http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5CVaxCvn_o
Duke vs Omari Henry...click here Duke
2010 Elite Nationls
Mike
MacGrath Silver Metal 2010 Nationals...coming
soon
***Boxing
= 50% mental + 40% conditioning + 10% skill***
The mental is the hardest
to master.
*****Training is 95% physical
+ 5% mental...
until you step into the ring
then it is
95% mental + 5% physical...hmmm!!!
UPDATES !!!!!! UPDATES!!!!!!!
New!!!!!****************New!!!!!*****************New!!!!!
Upcoming Events for Westville
Academy of Boxing
Walter
Linthorne from Stellarton, is a coach here at our club and he will
be
boxing the main event in Calgary, Alberta tonight!!!
Walter's
first pro fight!!!
Main Event : Steve Claggett (6-0-1) vs Walter Linthorne (0-0-0)
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2010 JUNIOR
CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Competing
in Halifax from Feb 23- 27, 2010
Travis will not be competing
this year look for him in 2011!!
Boxers, coaches, officials
and family are now arriving in Halifax to be apart of the 2010
Canadian National Amateur
Boxing Championships!!
Weighins tomorrow morning
and boxing tomorrow evening. Westville Academy wants to
wish Team Nova Scotia "Good
Luck".
RESULTS
Tuesday
Evening
8.
Caroline Veyre QC vs Chantal
Doucette NS WON
12.
Marie-Eve Bali QC vs Stephanie Walker NS
WON
23.
Stuart Boyd ON vs Custio Clayton NS
WON
28.Duke
Davis NS vs Omari Henry
ON LOST
Wednesday Afternoon
2.
Austin
McKinnon NS vs Jonathan Giroux QC WON
7.
Rega Jihad ON vs Thomas O'Hanley
NS LOST
14.
Miles
Height NS vs Nathan Fitzgerald ON WON
17.
Gregg
Batiste NS vs Alexandre Bernier QC WON
Wednesday Evening
1.
Rachel Young vs Erin Simpson NS
WON
5.
Jacqueline Park vs Chantelle Doucette NS
WON
9.
Stephanie
Walker NS vs Debbie Richards ON WON
Thursday Afternoon
3.
Terrelle Morrisseau AB vs Cyrus
Taylor NS WON
5.
Brett
Fraser NS vs Odanis Ulloa QC WON
7.
Mario Chavez ON vs Carl
Campbell NS WON
11.
Hanz
Hasler MB vs Stephen
Hill NS LOST
12.
Sebastien Roy QC vs Taylor Gordon NS
WON
19.
Vincent Trepanier QC vs Mike
McGrath NS WON
24.
Brandon
Osbourne NS vs
Vincent Thibault QC LOST
Thursday Evening
1.Tyler
Ongo NS vs Cody Brown BC
LOST
3.
Ty
Penio NS vs Christopher Draper
QC WON
6.
Wesley
Hardiman NS vs Jeremy Bochen MAN LOST
7.
Greg Young ON vs Evan
Peel NS LOST
11. Brandon
Halef NS vs Jason
Downey NS Jason WON
20.Custio
Clayton NS vs Mian Hussein
Ont WON
Friday Afternoon
1.
Shauna
Wright NS vs Katheine Marquis
Que LOST
5.
Cyrus
Taylor NS vs Josue St. Cyr
Que LOST
7.
Brett
Fraser NS vs Abdi
Abdihalim Ont WON
8.
Carl
Campbell NS vs Josh Cummings
NB LOST
9.
Hanz Hasler Man vs Taylor Gordon
NS WON
13.
Mike McGrath NS vs Cody
Crowley Ont WON
Friday Evening
1.
Siobhan Mangal Alta vs Salene
Best NS WON
7.Jason
Downey NS vs
Billy Casey NL WON
11.
Erin
Simpson NS vs Jessica
Deschenes QC WON
Saturday Afternoon
-
4.
Ty
Penio NS vs Bradley
Wilcox Ont LOST
6.
David Theroux QC vs Jason
Downey NS LOST
11.
Matt
Whitford NS vs Tommy
Barnatchez QC WON
17.
Brett
Fraser NS vs Josh Cummings
NB WON
18.
Taylor
Gordon NS vs Mitch Cormier
NB LOST
20.
Mike
McGrath NS vs Robert Couzens
BC LOST
A
great big hand to all NS athletes a great job by all !!!
JUNIOR Males
46kg
1.
Cody Brown BC
2.
Evan Gillard ON
3.
Parwis Payman QC
4.
Fabrice Cormier QC
5.
Tyler Ongo NS
6.
Jesse Rachar AB
48kg
1.
Bradley Wilcox ON
2.
Jordan Leblanc ON
3.
Jorge Puebla ON
4.
Ty Penio NS
5.
Makail Kruk AB
50kg
1.
Colin Adams BC
2.
Greg Young ON
3.
Charles-Antoine Simard QC
4.
Jason Downey NS
5.
Evan Peel NS
52kg
1.
Marcuss Sandhu BC
2.
Jeremy Bochen MB
3.
Zach Campbell SK
4.
Gunner Munday ON
5.
Steve Angle ON
6.
Jonathan Giroux QC
7.
Pascal Dion QC
8.
Austin Mackinnon NS
54kg
1.
Tobechukwu Ibediro BC
2.
Matthew Bonne MB
3.
Julien Carnero MB
4.
Ben Ironstand SK
5.
Billy Casey NF
6.
Liam Hughes ON
7.
Hunter Halket ON
8.
David Theroux QC
9.
Miguel Drolet QC
10.
Brandon Halef NS
57kg
1.
Lucas Allan SK
2.
Colton Normand ON
3.
Rega Jihad ON
4.
Samuel Gauthier QC
5.
Diego Kulibaba QC
6.
Thomas O’Hanley NS
66kg
1.
Terrelle Morrisseau AB
2.
Josue St-Cyr QC
3.
Cyrus Taylor NS
+80kg
1.
Tommy Barnatchez QC
2.
Matt Whitford NS
Female
Juniors...
48kg
1.
Sukpreet Singh ON
2.
Katherine Marquis QC
3.
Shauna Wright NS
54kg
1.
Salene Best NS - will win gold by walkover
if no one shows up...too bad
Salene
is one of the best amateur boxers in NS, watch for her name in the future..
would
love to have seen her take the gold..as I know she would have!!!
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Mike will be competing in
the 69kg class in Youth
MALE YOUTH
54kg
1.
Josh Cummings NB
2.
Chris Rachar AB
3.
Rodolfo Velasquez ON
4.
Abdihamid Abdihalim ON
5.
Milton Martinez ON
6.
Odanis Ulloa QC
7.
Richard Kranitz QC
8.
Brett Fraser NS
9.
Carl Campbell NS
57kg
1.
Wesley Moore NB
2.
Gary Corcoran NF
3.
Devan Reti AB
4.
Karr Mann AB
5.
Justin Hocko ON
6.
Nathan Fitzgerald ON
7.
Mario Chavez ON
8.
Phylip Alarie QC
9.
Pierre-Alexandre Dufour QC
10.
Stephen Hill NS
11.
Myles Height NS
60kg
1. Mitch Cormier NB
2. Sean McIntosh BC
3. Hanz Hasler MB
4. David Little AB
5. Kevin Guenette ON
6. Azeem Khan ON
7. Kevin Veilleux QC
8. Jimmy Thompson QC
9. Sebastien Roy QC
10. Taylor Gordon NS
64kg
1.
Adam Schubert BC
2.
Justin Podaima MB
3.
Bryan Kirkpatrick NF
4.
Jeffrey Cuff NF
5.
John Mountain AB
6.
Josh Wagner ON
7.
Brian Stevenson ON
8.
Cody Nixon ON
9.
Alexandre Bernier QC
10.
Antoine Bergeron QC
11.
Gregg Batiste NS
12.
Ben McCarville PEI
69kg
1.
Jean-Luc Guinden NB
2.
Robert Couzens BC
3.
Taite Stober BC
4.
Tanner Wilson AB
5.
Luis Valdivia ON
6.
Cody Crowley ON
7.
Kingsley Alexander ON
8.
Dave Smith QC
9.
Vincent Trepanier QC
10.
Mike McGrath NS
75kg
1.
Dan Csaszar BC
2.
Garry Dupuis AB
3.
Agostino D’Aluisio ON
4.
Cameron McGean ON
5.
Tanner Warner ON
6.
Vincent Thibault QC
7.
Brandon Osbourne NS
8.
Robert MacMillan PEI
FEMALE YOUTH
54kg
1.
Chantelle Lachapelle ON
2.
Jessica Deschenes QC
3.
Erin Simpson NS
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Duke was be competing for
the "B"team in the FTS 91+ class
MALE FTS -
(Final Team Selection)
69 kg - “A” Team
1.
Custio Clayton NS
2.
Mian Hussain QC
3.
Brandt Butt MB
4.
Josh Cameron ON
5.
Paul Bzdel SK
6.
Stuart Boyd ON
+91 kg- “B” Team
1.
Omari Henry ON
2.
Carmen Dillman ON
3.
Dukus Davis NS
4.
Samir Barakat ON
FEMALE FTS
- (Final Team Selection)
51 kg - “B” Team
1.
