{"id":26165,"date":"2018-02-23T16:20:02","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T16:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=26165"},"modified":"2018-02-23T16:20:02","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T16:20:02","slug":"cardiff-university-boxers-win-gold-medals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/23\/cardiff-university-boxers-win-gold-medals\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff University club boxers win two gold medals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CARDIFF University\u2019s Amateur Boxing Club won two gold medals at a recent British Universities and Colleges Sport event.<br \/>\nIt now hopes the success will encourage more people of all abilities to join.<br \/>\n\u201cThis year\u2019s BUCS was exciting and a great reflection of how Cardiff University ABC is thriving,\u201d said coach Jimmi Sandham, 26, from Copper Street, Roath.<br \/>\n\u201cWe entered more boxers than ever before and all our boxers showed exceptional skill and courage.\u201d<br \/>\nZara Siddique, 20, a computing student at Cardiff University won the light fly female bout.<br \/>\nShe said: \u201cBUCS had an amazing atmosphere and it felt incredible to get that gold medal after months of training hard.<br \/>\n\u201cThe support of the ABC team out there made a big difference and I can\u2019t wait to do it all again at our March show.\u201d<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26167\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26167\" style=\"width: 325px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-26167\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/zara-gold-medal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/zara-gold-medal.jpg 563w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/zara-gold-medal-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/zara-gold-medal-500x712.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/zara-gold-medal-293x417.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26167\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-26167\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/zara-gold-medal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/zara-gold-medal.jpg 563w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/zara-gold-medal-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/zara-gold-medal-500x712.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/zara-gold-medal-293x417.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/noscript> Zara Siddique, 20, with her gold medal<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThe boxers will compete against universities from across the UK in their show on March 9 at Cardiff University Students Union on Park Place.<br \/>\nBen Whitworth, 21, who studies Sport and Physical Education at Cardiff Metropolitan University won the heavyweight male bout.<br \/>\n\u201cCompeting in a national tournament was a nerve racking experience but it was completely worth the wait and hard work that was put in,\u201d said Ben.<br \/>\n\u201cIt was a pleasure boxing again and representing my university. I owe a big thanks to the Cardiff ABC team for facilitating this opportunity and the success I achieved.\u201d<br \/>\nTickets for the event are available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cardiffstudents.com\/events\/7083\/12028\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARDIFF University\u2019s Amateur Boxing Club won two gold medals at a recent British Universities and Colleges Sport event. It now hopes the success will encourage more people of all abilities to join. \u201cThis year\u2019s BUCS was exciting and a great reflection of how Cardiff University ABC is thriving,\u201d said coach Jimmi Sandham, 26, from Copper Street, Roath. \u201cWe entered more boxers than ever before and all our boxers showed exceptional skill and courage.\u201d Zara Siddique, 20, a computing student at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":26166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5271,1595,4779,265,2389],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-26165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-abc","tag-boxing","tag-bucs","tag-cardiff-university","tag-students-union"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cardiff University club boxers win two gold medals - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/23\/cardiff-university-boxers-win-gold-medals\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cardiff University club boxers win two gold medals - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CARDIFF University\u2019s Amateur Boxing Club won two gold medals at a recent British Universities and Colleges Sport event. 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