We recently found a poster from the Tammer Tournament 1987 in the back of a cupboard, it has been restored and is now being framed to be hung in the games room.  We did a little research on the tournament and to find who attended from Kendal.

The Tammer Boxing Tournament is a prestigious, long-running international event held annually in Tampere, Finland, since 1977.  It is a high standard amateur boxing tournament and has built a reputation as one of the most respected Olympic style boxing tournaments in the world.

The Tammer Tournament hosts national teams from all over the world with top boxers in each team. During its history Tammer Tournament has hosted teams from over 80 countries and annually teams from ten to twenty countries take part in the tournament. Ever since the very first year the event has hosted some of the greatest champions of all time, such as Mike Tyson and Oscar De La Hoya. One of the super talents seen in the Pyynikki ring was England’s Luke Campbell who four years later won Olympic Gold medal in London Olympics 2012.

In 1987 Kendal Amateur Boxing Club attending the Tammer Tournament and brought back the poster as a memento;

Peter Blamire & Paul Blair , Robert Pattinson , Paul Davies, & Tony Hodgson , Mark Sharpe , Micheal  Crawford , George Newton, Simon Gill, supported by head coach Alan Willoughby