NEW HORIZONS stepping into the light
THE YEAR OF THE RETURN - 2009
*It began with communications with FABIAN IRONEAGLE
who was hoping to revive boxing in Quesnel, BC.
*Discussions with Fabian took me back to 1971 and 1974
with the revival of boxing in Nanaimo and helping with
the reboot and growth of boxing in Victoria.
*As best as I could, I encouraged Fabian and some of his
former club mates of the "2 Rivers Boxing Club" to keep
on working to achieve their aim and work with their old
coach WALLY DOERN to revive and reboot.
*Then in Victoria, one day I received a telephone call
form an old friend by the name of JEEVAN DILLON.
He mentioned to me that he was on the board of directors
of the Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame and that
Mike Caird was going to be inducted to the hall
in the fall of 2009 and asked me if I would like
to sponsor him which would mean presenting
him with his award at the annual ceremony.
As part of the sponsorship, I also agreed to help
provide some of the background of amateur
boxing in the past including the revival in 1974.
During the process, I was given an old photo
that was taken in 1974 by the great photographer
Jim Ryan. The photo, in part, would also be used
in some of the inductee stuff.
The following is a cropped version of the photo:
THE INDUCTION CEREMONY:
*As best as I could, I encouraged Fabian and some of his
former club mates of the "2 Rivers Boxing Club" to keep
on working to achieve their aim and work with their old
coach WALLY DOERN to revive and reboot.
*Then in Victoria, one day I received a telephone call
form an old friend by the name of JEEVAN DILLON.
He mentioned to me that he was on the board of directors
of the Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame and that
Mike Caird was going to be inducted to the hall
in the fall of 2009 and asked me if I would like
to sponsor him which would mean presenting
him with his award at the annual ceremony.
As part of the sponsorship, I also agreed to help
provide some of the background of amateur
boxing in the past including the revival in 1974.
During the process, I was given an old photo
that was taken in 1974 by the great photographer
Jim Ryan. The photo, in part, would also be used
in some of the inductee stuff.
The following is a cropped version of the photo:
THE INDUCTION CEREMONY:
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