JUNE 6, 1976 - A TOURNAMENT TO REMEMBER

JUNE 6, 1976 - Host:  LONDON BOXING CLUB: by brian w. zelley
NORTHWEST COUNTIES SABA TEAM OF ENGLAND
VS
JUNIOR SELECTS BC AMATEUR BOXING TEAM

THE CANADIAN BOXERS

The Boxers from British Columbia included:

Graden Brittain, Brian O'Reilly, John Herman, Dale Walters, Barry Blatter,

Wayne Blatter, Hamid Ismael, Steve Gallagher, Danny Neal. Mike Cote,

Eddie McCaffrey, Dave Thornhill, Ron Herman and Billy Gilmore

DALE WALTERS - BC BOXER

The English Boxers:

T. Bernard, Brent Brooker, K. Wallace, J J Grant, A. Brown,

F. Lacken, A. Taylor, K. Agomber, I. O'Brien, M. Barnett,

T. Willis and J. Sandison.

BCABA President:  WALTER BOYCE

Boxing Co-ordinator:  JOE WEBB

Recipients of Special Certificates:  Howard Curling, Brian Zelley and Mike Caird

The prime two key cities of the English boxers were Liverpool and Manchester

ENGLISH JUDGES

Three officials from England participated in the tournaments held in Victoria and another held in Vancouver - Hoggard, Shea and J. May

Head BC Official - H. A. Bert Lowes

OTHER BC BOXERS

Derrik Hoyt, Peter Blair, Leonard Haln, Jim Blair,

Mike Bonneau, Alan Price, David Hodgkinson

Special Exhibition bout in Victoria - Wayne Crowe and Ian Weir

The author - 1966 to 1973

THE IMPORTANCE FOR BC and Victoria

For British Columbia amateur boxing, it was part of the big revival of amateur boxing and the improvement of our junior boxers.  Of the ones that participated as boxers, the one shining star that would be part of the Eighties on an elite level would be Burnaby boxer DALE WALTERS.

In 1984, Walters would be one of three Canadian boxers to win medals

at the LOS ANGELES OLYMPICS.

For Victoria, BC it would be an end of an era for the London Boxing Club

that  began in the Sixties

and hosted many club shows and the 1964

VANCOUVER ISLAND BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS

In August 1976, the London Boxing Club would be replaced by the

VICTORIA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION