Greymouth boxer John Logan at Empire Games 1963.

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DescriptionMy cousin Ross sent me this pic of our late Uncle George and the "Empire" Games boxing team of 1963. A fine medal tally. Funny how "Otahuhu" and "Auckland" are different places.Date of PhotoBetween 1st January 1963 and 31st December 1963Map^[1]ContributorMurray Cammick

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Linkhttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?.....2340261729&type=3&theaterCommentsJohn Pilley My grandfather, Eliphalet ‘Lifey’ Ravenwood was at the 1954 Empire Games in Canada and came 8th in the men's pairs.
1 · Yesterday at 10:57am
Orion Foote
Orion Foote Shot Murray nice pic...Bill Kini took the gold in Kingston 1966....Wally Coe was a great fighter - usually trained by Dick Dunn in Wellington.
1 · Yesterday at 11:28am
Time Sulusi Tuautu
Time Sulusi Tuautu wow this photo is awsme Murray Cammick i had the privilege of training under George cammick for the same club in ohtahuhu in my younger days he was an awsme Trainer RIP george x
3 · Yesterday at 12:57pm
Rachel Meyrick
Rachel Meyrick Hi Murray - I shared this fantastic photo on the West Coast History FB page (hope that is OK) and people on that page know/knew John Logan.
1 · 20 hrs
Murray Cammick
Murray Cammick I don't recall the Commonwealth Games being called the 'Empire Games". That's quite a revealing title.
20 hrs
Rachel Meyrick
Rachel Meyrick Changed to simply "British Commonwealth Games" in 1970 not long before UK's entry to EU. Boris Johnson will probably try and flip the name back to British Empire & Commonwealth Games soon :)
1 · 20 hrs
Phil Gifford
Phil Gifford Great photo Murray. How cool are those hats? Jiust double checked with Ron Palenski's great book from the 1980s "The Games", and the photo studio who mounted the picture were a little off beam about the date. The Games were in Perth in 1962, not '63. A...See More
1 · 9 hrs
Murray Cammick
Murray Cammick I suspect my Uncle George is sitting on a cushion to be same height as boxers Paddy Donovan and Toro George?
9 hrs
Orion Foote
Orion Foote I did wonder about the date coz Kingston was 1966 and it's very four years not three - lousy typesetting!
1 · 8 hrs
Phil Gifford
Phil Gifford I knew Toro well Murray, and I think George and he would have been about the same height. Toro was a featherweight, which would have meant he weighted about 57kg, so not a giant!
1 · 8 hrs
Buster Stiggs
Buster Stiggs The stadium in Perth went to rack and ruin and was recently pulled down and is now a trendy housing estate

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Greymouth boxer John Logan at Empire Games 1963.

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