Press Release
March 15, 2007
Whitehorse, Yukon – It was another great Winter Games for Canada’s finest athletes, more specifically Ontario’s Junior Male National team. Team Ontario brought home a total of 7 medals out of a possible 9. Our Ontario Amateur Boxer National Medalists are:
Gold
60kg Zishan Khan – Champion Boxing Club, Brampton
64kg Josh Cameron – Border City Boxing Club, Windsor
75kg Jerome Gabriel – Motor City Boxing Club, Oshawa
Silver
57kg Steve Wilcox – Steeltown Boxing Club, Hamilton
Bronze
51kg Jermaine Badchkam – McGrory’s Boxing Club, Hamilton
69kg Jordan Letestu – Big Tyme Boxing Club, Orangeville
91kg Kyle Matuk – Motor City Boxing Club, Oshawa
Honorable mention goes to Colin Fish-Motor City Boxing Club, Oshawa and Eyobe Amberber – Border City Boxing Club, Windsor
Team Coaches were: Josh Canty – Border City Boxing Club, Don Nelson – Motor City Boxing Club, and Robert Wilcox – Steeltown Boxing Club
Another huge accomplishment went to Oshawa’s Jerome Gabriel who was chosen from over 2000 Ontario athletes to carry the Canada Games Flag at the closing ceremonies. Ontario won the flag with 310 points. Points were accumulated over the 2 week Games period.