Clapton CFC player Dean Bouho wore an Edwardian football kit when he played the part of Walter Tull for Tony Robinson’s History of Britain – Edwardians documentary which was shown on Channel 5.
There will be a Walter Tull talk event at the Canning Gallery in Canning Town during Newham’s Black Football Players Through the Years exhibition, in partnership with Newham Black History Month in October.
Clapton CFC Women’s Development Team made a winning start to their 2021/2022 season.
New players have joined the team, managed by Brian Bramble, while others have stepped up from the beginners XI.
They are scheduled to play three games in October – 2, 16 and 30. All matches, home or away, take place at Clapham Common Northside on Saturdays. Spectators are welcome, it’s an open park.
Newham and Essex Beagles High Jump Champion Jonathan Broom-Edwards is now the Paralympics High Jump champion. Well done for winning the Gold medal.
https://www.newhamandessexbeagles.co.uk/
Forest Crusaders WFC began the new season with a winning start. The team which included 11 debuts beat Alexandra Palace Women 5-0.
Michael Hanson-Morris has been announced as the Head Coach of the East London Phoenix; who are a professional Women’s Wheelchair Basketball team. The East London Phoenix team are the University of East London’s first sporting franchise.
https://britishwheelchairbasketball.co.uk/team/london-phoenix/
Upton Park Ladies football team have welcomed Stuart Webb as their new Assistant Manager. They have also signed some new players to their team.
The West Ham United Foundation logo will appear on the Hammers’ UEFA Europa League kit.
The logo is featured on the back of the Hammers home and away kit, underneath the players’ shirt numbers. The appearance of the logo helps to highlight the Club and Foundation’s work in supporting local charities, good causes and social support programmes.
https://www.whufc.com/club-foundation/foundation
Fight for Peace is a non-profit organisation based in North Woolwich for young people aged 7-25 years old. Their Boxing and Martial Arts sports sessions are back on at their newly reopened London Academy.
They also offer personal development sessions, mentoring, and leadership and employment support. Fight for Peace is currently running an autumn timetable, with free sessions taking place every day for young people of all abilities.
Twilights (Boxing and Fitness) | ages 7-14 | Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 5pm- 7pm
Boxing | ages 14-25
All abilities | Monday, 6pm- 7.15pm
Beginners / Intermediate | Wednesday & Friday, 6pm- 7pm
Competitors | Wednesday & Friday, 7pm- 8.45pm
Muay Thai | ages 14-25 | Monday, Tuesday & Thursday, 7pm- 8.45pm
Judo | ages 14-25 | Monday & Thursday, 5.30pm- 7pm
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu | ages 14-25 | Wednesday & Friday, 6.30pm- 8pm
Lutadoras (all girls session) | Thursday, 5pm- 7.30pm
ManTalk (all boys session) | Wednesday, 5pm- 6pm
Spaces where young people can explore issues, build confidence and a strong sense of identity, overcome challenges, and promote personal growth. Sign up here.
Woodman St, E16 2LS, nearest tube – King George V DLR
For more information about Fight for Peace, visit their website:
313 Fitness have added a new girls’ Boxing coach to their team. Deayndra ‘Dee’ Allen is an experienced boxer and coach who has boxed internationally in Italy, Sweden, Netherlands, Jersey and Denmark. She first started boxing at the age of 16. Dee has had 34 fights, 10 losses and has been awarded the Haringey Box Cup twice and the best female boxer at the Box Cup in 2019. Dee successfully won matches when she boxed for the London squad and for England.
Dee’s boxing classes for girls 7-14 year are on Sundays at 3pm. Sign up online to join.
552 Romford Rd, E12 5AF
Bonny Downs Community Association in East Ham offers a variety of sport and keep fit activities for the elderly including, chair-based exercise, Darts and Tai Chi both in person and via zoom.
The Well Community Centre, 49 Vicarage Lane, London E6 6DQ
https://bonnydowns.org/whats-on/
Well done to the Year 11 St Bons Football Team who won their National Cup game against Kesgrave High School from Ipswich in Suffolk.
The team won 4-0. PE Teacher Jon Robinson said:
“It was a great performance from the lads. They all played really well.”
Best of luck to The Renewal Programme team who are taking part in the 10k London Legal Walk through Central London on Monday 18 October. They are raising money to provide frontline free legal advice services to migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Newham.
https://www.renewalprogramme.org.uk/
Former University of East London student Lawrence Okolie nicknamed ‘Sauce’ successfully retained his WBO cruiserweight title after he knocked out Dilan Prasovic in the third round. Lawrence’s fight took place before the Joshua-Usyk world heavy weight boxing title fight on 25 September at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium.
On Sunday, 26 September Newham Voices Journalist Noah Enahoro successfully completed the Hackney Half-Marathon in two hours and 35 minutes, a personal best time. Noah and Kasia raised £500 for Worldwide Cancer Research.
https://www.worldwidecancerresearch.org/
Newham was very successful at the September 2021 London Youth Games. From basketball, to netball, to football and not forgetting cricket and volleyball, Newham had a fantastic number of teams that all took part in the East Region Finals.
Both the female and male teams took home the Respect The Games award and the female team also took home the Bronze in their 3V3 matches in Barking.
During the last weekend of the 2021 competitions both the male and female cricket teams, the male football team and beach volleyball team became Champions and the female football team took home the Spirit of the Game Award! A huge achievement for the borough!
All the young people and their team managers, who kindly volunteered their time to be at the games and managing their teams, were a credit to the borough.
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