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SPORT<br />

36 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>February</strong> <strong>13</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />

Training for about ... Debs Bean at work in the gym.<br />

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Six local boxers enter<br />

open-air tournament<br />

By ROBYN BRISTOW<br />

Open­air boxing willfeature at the<br />

Waipara Domain this month.<br />

It is afirst for theregion,and the<br />

<strong>North</strong><strong>Canterbury</strong> and Leithfield Boxing<br />

Clubs, who are hostingthe 4Bs—Blues,<br />

Brews, BBQand Boxing on Saturday,<br />

<strong>February</strong> 29.<br />

<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> hassix boxers<br />

competing in the competition —Vanessa<br />

Smith, Jamie Tapp, AnnaSidey, Debs<br />

Bean, LyndaWaghorn and Matais<br />

Ibanez, all of whom have beentraining<br />

hard forthe tournament.<br />

<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> Boxing’s head<br />

coach, Bill Newton, is excited to have<br />

them boxing on hiscard,with all but<br />

Lynda and Annahaving foughtbefore.<br />

Lynda will be fighting aboxertrained<br />

by one of Bill’s sons, introducing alittle<br />

father­sonrivalry.<br />

Vanessawill be fightingatough boxer<br />

from Malborough.<br />

Bill sayshehas worked with Vanessa<br />

and has watched her mental strength<br />

and skilllevel increase.<br />

Jamie will be fighting aboxerfrom<br />

Boxfit BrosinChristchurch.<br />

‘‘Jamie leaves nothing behind and is<br />

sure to create somerealfireworks in this<br />

fight ,’’ Bill says.<br />

Anna will be fighting Christina<br />

Walford, whotrainsout of Champ Nation<br />

boxing in Christchurch.<br />

Bill saysneither will be prepared to<br />

take abackward step, so it promises to<br />

be an action­packed contest.<br />

Lynda will takeonDenniseRoberts,<br />

BOXING<br />

who fightsout of Smack Fitness Gym in<br />

Blenheim.<br />

Lynda hasworked through some<br />

injuriesleading up to the tournament,<br />

but is now in the bestpossible shape for<br />

the fight.<br />

Matais is fighting the experienced<br />

Jamal Coulingfrom Champ Nation<br />

Boxing.Both are guaranteed to put on an<br />

action­packed and exciting fight, Bill<br />

says.<br />

‘‘Matais works hardintraining so is<br />

very prepared for this.’’<br />

Debs willbefighting Sarah Martin,<br />

from Gore Boxing.They willfightfor the<br />

Ann NewtonMemorialShield.<br />

Both willmeetagainat the New<br />

Zealand Championships later in the year<br />

when they will fight for the middleweightdivision<br />

title.<br />

Anew assistantcoach will help Bill<br />

with the boxers.<br />

Kelly Mckay is workingtowards her<br />

probational coach’s licence,due to the<br />

growth of the sport in <strong>North</strong><strong>Canterbury</strong>.<br />

Shewill sither level 1test later this<br />

year.Kelly also runs Boxfit classes on<br />

Fridays andSundays.<br />

Buses will be running from Hanmer<br />

Springs andLeithfield, ‘‘and all stops in<br />

between’’.<br />

Abandwill play after the tournament,<br />

from 5pmto8pm, with beerand wine<br />

available to buy, along with food<br />

barbecued by the Waipara Primary<br />

school.<br />

58,000 people live within our<br />

circulation area. Just one ad in the<br />

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by 46,000 of them every week!<br />

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