Jacqueline Park ON
2.
Chantal Doucette NS
3.
Dimitra Linda Jones ON
4.
Kirby Fahlan BC
5.
Caroline Veyre QC
60 kg - “A” Team
1.
Stephanie Walker NS
2.
Julie St-Louis QC
3.
Alison Hunter ON
4.
Kira Lococo ON
5.
Marie-Eve Bali QC
6.
Debbie Richards ON
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January 26-30, 2010...
Elite Canadian Nationals... St. Hyacinthe, QC
Metal Count
3 Gold & 2 Bronze
91+ Duke Davis
bronze medal.Best performance ever!!!
51 kg Chantelle
Doucette bronze medal.
54 kg Joey Laviolette
gold medal.
60 kg Stephanie
Walker gold medal.
69 kg Custio Clayton
gold medal.
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It's Here !!!!!!!! Elite National Has Begun !!!!
TuesdayJan 26
2010
Bout #
5 - 69kg Custio Clayton vs. Josh Fraser
AB WON 19 - 0 RSC 2nd
Bout # 8-
69kg Mike Campbell vs. Kelly Page MB LOST
Bout #
12 -81kg Craig Hillier vs. Paul MacKenzie
AB LOST RSC injury
WednesdayJan 27
2010
Afternoon
Bout # 34
- 75kg Brody Blair vs. Ryan Baulk ON LOST
Bout # 35
- 91kg Artie Cousins vs. Jean-Donal George
QC LOST
Bout # 27
- 64kg Ryan McGrady vs. Roberto Mendoza MB
LOST
Evening
Bout # 16 -
60kg Stephanie Walker vs. Alison Hunter ON
WON
ThursdayJan 28
2010
Evening
Bout #
60 - 51kg - Chantelle Doucette vs. Caroline
Veyre QC WON
Bout # 71
- 54kg Joey Laviolette vs. Kenny Lally BC
WON
Friday Jan 29
2010
Afternoon
Bout # 96
- 91+kg Duke Davis vs Omari Henry ON LOST
Duke
2010 Elite Nationls
69kg Custio Clayton
vsMian
Hussan QC(Finals)
WON GOLD
60kg Stephanie Walker
vs
Mary-Eve Bali QC WON
51kg Chantelle Doucette
vs
Jacqueline Park ONLOST
Saturday Jan 30
2010
57kg Joey Laviolette
vs Marc-Andre Gauthier QC (Finals)WON
GOLD
60kg Stephanie Walker
v.Julie St-Louis QC(Finals).WON
GOLD
Very good job by
all our athletes!!! Congrats!!!!
All medal winners
will compete in Halifax February 23 - 27, 2010,
to up the color
of their medal or to keep their gold.
See you in Halifax!!!!!
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Upcoming Events for Westville
Academy of Boxing
January 2, 2010***Westville
***Bottle Drive
January 9, 2010***3rd
Annual National Fundraiser***
Silent Auction, 50/50,
boxing Demonstrations, Kareoke,
Dj by Dean MacKenzie,Lots
of Door Prizes!!!
Starting at 7 pm!!!
Feb.23-27.2010...Junior
C & Youth Canadian Championships w/ FTS...
Halifax, Nova Scotia
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JUNIOR
C
YOUTH
FTS (Final Team Selection)
November 7, 2009
Cambelton, New Brunswick
Duke Davis vs Pierre
Oulette
Maritime Championship
Duke lost to
split decision
October 24, 2009
PEI
Mike
"The Hammer" McGrath vs Cyrus Taylor
Mike
won by split decision
Zack Attach
Ward vs Chadron Derail of Ell River NB
Zack lost a very
hard match
Results:
First up
was Zackary Ward in the 40 kg class going at it in a 3 round bout with
Chadron Derail of Ell River NB, Zack live up to his nickname
Zack (Attack)
Ward ! He boxed a very close hard fight in the 1st round,
butlost lost
his cool and focus and went on the attack in the last two
rounds losing
a split decision to his shaper opponent. But Zack is only 12 years
old as of Sunday
and his journey has just begun with only 6 bouts under his belt.
This young student
of the sweet science has so much to learn and
all the time
in the world to do it.
Next up
was Mike "The Hammer" McGrath and Mike laid his hammer down
this past Saturday
night in the main event of the evening. Pounding out a 4
round shut out
of one of the Canada Game hopefuls Cyrus Taylor of Middleton NS,
in the 69 kg
class. Mike is letting his hands go with 6 and 8 punch combinations
and is using
his lateral movement to take advantage of their miss and his counter
with great effect.
Tom
Davis head coach / manager
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October 18, 2009
Rodeo Club, Dartmouth
Hosted By: City of Lakes
Duke Davis vs Artie Cousins
Mike MacGrath vs Brandon
Osbourne
Mike Rector vs Kyle Cousins-
cancelled
Results:
The first annual
HRM tournament was held at the Rodeo Lounge in Dartmouth,
in conjunction
with City Of Lakes ABC,head coach Gary Johnson.
First up was Travis
Leil who boxed 3 very hard fought rounds with
Brandon Helif of
Twin City ABC of Dartmouth. Travis was leading on the
score cards until
midway threw the second round when Helif caught him
with a very hard
body shot, which cost Travis a standing 8 count. Travis just
couldn't get back
on track in the third round and
lost a close UD
(unanimous decision).
Next up was Mike
"The Hammer" McGrath boxing Brandon Osborne of the
host club City of
Lakes ABC. Mike has really shown maturity and confidence
in his last few
bouts and his hard work is paying off. You may remember these
two boxers mixed
it up at our last Harry Trainor Memorial with Mike winning
by a UD and this
match receiving Fight of the Night. Well Mike and Brandon
won fight of the
night again on this show with Mike winning by a
score of 21 to 11
in this 4 x 2 min round fight of the night with
Mike taking home
a very nice belt and the 69 kg honors at the first
annual HRM tournament.
Next up was the big
boys in the main event of the evening The Duke
Davis & Artie
Cousin of the host club City Of Lakes ABC. In the superheavyweight division
which was a very intense war for two rounds,
of which was supposeto
be a 4 rounder when both combatants
were disqualified
at the end of round 2.
At the end of the
second round Duke had be landing some very hard shots on Mr. Cousin, after
the bell Cousin tried to walk threw Duke and bounced of him with
Cousin's pushing at Duke causing a bit of a commotion and words ensued
which brought on the disqualification for both boxers.
Some times emotions
run too high in any sport, and this is the result.
Tom Davis - Head
Coach / Manager
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May 8, 2009 Twin
City Yearly Fundraiser
lots of boxing memorabilia!!!
plus tons of other items!!!!
Halifax - - location to
be announced
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March 25 - March 31, 2009...
Tommy and Duke fly off to
Ontario for training and boxing.
In the red corner Duke Davis
and in the blue corner Frankie
Rill
March 29, 2009 ... Card
starts @ 3:00 pm
Thanks to the sponsorship
of :
Kenworth ... New Glasgow,
Nova Scotia
and Westville Recreation
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April 4, 2009...
Palooka's Boxing Club - 2110
Gottingen Street, Halifax
Card to be announced!
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April 11, 2009...
Golden Gloves - St.John's
New Brunswick...
Duke Davis will box Pierrie
Ouellette.
More to be announced!
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April 18, 2009...
Sydney, Cape Breton - to
be announced!
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April 25, 2009...
Westville Academy of Boxing...
will host our own card at the NSCC in
Stellarton we will also host
the 4th Harry Trainor at the Sports Complex
in Westville June 27th...
this ties in with the July 1st Celebrations !!
Card to be announced!
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2009 Junior, Youth and
FTS
Canadian Nationals, Edmonton,
Alberta
February 24 - 28, 2009
I would like to mention that
Dukus Davis did not
attend the FTS in Edmonton.
In all our efforts not enough $$$ was raised
to send all three boxers
along with the coach. Dukus came to us and said he
was not going to Edmonton
because he wanted the other two athletes to go.
Tommy wanted to send all
three boxers and stay home himself but the boxers
refused to box without Tommy
and Duke insisted that he stay home because
he had attended Nationals
in Quebec. I would like to say we are very proud
of Dukus for being so thoughtful.
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Now on with the Nationals!!!!
