BRITISH COLUMBIA BOXING HALL OF FAME

NANAIMO BOXING HISTORY 1963  to 2012: by Brian Zelley The modern history of the Nanaimo Amateur Boxing: The modern era begins in 1963 with the formation of the  Newcastle Boxing Club  by George Nepper .  Other primary coaches were  Harry Pollitt and Skimp Williams.   Also, Rene Nepper and the Seriani brothers helped out along with Gardiner Smyth. Jerry Sorensen, Roger Nepper and others helped. The second club was the Nanaimo Boxing Club which was founded  by Brian Zelley and Dan Wright in 1971.  The present coach for the Nanaimo Boxing Club is former seventies boxer Barry Creswell. Some of the earliest boxers in action for the club would be Darren Lussier, Wayne Peace, Bob Pegues, Dan Wright and Brian Zelley. Some of the trainees would be John Ormandy, Stu Springett and various persons from Ladysmith such as Bob Jamison.  Other boxers in the early years would be Mickey Griffin, Alan Toth, Jack Snaith, Fred Wicks and many more. In 1974 another new one would be Barr

The Journey Into 2014 year five: by brian zelley * For 2014, there is a great collection of names to be considered for the selection process.  Some will not be selected, but their names will be  carried forward to 2015 along with others that may get selected. Special Categories for 2014: Pioneer:                 William J. Finlay Junior/Youth:        Jamey Ballard Women in Boxing:   Betty Clark Events: 1994 Commonwealth Games, boxing 1954  Empire Games, boxing The Main Categories JACK MEDA * the two main categories are boxers  and builders with many fine names to sort through and to select.  One special builder by the name of Jeff Yule  will be included.  Jeff was nominated in year one but got overlooked and his name was not carried forward, but he will be an inductee come 2014. The Boxers: Picking and choosing among Billy Townsend, Geronimo Bie, Jimmy McMillan, Dave Wylie, Jack Meda, Kit Munro, Willy Curry, and  Kenny Lindsay is not easy. The Buil