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Tag Archives: Boxing
The Sweet Science of Bruising, TW Coulsdon, from Mar 21
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T For ticket bookings for The Sweet Science of Bruising and more information about Theatre Workshop Coulsdon, visit their … Continue reading
Women are boxing clever to punch through the glass ceiling
It’s Victorian London, 1869. At the Angel Amphitheatre, four women are preparing for the battle of their lives. Polly Stokes has always been a fighter, ever since she was abandoned on a doorstep in Blackburn. Irish-born Mattie Blackwell lives on … Continue reading
This was a pub landlord who never needed any bouncers
CROYDON CHRONICLE: The Crown on North End, demolished in 1950, was a coaching inn with a history that stretched back 500 years, and whose many landlords included Jack Martin, a bare-knuckle boxer from the Regency era whose fights would attract … Continue reading
Posted in Boxing, David Morgan, History
Tagged Boxing, Croydon, David Morgan, Jack Martin, Jack Randall, KIng George IV, North End, Prince of Wales, Regency England, The Crown
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Centre of excellence serving Croydon’s youth for 80 years
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: The Sir Philip Game Centre in Addiscombe is a ground-breaking experiment in crime prevention which has provided access to a range of activities for thousands of youngsters since it opened. DAVID MORGAN recounts its history and some of … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Boxing, Charity, David Morgan, Duke McKenzie, Education, Policing, Sir Philip Game Centre, Sport, Youth Services
Tagged Addiscombe, Boxing, David Morgan, Duke McKenzie, Frank Bruno, Frankie Lucas, Judo, Morland Avenue, Roy Hudd, Sir Philip Game Centre, St Vincent, Tommy Trinder
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Norbury charity’s boxing clever with £80,000 from Wates trust
Be Inspired, a Croydon-based group dedicated to tackling youth crime and supporting young people, has received an £80,000 grant from the Wates Family Enterprise Trust. The grant will be used to help develop Be Inspired’s “Generation Change” programme, which delivers … Continue reading
Posted in Be Inspired, Boxing, Business, Charity, Crime, Norbury, Wates Group
Tagged Be Inspired, Boxing, Norbury, Norbury Park, Wates, Wates Family Enterprise Trust, Wates Group
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Sunny outlook as champ gets off the canvas from first defeat
Profile by Steven Downes Tomorrow is Sunny Edwards’ birthday. It will be the first he has celebrated for three years when he has not been a world champion. Yet he has won greater acclaim from his first, bloody defeat than … Continue reading
Posted in Boxing, Sport, Sunny Edwards
Tagged Arizona, Beddington Lane, Boxing, Charlie Edwards, Croydon, IBF, Jack Dempsey, Jesse "Bam" Rodriguez, Norman Mailer, Sunny Edwards, Sutton, Wallington, WBO
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Beddington boxer Edwards’ Olympic dream is at an end
Disappointment, with 100 days to go until the Opening Ceremony of the London Olympics, for one local hopeful, Beddington boxer Charlie Edwards. The 19-year-old, a European bronze medal-winner at light-flyweight last year, needed to reach the semi-finals of this week’s … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Activities, Boxing, Sport
Tagged 2012 Summer Olympics, Boxing, London, London 2012, Olympics, Sport, Twitter
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Selhurst Park to get a preview of Olympic boxing action
Selhurst Park is to stage another international amateur boxing tournament, when England take on Scotland under the marquee raised on the pitch on May 16. This follows a similar event being staged last year, when England won 5-2 against the … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Activities, Boxing, Crystal Palace FC, Sport
Tagged Boxing, Crystal Palace FC, England, Olympic, Phil Alexander, Scotland, Selhurst Park, Value-added tax
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Beddington boxer gets one bout closer to Olympic dream
If you booked your tickets for the London Olympics, did you make sure that you included seats for the light-flyweight boxing bouts? Teenager Charlie Edwards moved a step closer to qualifying for a place in the London Games by winning … Continue reading
