(Bert Lowes, Stan Smith, Dan Wright, Ron Whalley, Alan Brown,
Vic Murdoch, Brian Zelley, Rick Brough and boxer in 1978)
This issue of the "Boxing News" would cover the 1984 Emerald and
Silver Gloves tournaments, and a couple of club shows. But, would
also cover Zone boxing trials in Gold River for the purpose of
finalizing the zone team for the 1985 BC Winter Games. That
Gold River Boxing Club hosted show would also include some
special bouts that would include four open competition bouts,
and five box-offs to determine the Vancouver Island team.
The pre-publicity reported in the Gold River newspaper would
include a photo of home town boxing star Alan Brown. Selected
to be the team coaches were Monty Brown and Mike Sartori.
* Featured in club profiles was the Elk Valley Boxing with
reference to boxers such as Lee Gauthier AND Curtis Peterson.
GOLDEN FLASHBACKS
* Included was a detailed list of past and present ring officials
* The 1973 Trip to England for junior boxers, and a 1976
International tournament featuring boxers from BC,
Washington State and Japan.
* Another major story was the reprinting " Victoeia Times"
sports reporter Max Low and his pre-1980 publicity for the revival of theDiamond Belt, and some history of the 1967 and 1968 Diamond Belt tournaments with reference to some of the boxers.
*The back page featured photos relating to the 1954 Vancouver Island Golden Gloves tournament and photos of Bert Wilkinson, Paul Calvie, Fred Curtis and a group photo of Vancouver boxer Dave Errington
and his father and trainer Jack Prost.
THE RING OFFICIALS:
Jim Allen, George Anderson, George Armson, Steve Barnes, Paul Bartlet, Bill Bascoe,
Rudy Bianco, Tom Blair, Dave Boyd, Bernie Brisch, Rick Brough, Dave Brown,
Paul Carne, Larry Carney, Bob Chambers, Debbie Clarke, Joe Cooke, Bill Cowie,
Tom Crabbe, Jim Crook, Howard Curling, Barney Deslaurier, Bert Devrill, Bill Donnelly,
Terry Eastman, Bob Edwards, Dick Findlay, Ernie Forsyth, Fred Fuller, Freddy Fuller,
Jim Gallagher, Ian Gibson, Ed Gilmore, Harry Gold, Bill Gurvich, Jim Hardie, Shirley Hibbert
Tommy Hibbert, Derrick Hoyt, Dick Huber, Raj Jaswal, Art Jones, Tom Key, Shirley & Sid Knopp, Larry Krangle, Thorky Larsen, Pickey Lee, Donna Lemay, Len Lightfoot, Lindy Lindmoser,Bill Long, Bert Lowes, Dot Lowes, John McCrae, Al McKinnon, Sid McKnight, Sam McLarin, Scotty McQueen, Dusty Mair, Jim Marshall, Nick Martin, Kurt Max, Roy Maycock, Jack Mellor, Jim Miller, Jeff Miller, Vic Murdoch, Peter Murray-Driver, Peter Nelson, Bob Newbrook, Mike Nicks, John Nolan, Bro. O'Grady, Jack O'Hanley, Marg O[Reilly, Tommy Paonessa, Joe Pendry, Sid Greenwood, Bob Perry, Jack Pidgeon, Doug Powell,Joe Preston, Eric Pyray, Gordie Rabey, Len Robertson, Fred Ryckerman, Carson Samuels,Bob Seckler, Abe Seriani, Frank Seriani, Rennie Serriani, Art Shiels, Peter Schultz, Bob Smith, Stan Smith, Alan Stockdale, George Swanson, Joe Swift, Tom Turnbull, Lorne Turner, Alan Tummon, Earl Vance, Gary Wallace, Jack Walters, Billy Watson, Jerry Weicker, Ian Weir,Ron Whalley, Bud Williams, Skimp Williams, Jim Wilson, Henry Wolf, Dan Wright, Dave Wylie,Al Young, Tommy Yule, Brian Zelley.
(Note: there were others after 1985, and many before the fifties that have
not been named, but the above list represents a good body of officials
that enable the progress of boxing club cards and tournaments to move
forward to ensure positive events and safety of the boxers.)