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February 24, 2009
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3:00
*******************************
Mike McGrath
NS ...Lost 12 - 19
vs
Kyle Buchberger
AB
*******************************
Ryan
McGrady NS ...Lost
vs
Stefan Melido
BC
*******************************
7:00
*******************************
Brody Blair
NS...Won 19-9
vs
Clovis Drolet
QC
*******************************
Craig Hiller
NS...Lost
vs
Steve Franjic
ON
***********************************
Wednesday February 25,
2009
*********************************
3:00
*********************************
2nd . Ty Pineo
NS ...Won
vs
Lucas Caride
- Ont
********************************
5th . Austin
McKinnon NS...Lost
vs
Frederic Laquerre
Que
********************************
11th . Carl
Campbell NS ...Lost
vs
Syphax Aroudji
Que
*********************************
13th . Cyrus
Taylor NS...Lost
vs
Cody Crowley
Ont
********************************
15th . Bobby
Harris NS ...Lost
vs
Stefan Melido
BC
*********************************
10:00
*********************************
4th . Chantelle
Doucette NS...Won
vs
Shyloe Davis
Sask
*********************************
12th . Kyle
Patterson NS...Lost
vs
Sam Sandford
Ont
*********************************
Thursday February 26,
2009
*********************************
3:00
*********************************
1st . Erin
Saulnier NS...Lost
vs
Rachel Young
ON
********************************
2nd . Brett
Fraser NS ...Lost
vs
John Charlton
Ont
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4th . Taylor
Gordon NS ...Won
vs
Odanis Ulloa
Que
******************************
10:00
*******************************
3rd . Brody
Blair NS...Won
vs
Che Durena
BC
*******************************
8 th . Alonzo
Johnson NS...Lost
vs
Brandt
Butt MB
********************************
10th . Custio
Clyton NS...Lost
vs
Nathan Kulczycki
BC
********************************
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Friday February 27, 2009
*********************************
3:00
*********************************
1st . Madison
Fraser - NS ...Lost...not Championship
Makeup Bout
Shelby Bialkowski
Ont
*********************************
2nd . Ty
Pineo NS ...WON GOLD!!!!!
vs
Fabrieu Cormier
Que
*********************************
5th . Wesly
Hardiman NS ...Lost
vs
Billy Casey NF
********************************
7th . Kelsey
Salsman NS...Lost
vs
Laura-Lou
Fortin QC
********************************
10:00
*********************************
2nd . Chantelle
Doucette NS ...Lost
vs
Mandy Bujold
Ont
*********************************
4th . Joey
Laviolette NS...Won GOLD!!!!!
vs
Chris Plaitis
QC
********************************
14th . Brody
Blair NS...Won GOLD!!!!
vs
Steven McGillivary
Alta (formally from NS)
********************************
Saturday February 28,
2009
*********************************
1:00
*********************************
2nd . Teale
Joyce NS...Lost
vs
Katherine
Marquis-Auclair QC
********************************
4th . Salene
Best NS...Won
vs
Chantel Lachapelle
ON
********************************
10th . Taylor
Gordon NS...Lost
vs
Devin Reti
Ont
********************************
14th . Erin
Simpson NS...Lost
vs
Veronick Larouche
Que
********************************
10:00
********************************
2nd . Norma
Marshall NS...Won GOLD!!!!
vs
Sahara Ali
BC
********************************
9th . Brandon
Osborne NS...Lost
vs
Guillermo
Navidad MB
********************************
10th .
Matt
Whitford NS...Won GOLD!!!!
vs
Maxime
Landry QC
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********************************
GOLD Medalist!!!!
Joey Laviolette
NS
Ty Pineo NS
Brody Blair
NS
Brody also
won 2009 Best Youth Male Boxer
Madison Fraser
- NS
Norma Marshall
NS
Matt Whitford
NS
Salene Best NS
Salene also
won 2009 Best Junior Female Boxer
Silver Medalist!!!!
Brandon Osborne
NS
Erin Simpson
NS
Teale Joyce NS
Taylor Gordon
NS
Chantelle
Doucette NS
Bronze Medalists!!!!
Bobby Harris
NS
Kelsey Salsman
NS
Erin Saulnier
NS
Wesly Hardiman
NS
Austin McKinnon
NS
Great
Job!!!!! Thank you for representing Nova Scotia!!!!!
2010 Junior, Youth, and FTS will be
held in Halifax!!!!!!
Westville Academy of Boxing will be
holding a boxing card
April 25, 2009 at the NSCC in Stellarton
and our 4th Harry Trainor Boxing Card June 27th in Westville!!!
Junior Males
Weight
Class (kg): 41kg
1. Fabrice Cormier
QC
2. Mike McWilliams
ON
3. Lucas Caride
ON
4. Ty Pineo
NS
Weight
Class (kg): 46kg
1. Billy Casey
NF
2. Francis Paquette
QC
3. Wesly Hardiman
NS
4. Azeem Khan
ON
Weight
Class (kg): 48kg
1. Kalen Dicks
NF
2. Frederic Laquerre
QC
3. Greg Young
ON
4. Austin
MacKinnon NS
5. Liam Hugues
ON
Weight
Class (kg): 50kg
1. Diego Kulibaba
QC
2. Kalen Dicks
- Nfld
3. Richie Kranitz
ON
4. Brett Fraser
NS
5. Hussein Hassanali
AB
Weight
Class (kg): 52kg
1. Devin Retti
ON
2. Colton Lormond
ON
3. Taylor
Gordon NS
4. Marte Arreola
BC
Weight
Class (kg): 63kg
1. Bryan Kirkpatrick
NF
2. Richard Horth
QC
3. Joshua St-Louis
QC
4. Kingsley Alexander
ON
5. Cody Crowley
ON
6. Drake Thauberger
SK
7. Cyrus Taylor
NS
Weight
Class (kg): 66kg
1. Dave Goulet
QC
2. Kevin Guenette
ON
3. Kyle Buchberger
AB
4. Mike McGrath
NS
5. Vadim Stoliarenko
QC
Weight
Class (kg): 70kg
1. Brandon
Osborne NS
2. Guillermo
Navidad MB
Weight
Class (kg): 80kg
1. Maxime Landry
QC
2. Matt Whitford
NS
Junior
Females
Weight
Class (kg): 46kg
1. Katherine
Marquis-Auclair QC
2. Teale Joyce
NS
Weight
Class (kg): 48kg
1. Stephanie
Vaillancourt QC
2. Rachel Young
ON
3. Erin Saulnier
NS
Weight
Class (kg): 52kg
1. Chantel Lachapelle
ON
2. Salene
Best NS
Weight
Class (kg): 54kg
1. Madison
Fraser NS
2. Courtney Duff
NF
Youth
Males
Weight
Class (kg): 54kg
1. Syphax Aroudji
QC
2. Rodolfo Vasquez
ON
3. Justin Hocko
ON
4. Wesley Moore
NB
5. Carl Campbell
NS
Weight Class (kg): 60kg
1. Jessy Wilcox
ON
2. Stefan Melido
BC
3. Robbie Cusine
AB
4. Sydney Binding
AB
5. Bobby Harris
NS
6. Ryan McGrady
NS
7.Tommy Gelineau
QC
Weight
Class (kg): 75kg
1. Clovis Drolet
QC
2. Joe Griffith
ON
3. Ben Quaife
BC
4. Che Durena
BC
5. Joshua Bell
AB
6. Steven MacGillivary
AB
7. Brody Blair
NS
Weight
Class (kg): 81kg
1. Marc-Olivier
D’Amour QC
2. Sam Sandford
ON
3. Paul McKenzie
AB
4. Kyle Gross
MB
5. Kyle Patterson
Youth
Females
Weight
Class (kg): 54kg
1. Veronique
Larouche QC
2. Erin Simpson
NS
Weight
Class (kg): 57kg
1. Sahara Ali
BC
2. Norma Marshall
NS
Weight
Class (kg): 60kg
1. Laura-Lou
Fortin QC
2. Kelsey
Salsman NS
3. Melissa Susin
MB
Elite
(Senior) FTS Males
Final Team Selection
for the B Team
Males:Weight
Class (kg): 54 kg
1. Joey Laviolette
NS
2. Chris Plaitis
QC
Weight
Class (kg): 64 kg
1. Brandt Butt
MB
2. Jonathan Bochner
ON
3. Alonzo
Johnson NS
4. Jagdeep Seehra
BC
5. Kevin Higson
ON
6. Normand Bradford
AB
Weight
Class (kg): 69 kg
1. Nathan Kulczycki
BC
2. Custio
Clayton NS
3. Josh Cameron
ON
4. Adam Trupish
ON
5. Mikael Zewski
QC
Weight
Class (kg): 81 kg
1. Steve Franjic
ON
2. Francy Ntetu
QC
3. Andre-Robert
Marsan QC
4. Danny Perez
QC
5. Craig Hiller
NS
6. Kyle Matuk
AB
Weight
Class (kg): +91 kg
1. Frankie Rill
ON
Females:
Weight
Class (kg): 51 kg
1. Mandy Bujold
ON
2. Shyloe Davis
SK
3. Linda Scourtoutis
ON
4. Chantal Doucette
NS
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Good Luck to our athletes!!!!
4th Annual Harry Trainor Memorial
June 27, 2009
Westville Miners Sports Arena
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Pictures!!!!
January 21, 2009
Elite Canadian Nationals
Trois Rivieres, Quebec
Medals
Gold!!!!!
69 kg Custio
Clayton NS
54kg Joey Laviolette
NS
BRONZE!!!!!
91+ kg
Dukus Davis
64 kg Alonzo
Johnson NS
64 kg Stephanie
Walker NS
Congratulation
to all our athletes!!!! Great job!!!!
Professional BoxerJean Pascal record 21
(14 KO)- 1 lose,
Simon Kean QC- 2009
Bronze Medalist,
Didier Bence QC-
2009 Elite Canadian Champion.
Dukus Davis NS -
Bronze Medalist, Denis Baldock BC- 2009 Silver Medalist
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Dukus Davis
- NS received a bye and will box Friday
night against Denis
Baldock BC.
Joey Laviolette
NS and Dior Arif NS both received byes
in the first round.
