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April

Below are the news stories from April 2008
01/04/2008

Whitehawk ABC show report

Gary Emins' excellent Whitehawk ABC hosted a sell out dinner show...

01/04/2008

Successful funding bid a boost for Smelters

Sport England have awarded The National Smelting Co Amateur Boxing Club the grant they desperately needed...

02/04/2008

Boxing coach among 'unsung heroes'

Police Community Officer Craig Turner picked up a prestigious award at a ceremony honouring unsung heroes ...

02/04/2008

Students clash with police

Portsmouth University ABC v Metropolitan Police boxing match...

02/04/2008

Clubmark resources now available online

The ABAE is delighted to announce that clubs can now access Clubmark resources online...

02/04/2008

Western Counties women's squad training day

The latest squad session was on March 16th at Broadplain, Bristol...

02/04/2008

Regional roadshows

The ABAE are to hold regional roadshows in April and May...

04/04/2008

Boxers on the beat

Downend Police and Community Amateur Boxing Club will host a tournament ...

04/04/2008

2nd AIBA European Boxing Qualifying Tournament

Five members of the GB team are preparing for their last chance at qualification for Beijing...

07/04/2008

McGuigan tells Athens team 'I'll be rooting for you'

Barry McGuigan is among sportsmen and women who have sent their support to the GB team in Athens...

07/04/2008

Olympic qualifyer results so far - Athens 2008

Darran Langley has made a great start to the week with a points victory over Italian Alfonso Pinto....

07/04/2008

Westhill ABC news

Hastings club Westhill ABC have released their latest newsletter....

07/04/2008

Langley gets team off to a great start in Athens

Darran Langley has set the standard for the rest of the team in Athens...

08/04/2008

Female boxing questionnaire

To assist the ABAE to shape the future of female boxing we need your views and opinions...

08/04/2008

Day one summary from Athens

After Darran Langley's great start to the tournament, it was heartache for two of the GB boxers...

08/04/2008

Athens latest - Smith through to next round

57kg Stephen Smith beat Valantins Morozovs (Latvia)...

08/04/2008

Bristol clubs unite to work with community

Two Bristol clubs have been providing coaching to the students of a local community college and the inmates of a nearby prison. ...

09/04/2008

David Price beats Belarusan

David Price beat Mahamed Adbusalamew (Belarus) RSCO3 last night...

10/04/2008

Latest results from Athens - Price through to semis

David Price beat Montenegran Alen Berganovic...

09/04/2008

Whole Sport Plan regional roadshows

The ABAE are to hold regional roadshows in April and May to review...

10/04/2008

Female Championships

Weigh-in details and venues for the Female Championships 2008...

11/04/2008

Three Nations Schoolboy Boxing Tournament

The three nations boxing tournament is taking place at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield ...

11/04/2008

Athens - latest results

Stephen "Swifty" Smith forced the contest from the off but...

14/04/2008

Price qualifies for Beijing

David Price has become Great Britain's eighth and final Olympic boxing qualifier...

14/04/2008

myplace - turning ideas into reality

myplace is a multi million pound government programme to deliver world class places for young people to go...

14/04/2008

Is boxing a knockout idea for our kids?

Police in South Gloucestershire are encouraging young people to take up boxing to stay out of trouble...

16/04/2008

Three Nations - team manager's report

Martin Webb's report from last weekend's boxing in Sheffield...

17/04/2008

Senior ABA quarter and semi finals

The ABAE Senior championship quarter and semi finals will take place on...

21/04/2008

Final European Olympic qualification tournament Athens - a summary

This was the third and final chance for European boxers to qualify...

21/04/2008

ABAE achieve ISO 9001 certification

The Amateur Boxing Association of England has successfully been recommended...

24/04/2008

Regional Roadshows

The ABAE are to hold regional roadshows in April and May to review ...

30/04/2008

Yorkshire v Ireland Select

Ronny Tucker's Handsworth Amateur Boxing Club attended the annual Dublin select...

21/04/2008

Regions benefit from Boxing Foundation funds

The ABAE Board and Boxing Foundation chairman Alan Lynch have been thrilled with the number ...

22/04/2008

Royal Air Force boxing team news

The RAF Boxing team recently took part in a charity boxing evening ...

22/04/2008

Somerset and Bristol Junior ABAs

The Northern division of Somerset and Bristol ABA 2008 Royal Navy Junior ABAs...

22/04/2008

Brighton city are on the up

The future of amateur boxing in East Sussex is looking bright...

30/04/2008

Portsmouth University v Metropolitan Police

Portsmouth University Boxing Team took on the Metropolitan Police On 17 April ...

24/04/2008

20:12 at the West Ham Boys Club

When Newham filmaker Colin Moody decided to produce a five minute documentary...

24/04/2008

Regional Roadshows

The ABAE are to hold regional roadshows in April and May to review ...

25/04/2008

Senior ABA quarter finals

The boxing programme and results for friday are as follows...

26/04/2008

Senior ABAE Semi Finals

Programme and results on Saturday April 26...

28/04/2008

Haringey Box Cup

The Haringey Box Cup takes place in June...

29/04/2008

Senior ABAE Finals 2008

Tickets for the 120th ABAE Senior Championships are selling fast...

30/04/2008

EU Women's Championships

The third EU Women's Championships will be held in Liverpool this year...

30/04/2008

Toe to toe with a world champion

BBC reporter Ben Dirs aims to give Frankie Gavin a boxing lesson...and fails...

30/04/2008

Development update

Rebecca Black and Matthew Williams give an update two months into their new roles...