\n The Cumbrian club returned from the Robert Burns Box Cup in Scotland with three gold medals and one silver.\n<\/p>\n
\n Two Wigton boxers also now hold Manchester Box Cup Challenge belts after another event recently.\n<\/p>\n
\n And one of the club\u2019s rising stars, John Paul Miller, is set to represent the North West at an event in Ireland later this month.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThe club is going from strength to strength and it\u2019s really rewarding to see all the hard work the kids are putting in,\u201d said coach Andi Crossman.\n<\/p>\n
\n At the Robert Burns Cup in Dumfries there were victories for Wigton\u2019s Harvey Twigg, Eddie Graham and John Paul Miller, while Ben Lightfoot came home with a silver medal.\n<\/p>\n
\n Wigton’s boxers with their belts and medals from the Robert Burns Box Cup (Image: Wigton ABC)\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cAll the lads did so well,\u201d said Crossman.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe had three straight finals, but John Paul had to win a semi-final and then a final \u2013 which he did, boxing against some really good kids.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cHis level is really stepping up. He\u2019s rising above everybody and he\u2019s been selected for the North West to represent the region against Ireland over in Dublin at the end of next month.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Last weekend, meanwhile, saw Lewis Hand mark his recent return to Wigton ABC by winning a Challenge Cup belt at Timperley in Manchester.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cLewis won by a points decision \u2013 he was up against a tough southpaw but Lewis gave a boxing masterclass, working off the jab, picking his shots well and getting a deserved victory for a great lad,\u201d Crossman said.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cRobbie Pattinson\u2019s opponent pulled out so he got the belt by default. It means we have two belt holders and they will defend them later this month.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Those successes followed a well-attended and contested home show for Wigton ABC at the Greenhill Hotel on September 13.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe had clubs coming from all over the country \u2013 from the north end of Scotland to Manchester and many more,\u201d Crossman said.\n<\/p>\n
\n Lewis Hand won a Manchester Box Cup Challenge belt last weekend (Image: Wigton ABC)\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe had ten boxers from Wigton\u00a0on the show and there were some good results in amongst them.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n One memorable result saw 12-year-old Billy Dixon win the Andy Dixon Memorial Trophy \u2013 a prize for the best Wigton boxer. It was an emotional victory as Billy is Andy Dixon\u2019s grandson.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt was Billy\u2019s first bout, and his display of boxing was second to none,\u201d Crossman said.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cEven the more experienced kids didn\u2019t match up to the quality he showed.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cHe was dead emotional to win his grandad\u2019s trophy.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Crossman was also proud to see his son Dalton win his first bout.\n<\/p>\n
\n Dalton also defeated the same opponent at another show the following day, while Harvey Twigg also won two out of three bouts in quick succession.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cAlso at the home show we had Ben Lightfoot narrowly beaten after a really good display against a much more experienced kid,\u201d Crossman added.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe had Mike Dalton, who won on unanimous points, Harvey Twigg who won on unanimous points. John Paul Miller the same, and Lewis Hand was beaten by a very good kid \u2013 but he had just had food poisoning the week before, so he was a bit weak.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cLevi Shepherd got beat but with the performance he put on, it could have gone either way.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Wigton coach Andi Crossman was also proud to see son Dalton win his first bouts (Image: Wigton ABC)\n<\/p>\n
\n Crossman is delighted with the progress the boxers and club are making and is hoping to build further on their successes.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThe kids are listening to all the coaches and the success they\u2019re having shows that,\u201d he added.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe\u2019ve got a great set of coaches now. John Paul\u2019s brother and dad went and put themselves through the coaching course so they could be part of the club\u2019s coaching team, and his mum Beverley is helping out with the sponsorship side.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt\u2019s a lot to keep building on and that\u2019s what we will aim to do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cumbrian club returned from the Robert Burns Box Cup in Scotland with three gold medals and one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-174625","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}