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Wednesday
January 21, 2009
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69 kg
Custio
Clayton NS - Won 24-0
vs
Greg Norman AB
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64 kg
Alonzo Johnson
NS - Won 11-5
vs
Normand Bradford
AB
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64 kg
Stephanie Walker
NS - Lost 14-6
vs
Desni Boisvert
QC
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Thursday
January 22, 2009
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1:00
pm
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51 kg
Chantal Doucette
NS - Lost 7- 0
vs
Mandy Bujold
ON
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57 kg
Phylicia O’Connell
NS - Lost 27-14
vs
Brandy Badry
AB
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81 kg
Craig Hiller
NS - Won 11-6
vs
Ryan Laprise
ON
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7:00
pm
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69 kg
Custio
Clayton NS - Won 7-4
vs
Mikael Zewski
– QC
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69 kg
Dior Arif NS
- Lost 5-2
vs
Mian Imtiaz Hussain
QC
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Friday
January 23, 2009
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1:00
pm
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54 kg
Beth Muir NS
- Lost 7 -3
vs
Caroline Veyre
QC
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81 kg
Craig Hiller
NS - Lost 11 - 6
vs
Jhevani Dixon
ON
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7:00
pm
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54 kg
Joey Laviolette
NS - Won
vs
Rojin Dhallwall
BC
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91+
Dukus Davis -
Lost
18-9
We would like to
thank Palooka's Gym
and Eddie Davis
Automotive
for sponsoring this
trip
vs
Denis Baldock
BC
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69 kg
Custio Clayton
NS
Won by way
of walkover!!!
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Saturday
January 24, 2009
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1:00
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64 kg
Alonzo Johnson
NS
Lost 3-0
vs
Brandt Butt –
Man.
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7:00
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69 kg
Custio Clayton
NS - Won
vs
Josh Cameron
ON
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54 kg
Joey Laviolette
NS - Won
vs
Tyler Asseltine
ON
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Elite Males
91+
1. Didier Bence
QC
2. Simon Kean
QC
3. Frankie Rill
ON
4. Denis
Baldock BC
5. Dukus Davis
NS
6. Nestor Tirhaydin
MB
81kg
1. Steve Franjic
ON
2. Ryan Laprise
ON
3. Jhevani Dixon
ON
4. Jonathan Rego
ON
5. David Jenner
ON
6. Andre-Robert
Marsan QC
7. Danny Perez
QC
8. Francy Ntetu
QC
9. Vincent Trepanier
QC
10. Teli Diallo
QC
11. Noel Harding
MB
12. Kyle Matuk
AB
13. Craig
Hiller NS
14. Kyrin Englund
BC
Devin Viner
NS - Out with injury
69 kg
1. Adam Trupish
ON
2. Ben Shamoon
ON
3. Stuart Boyd
ON
4. Josh Cameron
ON
5. Mikael Zewski
QC
6. Mponda Kalunga
QC
7. Mian Imtiaz
Hussain QC
8.Greg Norman
AB
9. Jonathan Andre
AB
10. Rob Umbach
SK
11. Nathan Kulczycki
BC
12. Custio
Clayton NS
13. Dior Arif
NS
14. Kelly Page
MB
64 kg
1. Jonathan Bochner
ON
2. Kevin Higson
ON
3. Mathieu Germain
QC
4. Normand Bradford
AB
5. Jamie Taylor
AB
6. Brad Schoenfeld
SK
7. Jagdeep Seehra
BC
8. Alonzo
Johnson NS
9. Brandt Butt
MB
10. Shawn Hunt
NF
54 kg
1. Tyler Asseltine
ON
2. Jermaine Badchkam
ON
3. Chris Plaitis
QC
4. Marc-Andre
Gauthier QC
5. Rojin Dhallwall
BC
6. Joey Laviolette
NS
Elite
Females
51 kg
1. Mandy Bujold
ON
2. Linda Scourditis
ON
3. Sabrina Aubin
QC
4. Cheyenne Haevens
NB
5. Shyloe Davis
SK
6. Chantal
Doucette NS
54 kg
1. Melissa Guillemette
QC
2. Vicky Pelletier
QC
3. Caroline Veyre
QC
4. Roxanne Leblanc
QC
5. Rosie Thomas
ON
6. Jackie Lachapelle
ON
7. Margaret Maerz
BC
8. Beth Muir
NS
9. Erin Woodrow
57 kg
1. Marie-Pier
Tremblay QC
2. Amelie Cloutier
QC
3. Amanda Galle
ON
4. Alison Hunter
ON
5. Brandy Badry
AB
6. Kirby Fahlman
BC
7. Phylicia
O’connell NS
64 kg
1. Mary Spencer
ON
2. Desni Boisvert
QC
3. Stephanie
Walker NS
75 kg
1. Amber Konikow
ON
2. Maude Bergeron
QC
3. Susan Haas
AB
4. Litae Mae
Button ON
4. Shannah
Hook NS - Out with injury, but will challenge
for FTS
(Final Team Selection)
in Edmonton, Alberta February 24 to March 1, 2009.
2009
Nova Scotia Provincial Teams
The
Elite (Open) Provincial Team will compete in Trois Rivieres, Quebec
from
January 21-25, 2009.
Elite Female Novice
69 kg Kristen Leverman
- City of Lakes
75 kg Catherine
Brothers - Berwick Club
Elite Open Female
51 kg Chantelle
Doucette - Tiger Club
54 kg Beth Muir
- Pegasus
57 kg ----------none
60 kg Phylicia O'Connell
- Tri County
64 kg Stephanie
Walker - Jim's Gym
69 kg --------------none
75 kg Shannon Hook
- Twin City
Elite Male Novice
-------------None
Elite Open Male
60 kg - Joey Laviolette
- Jim's Gym - 2008 Canadian Champion
64 kg - Alonzo Simmonds
- City of Lakes
69 kg - Dior Arif
- East Coast
75 kg ----------none
81 kg - Devin Viner
- Evangeline Trail
91 kg ----------none
91+ kg - Duke Davis
- Westville Academy
The
Junior, Cadets, and FTS will compete in Edmonton, Alberta
from
Feb 24 - March 1, 2008. FTS - Final Team Select is the opportunity for
the Elite teams to challenge the gold medalists in their weight class to
place on the International Canadian Team.
Juniors Males
54 kg. Carl
Campbell - Sydney
60 kg. Bobby
Harris - Westville Academy - 2008 Canadian
Champion
60 kg. Ryan
McGrady - South Shore
75 kg. Brody
Blair - Albion
81 kg. Kyle
Patterson - Tommy Gordon - 2008 Canadian
Champion
Junior Females
54 kg. Erin
Simpson - Albion
57 kg Norma
Marshall - Albion 2008 Cadet 57 kg Canadian
Champion
60 kg. Kelsey
Salsman - Berwick
Cadet Males
41 kg. Ty
Pineo - Evangeline Trail
50 kg. Austin
MacKinnon - Sydney
50 kg. Brett
Fraser - Tommy Gordon
52 kg. Taylor
Gordon - Jim's Gym
66 kg. Mike
McGrath - Westville Academy
80 kg. Matt
Whitford -
Cadet
Females
46 kg. Teale
Joyce - Albion 2008 Cadet 43 kg Canadian
Champion
48 kg. Erin
Saulnier - Tri-County
52 kg. Selene
Best - Evangeline Trail
57 kg. Maddison
Fraser - Tri-County - 2008 Cadet 50 kg
Canadian Champion
This
is what they train all year for!!!
Good
Luck to all our athletes!!!!
***This site will
be update every night during both National Events.***
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RESULTS
: Dec 6, 2008
Westville Academy of
Boxing were the Hosts for the
2009 Elite (Senior) Provincials,
held at Palooka's Boxing
Club in Halifax on Dec 6, 2008.
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Well it was a great
night of boxing in Halifax at the
2009 Elite
Provincial Championships, hosted by
Westville Academy
Of Boxing in conjunction with and held at Palooka's Gym.
We would like to
thank Palooka's...
everyone went out
of their way to help and or give their support.
Dr.Marsh went above
and beyond and it really showed that he was concerned
with each athlete.
Thank you all it was a pleasure!!
"The Duke" Davis
won his provincial title by way of walk over with
no challengers in
the super heavy weight division for the 6th year in a row.
Duke will be boxing
at the Nationals in Trois Rivieres, Quebec,
along with 10 other
senior elite male & female athlete from Nova Scotia
from January 21st
to the 25th, 2009.
Travis Leil of our
club and Jake Schofield of the Valley ABC, went at
for a 3 round match
in the 54 kg youth division.Travis won all three rounds
in a very entertaining
up and comers bout.
Mike McGrath 66 kg
Provincial Champ won a three round unanimous
decision over Brandon
Osborne of City Of Lakes ABC.This was in the 69 kg class avenging a loss
to Osborne last weekend in Cape Breton.
"Battlin" Bob Harris,
2008 57 kg National Champ and 60 kg
2009 Provincial
Champ, went at it with Joey Laviolette who is
2008 Senior National
Champ. This was definitely a barn burner main event.
Bobby dropped the
Senior Champ in the final seconds of the 4th round,
only to lose a very
close 38/36 decision to the very battered Laviolette,
who was very happy
to hear the final bell.
