Sport Get fit and have fun To find out more about the wide range of healthy and enjoyable events and activities available at the borough’s leisure centres go to your local centre or visit... www.gll.org Tell the East End Do you have a sports club you would like to be included in our listings? If so email the details to... eastendlife.news@towerhamlets.gov.uk King and Clancy take step-up in their stride Soccer round-up Forest Glade 1 FC Hamlets 3 FC HAMLETS made a great debut in Division Three of the Essex Olympian League picking up a win and a draw in their first two games of the season… both away from home. They had to come from behind to gain their first league victory 3-1 away to Forest Glade, thanks to a fine double by player-manager Ashley King. Hamlets came close within minutes of the kick-off when King was sent clear only to have his shot saved. In a first half dominated by Hamlets, the Glade keeper made three good saves to keep the score at 0-0. But after the break Glade took a surprise lead. A free kick floated saw striker Paul Duggin rise above the Hamlets defence to head past keeper Nick Pyne. The lead only lasted three minutes before winger Patrick Hoy went on a run and drove into the penalty area where he was brought down by Glade’s left-back. Captain Tom Clancy duly despatched the penalty to equalise and grab his second goal in successive matches. Hamlets then took the lead five minutes later when good work by Ian Morris produced a cross and King looped his header over the keeper. Hamlets continued to produce some good football but also continued to waste good opportunities, but eventually their superiority paid off. John Gilroy dribbled through Glade’s field before squaring the ball to King, who collected his second of the game. East Londoners 1 FC Hamlets 1 HAMLETS worked hard to earn a point in their first Essex Olympian League match against local rivals East Londoners at Flanders Field. The game began slowly and became scrappy and Hamlets’ only real threat came mid-way through the first half when debutant Dillon Lennon hit a ferocious 25- yard shot that seemed to have gone in off the bar, but was not given by the referee. East Londoners took the lead with virtually their first attack midway through the half, following a Hamlets defensive mix-up. In the second half a more spirited FC Hamlets player-manager Ashley King was back among the goals Hamlets pushed for an equaliser. It was only a matter of time before captain Tom Clancy equalised from a corner, heading in off the underside of the crossbar. In the last ten minutes Hamlets piled on the pressure. They hit the woodwork, had a shot cleared off the line and had a penalty appeal turned down when debutant Patrick Hoy’s solo run was ended by the keeper. Takeley 1 Tower Hamlets 1 TOWER Hamlets made seven changes from the team that lost to Clapton the previous Saturday with former Histon player Junior Konadu and player-manager AJ Olatunbosun coming into the side. The first opportunity for Tower Hamlets came when they broke from the left hand side and the ball was cut back for Olatunbosun to hit a 25-yard shot which the keeper saved. Hamlets, who were pressing high up the pitch and playing some decent football, but without making a breakthrough. Then against the run of play Takeley took the lead after 64 minutes. A short corner went to the far post and the Takeley striker was left unmarked to score. Hamlets responded by attacking in numbers and it paid off when stand-in captain Kane Wilson hit the equaliser. Tower Hamlets 0 Clapton 1 TOWER Hamlets gave debuts to five players for this derby – and it showed. Clapton saw most of the ball in the first half, but lacked a cutting edge. Hamlets battled hard to try to get into the game, but Clapton were always too strong for them. With the half coming to a close, Jerome Paul in the Hamlets goal had to make a smart save to keep the score at 0-0. The second half was a different story. Captain Nathan Wilson fired in a shot from 30 yards and not long after Kane Wilson’s great cross eluded everyone. Clapton always looked dangerous though, and from a corner their number nine was left free to break the deadlock. With time running out Hamlets could have snatched a point, but Karl Blake headed just wide. Senrab Pumas under-10s 1 Westward Boys Tigers under-10 9 SENRAB took just five minutes to take the lead in this friendly at Bartlett Park, but Westward equalised straight after the restart and from then they dominated the game and were leading 5-1 at half time. The Senrab youngsters were playing a match for the first time and gave a spirited performance throughout, but Westward’s class shone through and they finished easy winners. Senrab Tigers under-10s 2 Westward Boys Lions 4 THE Lions were 2-0 up at half-time – both goals coming from Patrick Walker. Senrab started to pile on the pressure in the second half and pulled a goal back minutes after the re-start. Westward regained their two goal advantage with a goal from Aidan Bayram. Senrab scored again to make it an exciting finish, but Jamal Mohammed sealed the win for Westward with seconds left. RideLondon is a spectacular event Cycling 50,000 sign up for bike ride MORE than 50,000 signed up for the 2015 Prudential RideLondon Surrey 100 within 24 hours of the ballot opening. It takes place on August 2 and will again start from the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, before heading through Canary Wharf and Limehouse and on to Surrey. Registration for the event, which is part of the mayor of London’s annual festival of cycling, will close once 100,000 people have signed up. More than 20,000 amateur cyclists finished this year’s ride on Sunday, August 10, cycling a shortened route of 86 miles due to heavy rain and wind. Cricket Ducks take title for third time DYNAMITE Ducks won the Victoria Park Community Cricket League Division One – for the third successive year. They crowned another great season by making it a hat-trick of titles, and have now won it four times in total, having been crowned champions in 2009. Then they were known just as The Ducks and changed their name after that. It has also been quite a season for Skywho won the the League Cup with a great win over Tawheed. They had their opponents out for 134-4 after themselves scoring a healthy 167-6. Tawheed enjoyed some glory of their own, winning Division Two, while Victoria Lounge won Division Three and Regents topped Division Four. The Community Cup was won by Nightwatchmen who defeated Homerton. Boxing Devine defence YORK Hall, Bethnal Green is the venue for more boxing title action this Saturday, September 6, when Michael Devine defends his International Masters title against Danny Connor. Connor is a former Southern Area champion and this fight is also billed as a final eliminator for the area crown. Devine has won 11 of his 12 contests so far while Connor is using the fight as a springboard to get back on the championship trail. Buglioni tops bill LOCAL super-middleweight Frank Buglioni will share top billing at York Hall with welterweight Bradley Skeete in the next Queensberry Promotions show, on Saturday, September 20. Skeete, hot on the trail of a British title shot, will defend his WBA Intercontinental welterweight championship on the bill after impressing with a third round knockout win in his last outing against Steven Pearce. Big punching Buglioni, the ex-Repton star, makes his first appearance under the guidance of new trainer, former World super middleweight champion Steve Collins, having ended his partnership with Mark Tibbs. 1 – 7 SEPTEMBER 2014 N E W S F R O M TOWER HAMLETS COUNCIL AND YOUR COMMUNITY 31
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