Cranbrook Eagles Boxing

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CAMP WEEK!

We are so excited that it's finally here and we are very grateful for all of the coaches and athletes that have signed up. We have a total of 50 athletes coming to PG between 8 different clubs from BC and even a team from Calgary.

Thank you again to all of our sponsors who helped to make this camp possible. Stay tuned on our socials to see the progression of the camp throughout the next 5 days 👊🏽!

This September you will be able to take a walk down memory lane and find these very important additions around the boxing club’s various ‘Walls of Fame’…making visible all the hard work, dedication, and heart that these two coaches (and boxers) have poured into the sport (and the boxing club) for years.🦅🥊

Special thank you going out to Coach Kate McWhirter and Coach Tammy Bain for trusting us with your memorabilia and allowing us to share it with the club.

Thank you to Kootenay Kwik Print for the assistance.

-M.White

Hey boxing fans, 🥊🦅

With the help of the incredible Sidekick Printing Inc. we will have an order of Cranbrook Eagles Boxing Club (waterproof) stickers available (this September) at the club. Here is a sneak peak below.

For those curious, a little look into what to expect at this year’s training camp.

We are so excited to be hosting our first Novice Training Camp here in PG at the end of this month! We are even more excited to be working with our friends at Fir Haven Guest House where we will be providing accommodation to fighters and hosting camp meals. Thanks to Jason Peters for another great media write up:

Inner City Boxing PG is set to welcome young fighters to a comprehensive camp that will help them reach new levels of success inside the ring.

The four-day gathering starts on Aug. 27 in Prince George. It will focus on introducing novice boxers to high-performance training, with Inner City and Team B.C. coaches Jag Seehra and Kenny Lally setting the tone. The camp is suitable for open boxers as well.

“We have a lot of new relationships that we’ve made, some old relationships, and we want to just bring B.C. back together,” Seehra said. “That’s the way it used to be when we used to compete. We’d all train together and we’d all go to nationals together, and those relationships carried on. That’s what we want to bring back – that camaraderie.

“They’ll learn how hard the training is, and what it really takes to be a champion, what it takes to win a gold medal at nationals,” Seehra added. “That’s the main goal.”

Camp participants will start each day with roadwork. Then they’ll move into high intensity drills at the Inner City gym. Lally – a seven-time national champion – will lead those sessions, designed to maximize fitness specifically for boxing.

After a lunch break, each afternoon will feature an educational element. On opening day, Sharleen Hoar – a certified mental performance consultant and high-performance sport scientist from Victoria’s Coastal Human Performance – will give a presentation on the benefits of mental training.

Seth Lenetsky (Aug. 28), Seehra (Aug. 29) and Alex Legault (Aug. 30) will lead the other educational sessions.

Lenetsky, a Victoria-based strength and conditioning coach who has worked with athletes from the NFL, NBA, MLB and national boxing programs, will take camp participants through a session called Best Practices for Fight Day.

Seehra, a four-time national medal-winner and 11-time provincial champion, will instruct on the proper use of the jab.

Legault – a former Inner City fighter and a three-time national gold-medalist who now lives in Calgary and runs Undisputed Boxing – will give a talk about the importance of proper nutrition.

Afternoons will also include controlled sparring sessions, with Cranbrook Eagles head coach and national medalist Tom White – another Inner City alumnus – monitoring the action. Each day, White will also lead campers through proper warm-ups.

This camp will be the first Inner City has hosted since Seehra and Lally rebooted it in early 2024.

“Last year was the first time that we dabbled with this idea, when we went to Edmonton for a camp,” Lally said. “We thought, why don’t we hold it here and try to make it a yearly thing? Our coach, he put on the best camps back in the day and they benefited us hugely in the success we had in the sport. So we want to bring some of that old-school stuff back.”

That coach is Bob Pegues. He now lives in Quebec but will be in Prince George for this camp. His official role will be camp cook – a nod to his skill for putting together unforgettable meals at camps during Seehra and Lally’s rise as youth boxers.

Pegues still enjoys creating perfect pasta feasts and firing up the barbecue at every opportunity.

“I cook here at home all the time,” he said. “I love to cook – it’s one of my hobbies.”

In the cheffing duties, Pegues will get help from Inner City assistant coach Mikey Brooks, himself a culinary artist.

Pegues says “it’s a great idea” for Seehra and Lally to hold the camp, and to bring all of the different areas of boxing expertise together.

“My first camp was probably 2003,” Pegues said. “I used to have the boxers at my home. Everybody would sleep in the basement and my wife would move out for the time of the camp. It was always great, and you can sit here in your rocking chair years later and think about the things you might have won or didn’t win, but it’s the memories you have of those kinds of things that stay with you.

“I was so fortunate being able to really live my dream in boxing, some of the places I went with Kenny and Jag, and Team B.C. and Team Canada, and the camps were always one of the more fun things we ever did,” Pegues added. “They bring the kids together, put us all on the same wavelength. The boxers get to the events and you can see them high-fiving each other and being buddy-buddy. And some of them are lifelong friends now for sure. So it’s always good, always lots of fun to hold these camps.”