Bobby is only a first
year junior boxer while Laviolette is a second year senior champion, this
was also Bobby's first 4 round bout. Harris is a force to be reckoned with
already, give this kid another year and the sky's the limit,
if he wants it.
Elite Female Novice
69 kg Kristen Leverman
- City of Lakes
75 kg Catherine
Brothers - Berwick Club
Elite Open Female
51 kg Chantelle
Doucette - Tiger Club
54 kg Beth Muir
- Pegasus
57 kg ----------none
60 kg Phylicia O'Connell
- Tri County
64 kg Stephanie
Walker - Jim's Gym
69 kg --------------none
75 kg Shannon Hook
Elite Male Novice
-------------None
Elite Open Male
60 kg - Joey Laviolette
64 kg - Alonzo Simmonds
69 kg - Dior Arif
75 kg ----------none
81 kg - Devin Viner
91 kg ----------none
91+ kg - Duke Davis
The Open Elite athletes
will go on to represent Nova
Scotia in Quebec from January 21 - 25, 2009.
Tommy Davis and Rick MacDonald
(Halifax)
with be the Senior Team coachesfor
this trip to Quebec.
Brian Archibald will Team
Manager and Wayne Gordon as Provincial Coach.
You may also see some of
these boxers compete at the 2012 Olympics!!!
Remember to always support
your athletes!!!
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RESULTS FROM :
Nov 29, 2008...Ring 73 Cape Breton
2009 Junior and Cadet C Provincials
Three boxers fought
on the Ring 73 provincial championship card
this weekend in
Glace Bay.
Bobby Harris, Mike
MacGrath, and Matt Woodworth.
First up we had Matt
Woodworth boxing in the 54 kg novice division against
Greg Battiest of
the host club Ring 73 with Matt losing by way of RSCOC,
(ref stopped contest
out scored) in the second round. This is the
same way Matt had won last weekends' fight in Truro.
Mike McGrath won
by way of walk over for his provincial title in the
66 kg class, to
advance him a spot on the Cadet Provincial Team.
The team is heading
to Edmonton, Alberta in February for the
Canadian National
Championships.
Mike did fight
on this card with Brandon Osborne who was the walk
over in the 69 kg
division from City of Lakes ABC of Dartmouth.
Mike giving away
a few pounds fought a 3 round bout with Osborne
losing by 2 points
15/13 on the score cards.
"Battlin" Bobby Harris
went to war with Ryan McGrady of the South Shore ABC, in the 60 kg division.
Bobby stopped McGrady in the second round,
by way of RSCOC,
to win the 60kg Provincial Championship
and the right to
box in Edmonton,Alberta at the
Canadian National
Championships in February.
Bobby is the reigning
2008 57 kg National Champ and is
gaining some size
so this is why he moved to the 60 kg class.
NOTE: This was Duke
Davis's first time as acting Head Coach for Westville Academy because Tommy
was away with the Pro Boxing Association. Duke did a terrific job along
with Travis Leil working the corner as a second.
Great Job Guys!!!!!
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Westville Academy
will be hosting the Senior Elite Championships this weekend in Conjunction
with Palookas Gym 2010 Gottingen Street in Halifax. The live televised
fight of Oscar DelaHoya vs. Manny Pacquiao fight and under card after the
Elite Championships which start at 7 pm.
Price for the Elite
Championships and the DelaHoya Pacquiao fight card is 20.00 dollars, please
come out and help support our future champions and join us for a complete
night of boxing from local champs to world class champs at
Palooka's Gym, for
info or reservations call 902-492-4269.
Tom Davis/ Head coach/Manager
www.westvilleboxing.com
Nov 29, 2008...Ring 73 Cape
Breton
2009 Junior and Cadet C Provincials
Mike "Hammer" MacGrath
and "Battlin" Bobby Harris will both be representing
Westville Academy
of Boxing at the Nova Scotia Provincials this coming weekend.
Mike who is now the
2008 Provincial Cadet C Champion in the 66 kg class will be defending his
title in the same weight class again this year.
Bobby who is the
2008 Cadet C Provincial Champion in the 57 kg class is moving up to the
Juniors this year along with moving up a weight class to the 60 kg class.
Dukus Davis will
be their Head Coach this weekend at Provincials because Tommy is away.
Good Luck guys!!!!
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Nov 22, 2008 Truro Boxing
Club and Jim's Gym
Agradome, Truro
Well it was a very
entertaining night of boxing in Truro last evening, with one of our new
boxers Matt Woodworth in his first fight stopping his opponent
Nick Denny of Jim's
Gym of Sackville N.S.by (RSCOC) which is (Ref stopped contest out classed),
Matt is a boxer that if he keeps his mind on the sweet science,
he will do well.
Way to go Matt!!!!!
Battlin Bobby Harris
2008 National Champion put in another great performance and didn't disappoint
the patrons. He fought Irish Christy Joyce who has 56 bouts compared to
Bobby's 27. He is also the Schoolboy Champion of
Ireland. They both
fought hard all 3 rounds, with Bobby winning all three rds, by way of unanimous
decision.
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Nancy Chittick From
the Berwick Amateur Boxing Club blessed us with memories of the 3rd Annual
Harry Trainor Memorial. Nancy made us all feel patriot with this video.
Thank you for all the hours and hours of time you must have put in this
video. Click on the link below to feel....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5CVaxCvn_o
This video makes
us reflect on the blood, sweat and tears it takes to piece together such
a touching tribute to one of our long gone fight promoters.
3rd Harry Trainor Memorial
- June 28, 2008
Westville Sports Complex(Rink)
Held in conjunction with Westville's July
1st Celebrations
Sponsors of this card were:Greer
Turner Accounting, Town of Westville,
Westville Rink Committee , Pickles Pools &
Spas, Wearwell Garments,
Stewarts Bottle Exchange, Bombers Club, Fibbers,
Kinsmen, Heather Hotel, Tara Motel,
Scotsburn Dairy, East Coast FM, The Evening
News, AW Leil Equipment, Big Brothers,
Jungle Jim's, Acropole Pizza, Andy's Tire,
Exile Automotive,
Dan Thompson Accounting
Thank you... Especially
to Collin Dorrington, Portland ABC - USA, Whyman ABC - USA,
European Boxing School - Ont, Boxe Acadie
- NB,
Nova Scotia Clubs :Tommy Gordon ABC - Sydney
ABC, South Shore ABC,
Twin City ABC, Tiger ABC and Berwick ABC
All volunteers and members of our club did
a great job! Thank You very much
Well it's over for another year, our
3rd annual Harry Trainor memorial was a success.
First of all we had a great attendance, and
all bouts where very competitive. All the athletes
that came to this card were outstanding, displaying
a great deal of class.
USA went home without a loss, in 7 bouts they
won 6 by decision, and one by walk over when his opponent got a touch of
stage fright. Yes they handed us our butts... but not without a fight.
Next year we will try again!!!!
Jorge Abiague who was to box Battling Bobby
Harris, did not pass the medical due to
a hand injury sustained in training, which
was a big disappointment to all. Also Russell Lamoure
of USA who boxed Curtis (pit bull) White of
Cape Breton's Tommy Gordon Club, went home with the Harry Trainor Memorial
award for most technically sound boxer of the card,
and winning by a score of 3/0.
Fight of the night went to Shawn Carter, Twin
City ABC, over Chad Burns of Sydney ABC, with Carter winning the 3 rounder
by 3/0. This choice award gets the boxers name on the Harry Trainor trophy
for 2008 and sends them home with two smaller version's of there own.
Our own guys, we ended up with 2 fights and
3 exhibition, Travis (Bubba) Leil
did a three round exhibition with Carl Campbell
of the Sydney ABC and learned that he can
box with older and more experienced guys,
and hold his own. Travis has 11 bouts to Campbell's 26 bouts, Travis is
only 12 years old and if he decides to follow the plan we have set out
for him he will be a force to be reckoned with in the years to come.
Mike McGrath had to settle with an exhibition
after his opponent called in sick.
Mike "The Hammer" and stable mate "Battling"
Bobby Harris kept the crowd entertained with a fine display of slip and
clip, and I must say the crowed seemed to enjoy it very much. At some points
you forgot it was even an exhibition!
Our debut boxer Jason Cormier started things
of fast and furious by dropping USA
opponent Ben Dunham within the first thirty
seconds with a beautiful left hook. This was a very good match up of two
eager to impress novice boxers. It kept the fans on the edge of their seats,
Ben Dunham went home with bragging rights with a 3/0 decision over Jason.
Next up was our main event with "The Duke"
Davis vs. Tamerlan Kuliev of Ontario,
formerly Russia in the super heavy division.
This was a war you shouldn't have missed,
these two big hard punching young men put
on a great display of give, take, and near miss,
with the Duke walking away with a split decision
win.
Kuliev is trained by Boris Gitman 5 time Olympic
coach of Ontario and formerly Russia,
so this was a very satisfying win for father
and son team Tom and the Duke Davis.
Boris Gitman and Tamerlan didn't agree with
the decision that night so they went back to
the hotel and watched the video. The following
day they both confirmed to Tom that Duke did
win the match. What a great show of professionalism!!!
