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"Boxing" Roulette Jump-starts 2006-06 Ontario Champion Series
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The 2005-2006 Boxing Ontario
tournament season kicks off next week with two of Ontario’s
best females participating in the Women’s World Boxing Championships in
Russia.
From September 25 – October 3 the best female amateur boxers on the
planet will converge on the small town of Podolsk,
just outside of Moscow,
to compete for the World Title. Mary Spencer of the Windsor
Amateur Boxing
Club and Katie Dunn of the Border City Boxing Club (also Windsor) will
lead
Team Canada.
A lot is at stake in Russia
as the women not only battle to be world champion, but are looking
ahead to a
potential shot at the 2008 Olympic Games. Spencer and Dunn are no
strangers to international competition, both having won a Continental
Title in Argentina
and the Tourneo Italia World Tournament. But the pressure to win
in Russia
is much greater and the consequences much more profound
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The first official Ontario boxing tournament of the
‘05/’06 season, The Champion Series, will run from September 30
– October 2 in Brantford, Ontario. The Summerhays Tournament is a
developmental tournament for novice athletes ranging from 11-40 years
of
age. Over 30 clubs from across the province will
participate.
Brothers John, Terry, and Gary, for whom the tournament is named, are
local
boxing legends. John and Gary were both Canadian Lightweight
Champions
and Terry was a champion welterweight. Between the three of them
they
boxed against the likes of Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini, Clyde Gray, and
Michael Spinks.
What:
Summerhays Boxing Tournament – Hosted by
the Brantford
Youth Boxing Club Sponsored by TOP TEN Canada.
When: Friday,
September 30 from 7:00pm
Saturday, October 1 from 1pm & 7pm
Sunday, October 2 from 12 NOON
Where: Holiday Inn, 644
Colborne Street East, Brantford, Ontario
- $10 per session
The new tournament season will feature eight major
sanctioned events in Ontario
between September and April. The Champion Series 2005/2006,
brought to
you by Boxing Ontario and TOP TEN Canada, is listed below:
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- <>Sept. 30 - Oct. 2,
2005 Summerhays Tournament,
Brantford, ON
- <>Oct. 28 - Oct. 30,
2005 Junior & Senior Novice
Provincial
Championships, St. Catharines, ON
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- <>Nov. 25 - Nov. 27,
2005 Junior & Senior OPEN
Provincial
Championships, Sarnia, ON
- <>Jan. 6 - Jan. 8, 2006
National Senior Championships, St.
Catharines, ON
- <>Feb. 3 - Feb. 5, 2006
Brampton Cup, Brampton, ON
- <>Mar. 3 - Mar. 5,
2006 Cadet Novice &
Open
Provincial Championships, Mississauga, ON
- <>Apr. 7 - Apr. 9,
2006 National Cadet
Championships & Female FTS, Sarnia, ON
- <>Apr. 28 - Apr. 30, 2006
Ray McGibbon's Gloves Tournament,
St. Catharines, ON
There are
also 4 Major Non-Ontario events taking place during the '05/'06
season. They are:
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- <>Sept. 25 – Oct. 3,
2005 Women’s World Championships,
Podolsk, Russia
- Nov. 4 - Nov. 14,
2005 Men's World
Championships, Mianyang, China
- Dec. 7 - Dec.
17, 2005 Francophone
Games, Niamey, Niger
- Jan. 26 - Jan. 29,
2006 National Junior Championships
&
Male FTS, St. Hyacinthe, Quebec
<>For more information on the Champion Series,
including a printable schedule, visit the Boxing Ontario website at
www.boxingontario.com
