BC BOXING NEWS, March 1984

MARCH '84 MOMENTS: by brian zelley

* Two important events were covered in this issue

of the "BC Amateur Boxing News" and they were

the 1984 BC Winter Games and the Provincial

Championships. Also covered was the Northern BC

Winter Games that took place in Prince George.

Also, various club shows hosted by Prince Rupert, 

Queensborough, Langley, Kingsway boxing club

and the Cranbrook Eagles.  For the Queensborough

club show the organizers were Frank Scott  and Gary Ivers.

FLASHBACKS:

* In-depth coverage of Vancouver Island boxing history 

from the Fifties to the Seventies.  It primarily covered

the period from the 1954 Vancouver Island Golden Gloves

to positive happenings up to 1979 and the appointment of

Howard Curling  as the Vancouver Island Commissioner by

the British Columbia Amateur Boxing Association.

http://my.nowpublic.com/vancouver-island-boxing-today-yesterday-1954-2009
*The above link includes much of what was reported in the BC Amateur
Boxing News in March 1984, but also includes data on the revival
of the Vancouver Island Boxing championships that were staged in 1964.

* Hastings Community Centre Boxing Club history:

It begins with Pat O'Reilly and Val Roach forming the

St. Helens Athletic Club which served as a foundation for

the Hastings Boxing Club that was formed in 1958.

For details of the boxers over the years, the link below
provides a details from the 1984 article in the news:
http://bzelley-canadianamateurboxing.blogspot.ca/2009/11/hastings-community-centre-boxing-club.html

1984 BC Winter Games, Fort St. John, March 1 - 4

Boxers:

Zone 1: Doug Thurman, Mike Schraepel, Steve Schraepel, 

                  Roc Leduc and Jaime Bell.

Zone  2: Todd Alaine, Jerome Briatt, Mike Cleary, Brad Morin,

                Jesse Randhawa,  and Mike York.

Zone  3: Jim Butler, Dan Carson, Kent Eastman, Steve Nezaticky,

                 Brad Scott and Dan Slack.

Zone  4:  Jason Trottier, Andeas Stiller, Harjinder Gill, 

                  John Germain and Jason Broad.

Zone  5:  Tony Johnson, Lonnie and Ronnie McQueen,

                  Duncan Murdock and Scotty Scott.

Zone  6:  Paddy Nelson, Tim Cessford, Trent Storey

                  and Graham Walton.

Zone  7:  Mike Carlson, David Gray, Mark Jaeger,

                  Rodney Lolly and Albert Smith.

Zone  8:  Dwayne Testawitch, Vince Schryver, Todd Hatley,

                  Lyle Hall and Peter Agli.

Coaches:

1.  Mike Moore and Jamie Ballard, 2. Ron Reiter and Jolly Edwards,

3.  Glynn Jones and Wally Hill, 4. Darryl Olsen and Cliff Lutley,\

5.  Jim Fair, 6.  Art Smith and Monty Brown, 7. Dick St. Louis,

8.  Mark Valois and Leif Albrechtsen.

Referee and Judges:

Bert Lowes, Fred Fuller, Allan Stockdale, Thorky Larsen,

Vic Murdoch, Brian Zelley and Lorne Turner.

Gold Medals:

Jesse Randhawa, Scotty Scott, Mike Cleary, Jamie Bell,

Steve Schraepel, Jason Trottier, Paddy Nelson, Vince Schryver,

Ronnie McQueen, Duncan Murdock, Jim Butler and Dan Carson. 

1984 Provincial Championships:

        Venue: BC Training Centre, Burnaby, BC

                 Official In Charge: Fred Fuller







One Year Later: 1985
March 1985 Provincials
The name game: Senior and Youth:
Terry Dermott, John Wilson, Alex Bankier,
Ron Paskie, Tim Cessford, Manny Sobral,
Joe Pendry, Gary Serko, Mark Jaeger, Peter Padkie,
Augusto dos Reis, Rick Albrechtsen, Jordan Woods,
Jim Hunter, Rob Howe, Mike Carlson, Tim Hunter,
Todd Alain, Dave Hendrickson, and John Hunter.
Also in the mix:
Danny Crawford, JeromeBriatt, Laird Goodwill, 
Scott Cessford, Martin Kohalyk, Tonka Young,
Duncan Murdoch, Kit Munro, Gerald Peters,
Al Harper, Steve Noel, Peter Nezaticky, 

Officials in the thick of it:
Bert Lowes, Fred Fuller, Sid Knopp, Al Young, 
Bob Newbrook, Larry Krangle, Brian Zelley, 
Jack Mellor, Joe Swift, Ron Whalley, Derrick Hoyt,
Bob Serianni, Bob Seckler. Others:
Dr. Raj Sandhu, Stan Smith, Tommy Yule,
Gordon Miller, Shirley Knopp, Julie Brown
and Dot Lowes.

