*The process is now complete with the selection of a fine group
of nominees which includes boxers, builders, two clubs and
one event.
starting with Roger Adolph,
a former amateur and pro boxer,
and now involved in coaching.
The boxers include a wide range of
talent with Allan Bayne, Laurie Mann,
Michael Olajide Jr. and Donnie Orr.
Builders include:
the late Campbell River coaches
Charles John and George Shiels, Bert Lowes, George Armson and
current past president of Boxing Canada John O'Shea.
In the junior/youth category, Tony Duffy joins 2011 selection
Alan Brown. And, a new category is Women in Boxing which
now has Mandy LaPointe (boxer) and Marg O'Reilly (builder).
In the clubs and events section, two clubs with decades of
activity include the Nanaimo Boxing Club and the
Spruce Capital Boxing Club of Prince George. The event
chosen was the joint tournament in May of 1984 being the
1984 Junior Nationals and the Senior box-offs. With these
two clubs and major event selected, it adds hundreds of
boxing alumni to the hall of fame from Nanaimo boxers
from Jack Snaith to Zach McKay and the various coaches
such as Clark MacLellan, Joe Preston and Barry Creswell.
And, the Spruce Capital club gives us many names from
Jack Meda to Wayne Sponagle. But, the 1984 Alumni
stretches from east to west including coaches such as
the late BOB EDGETT, officials such as the late
FRED FULLER and RON WHALLEY and past
presidents of Boxing Canada like JERRY SHEARS,
and many boxers ranging from the BC team to other
provinces: Some random names would include -
Corey Burton, Wesley Sunshine, Aaron Wolfe, Charles Beaudry,
Tony Francis, Mario Bergeron, Jamie Sparks, Clint Dumay,
Tom Glesby, Willy Curry, Shawn O'Sullivan, Stephen Nolan,
Peter Britt and Ken Johnson, and many others.
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