26/05/2007
- Southern Counties Golden Belt
The club
had 3, 1991 born boys eligible for the Golden Belt expertly
hosted by the Guildford ABC at the Connaught Centre in
Aldershot - Enrik Rrukaj at U52Kg, Jake Towse at U60Kg
and James McMahon at U63Kg.
It was
to be a day of mixed fortunes. Enrik received a walkover
into the pre 1/4 finals stage while James (pictured below)
was to box superbly TWICE to secure his place in the next
round beating both Jack Hughes of Waterside ABC and Braden
Mercer of Hove ABC convincingly.
Jake didn't
have his best day and went down by a majority points decision
to Elite Gravesend's Charlie Girton who went on to beat
Guildford's Jess Goodand Tait by a unanimous points decision
to join the Southern counties representatives going to
Wolverhampton in the next round .(Pre 1/4 finals) on the
3rd June 2007.
01/07/2007
- White Hawk ABC & Hillcrest ABC Show - Moulescombe
Sussex
Two West
Hill boxers were matched on the White hawk ABC & Hillcrest
ABC show held in Moulescombe, they were Steve Hill who
was hoping to over turn a previous loss to Conner Sandells
of Hillcrest ABC and the in form, virtually unstoppable
Shaun Attrell who was paired against Adam Cutter of Golden
Ring ABC.
Steve
fought well and gave it his all but didn't produce his
best and went down by unanimous points while Shaun remained
at the top of his game and produced another fine display
to win by a unanimous points decision.
02/07/2007
Golden Belt Pre 1/4 Finals
Following
on from his fine performances at Aldershot James "Paddy"
McMahon was up against Omar Khalik of Braunstone in the
Pre 1/4 finals held in Wolverhampton.
Paddy
got off to an excellent start and led 5 - 1 at the end
of the 1st round, however a strong and robust Khalik came
back strongly in what many considered to be the bout of
the day to take the decision 7 - 6.
Enrik
finally got to box in the competition having had a W/O
in the Southern Counties stage - not something he wanted,
but that is boxing at times.
He took
full advantage of the opportunity winning 8 - 6 against
Sunny Bhogal of Graisley.
Enrik
built up a good lead in rounds 1 and 2, but as with Paddy's
bout his opponent came back strongly to make the decision
close.
Enrik
is pictured below celebrating both his win and leaving
school with friend and fellow West Hill boxer Jake Towse.
In the
1/4 final stage held on the 9th June, Enrik traveled to
Manchester where he was disappointed to lose on points
to Matty Carson of Vauxhalls ABC.
Thanks
and Appreciation
Well done
to all the lads who ran in the St Michael's Hospice charity
run and raised funds - Great effort!
The 8
lads that took part were (as pictured):
Ed Adams,
Enrik Rrukaj, Barry Buchanan, Shaun Attrell, Ben White,
Ollie Bristow, Tom Hammond and Simon Powell.
Simon
traveled all the way down from his new home in Stoke to
participate - that's commitment!!
Thanks
also go to WarriorBoxing.com for advertising our upcoming
home show, thus helping to ensure the full ticket allocation
was fully sold out.
