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West Midlands Preliminary Round October 3rd 2010 The West Midlands Preliminary Boxing Competition was held on the 3rd of October 2010 on a miserable typical british day in Coventry at the standard triumph social club. This however did not dampen any spirits as all clubs, coaches and boxers turned up in high spirits for the prelim round. After all the weigh in and doctors checks were done, the ABAE officials proceeded to the draw where a fair few fighters received a bye to the next round, some where happy to go home and put their feet up, others not so much as they had travelled a fair distance and wanted to do what the train so hard for. But nether the less the show must go on and the 25 bouts were drawn. As the room started to fill up with passionate family support and clubs nestling in the own little areas the bouts kicked off with the class A's. Niave as i was i thought that the youngest age group would be a little less active and not as much action but i was proved totally wrong, all bouts from 1 to 25 were fascinating to watch. No fighters showed any fear or anger just a professional attitude and a sportsmanship manor that many of the lads seem to do naturally. I was astonished by the togetherness of the fighters it was truly an honour to be a part of.
The Fights, Winners, Classes and Weight Catergories are as follows:
This year 49 boxers from 18 different Birmingham clubs entered, significantly down on last year, largely due to changes made by CYP nationally. 2 Birmingham boxers made it through to the National finals and the results were as follows:
In the Class B 75kg category, Samuel Eggington ofWarley ABC finished as runner-up
In the Class C 48kg category, Raza Hamza of Aston ABC won on points to become Birmingham's only National champion for 2010
We hope for a stronger showing in 2011 and CYP are currently talking to the ABAE about re-scheduling the competitions to ensure that entries return to their 2009 levels.
Another strong showing from Birmingham with over 70 boxers entered from 11 different boxing clubs.
Birmingham dominated the West Midlands Round as the following 15 Birmingham boxers won their West Midlands bouts and went through to the Quarter-Finals:
A46 - Cori Gibbs (Eastside) A48 - Haza Sirja (Heartlands) A52 - Jack Marsh (Heartlands) A54 - Jack Foster (Heartlands) A57 - Ryan Taylor (Donnington) A60 - Brett Plant (Priory Park) A63 - Ryan Partridge (Priory Park) A66 - Francis Bennett (Eastside) B48 - Raza Hamza (Aston) B52 - Sajid Hussain (Wodensboro) B54 - David Tully (Hall Green) B57 - James Melvin (Hall Green) C57 - Des Bowater (Wodensboro) C64 - Jon Shaw (Priory Park) C91 - Joel Ducile (Aston)
In the Quarter-Finals, the following 8 boxers won and progressed to the Semis:
Cori Gibbs (Eastside) Ryan Partridge (Priory Park) Francis Bennett (Eastside) Raza Hamza (Aston) David Tully (Hall Green) James Melvin (Hall Green) Des Bowater (Wodensboro) Joel Ducile (Aston)
In the Semi-Finals:
Cori Gibbs (Eastside) won his bout against Niall Hopkins from Sheffield to progress to the National Finals.
Ryan Partridge (Priory Park) missed out, losing to Damon Jones from Yorkshire.
Francis Bennett (Eastside) beat Joe McBride from Durham to book his place in the National Final.
Raza Hamza (Aston) beat Mohammed Waqas from Durham.
David Tully (Hall Green) was unlucky to lose on a split decision to Davey Harker from Durham
James Melvin (Hall Green) also lost, to Asif Shafiq of Durham.
Des Bowater (Wodensboro) lost to Barry Awad from Yorkshire.
Joel Ducile (Aston) beat Yorkshire's Lyndon Beedham to book his place in the finals.
So with 4 National finalists, this year Birmingham put up a strong showing at the UK finals:
Cori Gibbs won his fight with Charlie Edwards from London on points to be crowned British A46 Champion.
Francis Bennett (Eastside) made it a glorious day for Eastside Boxing Club with a 6-3 victory over Eli Matthews from Surrey to become British A66 Champion.
Raza Hamza (Aston) made it a Birmingham treble as he completed a 4-2 win over Wales' Mike Cleaver.
And Joel Ducile (Aston) completed a victorious year for Birmingham as he won a majority decision over Scott Gunter from Wales.
Joel Ducile (above) recieves his winners trophy from ring legend Davey Boy Green
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Two boxers from Birmingham Fed affiliated boxing clubs will be representing Great Britian at the 2008 Olympic Games in Bejjing this summer.
Khalid Yafai, (19, below) is a former Birmingham Fed and NACYP Boxing Champion, who has come through the ranks at Birmingham City Amateur Boxing club, run by Frank O'Sullivan. Khalid, who in 2003 was Britains youngest ever world cadet champion, will represent Great Britain in the Flyweight category.
