Monday, January 3, 2011

BC EAST Boxing


ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH' by brian zelley

For many decades, one of the key boxing clubs is the CRANBROOK EAGLES BOXING CLUB.
Other current clubs in the region include FERNIE OLD SCHOOL BOXING with GARTH RIZZUTO./ and REVELSTOKE BOXING CLUB with coach SAM LAROSE.

CRANBROOK EAGLES BOXING

Back into the Seventies, the main force behind the club was coach MIKE MOORE and SONNY URI
and a gym full of talented boxers such as DERRICK HOYT. Into the Eighties there were many more standing in-line to learn boxing and some excelled such as JAMIE BALLARD. in the Eighties there was much competition from the Elk Valley club with boxers such as
LEE GAUTHIER and SCOTT BANNINK. Also competition from Kimberley. Some of the past boxers were
JOE PENDRY and DEREK WOLFE.

In 2010, the coaching team includes:
Bill Watson, Tom White, Larry Adams, and a gym full of boxers such
 as
Adam Schubert, Alex Hall, Brad Hystad, Colin Adams, Miles Chisholm and Taite Stober.

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