Input and Sources: Over the last couple of months various folks have helped compile a story about the nominees and individual stories about some of the nominees. Stories on this blog include information about the Boyce Family, Lennie Walters, Tommy Paonessa, Alan Brown, Derrick Hoyt, the Campbell River Eagles, South Hill/Firefighters
and other information and photos including Jamie Ollenberger, Wally Doern, Stanley F. Smith, Dave Wylie, and Les Hamilton.
DERRICK HOYT: PRIDE OF CRANBROOK ( Golden Boy and Canadian Champion) By: brian zelley
Introduction Looking back through the years, I remember watching Derrick in two of his bouts with Jamie Ollenberger, they were slam bang affairs in Victoria and Vancouver, BC in the late Seventies. Fast forward to April 2011 and I was standing in the ring with Derrick, Bob Pegues, Les Vegas and others at the 2010 BC Golden Gloves in which Derrick was serving as an official while Pegues and Vegas were two of the many coaches that were there for the tournament hosted by the Capital City Boxing Club. Between those exciting bouts in the Seventies and Eighties and his role in the Golden Gloves, Derrick also served as a boxing coach and was part of the BC Team in a Canada Games which had the likes of Canadian Champion Ken Lally on the team.
Recently, DERRICK HOYT has been nominated for induction into the BRITISH COLUMBIA AMATEUR BOXING HALL OF FAME - based on his boxing performance coupled with his term as a coach and an official, Derrick has the Right Stuff to be inducted.
AMATEUR BOXING - THE BOXER
One of the many highlights was Derrick twice winning a senior national boxing championship in 1978 and 1979.
DERRICK HOHT - BOXING COACH
In the 2000 plus period Derrick served as a coach with the SOOKE BOXING CLUB
MARCH 13, 2011 - NOMINEES TO-DATE (Revised to APRIL 20 th. yo 24)
Tommy Paonessa - Lindy Lindmoser
Dave Wylie - Alan Brown BOXERS: Alan Brown *, Dave Wylie, Jamie Ollenberger, Les Hamilton, Lindy Lindmoser, Matt O'Brien, Willy Curry, Derrick Hoyt * Junior/Youth Category BUILDERS: Bob Decker, Charles John, George Angelomatis, George Shiels, Stan Smith, Terry Cooke, Wally Doern, PIONEERS or MULTI-LEVEL Lennie Waters - Tommy Paonessa
LENNIE WALTERS
Stan Smith presemts Harold Mann Award to Tommy Paonessa CLUBS, FAMILIES, TEAMS, TOURNAMENTS
Campbell River Eagles, East Vancouver Optimists, South Hill - Firefighters, The Boyce Family -1970 BC Senior in 1970 Nationals .1967 Shrine Invitational Diamond Belt Tournament (Note - deadline for other nominations - June 30 th.) (Final number or categories will be decded by Administrators) comments or suggestion open to all including honorary directors.
STANLEY F. SMITH: By Brian Zelley In reviewing the history of amateur boxing, for many many decades one name that can be connected to the "GO TO" tag is the one they call Stanley F. Smith or to many "Stan the Man". When it comes time to recognize others, or support others for an award "who are you gong to call". Well in Greater Vancouver and the Lower Mainland. the first name on the call list would be "Stan the Man" to get things done. From those early years at the East Vancouver Optimists boxing club at the Fraserview Boy's Club to his involvement at the 1984 Junior Nationals and Olympic box-offs, it was always Stan that would be in the front of another work detail, and during his days with the AAU of Canada or the British Columbia Amateur Boxing Association, Stan was always ready to supply a letter to support someone else get recognition or an award. Recent Nomination - DERRICK HOYT, The Pride of Cranbrook. JAMIE OLLENBERGER
The Golden Gloves in British Columbia began in 1939 and one boxer is selected as the GOLDEN BOY.
From 1939 - PHIL VICKERY to 2010 DYLAN BISHOP, there have been an interesting group including USA boxers RAY LAMPKIN and NEIL KNIGHT.
Multi-winners: a select few have earned the distinction of being a multi winner including
DICK FINDLAY, JAMIE OLLENBERGER and ALLAN BAYNE.
The 1945 Golden Boy was CHESTER ORR and in 1955 it was TRENT KETCHESON.
Some of the others were norm delaire, eddie haddad, barnie grace, don gehring, mickey mazur, jack strazza, kalman santosi, david ius, derrick hoyt, ron paskie,wesley sunshine, jim worral, troy nelson, kevin reynolds, brennan lowrie and matt bulteel.
1968 - a near DICK FINDLAY hat trick, but at the end of the tournament Dick was golden boy runner-up while Portland boxer Ray Lampkin was the winner and golden boy after his finals victory over Vancouver's hometown east end boxer WAYNE BOYCE.
Vancouver Sun reporter DAVID EMPEY: - but it all came down to either Findlay or Ray Lampkin... ...It was LAMPKIN, the quick and tough featherweight from Portland's Knott Street, who knocked Wayne Boyce flat on his face with a left hook and right cross, then blasted him with sizzling jabs and hooks
2010 GOLDEN BOY Dylan Bishop earned the award based on his victoria over JORDAN BAIRD of Olson's Gym. Bishop is a member of the Maple Ridge Boxing Club. A BC Golden Gloves video
CRANBROOK EAGLES BOXING CLUB - TODAY AND YESTERDAY:by brian zelley
The recent activity of the Cranbrook Eagles is a reminder of days gone by. Today, we have boxers such as BRAD HYSTAD and COLIN ADAMS. In years gone by during the MIKE MOORE years there were boxers like DERRICK HOYT in the Seventies and a gym full of junior stars in the 1980's.
One of the best bouts that took place in the mid-Seventies was in a show hosted by the VICTORIA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION between Cranbrook's Derrick Hoyt and Vancouver's Jamie Ollenberger.
Today, the boxers are coached by former boxer BILLY WATSON and TOM WHITE.
