BOXING BC - 2011 Diamond Belt

http://www.bclocalnews.com/sports/114755874.html

LALLY, PEGUES and SEEHRA, the never ending boxing story

THE KENNY LALLY, JAG SEEHRA and BOB PEGUES story continues:
by brian zelley

http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_north/pgfreepress/sports/114599839.html

For some of us , following the performance of Bob, Jag and Kenny is a pleasure.
The Prince George news media has done a good job of tracking their combined
journey.

For me, it is a different sort of interest that began in 1969.  I still remember that teenager
named BOB PEGUES wanting a boxing club in Nanaimo.   Well fast forward through the
decades and the recent years since 2000 has been an interesting story of Bob and his
boxers in Prince George.

The recent performances of KENNY LALLY  and JAG SEEHRA were exceptional.

All three have many hopes, wishes and dreams,  but thinking back to 1969 and the wide-eyed
teenager named Bob confirms that sometimes hopes are realized and dreams come true.

Updates of Story in 2015:
Since the original story, all three have moved
forward and racked up more achievements
and have participated in many shows and 
events.

Bob and Kenny are now inductees in the
British Columbia Amateur Boxing 
Hall of Fame:

Where my Journey Began: Sackville, New Brunswick, aims to Rebuild Bob Edgett’s Boxing Club

THE CANADIAN BOXING STORY:  By Brian Zelley

 BOB EDGETT is one of many that have made a significant contribution to Canadian boxiung.

The story by Gregg Ross is one of many on the role of Bob Edgett.

The story touches on the experience of one G Ross and his experience at the Bob Edgett  boxing club.

Once uon a time, there was an interesting story about Bob in the magazine "Boxing Illustrated"

Where my Journey Began: Sackville, New Brunswick, aims to Rebuild Bob Edgett’s Boxing Club
- as reported in the East Side boxing site -

BOXING ON VANCOUVER ISLAND

ALAN BROWN - VIC MURDOCH - BRIAN ZELLEY

BOXING ON VANCOUVER ISLAND

coach george nepper and boxers 1967

dale walters - victoria match

victoria atheletic association - training

some names to remember from the eighties in Nanaimo

DEAN BOHM - MIKE MURRAY -

PETE SEGGIE - JOE PRESTON 

Making the seconds count - Sports - The News (New Glasgow)

BRODY BLAIR - 2011 A Team member - BOXING CANADA

Making the seconds count - Sports - The News (New Glasgow)

Interesting article that focuses on Blair's arrival onto the 2011 A-Team
and some comments from 1984 Olympic boxer Wayne Gordon

2011 - The A-Team's Journey and Boxing Canada Teams

Four of the Team A members -
 Rynn -  Ulysse -  Lally - Laviolette
(photo courtesy - Alex Torres Rynn)

The important next step for the boxers is to engage in more International competition
to work towards the selection process for the 2012 London Olympic Games which will not be easy based on past situations but a repeat of 1984 or 1988 would be welcome news for Canadian boxing

As time goes by, we will focus on all of the team members and the
B-team which includes Jag Seehra:

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Jag and Bob, April 2010, a dorothy zelley photo


Another 2011 A-TEAM member  - BRODY BLAIR  -  Nova Scotia.
(See story from New Glasgow that covers Blair and coach Wayne Gordon).
Title - "Making The Seconds Count"


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2011 A TEAM MEMBERS:

                     kenny - alex -
                     yves - samir


Benoit Fleury - Kenny Lally 
 Joey Laviolette - Alex Rynn 
 Yves Ulysse - Custio Clayton
Brody Blair - Janathan Savard
Samir El Mais - Simon Keane


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CLUBS, HOME BASE, COACHES
 of the A-Team:


Starting from the west, we have
KENNY LALLY from Prince George. 
His coach is BOB PEGUES
who began boxing -  Seventies
-  Nanaimo Boxing Club -   

                     Coach - Bob Pegues


From ALBERTA we have ALEX RYNN
representing the Calgary Boxing
Club.  His coach is  KEVIN MCDERMOTT.

OPERATION LONDON :  by brian zelley
- 2012 olympic games -


We all know what the end game
for Boxing Canada is, but to avoid
being left at the starting gate, 
the team must do the best 
in the various tournaments in 2011, 
the most important will be the
World Amateur Championships,
but the Pan American Games 
may be a valuable alternative 
for some 
A-team and B-team members, 
then there are women boxers with 
MARY SPENCER in the lead role.
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THE NEXT ROUND - AT THE BELL


PAN AMERICAN GAMES - 2011

SEPTEMBER 2011 - AIBA - 

CANADIAN SENIOR WOMEN 
THE 2011 CHAMPIONS

                 (Source - BOXING CANADA - news and reports-)


A good cross-section of woman boxers from across Canada
from SUSAN HAAS (Alberta) and the Quebec war machine.
Then Ontario with MANDY BUJOLD - MARY SPENCER
and MELINDA WATPOOL.

2011 JUNIOR BOXING NATIONALS - senior box-offs

JUNIOR/YOUTH BOXING NATIONALS
Tournament scheduled for January 18 - 22, 2011, St. Hyacinthe, Quebec.

52 kg - expected boxers include BC boxer CODY BROWN,
and opponents expected Jessie Rochar (Alberta), Tajinder Lall
and Zack Ridgewell of Ontario.

SENIOR A and B TEAMS

Expected to be a hot competition will be lightweight
division with AYAN HUSSAIN, JAG SEEHRA, ALEX RYNN,
CAM O'CONNELL.

1968 - BC BOXERS

THE LAST OF THE OLD DAYS

Some of the BC boxers to engage in a shot at the Olympics
were Frank Scott, Ron McEachern, Freddy Fuller,
Dick Findlay, Chester Douglas, Patrick O'Reilly,
Rick Fleck, Darryl Olsen, Earl McLeay and Gordon Sinclair.