GEORGE NEPPER, 2013 Inductee, BCABHOF

GEORGE NEPPER, the Nanaimo Icon of Boxing:

by Brian Zelley, a former boxer of George Nepper

GEORGE NEPPER PROVIDES THE VISION in 1971

GOLDEN MEMORIES and MOMENTS for Mr. Nepper:

MIKE LAZARE speaks:

BCABHOF: 2013

VIC MURDOCH
DERRICK HOYT
MICKEY GRIFFIN
LINDA GIGLIOTTI
JEANNINE GARSIDE
TERESA TAYLOR
GARY WOOD
GORDIE LAWSON
JACK SNAITH
SIDNEY MCKNIGHT
DICK ST. LOUIS
GEORGE NEPPER,            IAN GIBSON, JIM GALLAGHER, JIM HOWIE,
RALPH GALLOWAY, RON WHALLEY, 
STANLEY SMITH and WALLY DOERN.

                                  IAN GIBSON, builder

THE SELECT 60:  2010 to 2013

Pioneers:

Tommy Paonessa and Vic Murdoch

All-Rounders:

Derrick Hoyt, Lennie Walters,  and Roger Adolph.

Junior/Youth:

Alan Brown, Mickey Griffin, Tony Duffy

Women-In-Boxing:

Jeannine Garside, Lillian Gigliotti, 
MandyLapointe, MargO'Reilly, TeresaTaylor.

Boxers:

Allan Bayne, Chris Ius, Dale Walters, Dick Findlay,

Donnie Orr, Eddie Haddad, Frank Scott, Fred Desrosiers, 
Freddy Fuller, Gary Wood, Gordie Lawson, Harold Mann, 
Jack Snaith, Jamie Ollenberger, Jimmy Walters, 
Laurie Mann, Lindy Lindmoser, Manny Sobral, 
Matt O'Brien,  Michael Olajide, and Sidney McKnight.

Builders:
Bert Lowes, Charles John, Dave Brown, Dick St. Louis,
Elio Ius,  Fred Fuller, George Angelomatis, George Armson,
George Nepper, George Shiels,Ian Gibson, Jim Gallagher, 
Jim Howie, John O'Shea, Pat O'Reilly, Ralph Galloway,
Rick Brough, Ron Whalley, Stan Smith and Wally Doern.

Clubs and Events::
 Campbell River Eagles, Nanaimo Boxing,
Spruce Capital, 1967 Diamond Belts and the
1984 Junior Nationals and Senior box-offs.

The Names of 2013

2013 Administrators and Honorary Directors

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.

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 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