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ABA National Junior Championships

ABA National Junior Championships 

 

(Class A) 

 

Year:        1970 

 

Venue: 

 

The ABAE is looking to track down the finalists and results of each contest.    If you have any press cuttings or old programmes we would like to hear from you at info@abae.org.uk.    Send photocopies but any originals will be returned.

 

KG 

Champion 

Finalist 

Result 

 

 

 

W. Evans 

(Waterlooville ABC) 

 

 

 

 

D. Rose 

(West Ham ABC) 

 

 

 

 

S. Woodward 

(West Ham ABC) 

 

 

 

 

V. Sollas 

(Madison ABC) 

 

 

 

 

C. Tonna 

(Crawley ABC) 

 

 

 

 

A. Batten 

(Poplar ABC) 

 

 

 

 

R. Mason 

(Lynn ABC) 

 

 

 

 

S. Luthers 

(Rosehill ABC) 

 

 

 

 

J. Griffin   

(Dartford ABC) 

 

 


(Class B) 

 

Year:        1970 

 

Venue:   

 

Pat Cowdell (Warley ABC) wins his first ABA National Junior title before going on to win (4) ABA National titles (1973, 1975, 1976, 1977) and become Olympic Bronze medallist at the 1976 Montreal (Canada) Games, Commonwealth Champion at the 1974 Christchurch (New Zealand) Games at (54kg), and Bronze medallist at the 1975 European Championships held at Katowice (Poland). 

 

KG 

Champion 

Finalist 

Result 

 

 

 

Pat Cowdell 

(Warley ABC) 

 

 

 

 

D. McKinsley 

(Buckley ABC) 

 

 

 

 

A. Smart 

(St. Helens ABC) 

 

 

 

 

A. Rizzo 

(Grosvenor ABC) 

 

 

 

 

G. Gale 

(Montague Burton ABC) 

 

 

 

 

C. Simons 

(Exeter ABC) 

 

 

 

 

D. Maloney 

(Lynn ABC) 

 

 

 

 

D. Lawlor 

(St. Georges ABC) 

 

 

 

 

B. Austin 

(New Enterprise ABC) 

 

 

 

 

W. Holbrook 

(St. Mary's ABC Hull) 

 

 

 

(Class A) 

 

Year:        29th May 1971 

 

Venue: 

 

The ABAE is looking to track down the finalists and results of each contest.    If you have any press cuttings or old programmes we would like to hear from you at info@abae.org.uk.    Send photocopies but any originals will be returned.

 

KG 

Champion 

Finalist 

Result 

 

48 

 

F. McCarthy 

(Repton ABC) 

 

 

 

51 

 

W. Bennett 

(New Tredegar ABC) 

 

 

 

54 

 

D. Coombs 

(St. George's ABC) 

 

 

 

57 

 

S. Early 

(Edgewick Trades Hall ABC) 

 

 

 

60 

 

J. Hillman 

(Orpington ABC) 

 

 

 

64 

 

H. Myers 

(St. Patricks ABC) 

 

 

 

67 

 

J. Batten 

(West Ham ABC) 

 

 

 

71 

 

T. Williams 

(Kirkby ABC) 

 

 

 

81 

 

Paul Kinsella 

(Kirkby ABC) 

 

 

 

(Class B) 

 

Year:        1971 

 

Venue:   

 

The ABAE is looking to track down the finalists and results of each contest.    If you have any press cuttings or old programmes we would like to hear from you at info@abae.org.uk.    Send photocopies but any originals will be returned.

 

KG 

Champion 

Finalist 

Result 

 

 

 

George Gilbody 

(St. Helens ABC) 

 

 

 

 

W. Evans 

(Waterlooville ABC) 

 

 

 

 

D. Rose 

(West Ham ABC) 

 

 

 

 

K. Laing 

(Union Steward ABC) 

 

 

 

 

R. Bennett 

(New Tredegar BC) 

 

 

 

 

D. Davies 

(Splott YMCA ABC) 

 

 

 

 

M. Barker 

(Hillside ABC) 

 

 

 

 

A. Mumford 

(Coventry Boys ABC) 

 

 

 

 

A. Jones 

(Times ABC) 

 

 

 

 

J. Griffin 

(Fitzroy Lodge ABC) 

 

 

 

 

A. Tompkins 

(Poplar ABC) 

 

 

 

(Class A)   

 

Year:        1972 

 

Venue:   

 

The ABAE is looking to track down the finalists and results of each contest.    If you have any press cuttings or old programmes we would like to hear from you at info@abae.org.uk.    Send photocopies but any originals will be returned.

 

KG 

Champion 

Finalist 

Result 

 

48 

 

H. McKenzie   

(Prince of Wales BC)