Time to map out a plan for Villa's future
- Says blogger Matthew Turvey
Three gun for ABA Novice final spot
Thursday 1st December 2011, 6:00AM GMT.
Three Black Country amateurs will be gunning for a place in the ABA Novice national championship finals.
Priory Park ABC duo Josh Aston and Vakar Hussain join Wednesbury ABC’s Dale Doody in the semi-finals at the Everton Park Leisure Centre in Liverpool on Saturday afternoon.
Aston – cousin of pro Ryan, who boxes on the Sky Sports pro show on Saturday night – will reach the last hurdle if he can overcome South Durham ABC’s Matthew Temby.
With a win, the teenage bantamweight will move a step closer to picking up an ABC Novice title less than three years after taking up the sport.
Joining him in Class A – boxers who have had 10 bouts or under – is club-mate Hussain, who edged past the Golden Gloves ABC’s Marcel Braithwaite on points in the quarter-finals last weekend.
Featherweight Hussain is still relatively fresh after two ‘walk overs’ – no opponent to box – since the Midlands final and is up against Nathan Milburn, from Hetton Town ABC near Sunderland.
In Class B – boxers who have had 20 bouts or under – Doody boxes in the tournament for the first time against Gary Reeve, from High Fell ABC, after a series of ‘walk overs.’
The winner will contest the 48kg – light flyweight – final against Down End ABC’s Kane Smart at the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth next Saturday.
Sponsored Links
UK Sport
Latest Blog — Microsoft Comes to the University of Wolverhampton
Last week Microsoft visited the University of Wolverhampton to give students the chance to develop their own phone apps that could be published on the Windows Phone Marketplace.
Technology blog
Business Awards
Read the full story here
Full coverage of awards celebrating the region's best businesses.
Lifestyle
Interactive Dining Out map
Hundreds of reviews by the Express & Star and Shropshire Star's teams to help you decide where to eat.
LIVE traffic updates
Road, rail and airport - latest
Our new, live traffic and travel updates service - check before you set out.
OUR NEW APP
Get the new E&S app
Download the Express & Star’s new app to your iPad or iPhone to get one week of access to our digital newspapers absolutely FREE.
expressandstar.com
Popular sections
Useful links
