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ABAEnews
September 25th 2009
The newsletter of the Amateur Boxing Association of England
Development officer appointed for Central London area Community Sports Network, where he was a Community Sports Development Officer, running projects engaging with hard to reach community groups, typically from BME backgrounds, and increasing their capacity to deliver sports activities. Dylan currently volunteers as an assistant coach at Fulham Brunswick Amateur Boxing Club, and although he’s never competed in the ring, he had three years’ boxing training while working in Japan. As well as being a big fan of boxing, Dylan plays most sports, with his favourites being tennis, basketball and snowboarding. His role will involve supporting and MEET Dylan Cox, the new Boxing developing an area of London with a Development Officer for Central vast and varied boxing community. London. Dylan joins the ABAE Yo u c a n e m a i l D y l a n a t development ranks from London The club accept the award from ABAE Chief Executive Paul King [email protected]
The road to 2012 begins for assessment camp boxers
BOXERS from all over the country are gathered at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield this weekend, as a final selection assessment camp takes place.
Coaches Kelvyn Travis, Dave Alloway, Nigel Davies, Jim Davison and Richie Woodhall are on hand to select new candidates for the elite Great Britain squad.
ABAEnews Contact: [email protected]
The boxers, among them some familiar faces, have been chosen after excelling at ABAE championships and previous assessment camps over the summer. Watch this space.
Deadline for next week’s issue - Wednesday 30th September
My life in amateur boxing - Gedol Wyn Roberts As anyone who has ever stepped into a boxing ring will agree, it isn’t an experience that can be easily forgotten. Not least in the days when boxing was largely unregulated and the rules that did exist were often ignored. Former boxer Gedol Wyn Rober ts shares memories of fairground booths, Geoff Capes and Hitler’s boxing ring... “I was born in January 1937 in a small village on the West coast of Wales, the youngest of four children, losing my father at the age of nine. Boxing was my favourite sport and I would listen to it on the radio. Most bouts came from Haringey Arena; Joe Louis, Bruce Woodcock, Freddy Mills and Tommy Farr were all in their prime at this time and I’d paste their pictures from the daily newspapers on my door.
In January 1952, when I was fifteen, I left home to find a job. I was accepted by the Great West er n Railwa y in t he locomotive department, and posted to Slough as a locomotive fireman. That’s when I joined the Slough Boys Boxing Club. With some training and a few wins under my belt I bought my first pair of boxing boots, all black leather with white laces. After I married I would loop my wedding ring through the top lace for good luck.
Before being called up for National Service, I took part in boxing booths on fairs. One that comes to mind is Eton Fair, held in a sports field near Windsor and run by Sam McCrowns. I found the rules questionable – low punching, kidney punching and the use of thumbs and heads were ignored by the referee, and with three loose ropes to stop you falling out of the ring, rope burns behind the knee were a common
occurrence. The going rate for going the distance was £2 and £3 for a win.
In 1955 I went into the Army and fought many hard bouts to get myself picked for the regimental boxing team at welterweight. Sparring partners were in abundance on a Monday morning when the regimental police marched in their defaulter’s for fighting in the N.A.F.F.I. After too many German lagers, they brought their nasty streaks into the ring and we taught them a lesson. On 1st February 1957 I won the light middleweight I n d i v i d u a l O p e n B ox i n g Championship of B.A.O.R. at the sports stadium that Hitler had built for the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. To qualify for the title I had to fight twice in one afternoon. Knocking out both opponents from the Scottish Black Watch regiment, I went on to win on points in the evening against Fusilier Adams of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Being in the team got us away from guard duties and parades, and we got extra food and travelled q uit e ext ensivel y around Germany to box various regiments.
On my return to civvy street in 1957, and back to British Rail, I carried on training and in 1958 won the Great Western regional championship in Newport at middleweight, winning on points to a chap with the surname Salmon. It was a
hard bout, and the last round became a toe-to-toe slogging match. To this day I can’t recall receiving the trophy from the assistant director of British Rail, or walking back to the dressing room – only the doctor asking questions I couldn’t answer. On receiving back my medical book I noticed that the doctor had made the entry – ‘Amnesia, 25 minutes’. In qualifying for the railway finals I was matched against WJ Stac k from Leamington Spa. He had the look of Freddy Mills and I knew it was a matter of stepping into the ring, not turning my back to him and being assisted out. He was a very good amateur boxer
and eventually married into the Turpin family. In 1968 I joined Thames Valley Police, which didn’t have a boxing team. I carried on my road runs, training at St Aldates police station in Oxford, and was privileged to use the facilities at Royal Airforce Base Brize Norton. I was their boxing team sparring partner for some time.