Frankie Gavin, (below) also a former Birmingham and NACYP Champion, hails from Tom Chaney's Hall Green Boxing Amateur Club and earlier this year in Chicago was crowned Britian's first-ever World ABA Champion. Frankie will fight for Great Britian at Lightweight and is a hot favourite to win Britains first Olympic Boxing Gold since Audley Harrison back in Sydney 2000.
We wish both fighters a huge amount of luck as they go on to represent Great Britain and also the city of Birmingham this summer. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CYP BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2006/7 This years Boxing Championships saw a strong showing from Birmingham with 12 Boxing clubs entering boxers in the various weight divisions and classes.
CENTRAL AREA WEST FINALS: Sunday 29th October 2006, Standard Triumph Boxing Club, Coventry The following Birmingham boxers were winners and progressed to the Quarter-Finals: A66 - Joel Ryan(Walsall Wood) beat Josh Cooper (Donnington ABC) 7-3 A70 - Kyle Spencer (Lions) beat Joseph Campbell (Aston ABC) B75 - Nathan Tallon(Hall Green) beat Shane Smith (Walsall Wood ABC) 9-6 C60 - Richard Ghent(Priory Park) beat Callum Speed (Warks) 19-4 69KG - James Jevons(Aston) beat Scott Miller (Hulton) 9-8 C69 - Patrick Benson(Small Heath) beat Miles Lerwell (Dopnnington ABC) David Whitbread (Lions ABC), Lee Gibbs, Danny Lawlor(both Bham City ABC), Waquass Hussain (Aston ABC) and Amon Anderson (Aston ABC) all had walkovers to the Quarter Finals. QUARTER FINALS - CENTRAL AREA WEST vs NORTHERN IRELAND Sunday 12th November, Standard Triumph Boxing Club, Coventry The following boxers were winners and progressed to the Semi-Finals: Patrick Benson (Small Heath ABC), David Whitbread, Kyle Spencer (both Lions ABC, Joel Ryan(Walsall Wood), Danny Lawlor(Bham City ABC), Nathan Tallon (Hall Green ABC), Dean Anderson, Richard Ghent (both Priory Park ABC)
SEMI FINALS - CENTRAL AREA WEST & N.IRELAND vs THE NORTH & SCOTLAND Sunday 26th November 2006, Harvey Haddon Stadium, Nottingham Congratulations to he following Birmingham boxers, who were winners and progressed to the UK Final in their weight category: Joel Ryan(Walsall Wood) beat Johnson Mclumpha (Durham) Kyle Spencer(Lions ABC) beat Lewis Taylor (South Yorks) 5-3 Danny Lawlor(Bham City ABC) beat Terrence Flanagan (Manchester) 8-5 Nathan Tallon(Hall Green ABC) beat Warren Pridding (Manchester) 15-12 Dean Anderson (Priory Park ABC) beat Gary Bowes (Durham) Richard Ghent (Priory Park ABC) beat Chris Kelly (Durham) 11-10 The following lads put up a good fight but were eliminated at the Semi-final stage: Patrick Benson (Small Heath ABC), David Whitbread (Lions ABC)
NATIONAL CLASS C FINALS Tuesday 5th December 2006, Cafe Royal, London Two Birmingham boxers made it through to the prestigous Class C finals: In the 54KG category, Dean Andersonof Priory Park ABC fought bravely but went down 28-6 to Dean Burrel of Peacock ABC, London. In the 60KG category, Richard Ghent, also from Priory Park ABC lost 17-6 to Del Rogers of Kettering ABC Both lads should be congratulated for their achievements in reaching the finals and a huge amount of credit should go to Priory Park ABC for getting two lads through to the Class C Finals. NATIONAL CLASS B FINALS Friday 8th December 2006, Winter Gardens, Blackpool 3 boxers from Birmingham made it through to the Class B finals: In the 75KG Final, Nathan Tallonof Hall Green ABC narrowly lost a tight encounter 4-2 to Jordan Gosling of Southend ABC. In the 48KG Final, Danny Lawlor of Birmingham City ABC boxed superbly to beat Danny Perry of Norwich ABC 6-4 and become the UK B48 Champion. In the 50KG Final, Waqqass Hussain of Aston ABC powered his way to a convincing 13-4 victory over Daniel Boyle of Durham to become the UK B50 Champion. Massive Congratulations to Danny and Waqqass, and credit also goes to Aston ABC and Birmingham City ABC for producing two UK champions. |
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