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Bare Knuckle Boxing Hall of Fame Induction Weekend & Belfast Irish Heritage Days; July 28-29, 2012

 

ORIGINAL BARE KNUCKLE BOXER INDUCTEES:  Jem Belcher, Charley Mitchell, Henry Pearce

2012 HONORARY INDUCTEES:  Ben Becker; Juan, Carlos and Angel De Leon & Chuck Pelitera (Team Mesi trainers);

 Tony Graziano; Johnny Sudac; Michael Tome

Special recognition to be given to Jeff Mengel, Jimmy Holmes’ trainer

 

 Saturday, July 28

8am to 5pm- Day 1 of first-ever Belfast Community Yard Sales.  To get on map, $5 to Margo Jennings at Town Hall, by Monday 7/23 at 4pm; 585-365-2623.  Questions to Belfast Lions; Bill Heaney at 585-365-2998

10am to 12noon- Special U.S. Postal Cancellation- TRIBUTE TO THE TRAINERS; MULDOON STATION

10am to 3pm- Car/Motorcycle Cruise.   Questions to Mike Preston at 585-365-2497

10am-Official Hall of Fame Induction Breakfast; TRIBUTE TO THE TRAINERS.  Held at United Methodist Family Center adjacent to town park; 2 Chapel Street, Belfast (entrance off Merton), followed by Hall of Fame tour.  See Official 2012 Guzman Induction painting unveiled by the artist.  All proceeds to help fund Muldoon statue.  Tickets are $40 per person (includes free tour).  Separate tour tickets for non-breakfast goers are $5 each.  Scott Burt; 585-610-3326

12noon- Unveiling of life-size marble statue of William Muldoon.  Official signing and placing of the 2012 Hall of Fame Inductees Glove Ceremony.  Scheduled to appear are boxing greats Billy Backus, Livingstone Bramble, Sugar De Leon, Joe Mesi, and Dick Wipperman.   Questions to Scott Burt at 585-610-3326

12noon- Mini Tractor Pull at Valley Park; tentatively scheduled.  Questions to Belfast Firemen at 716-498-6386

1pm- Live sparring exhibition by current middleweight boxer Jimmy Holmes.  Questions to Scott Burt at 585-610-3326

1pm to 4pm- Limerick contest; topic is William Muldoon (5 lines; 1,2,5 and 3,4 rhyme)   Kathy Garrison; 585-365-8856

1:30pm to 5pm- Potato sack race, potato relay race, potato scavenger hunt, Irish themed “Minute-to-Win-it Contest” and more, in the park.   Questions to Judy May, 585-610-2969; Eva Heaney, 585-365-2998; Lacie Lavallee, 585-610-9229

2pm- All-age dance workout with Livingstone Bramble; $5 tickets can be bought on-site.   Scott Burt; 585-610-3326

3pm- Hall of Fame Golf tournament at Allegany Hills.  Scramble format; $65 per player.   Dick Farwell; 703-338-4270

3pm- Irish step dancers in the park.   Questions to Sheree Gielow at 585-365-2942

3:30pm- Irish singers, including The Wild Irish Rovers from 5 to 6pm, in the park.   Sheree Gielow; 585-365-2942

6pm- Local Restaurant Irish-themed Dinner Night.

6pm- Tour of the mysterious Genesee Valley Canal Warehouse where 4 murders have happened over the past 100 years, guided by local historian Paul Curcio.  $10 tickets can be bought on-site.  Questions to Scott Burt at 585-610-3326

7pm- 11pm  Allegany County’s Got Talent talent show competition followed by a super Rock & Roll Concert featuring Double Vision with boxer Jimmy Holmes, to help with cost of Muldoon statue. St. Patrick’s Hall on East Hughes.  Tickets are $5 (first row, $20; second and third, $10) One ticket gets you both events.  Can be bought on-site.   585-610-3326

 Sunday, July 29

8am to 5pm- Day 2 of first-ever Belfast Community Yard Sales.  To get on map, $5 to Margo Jennings at Town Hall, by Monday 7/23 at 4pm; 585-365-2623.  Questions to Belfast Lions; Bill Heaney at 585-365-2998

10am- Antique Tractor Pull at Valley Park.  Questions to Belfast Firemen at 716-498-6386

10am- Watch 1970 Backus-Napoles and 1985 Bramble-Mancini 2 World Title Fights as narrated by the Champions themselves!   $10 tickets can be bought on-site Question/Answer session.    Questions to Scott Burt at 585-610-3326

11:30am- John L. Sullivan 5k run/walk; RAMBLE WITH BRAMBLE, sponsored by Brewers Fitness Gym of Belfast.

Entry fee of $30 includes free admission to 10am fight video narration.  Students ½ price.  Scott Burt; 585-610-3326

12noon- Tours of the Bare Knuckle Boxing Hall of Fame; $5 tickets can be bought on-site.   Scott Burt; 585-610-3326

12noon- Chicken Bar-B-Que in the park by Allegany County Saddle Dusters Horse Club  Will Enders;  716-498-9651

1pm-  Pet parade (pets dressed in Irish garb)    Questions to Judy May at 585-610-2969

2pm- Small bagpipes and harp concert in the park.   Questions to Sheree Gielow at 585-365-2942

 

Make checks out to BKBHOF and mail to Scott Burt, BKBHOF Coordinator, 3876 State Route 19, Scio New York  14880

Vendor spots in the park for Saturday and/or Sunday are $10 per day.  Call Monica Arnold at 585-365-2650.

 

 

Come celebrate Belfast, New York!



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