Sport Number two in Britain Leonardo de Moura Muniz has represented school, borough and country in numerous competitions. He is currently ranked number two in Britain in his age and weight group. see below 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 British title double for Olivia BY PETER FAULKNER OLIVIA Piechota and Leonardo de Moura Muniz are two young guns to watch out for in the tough world of judo. Last month the two members of Tower Hamlets Judo Club competed in the Welsh Open championships and produced gold medal winning performances. Then on December 13 they were back in action again battling for British titles at Sheffield’s Hallam Centre – and 16-year-old Olivia was the star of the show. Olivia is now British champion in both cadets and juniors age groups and, as a bright prospect for success on the international stage, she will be representing Great Britain next year at the European Championships and Youth Olympics. Olivia Piechota Leonardo de Moura Muniz Leonardo, 17, a Langdon Park College sixth form student and silver medallist from the cadets championships 2013, competed in the 66kg division. He started with great power, winning the first three matches before regular time by ippon and produced some remarkable take-downs. Leonardo went through to round three before narrowly losing to five-time British champion Eric Ham (Glossop) and the three-time British Champion Daniel Powel (Wolverhampton). After seven contests Leonardo finished in fifth place. In the Welsh championships, two weeks earlier, Olivia competed in both less than 44kg age categories, taking silver in the cadets – narrowly losing to Molly Harvey. She then met the same opponent in the juniors category and this time pulled off a stunning victory. The result meant Olivia retained her number one ranking. Leonardo competed in the junior under-21 66kg category. He stormed through elimination round, winning all four matches by ippon and his final contest against Eric Ham was the most thrilling and spectacular match of the day. After regular time there were still no points on the boards so extra time was required to decide the championship. Leonardo produced some remarkable throws to win, after which he was awarded a standing ovation. Soccer round-up Holders Hamlets keep cup dream alive REIGNING London Junior Cup Champions FC Hamlets booked their place in the quarter finals with a 1-0 victory over St Pauls Celtic. Hamlets almost took the lead within the first five minutes when a cross from Gilroy was met first time by Hoy, only to see his shot come off the woodwork. Hamlets then went ahead in the 19th minute when a big goal kick from Pyne found its way to Gilroy who controlled the ball and skipped past the Celtic central defender before finding Foster who side-footed into the goal. In the 26th minute, Hamlets’ defence allowed a Celtic’s striker to run on to a through ball, but Pyne reacted quickly to block the shot. The rebound fell to the striker again, whose shot beat Pyne but defender Baudrier was there to clear off the line with a diving header. The second half saw Hamlets apply plenty of pressure and, with 20 minutes to go, a Gilroy header hit the crossbar and the rebound went to With whose shot was cleared off the goal line. FC Hamlets: Pyne, Baudrier, Casey, Gilroy, Oakley, Glasgow, Morris, With, Best, Foster, Hoy, Richards, Aggabi, Lottrie Bromley and Stepney shine in champs cup IT turned out to be a thrilling first round in the Inter League Champions Cup with Tower Hamlets enjoying double success. Both Stepney and Bromley from the borough’s Inner London Football League booked their places in the next round thanks respectively to a 3-2 victory over Inter Asia and a sudden death penalty shootout against Mostyn FC . Teams from ILFL, Hackney & Leyton League, Musical League, North Buckinghamshire League and a former Camden League team all competed against each other and ILFL’s five teams were reduced to two. Of the teams from the Musical League, only Gower All Stars went through after they beat Beaumont. The best performing league was Hackney & Leyton, with all four of its teams going through to the next round. Results: Clapton Rangers 4, London Tigers ML 2; FC Bartlett 5, Hackney Vikings 2; Gower All Stars 4, Beaumont 1; Inter Asia 2, Stepney 3; London Meteors 9, Virgin NME 2; MK Galacticos 4, West End 2; Mostyn 3, Bromley 2 (penalties); Tottenham Pheonix 5, London Tigers 2. The Challenge Cup sees an all First Division semi-final after the remaining Second Division teams were knocked out. Reachout, Burdett, SCTA and Weavers all went through, with a total of 23 goals coming in just four matches. Beaumont Youth lost 6-2 to Reachout, St Katharine’s under-21s conceded seven against Burdett, SCTA fired five against Stepney B and Weavers won 3-0 against Tower Hamlets B. Athletico stay on top as With steals the show ATHLETICO Bow recorded a fantastic 4-1 victory over Cranes to keep them top of Division One heading into 2015 in the East London Sunday League. Tyrone Davidson (2), Paul Jay Wellington and Jamie Lottrie the scorers although it was midfielder Lawrence With who stole the show. He went in goal for Bow as keeper Nick Pyne was injured and had a tremendous game pulling off a string of good saves. Back in the Joshila Sports Premier Division Hatch Lane beat Stratford Juniors 6-1, Kazim Bishop (2), Dean Florence (2) and Chris Theodore and Jevoy Blair were the scorers while Carey Eastwood got the only goal for Stratford. Hackney Downs drew 2-2 with Stoke Newington, Jermaine Williams and Darnyl Stanley got the goals for Stoke. In the Joshila Sports Divsion One EL Valiente could only manage a draw against AC Nightingale. Aaron Marston got Valiente’s two goals while Damian Mason and Luke Haynes scored for Nightingale. Vallance lost to New Ward Virtue 6-1. Zishan Ahmed got the goal for Vallance, while four goals from Alfie Wren and two from Ricky Field earned the points. FC Stepney thrashed Young Prince 9-1 with goals from Johnny Ashman (2), Nicky Maynard (2), Billy Barry, Ryan Stowell, PJ Ramsey, Martin Jones, and Clifford Roast. In the Joshila Sports Division Two Haringey Town beat Ainslie Wood 2-1, Jean Molinga and Chris Masamba getting the goals for Town. Pedro beat Mabley 6-1, thanks to a hat-trick by Toby Popoola plus goals by David Smith, Omari Challenger and Harry Smith. Tower Hamlets lose to runaway league leaders IT wasn’t a celebratory week for either Tower Hamlets or Sporting Bengal with neither able to register a win. Tower Hamlets were beaten 2-1 at home by runaway league leaders Haringey Borough following on from a midweek 1-1 draw with Ilford. Borough went ahead just before halftime with a superb solo goal from Tony McDonald then a powerful Darrell Cox header put them 2-0 ahead. In a match where Hamlets paid the price for missing several chances, the east London side got back into the game three minutes after the Cox goal when Sodiq Ayinde headed home a free kick from just outside the box. The tall Hamlets team were always an aerial threat, but in the end they paid the price for not taking their chances. Sporting Bengal, rock bottom in the Essex Senior League, conceded 11 goals in two matches – first being hammered 7-1 away to Basildon United then suffering another away day disaster at fourth placed Waltham Forest, where they lost 4-0. 22 DECEMBER 2014 – 11 JANUARY 2015 N E W S F R O M T O W E R H A M L E T S COUNCIL AND YOUR COMMUNITY 43
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