Boxing Alberta
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Alberta
Centennial Salute
The Alberta
Sport, Recreation, Parks and Wildlife Foundation have named Lawrence Duperron
of the Derrick Boxing Club to the Top100 Albertan List. Lawrence’s
countless hours of work with Alberta’s
youth has not gone unnoticed. Mr. Duperron will receive his award at a banquet
in Red Deer
on Dec. 8th and it will be displayed in a special section of the
Alberta Sport Hall of Fame. Honorary member of Boxing Alberta, Ron Hayer,
of Edmonton, was also named, along
with long time Alberta amateur
boxing great Max Gibb from Lethbridge.
England
VS Alberta
Bolton
Lads & Girls Club
(just
outside of Manchester) arrived in
Edmonton October 6th for 2 boxing shows. Ten
boxers and coach John Hart competed at the
Cougar/Avenue Prospects Dinner
Show
on Oct. 7th
and Boxing Alberta’s
Doug’s Place Challenge Cup
on Oct 11th. Both cards were excellent competition for our
Alberta
athletes and the capacity crowds at both events were witness to some very high
caliber amateur boxing. Boxing Alberta
has been invited to a return competition to Bolton,
England and
Glasgow,
Scotland in early May
2006. This would be a single meet in Glasgow
and a tournament in Bolton.
Our Traveling Athletes
Arash
Usmanee (West Pembina)
and Gino Nardari (Medicine Hat)
have been very busy young men. Arash returned from a July multi-nations
tournament in Manchester,
Eng.
with 2 victories and the gold medal while Gino was in tough and lost his 1st
bout. Arash also represented Canada
at 3 dual meets; against the English in Halifax,
NS and the Irish in
London,
ON and St. Catherine’s, ON. Arash won both
these competitions and was pick best boxer of both meets. Results from the
World Championships in China,
both Gino and Arash lost their 1st competitions. At the
RingSide tournament in Kansas City,
Missouri, Arash (West Pembina),
Sleman Usmanee (Red Deer)
and Angus McNeely (Calgary)
all won their 3 bouts and returned home with the Championship Belts.
Jennifer Walker (Calgary) won
2 bouts and lost in the final. Winning 1 bout were Gino Nardari (Medicine
Hat), Robert Sherman (Impact) and Yanks
Trottier (Lethbridge). A
little side note, David Moreau (Edmonton
official and Boxing Alberta, Board
of Director), was picked as the best official of the RingSide
Tournament. Congratulations to all the athletes, coaches and officials who
traveled this summer.
Western Canadian Championships
Manitoba
hosted this year’s competition in Winnipeg,
December 3 & 4. Athletes from the 4 western provinces and the
Yukon
were in attendance. Alberta boxers bringing home Gold Medals were
Matt Dumais and Robert Sherman from Impact, Sleman Usmanee, Mark
Habana, Mellard Rahime, Cam O’Connell and Robert Montgomery all from
Red Deer and Cody Fahlman of the Medicine Hat Boxing Club.
2006 Provincial Championships Results
Cadet B Novice Male
Cadet B Open Male
37kg-Chris
Giroux (Westchester) 41kg-Cody Perry
(Bowmont)
45kg-Brett
Anderson (Westchester)
49kg-Dylan Kenny (Westchester)
61kg-Josh
Bell (Calgary)
86kg-Zachary
Hayman (Westchester)
Cadet C Novice Male
Cadet C Open Male
46kg-Kelly Franczck (Westchester)
54kg-Mark Habana (Red Deer)
50kg-Blake
Anderson (Westchester) 57kg-Mellard
Rahimee (Red Deer)
54kg-Kurtis Lavore (Okotoks) 60kg-Alex Rose (Calgary)
57kg-Maxim Gagne (Panther) 60kg-Alex Rose (Calgary)
60kg-Blair Melrose
(Westchester) 66kg-Esteban Cruz
(Impact)
63kg-Jesse
Scheger (Sugar Bears) 75kg-Robert
Sherman
(Impact)
66kg-Paul
MacKenzie (Westchester)
70kg-Ron
Woodcock (Westchester) Cadet C Open
Female
64kg-Kandi Wyatt (Rimbey)
Junior
Novice Male
Junior Novice Female
54kg-Alex Brander (Calgary)
52kg-Cherie Shot Both Sides (Lethbridge)
60kg-Brad
Marks (Westchester) 57kg-Karen
Finley (Diamondback)
63kg-Bradford Thomson (Diamondback)
60kg-Jennifer-Lynn Schmalgrover (Diamondback)
69kg-Colt Van Bukirk (Grande Prairie)
75kg-Gary Krauss (Impact)
Junior Open Male
Junior Open Female
60kg-Cam O’Connell (Red Deer)
57kg-Amber MacLeod (Main Event)
64kg-Angus McNeely (Calgary)
69kg-Brian Samuel (Red Deer)
75kg-Andrew Graham
Senior Novice
Male
Senior Novice Female
60kg-Andrew
Soonandan (Calgary)
60kg-Lisa Glazebrook (Derrick)
69kg-Jason Hoffman (Impact)
91kg-Gene
Pilana
(Panther)
Senior Open Male
Senior Open Female
60kg-Sleman Usmanee (Red
Deer) 48kg-Jennifer Walker (Calgary) 64kg-Joel
Franks (Panther) 52kg-Veronica Strus (Avenue)
69kg-Matt Dumais 54kg-Jamie-Lee
Pollock (Panther) 75kg-Ryan O’Connell (Cougar)
57kg-Vanessa Bradford (Cougar) 91+kg-Robert Montgomery
(Red Deer) 60kg-Cora Sipe (Avenue)
69kg-Sheena Flamand (Impact)
Provincial Awards
Best Female –
Vanessa
Bradford
Best
Cadet Novice – Josh Bell
Best Cadet Open – Alex Rose
Best
Junior Novice – Colt Van Bukirk Best
Junior Open – Angus McNeely
Best
Senior Novice – Jason Hoffman Best Senior Open
– Ryan O’Connell
2006 Registrations
All Club
managers and coaches must register their competitive athletes and coaches before
competing in any club cards or provincial tournaments in 2006. There will be 2
National Championships in January 2006; registrations will be slow coming out of
the National Office in Ottawa. Give
yourself extra time for shipping and handling. No athlete will be allowed to
box without the proper registration sticker in his or her boxing passbook.
