Eastburn Boxing Club made an impressive start to the season by securing six wins at its annual dinner show at Valley Parade, including three stoppages.

The club’s national champion Ambreen Sadiq set the standard by out-boxing her opponent Bobbie Clarke before bringing the bout to an end in the third round with two big eight-counts, which forced the referee to stop the contest.

Azeem Alyas then tackled Golden Gloves champion Robbie Godfrey. Not fazed by his opponent’s record, Alyas was just too good as he claimed all three rounds for a unanimous points victory.

The three Bens added more wins for Eastburn.

Ben Whiteoak had an uphill battle with Jonny Moore and was forced to mix it up for the entire bout. His hard work paid off with a points victory.

Debutant Ben Adamson put on an awesome battle, standing toe-to-toe with his opponent Ben Pollard for a fine victory.

This fantastic display of courage earned him the boxer of the night award.

Next up was Ben Jackson, who was also in his first bout. He exploded into the first round, delivering a barrage of blows which put Keiran Tierney on an eight-count within the first 15 seconds.

This was quickly answered back when Tierney gave Jackson a big right and the Eastburn boxer was also given an eight-count.

The bout then came to a dramatic end when Jackson unleashed a massive attack and forced the referee to jump in and save Tierney.

Swaib Rashid, yet another home boxer making his bow in the sport, had to use all of his new-found skills to keep powerhouse Derek Hullah at bay.

Rashid had a tough first round but put Hullah on an eight-count. He settled down in the second round and increased the pressure before battering Hullah to defeat.

Last-minute cancellations due to illness meant some home boxers had to take on opponents with better records and experience than themselves.

That was the case for debutant Kasim Ali, who faced Umer Najib, an opponent now on his fourth bout.

Ali comfortably won the first round, beating Najib with his long one-two, but in the second round experience prevailed as Ali ran out of steam and was stopped with two eight-counts.

Silsden’s Jess Wilson put on a fantastic performance against Lauren West, who had more than twice as many contests under her belt.

It was a match-up which could have gone either way, with West winning by the narrowest of margins.

Jonas Denby faced a tough bout against Adam Holloran, who is competing in this year’s senior amateur championships.

Holloran took the bout as a warm-up – not expecting it to be so tough – but Denby took the bout to the wire, Holloran winning by a single point.

The final boxer for Eastburn, Mark Robinson, slipped off the edge of the ring early in the first round against Gary Richards and twisted his right knee.

Unable to keep a strong footing, Robinson was dropped with a big right hand but he kept himself in the bout for the last two rounds and, in the second, caught Richards with a sweet uppercut.

That put him on a count but it wasn’t enough and Richards was awarded the contest.

Keighley Amateur Boxing Club also had a good night, with Majid Ayub securing another win. Ayub faced a very experienced Gary Neal, who had travelled all the way from Portsmouth, but the Keighley boxer’s fast hands and nimble footwork helped him to a unanimous point victory.

Eastburn coach Naz Jalil said: “This was another fantastic night of boxing for Eastburn and Keighley. The quality is improving all the time with some exciting new boxers coming onto the scene.

“All boxers put on brilliant performances and, to say on paper almost all Eastburn’s opponents had more experience and better records, I think they did very well to win six out of ten bouts and have three stoppages.”

The night was a sell-out and Jalil added that half the tables for next year’s show have already been booked. Paul Doust, who helped set up the Eastburn club, came back from France to referee some of the contests.