BC AMATEUR BOXING NEWS, 1983 to 1986

BC AMATEUR BOXING NEWS: by brian zelley

The back page of one of the old issues of the boxing news:

Taking it all the way from 1983 to 1986

Back in September 1982, there were no great big plans to get

involved in any news reports for the the provincial boxing

association.  It just happened due to the initial meetings 

with officials and coaches of Vancouver Island at some of

our meetings at the home of Rick Brough when he was 

living in Esquimalt and later when he was living in the

Ladysmith region.  What went from a regionsl news for

Vancouver Island expanded to the BC Amateur Boxing

News after Bert Lowes had an opportunity to get copies

of the 1983 spring and fall issues of the Vancouver Island 

Amateur Boxing News.  

That led to a trip to the 1983 Annual General Meeting of  

the BRITISH COLUMBIA AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION.

I was elected to the board as the news editor and so began a trip to

the past, present and future.  

One of the first persons outside of British Columbia to recognize

the quality of the "News" was from the then president of the

Canadian Amateur Boxing Association Richard (Dick) MacLean.

As printed in the December 1983 issue, this is what Mr. MacLean

had to say:

"Thank you for the Fall (Vancouver Island News) and the 

November (BC Amateur Boxing News) issues of "Amateur Boxing".

I wish to congratulate you on how you have combined the history

of boxing in BC with what is presently happening in your province."

BC AMATEUR BOXING NEWS, December 1983

*the front cover included photos of various active boxers

including Leonard Haln (Cranbrook), Roger LaFlame (Horsefly),

and Darryl Hickey (Parksville).  But other pages were sprinkled

with photos of boxers, coaches and officials of Boxing BC.  On 

page 5 as part of the report on club shows in Kimberley and

Campbell River, there was a cool piece with photos of three

solid coaches of Campbell River club: 

***** JIM HOWIE *****  CHARLES JOHN *****  GEORGE SHIELS *****
Of interest, the boxers in those two shows were from Campbell River, Gold River,
Ladysmith, Nanaimo, Victoria, Parksville, Shamrock club of Vancouver, and USA.
Kimberley, Elk Valley, Cranbrook and Alberta.  Both shows took place on 
October 29th, 1983.  
Some of the boxing names were: Neil Bordeleau, Terry Copeland, Robrt Rice,
Paul Deluca, Tony Willis, Ralph Torrie, Mike Murray, Roman Grimard, Alan Brown,
Rob Ledgister, Kirk Ranneris, Eugen Alfred, Scott Cessford, Gary Wood, Don Duncan,
Jason Adair, Eric Bordeleau, Mario Martinez, Surjas Jaswal, Mike Kennedy, 
Dean Bohm, Brian Attig, Mike Painter, Kevin Archer, Manny Sobral, Laird Goodwill,
Ralph Carraco, Dave Hendricson  (the Campbell River card)
Aaron Wolk, Troy Bannink, Kevin Lyons, Rock LeDuc, Joe Pendry, and
Lee Gauthier  (BC boxers in Kimberley card)  Doug Harder and Corey Burton were
two of the better known boxers from Alberta.

The Photo Parade continues:

On page six, there was an old photo from 1960 of boxers and coaches

Bert Lowes and Pat West with Jimmy McLarnin at a tournament

that took place in Victoria.  The boxers were:

Lindy Lindmoser, Bob Ginetti, Billy Adams and Winnie Schelt.

That page also featured a report on club show hosted by

the Victoria Jaycees boxing club on November 13th., 1983.

It was a chance for some of the former boxers get involved in

officiating.  The officials included: Howard Curling, Brian Zelley,

Bob Perry, Ian Weir and Tom Turnbull.  Serving as the glover

was coach Steve Barnes

Page 7 showed photos of Gary Robinson and Dave Wylie

to highlight the 1980 and 1967 Diamond Belt tournaments.

Of interest the finals of the 1967 tournament was staged 

before 3500 fans at the PNE Agrodome in Vancouver.

The last page was page 9 which featured a piece on the

art and science of boxing with a focus on stance and footwork.

1983 BC Bronze Gloves: November '83

The tournament results were displayed on page four.

The 1983 Bronze Boy was CLINT DUMAIS.

*Also reported on Page 4 was a club show that

took place in Prince Rupert and the boxers from

Northern BC came from Prince Rupert, Terrace

and Burns Lake.