Seehra and Lally expect to have close to 40 participants at the camp. Twenty of them will stay at Fir Haven Guest House, which sits on five acres of property in the Blackburn area of the city. Rooms are also booked at the Pomeroy Inn & Suites, walking distance from the Inner City gym.

Boxers who stay at the hotel are welcome to attend all functions at Fir Haven.

For many of the fighters, the camp will be a stepping stone toward the B.C. provincial championships and B.C. Bronze Gloves at the end of September in Chilliwack.

The Cranbrook Eagles competition class has been hard at work all summer in preparation for the ‘2026 Novice Training Camp’ hosted by the War-dogs of the Inner City Boxing Club of Prince George. It is a four-day, high-performance training camp that runs from August 27 to August 30th. Coach Tom White will be travelling with a select few and he looks forward to kicking off the 2026/2027 season with this incredible learning opportunity, “there is so much more to be gained by attending a camp than just the training, there is the invaluable knowledge gained by interacting with other boxers and past/future opponents, the comradery building of teammates, and having exposure to various coaching styles.”

A huge thank you going out to Inner City Boxing PG and their stellar coaches for making this camp possible. The considerable amount of time, effort, preparation, and organization to host such an event is immense and it does not go unappreciated.

-M. White

Pictured L->R
Back row: Bo Thurow, Ty Kolbeck, Cyrus Lepsis, Luther Sawatzky, Damien Lepsis
Front row: Layton Gronlund, Brantley Campbell (currently on a waitlist for the camp), and Coach Tom White

Update: If you prefer to have the logo added to a hoodie—there just needs to be 7 inches of space between the neckline and the top of the hoodie pocket.

Hey Cranbrook Eagles Family 🦅

We heard you, and we are making it happen!

Do you have a favourite workout top but it needs something extra? Maybe you have always wanted to represent the boxing club, but in tee-shirt material or a style you are already comfortable wearing. Better yet, get a big jump start on stocking stuffers for those boxers in your life.

Bring your favourite workout top to the boxing club (between Wednesday September 9th and Wednesday, September 23rd) and we (along with the fabulous ‘Anywear Garment Company’) can make that happen! 🥊

The boxing club logo posted will be the one used, and it will be placed front and centre on each tee-shirt. Please be sure to write your name/initials on the sizing tag of your shirt. Please no red shirts as the maple leaf will blend in.

If there are over 20 shirts submitted the cost will be $15 per shirt, but if under 20 shirts are submitted the cost will be $20 per shirt.

Please place your shirt in the tote marked, “2026/2027” Club Shirts”.

Thanks team! 🥹

Anywear Garment Company

Thank you going out to fellow Cranbrook Eagle, Steve Mercandelli and Cranbrook Dodge for covering a portion of hotel expenses at the upcoming BC Provincials on September 25, 26, and 27th in Chilliwack, BC.

Coach Tom’s competitive team has continued to meet weekly throughout the summer in preparation for the upcoming season.

Hey Cranbrook Eagles Family 🦅

We heard you, and we are making it happen!

Do you have a favourite workout top but it needs something extra? Maybe you have always wanted to represent the boxing club, but in tee-shirt material or a style you are already comfortable wearing. Better yet, get a big jump start on stocking stuffers for those boxers in your life.

Bring your favourite workout top to the boxing club (between Wednesday September 9th and Wednesday, September 23rd) and we (along with the fabulous ‘Anywear Garment Company’) can make that happen! 🥊

The boxing club logo posted will be the one used, and it will be placed front and centre on each tee-shirt. Please be sure to write your name/initials on the sizing tag of your shirt. Please no red shirts as the maple leaf will blend in.

If there are over 20 shirts submitted the cost will be $15 per shirt, but if under 20 shirts are submitted the cost will be $20 per shirt.

Please place your shirt in the tote marked, “2026/2027” Club Shirts”.

Thanks team! 🥹

Anywear Garment Company

FYI 🦅

‼️COACHES‼️

Registrations for bronze gloves & provincials are now open.

Make sure to register your athletes to either Open Provincials or Bronze Gloves. 🔗 Link in bio 🔗

As coaches, please ensure you have a valid NCCP # and in good standing in order to corner your fighters.

“Out there is just a little bigger ring with a couple more punches coming at you.” -Kenny Lally

Please give a listen to this incredible podcast featuring Kenny Lally who is British Columbia’s most decorated amateur boxer as well as co-owner and head coach of our brother club (Inner City Boxing Club) in Prince George.

‘Life can be a cruel sport, often serving both joy and heartbreak in equal measure. But sometimes what matters is how we stand up again after getting knocked down.
Join us for an emotional episode this week as we interview local Prince George boxing hero and club owner Kenny Lally about his successful amateur boxing career, his descent into depression and addiction and subsequent recovery. Listen to Kenny's amazing story and how it enables him to give back by helping local children manage their own mental health challenges through life lessons from the boxing ring.’ -Qualitynorth Podcast

Boxing Back to Mental Health featuring 7-time National Boxing Champion Kenny Lally Life can be a cruel sport, often serving both joy and heartbreak in equal measure. But sometimes what matters is how we stand up again after getting knocked down.