Boxing: Birtley boys are on cloud nine.Byline: By John Gibson John Gibson is a common name, shared by:
No fewer than nine boxers from Birtley should take part in the Northern Counties schoolboy finals on St Valentine's Day. Eight are already through and they ought to be joined by Travis Dickinson, a reigning national schoolboy champion, when he fights in the Tyne, Tees and Wear finals in Hartlepool on Saturday. Those who stormed through on day two of the congested con·gest·ed adj. Affected with or characterized by congestion. congested ENT adjective Referring to a boggy blood-filled tissue. See Nasal congestion. area finals were Mark White, Callum Graham, Dwain O'Connor, Sean Colman, and Frankie Cunningham while Martin Ward - another national champion - Damien Slater, Jordan Allan, and Daniel Kane all had byes. White was involved in a cracking bout with Daniel Bishop of Gateshead High Fell and just edged a points decision 12-11. Cunningham defeated Bishop Auckland's Joseph McPartland 7-5 while O'Connor nicked a 4-3 decision over Middlesbrough's Tom Taylor This article is about the dramatist and editor. For other uses, see Tom Taylor (disambiguation) Tom Taylor (October 19, 1817 – July 12, 1880) was a dramatist and editor of Punch magazine. He was born at Bishopwearmouth, near Sunderland, in north-east England. in what was a maul. Colman stopped Lee Brannon of Newcastle East End in the third round but it was unfortunate Graham was forced to face Birtley team-mate Michael Baldwin Michael Baldwin is a fictional character on the CBS television soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by Christian LeBlanc since 1991 (he departed the show in 1993 and returned in 1997). The character has also crossed over briefly to As the World Turns. whom he beat 4-2 on points. Former champion Duggie Curran (Grainger Park) won a super bout 10-8 against Sunderland's experienced Kevin Cosgrove but High Fell's Simon Dickson had to bow the knee to Steven Cosgrove (Catholic Club) 25-15. Travis Dickinson faces Sunderland's Michael Watson on Saturday in the last of the area finals when other top bouts include Viv Graham (Grainger Park) v Ryan Cowley (Lambton Street); Danny Oldham (Grainger Park) v Kirk Goodings (Sunderland); Chris Bennett (Newcastle East End) v Adam Whitfield (Sunderland); Ross Fenwick (Bilton Hall) v Chris Wallace (East Durham College). |
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