1985 BC CLUBS & COACHES

As of September 1, 1985 there were 44 amateur boxing clubs registered in British Columbia
from the Astoria Boxing Club in Vancouver to the Williams Lake Boxing Club under the
direction of L. Albrechtsen.

On Vancouver Island there were clubs in Campbell River, Gold River, Comox, Parksvile-Qualicum,
Nanaimo, Crofton, and Victoria.

There were some old time clubs such as the Spruce Capital club in Prince George, the contact person being Ward Walker, and the Ladner Boxing Club under the leadership of Len Barker and
Darryl Olsen. Another well known club ion the North West of BC was the club in
Prince Rupert under the direction of Dick St. Louis.

Board of Directors of the British Columbia Amateur Boxing Association (BCABA) was comprised
of: Georger Armson,Fred Fuller, Sid Knopp, Bink Bakkan, Marg O'Reily, Bert Lowes,
Stan F. Smith, Glynn Jones, Dave Thompson, Shirley Knopp and Brian Zelley.

DIAMOND BELT CHAMPIONSHIPS fast forward

1980 REVIVAL of the BC DIAMOND BELT Amateur Boxing Tournament - Victoria, BC

Following the 1967 and 1968 tournaments, a dozen years would pass until
a revival of the Diamond Belt tournament took place in Victoria in 1980'

Funny thing, in February 1980, in Max Low's article in Victoria's "Times-Colonist"
part of the pre-1980 Diamond Belt hype and publicity focused on 1967 and 1968
Diamond Belt tournaments with the following headline:
"Young boxers eager while vets look back"

It was interesting as to which former BC boxers would get mentioned.
In chronological order of the names, they were:

Brian ZELLEY, Dave WYLIE, Fred FULLER, Frank SCOTT, Wayne BOYCE,
Dick FINDLAY, Kalman SANTOSI,Clint PAGe, Les VEGAS, Ken ALEXANDER,
Bill TAYLOR, Brian GRAY, Marijon KOLAR and Melvin HARRIS.

The names of USA boxers mentioned were:
Ted WEBB, Jerry WINTERS, Greg GUMFER, Jamie PHILLS, Don STAAB,
Wesley CRAVEN and Larry HIGH.

Not to be forgotten were names of two Victoria coaches:
LOU BUJDOSO and MIKE CAIRD. and
Vancouver Island Commissioner RICK BROUGH.