Special Meeting re. Team BC Coach selection.
Chair: Dave Thompson assisted by Brian Zelley.
Observation: George Armson and Bert Lowes.

Youth Team: George Shiels and Monty Brown
with alternatives Jack Duke and John Curry.
Senior: George  Angelomatis and Mike Sartori
Alternatives: Ken Marjoram and Don Macdonald.

BC BOXING NEWS, February 1984

FEBRUARY 1984: A FRESH NEW LOOK: by brian zelley

:

this issue was a start of a 

new way of presenting the

monthly news,  in living colors.

This photo was on the cover

page with Williams Lake

coach Leif A.

Also the 21 Honorary 

Life members listed:

Patrick O'Reilly, Stan Smith,
Joe Magri, Bill Cowie, Elio Ius,
Pat West, Joe Webb, Bert Lowes, 
Tommy Paonessa, Lennie Walters,
Al Decaire, Do Cowan, Harold Mann,
Bill Brenner, Dave Brown, Walter Boyce,
Melvin Ius, Fred fuller, John McCluskey,
Harry Twist and Walter Austin.
President: George Armson, Editor: Brian Zelley
Sports Advisor: H. A "Bert" Lowes 

THE PREMIER OF BRITISH COLUMBIA speaks:

On page 2 of the issue, it focused on the BC Winter Games and quoted

Premier William R. Bennett concerning the purpose of the games, and

on page 3 our first CABA president and the 1984 Chairman of

Competitions for CABA in the "Short Jabs" section Jerry Shears took

some time to recognize the "BC Amateur Boxing News" and to 

state: "I predict that many future Canadian and other championships

will be won by boys from B.C." - Jerry Shears, February 1984.

Also quotes from Ron Butlin, Joe Webb and Bill McAllister. 

Page 4: In "Coaches' Corner, Bob Decker  reported and mentioned

boxers Ron Paskie,  Laird Goodwill, Dan Zaleski,  and Tony Duffy.

Also, there was news about Jim Hills and Skimp Williams in attendance

at a club show in Ladysmith and Jim Hills showing an old photo of 

boxers from 1966 that had performed at a Port Alberni club show.

Rounding out page 4 was a brief piece on boxer Dale Walters from 1976,

and the first 21 Golden Boys from Phil Vickery to Alan Curtis.

  

THE TOURNAMENTS:

* Featured was the Youth and Senior BC Golden Gloves

of 1984 on January 21st. The three selected stars were

Cam O'Connell, Joe Pendry and Deep Butter.

The Boxers as reported:

Bassam Btrani, Scott Bannink, Jamie Ballard, Ron Paskie, Jerome Briat,
Gary Wood, Dale Walters, Scott Cessford, Joe Pendry, Ken Smith, 
Alex Angelomatis, Tim Howie, Leon Chambers, Dan Zaleski, Lee Gauthier,
John Wilson, George Pires, Derek Wolfe, Deep Butter, Willie Curry,
Hail King, Mike O'Connell, Gika Singh, Al Harper, Gary Sirko, Cody Redford,
Joe Martin, Tom Coady, Shawn McMillan, Todd Hartley, Alex Bankier,
Michael Mason, Harpal Talhan, Tony Schmtt, Danny Thompson,
Rob Howe,  George Mason. Mike Kennedy, Gerald Peters, Lawrence Rolfe,
Ejnar Laursen, Roman Grimard, Glen Quocksister, Peter Paskie, and
Neil Melrose.

RING OFFICIALS
       
                                               FRED FULLER   and   BERT LOWES

                                                                      VIC MURDOCH

 Bert Lowes, Fred Fuller, Rudy Bianco, Sid Knopp, Earl Vance, jack Mellor,
 Larry Krangle, Brian Zelley,  Rick Brough and  Robert Newbrook.
 Annoucer: Joe Swift, Timekeeper: Kirt Max,  Glovers: Tommy Yule and Gordon Miller. 

