Cranbrook Eagles Boxing Club.
The list of nominees for 2013 gives
British Columbia Amateur Boxing
a good cross section of boxers and
builders throughout the decades.
*For the junior/youth category
we have boxers from the seventies,
and eighties that include some
National medal winners, and
boxers that have earned the
prestigious "Jimmy Symes Award"
for excellence in boxing.
Some of them may join current
junior=/youth inductees:
Alan Brown and Tony Duffy.
the Newcastle Boxing Club in
Nanaimo in the sixties was also
involved in the formation of the
Nanaimo Boxing Club in 1971.
Before the Newcastle club, he
was involved with the boxing
club in Chemainus that saw the
Nepper brothers train with the
likes of Skimp Williams and
Danny Daniels.
was very active before his passing. He worked
with Bert Lowes and Fred Fuller, and was there
for club shows and tournaments in BC,
provincial tournaments, nation
VIC MURDOCH:
is a long time boxing official
but he is also a golden gloves boxing alumnus. Vic was one of the early
Golden Gloves champions in the forties and is one of the few BC boxers
to win a Golden Gloves title in Seattle.
Stan Smith was involved in administrative matters for boxing in the Sixties
and also one of the East Vancouver Optimist boxing club officers. Later he
would serve as a director with the BC Amateur Boxing Association
JIM GALLAGHER, former coach of the Cloverdale boxing club and also served in otherareas of boxing for Boxing BC.
GORDIE LAWSON
began his boxing
journey with the
Firefighters boxing
club in Vancouver
in September and
in his first year of
activity, he would
earn a silver gloves
championship in
1968.
Lawson could be
called a warrior's
warrior who always
came to do battle
regardless of the
skills and experience
of his opponents.
WALLY DOERN, boxing coach
*2 Rivers boxing club, Quesnel, BC.
*photo of Bob Pegues and Wally Doern, 2010
THE END GAME - THE INDUCTEES of 2013
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
2010 to 2012, the 41 Select
THE SELECT 41 - 2010 to 2012
PIONEER: TOMMY PAONESSA
ALL-ROUNDER: LENNIE WALTERS, ROGER ADOLPH
JUNIOR/YOUTH: ALAN BROWN, TONY DUFFY
WOMEN IN BOXING: MANDY LAPOINTE, MARG O'REILLY
BOXERS: ALLAN BAYNE, CHRIS IUS, DALE WALTERS
DICK FINDLAY, DONNIE ORR, EDDIE HADDAD,
FRANK SCOTT, FRED DESROSIERS, FREDDY FULLER,
HAROLD MANN, JAMIE OLLENBERGER, JIMMY WALTERS,
LAURIE MANN, LINDY LINDMOSER, MANNY SOBRAL,
MATT O'BRIEN, MICHAEL OLAJIDE Jr.
BUILDERS: BERT LOWES, CHARLES JOHN, DAVE BROWN,
ELIO IUS, FRED FULLER, GEORGE ANGELOMATIS,
GEORGE ARMSON, GEORGE SHIELS, JOHN O'SHEA,
PAT O'REILLY and RICK BROUGH.
SPECIAL CATEGORIES:
CAMPBELL RIVER EAGLES, NANAIMO BOXING,
SPRUCE CAPITAL, 1967 DIAMOND BELT,
1984 JUNIOR NATIONAL/SENIOR BOX-OFFS.
PIONEER: TOMMY PAONESSA
ALL-ROUNDER: LENNIE WALTERS, ROGER ADOLPH
JUNIOR/YOUTH: ALAN BROWN, TONY DUFFY
WOMEN IN BOXING: MANDY LAPOINTE, MARG O'REILLY
BOXERS: ALLAN BAYNE, CHRIS IUS, DALE WALTERS
DICK FINDLAY, DONNIE ORR, EDDIE HADDAD,
FRANK SCOTT, FRED DESROSIERS, FREDDY FULLER,
HAROLD MANN, JAMIE OLLENBERGER, JIMMY WALTERS,
LAURIE MANN, LINDY LINDMOSER, MANNY SOBRAL,
MATT O'BRIEN, MICHAEL OLAJIDE Jr.
BUILDERS: BERT LOWES, CHARLES JOHN, DAVE BROWN,
ELIO IUS, FRED FULLER, GEORGE ANGELOMATIS,
GEORGE ARMSON, GEORGE SHIELS, JOHN O'SHEA,
PAT O'REILLY and RICK BROUGH.
SPECIAL CATEGORIES:
CAMPBELL RIVER EAGLES, NANAIMO BOXING,
SPRUCE CAPITAL, 1967 DIAMOND BELT,
1984 JUNIOR NATIONAL/SENIOR BOX-OFFS.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
2012 INDUCTEES BCABHOF
INDUCTEES FOR 2012: by brian zelley
*following a long process that has been ongoing for the
last several months. The Administrators and some of the
honorary directors selected 20 nominees for the 2012
nomination and selection process. At the end of the
process the following have been selected:
THE INDUCTEES:
All Rounder: ROGER ADOLPH
Boxers: ALLAN BAYNE, LAURIE MANN
MICHAEL OLAJIDE, DONNIE ORR
Builders: BERT LOWES, CHARLES JOHN,
GEORGE ARMSON, GEORGE SHIELS,
, JOHN O'SHEA,
Junior/Youth TONY DUFFY
Women in Boxing: MANDY LAPOINTE
MARG. O'REILLY
Clubs & Events: NANAIMO BOXING CLUB
SPRUCE CAPITAL BOXING CLUB
Events: 1984 JUNIOR NATIONALS and SENIOR
BOX-OFFS for Canadian Olympic Team
PHOTO PROFILES:
Tony Duffy and coach ,
Fight night Nanaimo Boxing
Roger Adolph, and Allan Bayne
Bert Lowes and Michael Olajide Jr.
Michael Olajide Jr.
Amateur and Professional Boxer
former member of Kingsway Boxing Club
JOHN O'SHEA
Past president of Boxing Canada
Induction ceremony for
Boxing Canada Hall of Fame
(photo courtesy of Ryan O'Shea)
DONNIE ORR at 2000 Olympic Games and Charles John and George Shiels
with Kelly Ricketts and boxers pf the
Campbell River Eagles
LAURIE MANN
REMEMBRANCE FOR THOSE THAT ARE NO LONGER WITH US
(special thanks to Nicky Furlano and the Hilton Family)
Stewart Hilton was one of the top three boxers selected 'at the
1984 Junior National in May of 1984.
Also, remembrances to
Bert Lowes, Charles John, George Armson and George Shiels
THANKS FOR THOSE THAT PARTICIPATED
Selection Committee for 2012
REMEMBRANCE FOR THOSE THAT ARE NO LONGER WITH US
Stewart Hilton was one of the top three boxers selected 'at the
1984 Junior National in May of 1984.
Also, remembrances to
Bert Lowes, Charles John, George Armson and George Shiels
THANKS FOR THOSE THAT PARTICIPATED
Selection Committee for 2012
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
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