Introduction:
The images help to record a record, and when added with narrative it becomes a story within the boxing history.
to the side are some of my own
But each one of them tells a
piece of the story about the
Newcastle Boxing club in the
sixties and the Nanaimo
boxing club in the seventies.
Newcastle Boxing Club:
in 1963 in Nanaimo and the first training site was at the
Mewcastle Hotel basement.
Some of the coaches were Harry Pollitt, George
Nepper, Skimp Williams, and Roger Nepper
and various others for a brief period such as
Gerry Sorensen.
(photo: Jules Nepper).
1964 First year of ring activity.
Some of the early boxers for the club were
Leo Rock, Chris Balatti, Gilles,
Leon and Roger Nepper and Brian Zelley.
Two others were Jules Nepper and Mike Lazare.
Our first two champions were
Brian Zelley and Gilles Nepper.
Mike Lazare
1964 Bronze Gloves Champion
and 1965 Emerald Gloves Champion.
George Nepper
founder and manager
Coach Nepper with some of tye boxers
including Terry Lewis, Bob Lewis,
Brian Zelley and Alan Windecker
Videos including the
Newcastle Boxing club in
The Sixties,
The above video also covers part of the
Nanaimo Boxing club journey .
Nanaimo Boxing Club
founded in 1971
