The Cranbrook Eagles Boxing Club continues to do itself proud.

Last weekend, three members captured gold at the B.C. Provincial Championships in Surrey.

Brad Hystad took top spot in the 57-kilogram novice division, Colin Adams was uncontested among 52-kg open youth and coach Miles Chisholm shook off a dozen years' ring rust to win the open heavyweight title.

Even Ryan Lindsay, who lost his first (thus only) bout, put on a performance that gave his coach the chills.

"He was down 10-5 at the end of the second round," said Larry Adams. "I'll tell you, he came back in that third round. I told him I was proud of him. I had a lump in my throat at the end there, he fought so hard."

Lindsay was fighting a much more experienced Tommy Borejszo from the North Vancouver's Griffins club, and wound up winning that final round 4-3 and rousing the crowd.

"He could have so easily folded after that second round: he was down and getting tagged. Just the way he came back in that third round was really inspirational," said Adams.

"When he realized what was happening, it was just a little too late," said Chisholm, who was able to help Adams in the corner.

"If he would have had four rounds, it would have been a different story."

Colin Adams did not box, and had already earned a spot on Team B.C. for the Canada Winter Games. His father had hoped to arrange a rematch with the national champ Colin had defeated two weeks ago at the Kelowna Invitational, but that was a no-go.

Coach Adams then set up an exhibition between Colin and Olympic hopeful Kenny Lally, but the card was too full to accommodate it.

? Brad Hystad's path to provincial victory started through a familiar opponent, having defeated hometown favourite Ajay Boparai at the Kelowna Invitational.

They met again at provincials; although they were tied 2-2 after the first round Saturday, Hystad found his rhythm midway through the bout and took a 7-3 win

"He's pretty much got Ajay's number now," said Adams.

On Sunday, Hystad went up against Mackenzie Cruckshank of Prince George's Spruce Capital club.

"That one turned out to be a little tougher than we thought," said Adams. "He had only had one bout so we took him a little bit lightly."

Hystad had never fought a southpaw before, so it took a while for him to get used to Cruckshank's tendencies and different angles of attack.

"You could see (Hystad) was thinking in there pretty good, trying to figure him out," said Adams.

The Cranbrook fighter found the right combination in left hooks over right jabs to take a one-point victory.

? Miles Chisholm last fought competitively over a decade ago.

Before his opening bout against Quesnel's Rob McGregor - another 30-something fighter back in the ring for the first time in a while - Adams overheard a telling exchange.

"Before the fight, Miles said to him, 'Are you wondering what you're doing here like I am?' He said, 'Yeah.'"

Chisholm fought his way to an 8-5 win, even though he was overanxious and didn't pick his shots.

"It was tough because it was my first fight in 11 years, trying to remember what to do: how to attack, how to defend," said Chisholm. "It went okay, but I was a bit uptight and not relaxed."

It probably didn't help that both boxers were southpaws, a rare matchup in boxing.

By the time he faced Daniel Kragt of Spruce Capital for the championship, Chisholm said he felt smooth in the ring, like he knew what he was doing.

"I don't know whether it looked like that or not, but it sure felt like it," he said, with a laugh.

Adams confirmed that Chisholm controlled the fight from the first round, taking a 9-1 victory.

A provincial crown was something Chisholm had wanted, having won Golden Gloves in B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan previously in his career.

"To be honest, that's the one thing I really felt I missed out on when I was younger," he said.

He's proud that he has it now, but not as proud as he is of the other Eagles' boxers who went down to Surrey.

Chisholm has qualified for the senior national championships, which start Dec. 6 in Quebec City.

While he's tempted to go - and the quick turnaround does make it tempting- he said wife Cindy has the ultimate say.

He might be most content to just keep training adult members of the Eagles and spend time with his young kids Kya, Jaxon and Brystol.

Chisholm said training was the toughest part of his comeback, which had come at the urging of fellow coach Tom White.

"You're sore everywhere. It's horrible," he said. "I'm 34 years old now, and in sports - especially contact sports - that's pretty old."