South Hill/Firefighters Boxing Club

Firefighters Boxing Club: by Brian Zelley
The Firefighters replaced the South Hill Boxing club in the sixties under the direction of Bert Lowes and Pat West and started on Adanac street in Vancouver's east side,  In early 1968 theclun moved to the 12th and Cambie area of Vancouver.

Members of the Firefighters participated in numerous club shows and tournaments
including the 1968 PI Seattle Golden Gloves/AAU Pacific Northwest AAU Championships.
There were 19 Boxers from BC in that tournament.

The above list includes some of the active members

from Alf Cool to Phil Ethier.

Two of the members, Brian Zelley and Dan Wright would establish the 

Nanaimo Boxing club in 1971, and help in the revoval of boxing in Victoria.

Firefighter's Jack Snaith would join the Nanaimo Boxing club and win a National title in 1973

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Faces  of the boxers and coaches

1970

Gordie Lawson, Dave Wylie

Lindy Lindmoser, Brian Zelley

Firefighters:  Brian Zelley, Danny Gontes,Dave Wylie,

Frank Scott, Freddy Fuller, John Carr,

Larry Sinitson and Nicky MacDonald

former member Dick Findlay. 

Lindy Lindmoser

Jimmy McMillan

Freddy Fuller, Dick Findlay, Dave Wylie

Brian Zelley, Gordie Lawson, Jimmy Walters,

John Gamble, Frank Scott, Lindy Lindmoser.

Manitoba boxing clubs of Boxing Manitoba

The Boxing Clubs of Boxing Manitoba: by Brian Zelley

*The current boxing clubs connected to Boxing Manitoba are:
Alliance, BOXE Neepawa, Brandon,
Clifton, Cross Lake Elite, Eastman,
ITC, GoJo Gym, YFC, Orioles, Pan Am,
Power, Sweatshop, United and Winnipeg Elite.

Alliance Boxing Club
* the prime force  of the club is coach 
Mark Collins. But, also involved over the years
is Kent Brown. The club is located in Winnipeg.

Boxe NeepawaCombat Sorts Club
* a new club in Manitoba founded by
Derek Pearson.

Derek stated in the news that he was 
influenced by the  "2013 Canadian Golden"
 Gloves that were held in Cornwall, Ontario.

Brandon Boxing Club

* the heart and mind of the Brandon club
is Noel Harding.

Saskatchewan boxing clubs

Boxing Clubs of Saskatchewan: by brian zelley

   Weyburn Soo Line boxing - the Seventies
                Hank Hartenberger and boxers

From the Black and Blue boxing club in Regina
to Weyburn Soo Line, there are about 17 clubs
with one of the high profile ones being the
the Lonsdale boxing club in Regina.

BC Amateur boxing clubs, past and present

THE HISTORY and STORY: by brian zelley

Over the years there have been many boxing clubs scattered
  across British Columbia with an interesting history
This blog will attempt to touch on many of those past and present clubs.
The three clubs that have been added to the British Columbia Amateur
Boxing Hall of Fame are:
*** Campbell River Eagles Boxing Club 
*** Nanaimo Boxing Club
*** Spruce Capital Boxing Club

South Hill/Firefighters Boxing clubs

with Bert Lowes and Pat West 

( names in the photo  *** Freddy Fuller,

Dick Findlay, Dave Wylie, Brian Zelley,

Gordie Lawson, Jimmy Walters,

John Gamble, Frank Scott, Lindy Lindmoser )

East Vancouver Optimists

Boxing Club in the Sixties

Victoria Athletics - the Seventies 

Nanaimo's Newcastle Boxing Club -the Sixties

South Burnaby Boxing Club

*** head coach Harry Twist ***

Index of BC boxing clubs - past and present

2Rivers, 100Mile House, Boilermakers,

Ambassador, Astoria, Bluebird, Campbell River Eagles

Carnegie Boxing, Comox Boxing Club, Cranbrook Eagles

CounterPunch Boxing, Crofton Boxing Club, Cloverdale,

Chemainus, Cumberland Boxing Club

Eagletime, East Vancouver Optimists, Elk Valley,

Firefighters Boxing, Genesis Boxing, Gold River,

Hastings, Boxing Club,Inner City Boxing Club, 

James Bay Boxing Club, Junior G-Men,

Jaycees Boxing Club,Kelowna, Kingsway Boxing Club

Kimberley, Ladner Boxing Club, Ladysmith,

Langley Boxing Club, London Boxing Club,

Maple Ridge,

Mission City Boxing,  Nanaimo Boxing Club,

 Newcastle Boxing Club, North Burnaby Boxing Club

North West Eagles,  Parksville Boxing, Olson's Gym

Ocean Falls, Port Alberni Boxing , Port Kells, 

 Prince Rupert, Queen's Own Rifles,

Queensborough Boxing Club, Richmond Boxing Club,

Royal Canadian Navy (Naden - Esquimalt)

Revelstoke, Shamrock at Main Street gym

Sooke Boxing Club, South Burnaby Boxing Club,

South Hill Boxing Club, Sunshine Coast, Terrace, 

Spruce Capital,Thistletown Boxing Club, Vernon, Victoria,

VictoriaAthletic Association, Wallaces,

Williams Lake Boxing, Western Sports Centre

Kelowna and Thistletown

co-operation to support boxing

Genesis Boxing, Parksville

Cranbrook Eagles Boxing

home of the Victoria Athletics 1976

the faces of boxing in British Columbia

2 Rivers, past days

Astoria Boxing Club

" The original club was formed at Astoria Hotel

In 1966, one of the coaches was Johnny Creanza, but by 1972 the nature of the club changed when Eliot Ius was involved briefly, then it became a new organization in 1977

When George Angelomatis and Jack Duke

re-made the club.

Over the years, it would  continue to change

Until it closed in 2012. 

George Angelomatis, Dale Walters and Taylor Gordon 

Manny Sobral and Alan Brown

Training at Bob Decker's

Shamrock Boxing Club, Main street gym, Vancouvrr