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Westville Academy
is very proud to be working with Colleen (Trainor) and her husband Greer
Turner
again this year
to promote our annual amateur boxing card.
Together we are
promoting the past and the future
generation of
amateur boxers...
in memory of
Colleen's father,
Harry Trainor.
This year our
competitors are from United States, we hope to have up to twelve
US verses NS
bouts on our card.
Nova Scotia Boxing
only allows 14 bouts and we intend to use all 14!!!
Remember June
28, 2008....
the excitement
starts at 7:30 pm
We
have a team of boxers coming from the USA from two different clubs, the
coaches are Bob Rouso and Keith Wyman. They are bringing a
very strong selection of eight Novice to Senior Boxers lined up.
We
could only match up one of the female boxers coming from the USA, with
Nova Scotia's senior silver medalist from this year's nationals Chantal
Doucette, who is from the Tiger ABC in the Valley.
She
will going at it with Liz Leddy in the 57kg class, this will be a very
entertaining
match
up of experienced female boxers and the only female bout on the card.
We
have a club from Bathurst N.B.coming in with four boxers, headed by coach
Ken Roy of
The
Boxe Acadie ABC with novice to senior boxers.
We
had to search out to Ontario to find a match for "The Duke" Davis, two
time super heavy Canadian National Champ of our own club, with a formidable
opponent Tamerlan Kuliev formerly of Russia now residing in Ontario.Tamerlan
is being trained by Boris Gitman of Ontario, formerly Russia and an Olympic
coach, with many years experience at 72 years of age,
Our
Own Canadian Champ in the 57kg class Battlin Bobby Harris will be testing
his boxing
ability
in an exhibition with USA 5 X golden gloves champ
Jorge
Abiague in a match you should not miss,
Travis
"Bubba" Leil is another one of our young up and comers you will want to
see in an
Exhibition
match with Bronze medalist Carl Campbell of Sydney ABC. Also we have
Jason
Cormier in his debut taking on Ben Dunham of the USA in the 70kg
senior class.
We
have boxers from all over Nova Scotia taking part in this years event.
The
Tommy Gordon Club of Florence Cape Breton will be bringing Light Heavy,
Gold Medalist
Kyle
Patterson to box at this years event along with Silver Medalist Daniel
Jessom
to
box one of our own Mike "The Hammer" McGrath in the 66kg class. They will
also be
bringing
a super heavy novice and senior boxer Curtis "PIT BULL" White
who
will be boxing a strong boxer from USA and Golden Gloves Champ
Russell
Lamour in the 70kg class,
We
have two boxers from Sydney ABC boxing on this card,
We
have two boxers from Twin City ABC in Dartmouth taking part in this years
event,
along
with the South Shore club
with
one boxer matching up with one of the USA boxers,
In
all we have ten different clubs from USA to Cape Breton and we have worked
hard at putting this together for the best display of boxing possible,
and I think Harry would be proud of us.
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Greenwood Community Center
- May 31, 2008
hosted by Pegasus Boxing
Club
Two of our boxers will square off tonight in
the valley.
Mike "The Hammer" MacGrath
will take on Mark Carson from
Annapolis Valley ABC.
Travis "Bubba"Leil will take on Jake Schofield
also from Annapolis Valley ABC.
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FIST ABC - Moncton New Brunswick
- April 19, 2008
Three of our members traveled to Moncton, NB
this weekend for a card hosted by the
FIST ABC.
First up was Mike"The Hammer"MacGrath against
Robert MacMillian from PEI.
Mike came out slow in the first round but
regrouped and performed
much better in thesecond and third rounds.
We thought Mike's performance in the last
two rounds would win him the decision,
but two judges thought otherwise. Mike lost
by split decision so at least one judge besides ourselves thought that
he won.
Duke Davis had an exhibition against
Kyle Diehl from the host club.
Duke was able to put his reach to use, gliding
around the ring, and also practicing some new combinations. Kyle was able
to get a small taste of what is to come,
in a very respectful and controlled exhibition.
****Bobby Harris's and Charlie Lyon's bouts
were both canceled.
In the 13th bout Travis "Bubba" Leil went at
it with Mathew Hiltchy from the host club.
Travis was unable to get in under Mathew's
extra 6 inch reach but he
was by far the aggressor in this match. When
Travis is scheduled to box that is
exactly what he does and all his opponents
know he was there.
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Golden Gloves ABC - St.John's
New Brunswick - April 12, 2008
Four of our boxers returned from a card being
hosted by the Golden Gloves ABC of
St John, NB on paper they are all taking loses
in our hearts they won.
Travis "Bubba" Leil was scheduled to box a
rematch with Mathew Hiltchy of the Fist ABC, of Moncton NB, in the 57 kg
class. This match was canceled because Mathew Hiltchy was unable to control
his nerves and became physically sick before the bout. Another rematch
is scheduled for this weekend in Moncton.
Next up Charlie Lyons vs. of the
host club, this match was Charlie's best showing!! Charlie was robbed of
the decision, but he knows he won and that is all that matters. These two
boxers will have a rematch this weekend in Moncton.
Mike the Hammer McGrath boxed Tyrell Vail of
the host Golden Gloves ABC, in the 66kg class. this was a very close match
with Mike not being busy enough to edge out over Tyrell, final score being
12-13. Again we are hoping to rematch this bout in June at the Harry Trainer
Card scheduled for June 28th in Westville.
The Duke Davis boxed NB Senior Champion Adam
Black in a super heavyweight match. Duke gave away the first round but
in the second and third rounds he had Adam on shaky legs more than once.
The judges voted for their home town hero which left Dukus with the a bad
decision. It also didn't help that the host club refused to go the normal
4 rounds for juniors and seniors, now that Duke will be moving to senior
these two will meet again in a neutral province....hmmmm....I wonder what
will happen then???
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Cape Breton Casino - March
29, 2008
First up was Mike McGrath going at it with
Daniel Jessom of the Tommy Gordon ABC,
this was a hard fought fast paced
bout, with Jessom just being busier winning
the decision
Battling Bob Harris national featherweight
champ totally dominated, Ryan McGrady of South Shore ABC, dropping him
for a mandatory 8 count in the first round, and winning a unanimous decision
in this very entertaining 3 round bout.
Next up Charlie Lyons fought a hard fought
3 round bout with bronze medalist Carl Campbell
losing a unanimous decision. Charlie is looking
better every time out.
The Duke Davis just didn't have enough in the
tank, after fighting a bout of intestinal flu early in the week leading
up to this bout.He just couldn't find the energy to throw enough scoring
blows to win this very hard fought 4 round bout over Edvin Ghahramanyan,
a Russia immigrant who resides in Ontario, and is raining 2008 National
heavyweight champion.
No doubt these two will be meeting again,
with a return engagement set for the 3rd annual Harry Trainor Memorial
scheduled for Saturday June 28th at the Westville sports complex (rink).
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Friday, February 29, 2008
For those that are not aware, Jack Carter of
the Twin City Amateur Boxing Club died suddenly at home on Friday, February
29, 2008. His boxing career included: Atlantic Command Lightweight Champion,
two-time Canadian Featherweight Champion, Canadian Lightweight Champion
Finalist, World Featherweight Championship Finalist. With a professional
record 44 fights 39 wins, three losses and two draws. Jack was also inducted
into the Canadian Forces Sports Hall of Fame.
Many years after retiring from his own boxing
career, Jack found himself back in the squared circle. In his 60's Jack
had no intention of making a "comeback" but instead inspiring his young
grandson Shawn. Jack and Shawn became inseparable and attended the gym
as often as possible. Jack's passion for the sport was reflected the younger
Carter. Their proudest moment and accomplishment was on November 10, 2007
when Shawn won the Nova Scotia Provincial Championship Title.
Jack will be sadly missed in the Nova Scotia
boxing community; most of all by Shawn Carter. Shawn not only lost his
Coach, manager, match maker, mentor, and grandfather, but his best friend
as well.
UPDATE: Shawn Carter is now training with Bob
Tapper from Twin City Boxing Club. I for one am thankful that Shawn decided
to return to the ring to continue with his and his grandfather's dream.
Shawn certainly has the talent and the heart to be a Champion and they
could not have picked a better coach. Jack would be proud as he always
was!!!!
RIP Jack Carter!!!
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February 27, 2008
Head Coach Tom Davis was appointed
to the Board of the Nova Scotia Boxing Authority. It is a great privilege
to be part of the team.
Berwick, Nova Scotia - Feb
23, 2008
First up was Charlie Lyons in the 54 kg class,
with Charlie boxing a more experienced
Cyrus Taylor of the Pegasus Boxing Club. Taylor
was a bronze medalist from 07 Canadian Nationals. Charlie had his hands
full with Taylor, losing a 3 round decision to the more experience.
Next up was Travis (Bubba) Leil, putting up
a very good showing of himself with a taller opponent from FIST ABC, Moncton
NB. Mathieu Hachey.
This bout could have been won by either,
Bubba ended up losing by a score of 12/10, with a rematch already scheduled
for an April card in NB.