At Eyensham Hall, while doing my police training, I was summoned by the PT Instructor to go to the gym and meet a sparring partner they’d found to give me three rounds to prepare me for a bout at Albert Hall a few weeks later. When I got to my corner I realised he was much heavier than me, although he was the same height. A few seconds into the first round I
realised he had no previous boxing experience. I could read his eyes easily and used my footwork to keep out of trouble. Afterwards, he introduced himself as Geoff Capes and said boxing was his favourite sport, but that he’d never make the grade as an amateur. Geoff left the police to pursue his shot putting career and the rest is history.
During my 22 years in the Thames Valley Police I represent ed t hem against Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Germany and Italy. I took part in sports club tournaments in most towns in the Home Counties where boxers like Henry Cooper would present the trophies. He once told me that he was sure I had enough cups to clean and why not go for an electric blanket
or a canteen of cutlery. I took his advice and now I’m glad that I did. In February 1975 I won t he Home Counties light heavyweight title against F Johnson of the Luton Irish Club on points, but eventually lost the final on points. After the Home Counties win I was fortunate enough to have Percy Lewis, a professional boxer, as my coach. Percy kept a betting shop in Oxford. Though I called it a day aged 38 due to an eye injury, I look back on my amateur boxing days fondly, they were very enjoyable. The sport kept me fit and stood me in good stead during my police career. I’d recommend this sport to any youngster.
Knockout award for Tamworth Amateur Boxing Club TAMWORTH Amateur Boxing Club has struck lucky with the announcement of a £224,648 funding award from the Big Lottery Fund.
celebrates its 40th year of existence this year and will be celebrating this with added passion given the recent tremendous news.”
The club will use the grant from the BIG’s Reaching Communities programme to develop its CHOICES (Creating Health Options, Inclusive Core and Extended Services) project.
The club will also offer classes to adults aged 50 and over to improve mobility and fitness, and run special toddler fitness sessions. It will work closely with local football clubs who benefit from the delivery of fitness classes to improve core stability and endurance. The club will also work with new parents – such as offering fitness walks with prams – and Scouts, Brownies and youth clubs.
The club will continue its existing service providing boxing training sessions and will also offer a range of new activities designed to improve health, fitness, community cohesion and active lif esty les. Through t he employment of a business development manager and coach, the organisation aims to further meet community need and develop new activities. Alan Keast, coach, said: “Tamworth Amateur Boxing Club is knocked out by the news that the Big Lottery Fund application has been successful. The local c o m m u n i t y w i l l b e n e fi t enormously from the club’s ability to be able to extend its services, giving everyone an opportunity to become more active and get involved. The club
Aquaboxercise classes will be held for people with special needs. Training and volunteering opportunities within the community will also be established as part of the project. People will also be able to request individual training packages. John Taylor, Big Lottery Fund Head of Region for the West Midlands, said:
”This is great news for the people of Tamworth, punching home the message that Lottery funding makes a big difference to communities. In particular, this grant will help the club address the health and fitness needs of people of all ages and abilities.”
Chef rustles up healthy treats at Navy boxing camp
THE FREE one day boxing camp at RMR Tyne, Newcastle will now include a healthy cooking presentation. The focus of the day will still be the boxing session and boxing specific circuit training, but participants will not be going home hungry as a Royal Navy chef will be cooking up some healthy eating treats for participants to try and to take home.
There are still places left on the course so make sure you don’t miss out. During the camp forty young boxers will be given a unique flavour of life as a top boxer in the Royal Navy. The day is open to 13 to 16 year olds on Thursday 29th October. Participants will receive special coaching from the cream of the Royal Navy boxing team, before being put through their paces by one of the Royal
Navy’s top physical training instructors. Participants will also receive a t-shirt and lunch. Fill in a registration form and send it in by the 1st October. For further information about the Royal Navy’s ABA boxing camp please download the form or contact Chris Smith on 0207 261 8866 or email [email protected]
Foundation grant boost for Attleborough Amateur Boxing Club ATTLEBOROUGH Amateur Boxing Club received a boost this week, after securing a Norfolk Community Foundation Grant of £2000 for much needed boxing equipment. Jeremy Burton, club chairman, said: “This equipment is a boost for the club, it will help our members reach the next competitive level of the sport and in particular will be used for the club's first boxing show, which takes place on 5th December at the Connaught Hall in Attleborough. With many club members already training hard for the new season, this grant has come at just the right time. “Membership of the club continues to thrive and to date membership numbers are now over 115. The club's training programme runs over six days a week and includes specific
sessions for women, youngsters, juniors, seniors and men.” Subscription fees at the club are deliberately kept low so that the club's boxing gym is available to all, with new
members of all abilities always welcome at the club. For more details take a look at: www.attleboroughamateurboxi ngclub.co.uk or telephone Jeremy Burton on: 07770 886732
September 25th 2009
The newsletter of the Amateur Boxing Association of England
Development officer appointed for Central London area Community Sports Network, where he was a Community Sports Development Officer, running projects engaging with hard to reach community groups, typically from BME backgrounds, and increasing their capacity to deliver sports activities. Dylan currently volunteers as an assistant coach at Fulham Brunswick Amateur Boxing Club, and although he’s never competed in the ring, he had three years’ boxing training while working in Japan. As well as being a big fan of boxing, Dylan plays most sports, with his favourites being tennis, basketball and snowboarding. His role will involve supporting and MEET Dylan Cox, the new Boxing developing an area of London with a Development Officer for Central vast and varied boxing community. London. Dylan joins the ABAE Yo u c a n e m a i l D y l a n a t development ranks from London The club accept the award from ABAE Chief Executive Paul King [email protected]
The road to 2012 begins for assessment camp boxers
BOXERS from all over the country are gathered at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield this weekend, as a final selection assessment camp takes place.
