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18/12/2008

English University Championships 2008

The English University Championships were hosted by Portsmouth University at the Nuffield Sports Centre facility over the weekend 12th - 14th December 2008. 

With entries exceeding 140 boxers the championships were expecting to be of the highest standard ever seen in University boxing.

Brandon Jones (Portsmouth University ABC) Winning Gold at 86kg Under 10s against Angelis (LSE)
86kg Brandon Jones (Portsmouth) Winning Gold against Angelis (LSE) Under 10s

Portsmouth University Coach Wayne Gardiner stated "University boxing is on the up and hopefully will be one of the future stepping stones in boxing development"

For more information on the English University Championships 2008 view the official report on the event (PDF [71.1Kb]. Download time 16 seconds based on a 56k modem. Will open a new browser window.)

Oxfords 2 female gold medalists Annlie Vries and Rebecca Lee
 
Oxfords two female gold medalists Annlie Vries and Rebecca Lee

Overall Championship results:


Females

54kg) Lee (Oxford) Gold - Sidgh (Kingston) Silver
57kg) Veries (Oxford) Gold - Williams (Kingston) Silver
60kg) Mellor (Liverpool) Gold - Garcia (Kingston) Silver
64kg) Keats (Portsmouth) Gold - Bell (Durham) Silver

Men's Under 10s

54kg) Dorne (Leeds Met) Gold - Gohar (LSE) Silver
57kg) Massally-(Kingston) Gold - Gulati (LSE) Silver
60kg) Ishad (Middlesex) Gold - Devonish (Leeds Met) Silver
64kg) Woodward (Leeds) Gold - Khan (Coventry) Silver
69kg) Ogweno (Portsmouth) Gold - Hulston (Kent) Silver
75kg) Hammond (Leeds Met) Gold - Atwall (Coventry) Silver
81kg) Farag (Bath) Gold - Burns (Leeds Met) Silver
86kg) Jones (Portsmouth) Gold - Angelis (LSE) Silver
91kg) Geogakakis (Portsmouth) Gold - Hall (Leeds Met) Silver
91+kg) Charles (Roehampton) Gold) - Gubsky (Bristol) Silver
 
Men's Over 10s

60kg) Maxwell (Liverpool) Gold - Walker (Portsmouth) Silver-
64kg) Cuddy (Coventry) Gold - Dowdall (Leeds Met) Silver-
69kg) Channing (London Met) Gold - Horgan (UWE) Silver-
75kg) Taylor (Sheffield) Gold - Macharrafie (Bristol) Silver-
81kg) De Banks (Manchester) Gold - Hubber (Leeds Met) Silver


Tournament Accreditations

Best Technical Boxer - J Mellor (Liverpool)
Best Female Boxer - B Lee (Oxford)
Best Male Boxer - B Ogweno (Portsmouth)
Boxer of the tournament - Maxwell (Sheffield Hallum)
Team Champions 2008 - Portsmouth University (4 Golds & 1 Silver)

Team Photo



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