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Academy trio in hat-trick glory

17/ 3/2005

BOXERS from the Hopwood Hall Academy scored a hat-trick last weekend.

They were victorious against Welsh national champions.

Luke Gray beat Kyle Durham on a unanimous decision, while Daniel Naylor took a unanimous decision from Aled Edwards.

Christopher Higgs beat four-nations champion Chris Jenkins with a majority verdict.

The three Hopwood fighters are entered in next month's junior ABA championships.

The regional weigh-in for these championships will be held at Hopwood Hall on Sunday.

The Cambridge University boxing team has never looked back since they started to use Hopwood Hall for pre-varsity match training.

Last year Cambridge achieved their first win over Oxford for 14 years, albeit a close 5-4 success.

This time round Cambridge won all nine bouts. The university team will return to Hopwood later in the year for another training camp.