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BC BOXING ACTION in Kelowna and Victoria
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by B. Zelley | November 9, 2009 at 07:17 pm
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The Province of BC, Canada will have two important boxing events on Saturday, November 21, 2009.
MIKE CAIRD - former boxer and coach will be inducted into the Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame along with others at the Pacific Institute for Sports Excellence. Caird will join current member of the sports hall, boxer Eddie Haddad.
CAIRD has an extensive involvement in amateur boxing as a boxer during the Fifties until his participation in the 1964 Vancouver Island Boxing Championships. In 1963, he became a Golden Gloves champion along with three other Vancouver Island Boxers including Cal Osmond, Larry Cardinal and Earl Pilgrim.
The champions in the 1964 Island tournament were:
Howie Rabey, Gilles Nepper, Brian Zelley, Larry Williams,
Watne Powell, Tommy Black, Ken Alexander & Rifleman Walsh.
After boxing competition, he turned to coaching in various locations in Greater Victoria and included activity at the Victoria Boy's Club, London Boxing Club and the Victoria Athletic Association. In 2000, boxer Donnie Orr earned a spot on the Canadian Olympic Boxing Team. Some other Victoria boxers of note were Wayne Crowe, Gary Robinson, Cliff Ballendine and Jason Heit.
Coaching duties were shared by many individuals over the years including Gordy McGaw, Larry Montgomery, Brian Zelley, Jim Ballendine, Ian Weir and Donny Orr Sr.
PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS - Part of "Boxing BC's Road To Glory" Tournament series will begin on November 21 at the Springvalley Middle School in Kelowna and finish on November 22 nd.
It is unknown how many of the 2009 current senior, youth and junior champions will compete such as Canadian champions Kenny Lally of Prince George and Stefan Melideo of Nanaimo, or 2008 Canadian champion Nathan Kulczyki, but some of them are expected to have some stiff opposition from the various BC boxing clubs. It is also expected that some of the younger and lighter boxers from this past year may step-up in weight or age categories. Boxer Robert Couzens of North Burnaby recently competed and won his bout in the final fight card of the old BC Boxing training site at Willingdon Avenue in Burnaby. Some other boxers of interest is Marcus Hume of the Spruce Capital Warriors club of Prince Georg that is likely to see action in the senior lightweight division.
Another important area of competition will be women's boxing.
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at 19:36 on November 9th, 2009
Another Victoria coach that was part of Mike's journey was Lou Bujdoso. In September 1976 following the formation of the Victoria Athletic Association, Lou joined Caird & Zelley as coaches of the club that resulted in an increased opportunity for trainees in the sport of amateur boxing, and numerous boxing cards hosted by the VAA at the building known as the Quadra Recreation Centre.
Lou went on to form the Victoria Jaycees Boxing Club in 1978 at the Jaycees Hall.
at 17:34 on November 15th, 2009
SASKATCHEWAN AMATEUR BOXING
The Saskatchewan amateur boxers beat Alberta and BC boxers to the punch with the Provincial Amateur Boxing Championships held November 14 and 15 th. and hosted by the Lonsdale Boxing Club.
Both BC and Alberta boxers will see action on November 21 and 22 nd. in the Alberta Provincial boxing championships in Lethbridge and the British Columbia Provincial tournament to be held in Kelowna.
Some previous action in Regina was the Canada Winter Games training camp in September, and both Alberta and BC boxers have engaged in various club show in the West Edmonton Knights boxing card and the Spruce Capital Warriors boxing card in Prince George.
In the recent action in Edmonton, Prince George, BC boxer Marcus Hume and Camrose, Alberta boxer Leighton King engaged in an exciting bout that was picked as the best bout of the night. King is a member of "The Force Boxing Club".
Meanwhile back in Victoria various past members of boxing will be attending the Induction ceremony of the Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame where Mike Caird will join former inductees like the late boxer Eddie Haddad and others. The ceremony will include video screenings of an overview of each new inductee on November 21 st.
THE WESTERN CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
From Provincial action, some of the boxers are expected to see further action it the Western Canadian Championships on December 12 and 13, 2009. For some it will be an early Christmas present and a ticket to compete in National competition in early 2010.
It is expected that some of those many boxers will compete for an important spot on the Team Canada boxing team for 2010 Commonwealth Games activity, but based on the circumstances of the 2008 Olympic Games there are no free rides to India.
at 02:04 on November 21st, 2009
The picture featuring Ian Weir, Mike Caird and Brian Zelley appeared on CHEK TV Friday during the news hour. Also, there was one with Mike Caird and 2000 Olympic boxer Donny Orr.