BC AMATEUR BOXING NEWS, January 1984

BOXING NEWS: by Brian Zelley, editor

The January 1984 was comprised of ten pages of 

news, views, flashbacks concerning the Langley

Boxing Club and assorted photos that included a 

photo of Derrick Hoyt of Cranbrook in 1976 and

the front cover featured photos of four members of

the 1982 BC Junior Nationals team and a list of

the 21 Honorary life members of BC Boxing.

BC AMATEUR BOXING NEWS, December 1983

BC AMATEUR BOXING NEWS, December 1983

By Brian W. Zelley, editor

On the front page of this nine

page issue included photos

of  a number of boxers from

Cranbrook, Horse Fly and

Parksville. but the inside was

covered with a cross section of

stories of events that took place, some flashbacks and a piece

on boxing skills concerning "Stance and Footwork".

The editorial with the title "Short Jabs" mentioned CABA

president Dick MacLean.  Also, I quoted him concerning 

the BC Amateur Boxing News:

"I wish to congratulate you for combining the history of 

boxing in BC with what is presently happening in your

province." - Dick MacLean, December 1983.

THE CURRENT EVENTS:

* 1983 BC Bronze Gloves, November 5th.

* Prince Rupert club show, October 29, 1983.

* Campbell River Eagles club show, October 29, 1983.

* Kimberley Boxing Club show, October 29, 1983

THE FLASHBACKS:

* 1966 Pacific Northwest AAU Championships.

* 1967 Tacoma Golden Gloves champions.

*  Reference to some of the BC boxers that 

were involved in Golden Gloves tournaments 1966

to 1968.  

BC AMATEUR BOXING NEWS, November 1983

BC AMATEUR BOXING NEWS, THE BEGINNING

                                              (photos - 1974, 1966, 1972, 1967 and 1967)

by Brian Zelley, the editor between September 1983 to January 1986

It was September 1963 when I joined George Nepper's
Newcastle Boxing Club in Nanaimo, and it was 20 years
later that I became  a board member and the editor for
the BRITISH COLUMBIA AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION.

The First Issue: November 1983

*on the front cover I used a quote from Bob Chambers

of the 1954 Greater Victoria Amateur Boxing Association

which appeared in the 1954 Vancouver Island Golden Gloves

as follows:

"If we can instill in our boxers the will to win fairly

and at the same time maintain the concept of our

democratic principles, then at least part of our 

future senior citizens will ensure no one will violate

the terms of human dignity." - Bob Chambers, 1954.

The Topics:
*various topics from flashbacks to current events
in eight pages with a cross-section of photos.
such as:
* 1983 Senior and Intermediate Novice tournament
which was held on October 22nd. and listed the boxers
and the results and the ring officials.
* October 2, '83 Shamrock Boxing Club card results.
* Flashbacks: 1960 GOLDEN GLOVES tournament that
was hosted by the Vancouver Optimists in Vancouver
with Victoria's Al Curtis earning the Golden Boy award.
* Zelley's Round article previously in the Vancouver
Island Boxing News called "Effective Punching -
The B.L.A.S.T. Plan".

* The Jimmy Syme Award for junior boxers and the
list of names from  to 1982  with photos of boxers
such as Laurie Mann, Mickey Griffin, John Herman 
 Chris Ius

The Photo Parade in that November:

Darryl Olsen, Stan Smith, Tim Cessford, Fred Fuller,

Bert Lowes, Lyle Hendrickson, Dave Hendrickson,

Freddy Fuller, Dave Wylie, Walter Boyce, Wayne Boyce,

Laurie Mann, Chris Ius, Mickey Griffin, Cliff Ballendine,

John Herman, and Alan Brown.

