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Talented young Clitheroe golferSophie Lamb is cur rently on duty with the England team as they de
fend the Stroyan Cup in the Girls’ Home Internationals
at Donabate in Ireland this week.
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The internationals started yesterday and will contin ue today before coming to a conclusion tomorrow. The team flew out to
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There’s been a recurring ' - theme among the English champions in thesuper mid dleweight division in the last decadeorso.
Though there’s only been a limited pool of victors in that time frame,
- ^ there’s certainly been a handful of stars that has spawnedfrom it. Of the six fighters to hold the
© prestigious belt aloft there’s been three that have gone on to impact significantly on the hierarchy of
boxing. Since overcoming Alan Page in
November 2003, Carl Froch hasbe- come one ofBri tain’s most decorat ed fighters. In his 25 contests since winning that first title, the Cobra has claimed and retained the Com monwealth, British, WBC, WBA and IBF super middleweight belts. Then there’s
Rocky.Fielding
and Calliim Smith who scooped respective WBA Inter-Continen tal and WBC International acco lades on the undercard of Tony
• Bellew’s successful WBO Interna tional cruiserweight title defence against Julio Cesar Dos Santos last
month at Liverpool’s Echo Arena. • Clitheroe’s Luke Blackledge is
nowawaiting his opportunity with
theBritishBoxingBoardofControl set to confirm an English title shot at Blackburn’s King George’s Hall on September 6th. “I’m waiting for the BBBofC to
confirm whether mynextfightwill be fora title,” said Blackledge. “I’m
buzzing at the moment so to get a shot at the English title would be brilliant. I’ve been training reaily
hard for it and I feel I’m back up to that standard. The English would
be a massive belt to get hold of. ’ “I’ve been in the gym, deter-
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mined to improve. I’ve been work ing on different techniques, which paid off in my last fight. I’m with Alex Matvienko and it’s going re ally well. He’s not changed me too much but we’ve been working on my boxing, timing, counter sho ts, footwork and setting up shots. We’i-e not changing my style be cause what I do works." ' . ■ Blackledge’s last contest re
sulted in a stoppage - his first in 16 months - as he took out Dar ren McKenna at Villa Park’s Holte Suite. Thatvictoryhashelpedbuiy the disappointments that precede ed it against the likes of Alistair
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Warren and Fielding. “My last fight was wicked, es
pecially getting the stoppage in the third round. I dropped him in
the first with a left body shot and then I stopped him with a right
when countering. He was throw ing a lazyjab and I caught him over the top. I was really happy with the performance.
, . I want to be more active in
the new season 'I’ve ha^ some set backs lately butthat’sallpartofthe . game. Those disappointments are behind me nowand I want to move
on, keep developing and continue to improve my record.”"
tournament for the past sue years and two of the select ed players -Alison Hewson and Sophie - were in last year’s winning team. The team is Emma Al
len (Meon Valley), India Clyburn (Woodhall Spa), Hewson (Berkhamsted), Sophie Keech (Parkstone), Lamb (Clitheroe); InciMe- hmet (Wentworth), Hollie Muse (West Lancashire), Elizabeth Prior (Burhill), Captain - Chris Pascall. Sophie, 16, leading
points scorer in England's winning team at the 2013 Stroyan Cup.
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