Boxing Canada
will expedite the processing and delivery of your registration for an additional
fee of between $10.00 and $25.00 (depending on type of delivery used).
Upcoming
Clinics
Officials-
Level I – Jan 2006 – contact Roland
(780)
472-8253.
Coaches-
Level II NCCP - Jan. 14/15 Edmonton
contact Len Aronsson (780)
998-7376
2006 Boxing Alberta
Senior Team
Male Female
57kg- Arash Usmanee (West
Pembina) 48kg- Jennifer Walker (Calgary)
60kg- Sleman
Usmanee (Red Deer)
54kg- Jamie Lee Pollock (Cougar)
69kg- Matt
Dumais (Impact) 57kg- Vanessa Bradford (Cougar)
75kg- Ryan
O’Connell (Cougar) 70kg- Sheena Flamand (Impact)
91kg- Gino
Nardari (Medicine Hat)
91+kg-
Robert Montgomery (Red Deer)
2006 Boxing Alberta
Junior Team
Male Female
60kg-
Cam O’Connell (Red Deer)
57kg- Amber MacLeod
64kg- Angus
McNeely (Calgary)
69kg- Brian
Samuel (Red Deer)
75kg- Andrew
Graham
Holy
Boxing Match
One Day the
Devil challenged the Lord to a boxing match. Smiling the Lord proclaimed, "You
don't have a chance, I have won medals in every weight class and all the
greatest boxers are up here for me to train with".
"Yes",
snickered the Devil, "but I have all the referees and judges."
For the next Punch Lines
If anyone has information to be
included in Boxing Alberta’s next Punch Lines Newsletter, please contact your
Director at Large or the boxing office
780-427-6515. Thank you and we’ll see you around the ring. Please
do not hesitate to go to Boxing Alberta’s web site for any additional
information
www.amateurboxing.ca.
Boxing Referee
Did you hear
about the boxing referee who worked for NASA? Every time a boxer went down he
started counting “ 10, 9, 8, 7…..”
Schedule of
Events
Dec.
10/11 Western Canadians Winnipeg,
MN Corey
(204)
957-7666
Dec.
17 Club Card Spruce Grove Jim Titley
(780)
963-5331
Jan.5-8,
2006 Senior Nationals St. Catherines,
ON
Jan.
22/23 Bronze Gloves Edmonton
Rick (780)
423-0242
Jan.26-29 Junior
Nationals St.
Hyancinthe, PQ
Feb. 4
?? Club Card Peace River
Ken (780)
624-4004
Feb.
11 Club Card Calgary
Louie (403)
730-1997
Feb.
18/19 Silver Gloves Red Deer
Rob
(403)
343-6794
Mar.
4/5 2007 Provincials Calgary
Louie (403)
730-1997
Mar.
18 Club Card Peace River
Ken (780)
624-4004
Apr.
1/2 Golden Gloves Edmonton
Bill (780)
469-9441
Apr.
7-9 Cadet Nationals Sarnia,
ON
Bingo Dates
Castledowns Bingo Hall
1.
Wednesday,
December 7,
2005 12.
Saturday,
October 14, 2006
2. Thursday,
January 12,
2006 13.
Friday,
November 17, 2006
(Anniversary Special)
3. Friday,
February 3,
2006 14.
Monday,
December 4, 2006 (Seniors Night)
4.
Saturday,
March 11,
2006 15.
Tuesday,
January 2, 2007
5.
Sunday,
April 9,
2006 16.
Wednesday,
February 21, 2007
6. Monday,
May 8, 2006
(Seniors Night) 17. Thursday,
March 22, 2007
7. Tuesday,
June 6,
2006 18.
Friday,
April 27, 2007
8.
Wednesday,
July 5,
2006 19.
Saturday,
May 19, 2007
9.
Thursday,
August 3,
2006 20.
Sunday,
June 3, 2007
10. Friday,
September 8, 2006
21. Monday,
July 2, 2007
(Seniors Night)
11.
Friday,
September 8, 2006
Message from President
The boxing
office will be closed for Jan 4-8th
2006 Dennis is attending the senior nationals in St Catherine’s as an
official.
Good luck to
all our boxers who are attending the National Competitions in 2006.
I attend the
boxing Canada Semi Annual; meeting in Dec. Some of the changes effective
Jan 1st 2006. Registrations are normally processes in
five working days. if you want to fast track this process there is an additional
$10 fee plus $25.00 to courier the passport to you.
Rule
Changes: In the 2005 official rulebook page 29-rule10.5 b, (gloves)
delete this rule,
“16ounce
for public sparing or exhibition bouts”.
In
conclusion I would like to wish everyone a Happy
Holiday Season and all the best in 2006.
Tom Daly