Boxers of the BC 1960 Golden Gloves:

* Tommy Black * Tony Lilich * Mickey Mazur *

* Winnie Schelt * Bill Tsuchiya * Bill Adams *

* Bob Ginetti * Al Curtis * Lindy Lindmoser *

* Paddy Clark * Dick Huber * Merrit Bisson *

* Ernie Falconer * Adrien Charron * Bill Caulson *

* Skimp Williams * Norman Larue * Harry Hinz*

* Darrell Elmore * Vic Vieberg * John Getz *

* Bruce Baille * Mickey MacMillan * Gordie McGaw *

* Gordon Rabey * Bob Williams * Jim Banki *

* John Pringle * George James * Roy Cameron *

* Danny Daniels * Fritz Briesmeister * Mike Caird *

* Jim Beswick * Jim Marshall * Danny McDonald *

* Frank Jordison * Robert Hamilton * Frank Toka *

* Wayne Carey **  

Special Awards:
Golden Boy: Alan Curtis * GB Runner-up: Bill Adams
Most Aggressive: Skimp Williams * 
Best Bout: Skimp Williams vs Frank Jordison. 

(photo: boxer Mikc Caird)

NAMES from the S. I. N. October '83 show:

The Boxers:

Ray Abraham, Todd Hatley, Tim Cessford, Jesse Kaelius, Mark Smith,

Ed Beaucage, Duncan Murdoch, Tonka Young, Mike Parsons, Lyle Ritchie,

Leonard Starr, Paul Wade, K. Lawlor, Darryl Starzuk, Ted Kinna,

Ian Middleditch, Isaac Gock, Mike Kennedy, Brent Lackie, Jason Trottier,

Brett Kollen, Richard Orozco, Eddie Lee, Peter Martin, Greg Singh, Darryl Clarke,

Bob Steeves, Vince Schryver, Darryl Guerrier, Terry Dermott, Glenn McMillan,

Werner Kirschner and Jim Cuberland.

The Officials:

Bert Lowes, Fred Fuller, Sid Knopp, Rudy Bianco, Larry Krangle,

Jack Mellor, Brian Zelley, Lindy Lindmoser, Bill Gurvich, 

Al Young and Vic Murdoch.  Announcer - Larry Carney,

Timekeeper: George Armson, Glovers: Tommy Yule and 

Gordon Miller.

NOW PUBLIC STORIES OVER THE YEARS:
http://www.nowpublic.com/b-zelley
 *******Above site is no longer on-line *************
The above link began as a recap of issues of the
Vancouver Island Boxing News and the
BC Amateur Boxing News, but over time there would be
many other topics and issues that would be timely and public.

LINK TO BOXING COACHES and OFFICIALS

http://zelley-boxing.blogspot.ca/

*Without coaches and officials there could be no real boxing,

so every coach and official that are active or were an alumni of

the past deserves a place in the story or on the boxing
highway.

* But the above list was expanded on December 24, 2010 post
with many more names such as: Dave Brown, Rick Brough,
Bill Cowie, Tom Crabbe, Jim Gallagher, Joe Preston, 
Gary Wallace and Tommy Yule.

Update re. the past:

THE BOXING JOURNEY

LOST ON THE BOXING HIGHWAY: by brian zelley

The Introduction

Each person that gets involved in the sport of amateur boxing has their own 

journey.  Some roads are long and winding, while others short and straight.

Over the last several years, I have attempted to document a wide variety of 

boxing stories about the people, the places, the clubs, the tournaments and

other related topics.  

The objective of this BOXING HIGHWAY site is to try and take it back

to the beginning for tournaments and clubs with the many names as best

as possible.

There are many sites to get back up stores but they range from clubs,
to club show, tournaments and other happenings.

THE LINKS TO SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS:

http://my.nowpublic.com/sports/b-c-boxing-news-flashbacks-and-memories

The above link takes us back

to 1983, and how the idea

of a Boxing News that would

not only cover the happenings

of the day, but take us back

through Flashbacks and

Golden Memories outlined

in various degrees of 

detail.  

i do not believe there was

any other amateur boxing

publication that provided 

so much detail of current

events and flashbacks to

remember so much of

what happened in past

decades.  

This blog "Lost On The Boxing Highway" will attempt

to re-produce the stories and add to the detail as 

well as can be done.

LINKS: COACHES and OFFICIALS
http://zelley-boxing.blogspot.ca/
Without coaches and officials there can be no boxing,
so the first story on November 20, 2009 lists some
of the officials and coaches from the likes of Walter Austin,
and Leif Albrechtsen to Billy Watson, Ron Whalley and 
Jeff Yule.

*The December 24, 2010 post had an extended list with
more names such as Dave Brown, Rick Brough, Jim Gallagher,
Joe Preston, Gary Wallace and Tommy Yule.