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
