Visiting sportsmen Tom Burke and Bob Webster with Lavina Dynevor and Laurie Douglas at Cherbourg’s Boxing Shed
March 2, 2023
A bunch of veteran sportsmen dropped into Cherbourg on Thursday to pay their respects to some of the community’s sporting legends of the past.
The visit was organised by Bob Webster, from the Australian Boxing Hall of Fame.
He was joined by Phil Hall, of Queensland Schoolboy “Phil Hall Cup” rugby league fame; Olympic (1968 Mexico) and Commonwealth Games (1966 Jamaica) boxer John Rokowski; and Tom Burke, vice-president of the Boxing Supporters Association.
They were joined by local boxing legend, Arthur “Bullet” Bradley, an inductee in the Queensland Boxing Hall of Fame.
The group toured The Ration Shed Museum before visiting the graves of two of Cherbourg’s sporting heroes of the past, boxers Jeffrey “Mitta” Dynevor and Adrian Blair.
The pair were inducted into the Queensland Boxing Hall of Fame in 2019 and 2021 respectively.
Mitta Dynevor was the Australian amateur Featherweight champion from 1957-59 and 1961-62 and fought at the 1962 Perth Commonwealth Games.
Adrian Blair was Australian Lightweight Champion in 1962 and 1964, fought at the 1962 Commonwealth Games and at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
The visiting sportsmen then travelled up to the Les Stewart Senior Sporting Complex where a Gala Sports Day was being held for students from Murgon and Cherbourg schools.
At the Boxing Shed, the visitors presented Complex manager Lavina Dynevor with equipment donated by world-rated boxing referee Brad Vocale, a cousin of the late Lionel Rose.
The visitors also had the opportunity to see some of Cherbourg’s sporting stars of the future.
Students from Cherbourg and Murgon schools were having fun testing their skills in basketball, rugby league and union, netball, cricket and on an obstacle course.
Bob Webster, representing the Australian Boxing Hall of Fame, with Arthur “Bullet” Bradley (Qld Boxing Hall of Fame inductee); Phil Hall (Qld Schoolboy Rugby League), Olympic and Commonwealth Games boxer John Rokowski and Tom Burke, vice-president of the Boxing Supporters AssociationThe group placed flowers on the graves of Mitta Dynevor (top) and Adrian Blair (below) … the visitors were joined at the gravesides by Jeffrey and Blake Dynevor (top) and Adrian’s brother, Trevor Blair (below)Bob Webster shared some of his ideas for future expansion of the Boxing Shed with Lavina DynevorSome of the donated boxing equipment delivered to Cherbourg’s Boxing Shed by the visiting sportsmen
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At The Ration Shed
Queensland Boxing Hall of Famer, Arthur “Bullet” Bradley, presented The Ration Shed manager Nicola Tizzard with some information about Commonwealth Games boxer Jeffrey “Mitta” DynevorTom Burke, vice-president of the Boxing Supporters Association, was particularly interested in the displays of memorabilia from Cherbourg’s boxing legendsMitta’s nephew and namesake Jeffrey Dynevor, left, and his son Blake, right, with the visitors at The Ration ShedThe visitors shared a link to a YouTube video of Queensland Boxing Hall of Fame inductee Jerry Jerome – another of Cherbourg’s famous boxers – fighting a bout at the Brisbane Showgrounds in 1910Member for Wide Bay Llew O’Brien, right, and his friend Andrew met up with The Ration Shed manager Nicola Tizzard and the visiting sportsmen on Thursday … Nicola took up her new role in December
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Sports Gala Day
Simon Taylor, from Basketball Queensland, was getting ready to show the kids some skills and drills
Nanango Netball patron Norma Harch with president / coach Katie Mangan
Sophie Zipf, from Mundubbera, and Jason Koy, Kingaroy, were sharing cricket tips
Cherbourg Deputy Mayor and PLO Tom Langton with Dylan Blackman, Peter Tautua, Jake Chandler and Tim McMahon from the Queensland RedsThe crew from Sunshine Coast-based Refocus visit Cherbourg regularly, operating from the Bertie Button Lookout building
