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K.Bradbury, head coach for Macclesfield boys boxing club had his hard work and achievements for the club rewarded by East Lancs region and was asked by the East Lancs and Cheshire manager Adrian Flemming to assist him in taking a team to the Isle of Man. Having already selected the team which consisted of two Macclesfield lads, Kirk Crawthorne and Josh Spence, we set off via Manchester Airport on the morning of Saturday the 29/03/08 for Douglas and the prestigious Hilton Hotel for an exclusive dinner show.
Upon arrival all 10 members of the squad proceeded to the Manx ABC gym to weigh in and then on to another hotel to see the doctor, the boxing was to commence that evening around 9pm.
1st up for Macclesfield in bout 7 of the evening was Kirk Crawthorne, in a 3 by 2min 75kg contest against Sean Askin from the Manc ABC, this guy was a tall rangy fighter having just returned from Denmark with a silver medal just loosing out on Gold. A gutsy bout from both boxers from start to finish with both lads not wanting to disappoint, each guy was very strong throwing good combinations that were landing cleanly and the decision at the end could of quite easily gone either way, but with the home crowd on his side Askin took the decision and victory although Askin was the 1st to congratulate Crawthorne on a excellent bout.
2nd up for Macclesfield was Josh Spence in a 3 by 2min 77kg contest against Lee Ashton from Manx ABC, Josh is a very stylish boxer with his own technique slowing the pace of the fight right down drawing his opponent in then countering with strong hooks and straight back hands catching every time, although Ashton put up a good fight he struggled to master Spence’s style and fell fowl every time he came forward an excellent show of boxing with Spence taking the decision and another win the select team.
This was an unbelievable experience and real eye opener for all who attended and with the east lancs and Cheshire team just loosing out overall with 4 wins to 5 wins the Isle of Man team were victorious, although this did not deter the feeling of achievement from the select team that consisted of Liam Jones, Adam Ridge, Aiden lowe, Jack Catterall, Charlie Schofield and Reli Ali who were all schoolboy competitors and also the senior competitors Kirk Crawthorne, Charlotte Brown(Female Boxer), Josh Spence and Ethan Scrowcroft,who were all an absolute credit to their respective clubs who had put them forward as representatives.
The bout of the evening went to Jack Catterill who put on an excellent display of boxing against Issac Lowe.
Again a big thank you must go out to the hosts of the weekend Manx ABC who looked after us impeccably and also to Adrian Flemming for having faith in Macclesfeild ABC to assist in such a prestigious event.
Hilton Hotel. Isle of Man.
28 Mar 2008