Issue #19

Welcome to issue #19 of Hastings Westhill ABC's newsletter.

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"Boxing Trivia"

The Real McCoy

One night a drunk man in a bar loudly insisted that Kid McCoy was not the boxer he purported to be. In the ensuing brawl, McCoy, by way of proof, mercilessly flattened his opponent.

"It's the real McCoy," the man then remarked, struggling to his feet - and thereby ushering a common expression into the English language.

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While watching Kid McCoy training at a gym in White Plains, New York, one day, P. G. Woodhouse impulsively asked the welterweight champion whether he might join him in the ring. As they prepared for a sparring match, McCoy laughed.

"He had been reminded, he said, of an entertaining incident in his professional career, when he was fighting a contender who had the misfortune to be stone deaf. It was not immediately that he became aware of the other's affliction, but when he did he acted promptly and shrewdly.

"As the third round entered its concluding stages he stepped back a pace and pointed to his adversary's corner, to indicate to him that the bell had rung, which of course was not the case but far from it.

"'Oh, thank you so much,' said the adversary, 'Very civil of you.'

"He dropped his hands and turned away, whereupon Kid McCoy immediately knocked him out."

"Boxing Action "

Golden Gloves PreLims Bognor Regis - Jan 26th:

Three boys entered the Golden Gloves, they were Henry Woodman Ball at Class 1 U-50Kg, Kyle Logan Class 3 U-54Kg and Steve Hill Class 3 U-63Kg, the three lads are pictured pictured below:

Of the three Kyle was the only one to box as Steve was awarded a walkover into the Regional final and Henry a walkover through to the National semi final.

Kyle boxed superbly to beat last years semi finalist Aaron Buff of Woking ABC and secured a place in the Regional final stage along side Steve, against Miley Lee of Guildford City ABC.

Golden Gloves Regional Finals Bognor Regis - Feb 2nd:

Kyle was first to box against strongly fancied Miley Lee of Guildford City ABC, Lee a former national champion started well and had a good lead going into the 3rd round.

Kyle had no choice but to literally go for a stoppage but Miley was to well schooled and would not be denied and won by a clear margin - Good luck Miley in future rounds.

Steve Hill faired better against M Grant, another opponent from Guildford City ABC and was well ahead on points, when the referee disqualified Grant for consistently holding.

Steve moved onto the National 1/4 final to be held at Bristol on the 16th Feb.

Margate Show - Feb 8th:

In the middle of so many championships it was good to get out to a show. Two boys were matched and both boxed on Feb 8th at Margate.

Enrik Rrukaj soon got into his rhythm against Louie Rose of Westree ABC and won comfortably by a unanimous points verdict.

Club captain Barry Buchanan hoped to follow suit against James Simon James of Ramsgate ABC, after a long lay off with a back injury but it wasn't to be!

Soon in the 1st round the two boxers clashed heads which opened up a nasty gash over Barry's left idea causing the bout to be stopped with an LRSC1 - Cut being awarded to against Barry.

Liversley hall, Forest hill, S E London - 12th Feb

4 days later and Enrik was back in the ring continuing where he had left off just a few days earlier. This time his opponent was Billy Hudd of Marvels Lane Boys Club. Enrik boxed intelligently to secure an excellent unanimous points verdict against a quality opponent, before heading off for an adventure weekend with his club mates.

Osmington Bay PGL Trip 10th - 14th Feb

20 + club Members were fortunate enough to enjoy an action packed weekend of fun due to the kind generosity of the Youth Opportunity Fund and the organisational skills of Positive Future's Mark Straughan.

The PGL (Parents Get Lost) weekend of activities was held at the PGL centre Osmington Bay, Weymouth, the professional running of which should be complimented, they even arranged good weather to ensure maximum fun was had by all who attended.

We will be creating a special page to honour the event, so what follows is just a small taster.

Mark Straughan and soon to be new club coach Paul Edwards took on the responsibility of Group leaders, ably assisted by brothers Barry and Dennis Buchanan, and brothers James and Shaun Attrell.

Just a few of the activities included were: