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BC AMATEUR BOXING NEWS, 1983 to 1986

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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...
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ED WILLIAMS, a worthy nominee for the BCABHOF

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ED WILLIAMS, a worthy nominee: by brian zelley It is with great pleasure that Ed Williams has been nominated for the 2013 British Columbia Amateur Boxing Hall of Fame. The following is a reprint of a story that I wrote about Ed which appeared in the "BC Amateur Boxing News" - May 1984. " In 1973, a major development took place that was to benefit our Native (First Nations) boxing programs. It was the revival of the BC Buckskin Gloves after a 10 year absence.  The revival was  hosted by the Matsqui-Sumas-Abbotsford Boxing Club and  held at the MSA Arena in Abbotsford in April '73... Not to be  forgotten  for his involvement was Ed Williams... I first met ED WILLIAMS in 1967 at the BC Diamond Belt tournament ... Ed remained a well liked person  for his heart and his sportsmanship and was a dedicated boxer that took time out of his own training to help others.  In 1972, another revival  took place ...
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BRIAN's BOXING STORY (1963 to 2013)  (Brian's boxing story: November 1974: Ian Weir, Mike Caird and Brian Zelley) photo by Jim Ryan,  for the "Victorian" with an article by Patty Pitts. concerning the revival of amateur boxing in the capital city Victoria, British Columbia) *copy provided by the Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame in 2009. THE EARLY YEARS: 1963 to 1968 *The story begins in September 1963 with the Nepper family of Nanaimo. George Nepper decided to form a boxing club in 1963 and it was named after the Newcastle Hotel as the NEWCASTLE BOXING CLUB. Some of original boxers in the club were: the Nepper brothers, Gilles, Roger, Jules, Leon and Rene. and Brian Zelley, Leo Rock, Chris and Ted Ballatti.   (an early photo of active club members in January 1964" the original photo was by the "Nanaimo Daily Free Press" in preparation of the 1963/1964 boxing season. (phote includes: Leo Rock, Chris Balatti, Gilles Neppe...
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