Life at Bata — The Place We Called Home . . . (Book ready April 9th - 2026). . . . Join Frans as he bobs and weaves his way through childhood, from being a suspiciously blond-haired baby to leaving the nest at eighteen. Born in 1961 to a Dutch father
This book is about the Gwelo Combined Amateur Boxing Club, which fought at all levels between 1968 and 1978 and slightly beyond. For that reason, it can be seen as a snapshot of Rhodesian boxing in that period, and the lead-in also includes a brief history of Gwelo and Rhodesian boxing. The very first book dedicated to boxing in Gwelo and Rhodesia . They didn't know it then, but the lives of two young boys were about to change forever. That was the day Chris and Marc Ashley