Mike( THE HAMMER) McGrath fought the best he
ever has, and ended up losing a close 3 round decision to 2008 Silver Medalist
of Tommy Gordon ABC from Cape Breton. We and many in attendance thought
that Mike had won this bout, but the judges saw it in favor of Daniel Jessom,
This one will be a rematch for
a future card.
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Halifax casino fight night
- Feb 7, 2008
It was redemption night for 2007 super heavy
champ The Duke Davis going at it in a 4 round match with 2008 champ Johnny
Rill.
With the Duke winning in all 4 rounds, giving
Rill a standing 8 count in rounds 2 & 3, and having him on shaky legs
more than once in all 4 rounds.
Duke followed the game plan, that was
set out in the gym no mental games tonight.
This was one of the most valuable learning
experience's for Duke, after losing a gold medal match to Rill at nationals
and coming back and proving that he is the better boxer!!!
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Canadian Junior & Cadet
Nationals in Windsor Ontario - Jan 24-27, 2008
Bobby Harris won the 57 kg Canadian Championship
in Windsor Ontario. He boxed Tommy Cote from Quebec with a finally score
of 17 - 15. Great performance Bobby!!!
Team Manager Bruce Harkness, Canadian Champion Bobby Harris, and Coach
Tom Davis
Dukus Davis took home the silver in the Super
Heavyweight division after a loss with Johnny Rill from Ontario.
This match actually started two days before they landed in the ring. Johnny
followed Duke around the hotel 2 days before the match to get in his head
mentally. Don Nelson who was Dukus coach for his Germany trip is also Johnny's
coach, so he knew Duke had very little experience with the mental aspect
of the game. By the time these two athletes hit the ring Duke was furious
and was in kill mode which through all his previous plans out the window.
Johnny had Duke exactly where he wanted him and took the Canadian title.
Don Nelson came over and talked to Duke after the match and explained that
it was all part of his plan and Duke told him it worked, a rematch was
scheduled for two weeks later down here in NS at the casino.
Boxing = 50% mental + 40% conditioning + 10%
skill
Mike McGrath returned home after his
loss against Martin Halibus from Ontario. Very good experience for Mike,
being the first time at a national event. Next year he will know what to
expect!!!! Good job Mike!!
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Testing Camp
Westville Academy of Boxing hosted a Provincial
Testing Camp on
January 6 from 9 am until 5 pm.
The testing camp was a perfect way to help
show the athletes some of the things they will need to
improve in order to compete with the other
boxers from across Canada. The boxers that
participated in the day long testing were
eager to push themselves to their limits,
this is exactly what they will encounter in
Ontario. We feel all the athletes did a tremendous job in their challenge
and are quite capable of competing with the best. Congratulations to all
of you and good luck in Ontario we will be cheering for each of you!!!!!
Six Nova Scotia clubs took advantage of this
testing day, Pegasus ABC, Tiger Club, Citadel,
Jim's Gym, Sydney and of course, Westville
Academy. To see all these athletes push themselves
and especially each other was one of the high
points of the day. Another high point was to see
the boxers relate to Ricky Anderson, deeper
than anticipated. The athletes also ate lunch
together and they all communicated as a team,
which was great!!
Ricky interacted with the boxers directly and
gave them some great insight. To see the athletes
actually enjoy a speaker proved to us that
Ricky was definitely the right choice for this group and
we feel no one could have done a better job
or could have touched these boxers the way he did.
They will definitely take some of what
he said to Ontario.
Thanks Ricky!!!! Thanks to all clubs who made
this a success!!!
Back Row:
Wayne Gordon, Brian Archibald, Brad Ross,
Joey Laviolette (Senior Gold Medalist 2008),
Mike McGrath, Bobby Harris, Duke Davis, Ricky
Anderson, Tom Davis
Front Row:
Taylor Gordon, Carl Campbell, Beth Muir, Austin
MacKinnon,
Chantelle Doucette(Senior - Silver Medalist
2008 ),
Wayne Balcom, Bruce Harkness, Cyrus Taylor
Three Westville Academy Boxers going to Canadian
Nationals!!
Mike McGrath, Bobby Harris, Ricky Anderson,
and
2007 Canadian Champion Dukus Davis
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Well we have an interesting weekend coming
up Sunday 6th, 2008.
We are hosting a test and tune camp for our
provincial champs who are heading off to
the nationals from Jan 24th to the 27th 2008,
in Windsor Ontario.
This camp will give our athletes a day to forge
a better relationship with each other and
find out just what they have to work on in
the next couple of weeks before the
Canadian Nationals. This also gives the boxers
some quality sparring with each other,
which some clubs just can't get.
All clubs with Provincial Team athletes were
invited to attend from cadets to seniors.
There will be testing, nutrition information
and also a motivational speaker.
Ricky Anderson will be the speaker for this
camp, we don't think anyone else
could be more qualified than Ricky.
Ricky Anderson
Ricky Anderson's dreams have taken him a long
way. It's not a future he would have
predicted growing up in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
However, he discovered he had a talent
for the sweet science that propelled him to
the top of the amateur boxing world.
After winning a gold medal in the North American
Championships and two silvers in world
championship competitions, he turned pro and
captured the prestigious
Canadian Welter-Weight title and was inducted
to the Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame.
While boxing Ricky attained a university degree
in Sociology.
Later he was a Television Sports Broadcaster.
Today he works as a Drug Prevention Specialist
and he's the President of Go Ricky Motivational
Services and a sought after speaker
in demand year round. He is married and the
father of two sons. His passion is helping
people turn their dreams into reality.
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Dec 9, 2007...Atlantic
Challenge Cup in Windsor
Well
it was a very entertaining afternoon of boxing, bouts got under way at
2.30 pm,
First...
Bobby Harris's opponent was a no show because
of
an injury, John Thomas of NFL,
Next...Travis(
Bubba) Leil 57 kg - lost a very close 3 round bout on points,
this
one could have went either way, with Jonathan Chambers
of
the home town club going away with the win, Valley ABC of Windsor,
Travis
is getting better each time out, and this won't be the
last
time these two meet !!
Mike
McGrath won his 3 round bout against Mark
Carson of host club Valley ABC,
this
was a easy win for Mike who is the provincial champ,in the 66kg class,
this
was a good win for Mike in his preparations for
Nationals
in Jan 23 to the 27th in Windsor Ont.
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Nov 24...New Brunswick
Well
we had an interesting night in Moncton N.B., the card itself was
fast
paced. It was quite a show, from the beginner to the elite caliber , the
sweet science of boxing.
The
people in the Moncton area just love their combat sports, especially boxing,
First
up ... our newest boxer Travis Leil,
(aka..Bubba) with his 6th bout under his belt
this
was another good exhibition for Travis' learning of the sweet science,
looking good in a
three
round exhibition against Austin Depres from the host club F.I.S.T.ABC
Next
up...Mike McGrath was just not in his bout
mentally, he came out very strong in the first
round
and did well, but in the last 2 rounds he got into a brawl with a brawler
and let
Robert
Macmillan of the PEI, ABC walk away with a 2-1 win in this
hard
fought battle of three rounds in the 66 kg class-145lb,
Mike
will be working hard in the next week on his mental game just as hard as
his physical.
We
have an invitation to box in Sydney on Saturday with Newfoundland coming
over.
We
have 3 of our boxers lined up for this amateur boxing card Dec 1st,
Mike
McGrath -66 kg class 145lb, provincial champ will be going at it with Jordan
Young of NFL,
Charlie
Lyons-57-kg class,125lb, will be battling it out with John Thomas of ,NFL,
Travis
(Bubba) Leil- 60 -kg class, 130 lb, will be doing battle
with
Jonathan Chambers, (RIP) Bobby Beaton's great-grandson of the Valley Boxing
Academy.
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Nov 10.... Cadet
and Junior Provincials
Kentville, Nova
Scotia
Well,
Westville Academy had 3 boxers attend Provincials in hopes of a challenge
for the Provincial Titles in their weight class. Duke Davis, Bobby Harris,
and Mike MacGrath were ready to challenge anyone for the spot to respresent
Nova Scotia at the Canadian Nationals in Windsor Ontario,
January
24-28,2008.
1st
up...The Duke Davis won his JR Provincial
championship again this year by way of walk over, meaning no one to challenge
him...super heavy class 91+ kg class (201 lbs & over).He will be in
Ontario to defend his Super Heavyweight Title, where there are definitely
contenders.
2nd
up...Battlin Bob Harris won his Cadet C 54
to 57 kg class (119 to 125.5 lbs) by way of walk over.While there Bobby
was able to box a very fast pace hard fought 3 round fill in bout with
a Jr class boxer Ryan McGrady of the south shore ABC, with Bob winning
by 3-0 decision. Bobby will also represent Nova Scotia in his weight class
at the Nationals.
3rd...Mike
McGrath won by way of walk over in the 63 to 66 kg class(138.6 to 145.2
lbs) and had a very tough fill in bout with Daniel Jessom of Tommy Gordon
ABC of Cape Breton.
Jessom
was bronze medalist from last February's Canadian Nationals in St Catherine's
Ont, while Mike lost this 3 round bout he gained so much in confidence
and learning from
Jessom,
this was Mike's break in bout of 10 to open class, while this was Jessom's
26 th and not a easy one for him! Mike caught Jessom with a hard right
uppercut at the end of round 2 dropping him to the canvas necessitating
a mandatory standing 8 count, with the bell ending this round right after
the 8 count, the third being very fast paced,as well.
