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09/10/2007
Support our team in Chicago
With the 2007 AIBA World Boxing Championships Chicago quickly approaching, the England team are preparing for one of their toughest challenges yet.
The tournament serves as the first qualifer for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, and the English team will be putting in the performances of their lives to be in with a chance of selection. Opponents include teams from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and China.
During the team's stay in Chicago, we will be passing on words of support from their fans, families and club mates. Your messages will help motivate the team and keep spirits high while they're far away from home; so if you have a message you want to get to the team, send it to: Laura.ross@abae.org.uk
A selection of your messages will be published on the site during the championships, along with results updates.
The boxers competing are as follows:
No. | Name | Weight (kg) |
1 | Darran Langley | 48 |
2 | Khalid Yafai | 51 |
3 | Joe Murray | 54 |
4 | Stephen Smith | 57 |
5 | Frankie Gavin | 60 |
6 | Bradley Saunders | 64 |
7 | Neil Perkins | 69 |
8 | James Degale | 75 |
| 9 | Tony Jeffries | 81 |
10 | Danny Price | 91 |
11 | David Price | +91 |
Your messages of support to the England team
Well done lads!
Paddy Harmey, Southern Counties
Gutted for big Pricy but dont worry your time will come best wishes to the rest of the team and keep focused
Ron Rowe
Well done to all the team some brilliant results, but keep it going and make the rest of the world respect your achievements. Well done to the coaching team and everyone else involved as it has to be a team effort
Ron Rowe
Well done lads
Paddy Harmey, Southern Counties
Amazing!!!! Well Done to Joe and Brad on qualifying, I knew you would, now go and get Gold.
All the best to Frankie, Tony and David to-day, come on boys do us proud.
Scotty Cardle.
To all of the British Boxers,
Best of luck in the quarters, we are all thinking of you back here.
You have done the hard preparation, now go and grab those Olympic berths, and make us all proud of you.
You have a great team around you, and plenty of support back home.
Les Brooking
Forest Oaks ABC
Gloucestershire
Best Of luck lads you have the ability and don't let them mess with you.
Ron Rowe and all at Birtley Boxing
Guys,
All the Best in Chicago....I wish I had went to a Worlds. I am sure you will all do well in Windy City and that this is properly the Best team since Carling established itself.
All the best lads!
Tony David
We would like to wish all the lads good luck in the world championships and hope they all come back with a medal.
From Zakarey and Jake smith (Towerhill ABC)
Good luck to Stephen Smith and the lads, thoughts and hearts with you, enjoy and know you can do it, love Syl and Ben, (Singleton) xxx
Good luck to all of the lads, Birmingham boxing wishes you all the best. A special shout goes out to two of 'our own', Frankie and Khalid. I wish you every bit of the luck you deserve. You bring back a medal and I will arrange an open top bus tour of the city (well, my mates convertable anyway !!)
Keep Right On
Phil Brennan
Birmingham Boxing Development Officer
Loads of luck to the Team. I know you are going to do brilliantly. Believe you CAN do it.
Becks (Rob Gibson's Mrs) x
Best Wishes and go and fulfil your dreams and aspirations.
From Pat Bogle and all the lads at St. Michael's ABC., Chesterfield.
Good look to all the lads in the worlds,go for it Tony jeffries from Bulldog promotions Sunderland.
Wishing all the England Team in the worlds good luck, especially the scousers and especially Ste Smith who has always been good to my kids ( lauren and Thomas who box for Knowsley Vale ABC ) come on Swifty you can do it.
Hey boys!!!!!
Just a message to say a BIG Good Luck to you ALL! Have faith in each n everyone of you, YOU ARE ALL WINNERS!!!!!!!!
Special wishes to my little bro James "Chunky" Degale, you make us all soooooooooooo proud! Haven't forgotten you Danny, rooting for you to babe!
Enjoy this one in a life time opportunity boys, GO GET EM!!!!!!!
Lots of love
Ellie and Co.
On behalf of ABS and all boxing fans in Scotland, please let the boys know that we are united as a team for Great Britain and wish every one of them the very best in their endeavours. Even Rugby and Football haven't got the spirit we in boxing have and that is down to the boxers, they're a credit to their clubs, families and most of all themselves.
Best wishes,
T.M. Walker,
Snr Contracts Analyst,
Wishing all the England Team in the worlds good luck, especially the scousers and especially Ste Smith who has always been good to my kids ( lauren and Thomas who box for Knowsley Vale ABC ) come on Swifty you can do it.
would like to wish all of the boys the best of luck in Chicago, make sure you show the World's boxing nations how special we are.
Scotty Cardle
Good luck guys hope you all do well and bring back some medals and presents for the office!
From the ABAE office and GB office
Dear Team GB
May I, on behalf of all the team at the EIS in Yorkshire, wish you all the best at the World Amateur Boxing Championships which start today? Not only is this a major tournament in the boxing calendar and one you have been preparing to participate in for sometime, spending many hours in our facility but in addition to this it is your chance to compete for one of the greatest prizes within sport and that is a place in the GB team at the Beijing Olympic Games. There is no greater feeling in sport than to represent your country at an Olympic Games and to be able to say you are an Olympian. Everyone here hopes you all return as world champions but if this is not the case then we hope you return as Olympians - the road to Beijing starts today.
Good Luck
EIS Yorkshire
Good luck and best wishes to all the British boys competing in Chicago for the 2007 World Championships. We have only ever won three medals, but I reckon you lads can add to that.
Frankie Gavin; make Birmingham proud!
James Degale; it's your time to shine!
Bradley Saunders; you've just got better since winning the ABAs!
David Price; forget the last World Championships in 2005, 2007 is your tournament!
Stephen Smith; add to that European bronze medal you got last year!
Good luck to the rest of the team, you all have a lot of support back home.
Jeff
Fellas,
Best of Luck at the World Champs, bring home some medals and lets kick on to the BIG SHOW next year.
DANNY - Yes you are the strongest man in the gym mate.
PERKO - You're an animal fella just keep punching mate remember those circuits.
BIG UN - Stop a couple.
JOE MURRAY - How bout those South African rugby players you smart ass.
FRANKIE AND SMITHY - Make sure your opponents physios get plenty of work boys.
SIMMO - Big and strong mate now beat them in the ring as well.
Good luck guys can't wait to see the top results
Mark Campbell
GB Boxing S and C coach
I've just logged on to my computer to look at the opening day results and seen Joe Murray and Bradley Saunders both scored wins in their first sessions. Great guns from the two northerners, it's cheered up my morning.
Jeff
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