Coaches Kelvyn Travis, Dave Alloway, Nigel Davies, Jim Davison and Richie Woodhall are on hand to select new candidates for the elite Great Britain squad.
ABAEnews Contact: [email protected]
The boxers, among them some familiar faces, have been chosen after excelling at ABAE championships and previous assessment camps over the summer. Watch this space.
Deadline for next week’s issue - Wednesday 30th September
My life in amateur boxing - Gedol Wyn Roberts As anyone who has ever stepped into a boxing ring will agree, it isn’t an experience that can be easily forgotten. Not least in the days when boxing was largely unregulated and the rules that did exist were often ignored. Former boxer Gedol Wyn Rober ts shares memories of fairground booths, Geoff Capes and Hitler’s boxing ring... “I was born in January 1937 in a small village on the West coast of Wales, the youngest of four children, losing my father at the age of nine. Boxing was my favourite sport and I would listen to it on the radio. Most bouts came from Haringey Arena; Joe Louis, Bruce Woodcock, Freddy Mills and Tommy Farr were all in their prime at this time and I’d paste their pictures from the daily newspapers on my door.
In January 1952, when I was fifteen, I left home to find a job. I was accepted by the Great West er n Railwa y in t he locomotive department, and posted to Slough as a locomotive fireman. That’s when I joined the Slough Boys Boxing Club. With some training and a few wins under my belt I bought my first pair of boxing boots, all black leather with white laces. After I married I would loop my wedding ring through the top lace for good luck.
Before being called up for National Service, I took part in boxing booths on fairs. One that comes to mind is Eton Fair, held in a sports field near Windsor and run by Sam McCrowns. I found the rules questionable – low punching, kidney punching and the use of thumbs and heads were ignored by the referee, and with three loose ropes to stop you falling out of the ring, rope burns behind the knee were a common
occurrence. The going rate for going the distance was £2 and £3 for a win.
In 1955 I went into the Army and fought many hard bouts to get myself picked for the regimental boxing team at welterweight. Sparring partners were in abundance on a Monday morning when the regimental police marched in their defaulter’s for fighting in the N.A.F.F.I. After too many German lagers, they brought their nasty streaks into the ring and we taught them a lesson. On 1st February 1957 I won the light middleweight I n d i v i d u a l O p e n B ox i n g Championship of B.A.O.R. at the sports stadium that Hitler had built for the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. To qualify for the title I had to fight twice in one afternoon. Knocking out both opponents from the Scottish Black Watch regiment, I went on to win on points in the evening against Fusilier Adams of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Being in the team got us away from guard duties and parades, and we got extra food and travelled q uit e ext ensivel y around Germany to box various regiments.
On my return to civvy street in 1957, and back to British Rail, I carried on training and in 1958 won the Great Western regional championship in Newport at middleweight, winning on points to a chap with the surname Salmon. It was a
hard bout, and the last round became a toe-to-toe slogging match. To this day I can’t recall receiving the trophy from the assistant director of British Rail, or walking back to the dressing room – only the doctor asking questions I couldn’t answer. On receiving back my medical book I noticed that the doctor had made the entry – ‘Amnesia, 25 minutes’. In qualifying for the railway finals I was matched against WJ Stac k from Leamington Spa. He had the look of Freddy Mills and I knew it was a matter of stepping into the ring, not turning my back to him and being assisted out. He was a very good amateur boxer
and eventually married into the Turpin family. In 1968 I joined Thames Valley Police, which didn’t have a boxing team. I carried on my road runs, training at St Aldates police station in Oxford, and was privileged to use the facilities at Royal Airforce Base Brize Norton. I was their boxing team sparring partner for some time.
