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Bowl for Family backing gives Jamie dedication for Olympic gold
hospital Commonwealth boxing gold medalist Jamie Cox started his quest for an Olympic gold medal in earnest
in February when he joined the England squad for intensive training and competition.
Nicki Styles from Rodbourne is Over the next 18 months And of course Gill met
organising an unlimited bowling he will be working with her promise to him when
session on Sunday 25 March at 10 hardly a break to hone his he returned. “Jamie re-
Pin, Shaw Ridge Leisure Park in strength, skill and technique. ally loves his chocolate
aid of Great Ormond Street Hos- First he will be flying the cake but he couldn’t in-
pital.
flag in Poland, Finland, dulge in the run up to the
Croatia and China until Sep- games. So I made one of
tember, when the next ma- my specials which
jor milestone in his career is helped him put on a few
the World Championship pounds.”
and Olympic qualifier in But Jamie will be en-
Moscow. joying very few pieces of
Jamie, from Woodhall Gill’s chocolate cake in
Park, is the first to accept the next year and a half.
that family support has For a young man of his
given him the foundation build and size his natu-
for success, particularly Jamie with Gill and George in Freshbrook ral body weight is around
from his grandparents Gill 90 kilos. In training he is
and George Russan, who live at becoming the best, yet he’s a very about 66 to 70 kilos, but in the few
Nicki, on top of the Inca trail at Machu
Pichu in Peru in 2006 Elsie Hazell Court, Freshbrook. honest lad with his feet on the days before a match his diet be-
Gill said she was not happy ground. comes even more strict so that he
Nicki is well known for her char- when her daughter Belinda took “He said to us after his first bout can achieve the light welterweight
ity walks on the Great Wall of Jamie to Walcot boxing club when when he was nine, ‘you’re going to target of under 64 kilos.
China and the Inca Trail, but this he was only seven. “I don’t know see me in the Olympics, nan.’ We are “Everything is focused on the
year she is concentrating on where he got his passion for box- just so proud of him. We try and go Worlds and then the Olympics in
fundraising events locally. ing from because I hated seeing along to his competitions and join September 2008,” said Jamie. “I’m
The cost is £12 for adults and £6 the children hitting each other. But the rest of the family.” working four days a week at the
children and includes a buffet. we were all surprised how he took Because of George’s heart con- training camp in Sheffield, or trav-
All profits will go to Great to the sport; Jamie’s dedication is dition, Gill and George were un- elling to competitions against the
Ormond Street Hospital where fantastic. He’s always wanted to able to join the Cox clan last sum- best in the world. This year is the
Nicki’s son Brandon has been go training; there are not many mer in Australia to see Jamie win most important in my life, and 2008
treated for a metabolic disorder. kids willing to leave their warm his gold medal, but they stayed up will be even more important.”
Call Nicki to book a place on bed and go running early in the in the early hours to watch all his • Jamie launches sports fest - see
07921 263939. morning. But he’s so committed to fights live on TV. page 32.

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