Mike
will be a force to be reckoned with in armature boxing if he chooses to
do so.
The
Westville Academy is very proud of all three boxers, even though they didn't
box to get their titles they all trained very hard and were ready for anyone
who was waiting.
Good
Luck at the Nationals guys!!!!
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On
Nov 3.....
Three
of our boxers headed to Fredericton New Brunswick
Battlin'
Bobby Harris, Cody Hoover, and Mike MacGrath were ready to take on just
about anyone!!
Bobby
was scheduled to battle with Mitch Cormier, a two time Canadian Champion
from Barley's Boxing club in NB. Cody was scheduled to do an exhibition
with Carl Cambell,2007 Canadian National Medalist, from Sydney Boxing Club
from NS, and Mike was willing to take on anyone that was left over.
1st
up...Cody Hoover looked phenomenal in his
introduction to the boxing ring, no one could have guessed that it was
his first time in the ring, definitely look for Cody to make his mark in
amateur boxing. We would also like to thank Carl Campbell for his experience
and the professional way he conducted himself during this exhibition.
2nd...Battlin'Bob
certainly lived up to his name, he came out battling from the first bell
and in just over 1 minute he gave Mitch a standing 8 count, when the match
resumed Bobby didn't let up and the bout was stopped at 1:22 minutes in
the first round.This is Bobby's 1st TKO. Watch for Bobby to make his mark
at the Canadian National's in Jan.Watch this match on youtube!!
3rd...Mike
MacGrath didn't get a chance to box this weekend but he was definitely
ready, instead he was a second in the corner with coach Tom Davis.Mike
did a great job and it was a very good experience for him to see from the
corner.
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On
Sept 15....
Two
of our boxers traveled to Cape Breton to participate on a Casino Card hosted
by Membertou Boxing Club....
Well
it was a very interesting night of boxing at the Sydney Casino Saturday
night,
1st
up...Charlie Lyons won a split decision over
Crag Batiste of host club Membertou in a very exciting 3 rounds of boxing
Next
up... was supposed to be an Exibition with
the Duke Davis and Mike Cusak of host club Membertou, Cusak came out with
no respect for the Duke and seemed to have no care that this was an Exibition
for his own learning purpose. Duke handed him a stiff boxing lesson that
Cusak won't soon forget, with 2 standing 8 counts in the 2nd round and
finally a 3rd round stoppage by way of RSC.
Coach's
remarks...It's to bad that some of the up
and comers in boxing
do
not show respect to the more experienced boxers in these Exhibitions so
they might learn from them instead of going home embarrassed.It is also
a shame that they do not have more respect for the sport of boxing.
Show
Respect And You Will Get Respect!!
Coach
Tom
Dukus Davis(Red)and
"Iron Mike" Cusack(Blue)
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On
August 24...Four boxers along with Coach Davis traveled to the Digby Arena
to participate in a pro-am card hosted by Valley Boxing, here are the results...
Well
it was a great night of boxing in Digby N.S. last night....
1st
up...our youngest up and comer 11 year old
Travis Leil in
an
exhibition bout with Jonathan Chambers (AVBC). Travis gave
Chambers
a boxing lesson, Travis is a very good prospect for the future of boxing
if he chooses to do so.
Next
up...Donald Keddy, losing by (RSC) Ref Stopped
Contest, in the second rd,to Jordan Smith of Tri-County ABC,of Yarmouth,
this was a very exciting bout until the stoppage with a body shot.
Next...was
our own Mike McGrath in a very entertaining bout with Tyler Benjamin of
(AVBC) with Mike dropping a close decision to Tyler. Mike was just not
busy enough in this one.
The
Duke Davis... looked great in winning this
one by unanimous decision, this was a very good show of the improvements
in Duke's skill and power with Duke having Chambers on shaky legs in all
3 rounds. This was a long time coming!!!!!
Coach
Tom
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Westville
Academy of Boxing would like to thank the following supporter for the June
29th card:
Town
of Westville...continued support, thank you!
System
Care...When disaster strikes...we can help! 1-800-335-care
Bumper's
Taxi -
Pickle's
Pools
& Spas - 755-4343
Warewell
Garments
Westville
Rink Committee
Bomber's
Club
Kinsmen
2nd
Harry Trainor Memorial Boxing
Westville
Academy of Boxing is pleased to present its' 2nd annual boxing card. This
year the event is being held at the Westville Miners Sports Center(Westville
Rink) at 7:30 pm.
Westville
Academy along with Pegasus Amateur Boxing Club have invited some Ontartio
boxing clubs to compete against some of Nova Scotia's top amateur boxers.
Most of the boxers from both provinces are medalists at the Provinical,
National, International, and Canada Games levels and the rest could be
our future champions.
Team
Ontario will compete on our Harry Trainor Card on June 29 then they will
travel to the Valley to compete on the card hosted by Pegasus.
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Friday
June 29, 2007 @ 7:30pm
Westville
Miners Sports Center (Westville Rink)
Host - Westville Academy of Boxing
2nd
Harry Trainor... Nova Scotia vs Ontario
Blue Corner - Nova Scotia Red
Corner - Ontario
1. Tylor Ongo
vs
Sheldon Wilcox WON
Tommy Gordon
ABC
Steeltown ABC
34 kg - 3x1.5 min rounds
2. Donald Keddy
vs
Terry Trafford WON
Westville Academy
Steeltown ABC
58 kg - 3x2 min rounds
3. Travis Leil
vs
Charlie Lyons
Westville
Academy EX
Westville Academy
56 kg - 3x1.5 min rounds
4. Kyle Patterson
Cancelled
Kris Russle
Tommy Gordon ABC
Steeltown ABC
70 kg - 3x2 min rounds
5. Mike McGrath
WON
vs
Brian Stevenson
Westville
Academy
Steeltown ABC
62 kg - 3x2 min rounds
6. Brent
Allen WON
vs
Jessie Wilcox
Albion
ABC
Steeltown ABC
60 kg - 3x2 min rounds
Intermission
7. Steven MacGillvary WON
vs
Kyle Wright
Tommy Gordon ABC
Motor City ABC
60 kg - 3x2 min rounds
8. Shawn Carter
vs
Steven Wilcox WON
Twin
City ABC
Steeltown ABC
60 kg - 3x2 min rounds
9. Cory Hall WON
vs
Patrick Brewster
Twin City ABC
(NS)
Jim's Gym(NS)
81 kg - 3x2 min rounds
10. Eddie Tertsakian WON
vs
Mike Brock
Berwick
ABC
Steeltown ABC
73 kg - 3x2 min rounds
11. Bobby Harris WON
vs
Josh O' Reilly
Westville
Academy
Steeltown ABC
54 kg - 3x2 min rounds
Fight of the Night
Battlin' Bobby Harris
12. Joey Best
vs
Jerome Gabrial WON
Evangaline
Trail ABC
Motor City ABC
75 kg - 3x2 min rounds
Intermission
*********** Main
Event ***********
13. Dukus Davis
vs
Frankie Rill WON
Westville
Academy
Motor City ABC
91+ kg - 4x2 min rounds
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Saturday
June 30, 2007 @ 7:00 pm
Middleton
Rink
Host - Pegasus ABC
RED - Ontario BLUE
- Nova Scotia
1. Luke Caride (Motor City ABC) WON
vs
Wesley Hardman (Sackville)
40 kg - 3 x 1.5 min rounds
2. Bradley Wilcox (Steel Town ABC)WON
vs Steven Hill(EvangelineTrail)
40 kg -
3 x 1.5 min rounds
3. Beth Muir (Pegasus)
vs Phylicica O’Connel ( Tri County Mariners
ABC)WON
57 kg - 3 x 2 min rounds
4. Jesse Wilcox (Steel Town ABC)
vs Shawn Carter (Twin City ABC)WON
- 61 kg -3 x 2 min rounds
5. Chantell Doucette (Evangeline Trail
ABC)WON
vs Bridget Stevenson(SackvilleABC)
57 kg - 3 x 2 min rounds
6. Travis Leil (Westville Boxing Academy)
Ex
Mark Bennett (Pegasus)
56 kg - 3 x 1.5 min rounds
Intermission
7. Reagan Stuart (Tri County Mariners ABC)WON
vs
Kelsey Salsman ( Berwick ABC)
60 kg - 3 x 2 min rounds
8. Steven Wilcox (Steeltown)WON
vs Brant
Allen (Albion ABC)
61 kg - 3 x 2 min rounds
9. Terri Trafford( Steeltown) WON
Ex
Cyrus Taylor (Pegasus)
53 kg - 3 x 2 min rounds
10. Kyle Wright (Motor City ABC)
vs Bobby Harris (Westville Academy)WON
54 kg - 3 x 2 min rounds
*********** Main
Event ***********
12. Jerome Gabriel (Motor City ABC)
vs Joey Best (Evangeline Trail ABC)WON
72 kg - 4 x 2 min rounds
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Thank you for a very successful card we look forward to topping
this one next year,
along with the help of Bruce Harkness- Pegasus Boxing Club in Middleton.
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