At Eyensham Hall, while doing my police training, I was summoned by the PT Instructor to go to the gym and meet a sparring partner they’d found to give me three rounds to prepare me for a bout at Albert Hall a few weeks later. When I got to my corner I realised he was much heavier than me, although he was the same height. A few seconds into the first round I
realised he had no previous boxing experience. I could read his eyes easily and used my footwork to keep out of trouble. Afterwards, he introduced himself as Geoff Capes and said boxing was his favourite sport, but that he’d never make the grade as an amateur. Geoff left the police to pursue his shot putting career and the rest is history.
During my 22 years in the Thames Valley Police I represent ed t hem against Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Germany and Italy. I took part in sports club tournaments in most towns in the Home Counties where boxers like Henry Cooper would present the trophies. He once told me that he was sure I had enough cups to clean and why not go for an electric blanket
or a canteen of cutlery. I took his advice and now I’m glad that I did. In February 1975 I won t he Home Counties light heavyweight title against F Johnson of the Luton Irish Club on points, but eventually lost the final on points. After the Home Counties win I was fortunate enough to have Percy Lewis, a professional boxer, as my coach. Percy kept a betting shop in Oxford. Though I called it a day aged 38 due to an eye injury, I look back on my amateur boxing days fondly, they were very enjoyable. The sport kept me fit and stood me in good stead during my police career. I’d recommend this sport to any youngster.
Knockout award for Tamworth Amateur Boxing Club TAMWORTH Amateur Boxing Club has struck lucky with the announcement of a £224,648 funding award from the Big Lottery Fund.
celebrates its 40th year of existence this year and will be celebrating this with added passion given the recent tremendous news.”
The club will use the grant from the BIG’s Reaching Communities programme to develop its CHOICES (Creating Health Options, Inclusive Core and Extended Services) project.
The club will also offer classes to adults aged 50 and over to improve mobility and fitness, and run special toddler fitness sessions. It will work closely with local football clubs who benefit from the delivery of fitness classes to improve core stability and endurance. The club will also work with new parents – such as offering fitness walks with prams – and Scouts, Brownies and youth clubs.
The club will continue its existing service providing boxing training sessions and will also offer a range of new activities designed to improve health, fitness, community cohesion and active lif esty les. Through t he employment of a business development manager and coach, the organisation aims to further meet community need and develop new activities. Alan Keast, coach, said: “Tamworth Amateur Boxing Club is knocked out by the news that the Big Lottery Fund application has been successful. The local c o m m u n i t y w i l l b e n e fi t enormously from the club’s ability to be able to extend its services, giving everyone an opportunity to become more active and get involved. The club
Aquaboxercise classes will be held for people with special needs. Training and volunteering opportunities within the community will also be established as part of the project. People will also be able to request individual training packages. John Taylor, Big Lottery Fund Head of Region for the West Midlands, said:
”This is great news for the people of Tamworth, punching home the message that Lottery funding makes a big difference to communities. In particular, this grant will help the club address the health and fitness needs of people of all ages and abilities.”
Chef rustles up healthy treats at Navy boxing camp
THE FREE one day boxing camp at RMR Tyne, Newcastle will now include a healthy cooking presentation. The focus of the day will still be the boxing session and boxing specific circuit training, but participants will not be going home hungry as a Royal Navy chef will be cooking up some healthy eating treats for participants to try and to take home.
There are still places left on the course so make sure you don’t miss out. During the camp forty young boxers will be given a unique flavour of life as a top boxer in the Royal Navy. The day is open to 13 to 16 year olds on Thursday 29th October. Participants will receive special coaching from the cream of the Royal Navy boxing team, before being put through their paces by one of the Royal
Navy’s top physical training instructors. Participants will also receive a t-shirt and lunch. Fill in a registration form and send it in by the 1st October. For further information about the Royal Navy’s ABA boxing camp please download the form or contact Chris Smith on 0207 261 8866 or email [email protected]
Foundation grant boost for Attleborough Amateur Boxing Club ATTLEBOROUGH Amateur Boxing Club received a boost this week, after securing a Norfolk Community Foundation Grant of £2000 for much needed boxing equipment. Jeremy Burton, club chairman, said: “This equipment is a boost for the club, it will help our members reach the next competitive level of the sport and in particular will be used for the club's first boxing show, which takes place on 5th December at the Connaught Hall in Attleborough. With many club members already training hard for the new season, this grant has come at just the right time. “Membership of the club continues to thrive and to date membership numbers are now over 115. The club's training programme runs over six days a week and includes specific
sessions for women, youngsters, juniors, seniors and men.” Subscription fees at the club are deliberately kept low so that the club's boxing gym is available to all, with new
members of all abilities always welcome at the club. For more details take a look at: www.attleboroughamateurboxi ngclub.co.uk or telephone Jeremy Burton on: 07770 886732
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