2008/9 Season
Dan Woodgate 86kg
ABA Kent Champion
ABA Southern Counties Champion
ABA National ¼ Finalist
Jimmy Lawrence 75kg
ABA Kent Champion
ABA Southern Counties Semi Finalist
“Slik” Rik Leach,
Class B 54kg
ABA Senior Novice Kent Champion
ABA Senior Novice Southern Counties Champion
ABA Senior Novice National ¼ Finalist
Class C 51kg
CYP Kent Champion
CYP South East Counties Champion
CYP South East Area Champion
CYP National ¼ Finalist
Rik also represented an England select Team against Scotland where he won with an
Edward Leach
Class B 50kg
ABA Junior Kent Champion
ABA Junior Southern Counties Finalist
Class B 50kg
CYP Kent Champion
CYP South East Champion
CYP South East Area Champion
Edward also won a Gold Medal in the HSK Box cup in Denmark this season
Flo Lika
Class B 66kg
ABA Junior Novice Kent Champion
ABA Junior Novice Southern Counties Champion
ABA Junior Novice National Semi Finalist
Connor Gorham 52kg
ABA Junior Kent School Boy Finalist
Zak Watts 38kg
ABA Mini Minor Kent Champion
ABA Mini Minor Southern Counties Finalist
Championships
Sat 13th March, senior ABA Championships at Bognor Regis, Jimmy Lawrence & Rik Leach of The Isle of Thanet ABC , Boxed in the pre-lims & semi finals. Rik Leach boxed, J Fry from Bognor ABC in the “under 54kg” semi-final winning by 17 to 5.
Jimmy Lawrence boxed, A Rose from Newport Isle of Wight ABC, Lawrence winning 18 to 2, then Lawrence boxed L Illman from Crawley ABC in the semi-final under 81kg (2 fights in one day) Lawrence winning by 14 to 5,
Both Jimmy Lawrence & Rik Leach boxed in the Southern Counties Senior Finals on 18th March at Bognor Regis, Rik Leach boxed Adam Cutler from The Golden Ring ABC, Leach lost on points 12-5, Cutler sustained a injury to the nose and my not be able to continue in the championships.
Jimmy Lawrence boxed E Lawrence from Moulscome ABC under 81kg Final Jimmy Lawrence winning 9-4, Jimmy will now box H Bacon in the national ¼ in Great Yarmouth on 10th April.20th March Junior ABA, at the Edge Leisure Center Haselmere, Edd Leach of Isle of Thanet ABC boxed G Chapman from Crawley ABC in the class 6 under 51kg final and lost on a majority decision which we think was a bit harsh, Flo Lika also from Isle of Thanet ABC got a walk over in the under 71kg class 6 as his opponent failed to show, and will now box in the pre ¼ finals in Bristol on 11th of April. All in all not a bad 8 days for The Isle of Thanet ABC