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Gold stars for Halter

January 29, 2009

Camden Swiss Cottage member Susan Halter beat two men en route to silverware at the Swim South East Masters Long Course competition.

Competing in the 80-84 year age category, Halter, the only 81-year-old at the event, beat a 76-year-old male in the 100 metres freestyle and an 80-year-old in the 20o metres backstroke mixed sex race.

Halter took gold in five events – the 50, 100 and 200 metres backstroke and 10 and 100 metres front crawl.

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'My boys will fight until the death,' says Stone

January 29, 2009

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Wingate & Finchley manager Michael Stone was delighted with the character shown by his team as the blues maintained their playoff push with a hard-earned draw against fellow high-flyers East Thurrock United.

“I thought we had a great start and in the first 25 minutes caused East Thurrock all sorts of problems. We scored one during this period and if we had added another I really feel that it would have been difficult for them to come back.”

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Yavneh and Hasmo fill their baskets with gold

January 29, 2009

Yavneh College and Hasmonean took the honours at Maccabi GB’s secondary girls school’s basketball tournament in Kenton, North West London.

Split into two age categories, the first Jewish schools tournament of 2009 featured teams from four schools.

Yavneh and Hasmonean were evenly matched in the years eight and nine competition with Hasmonean winning by virtue of scoring one extra basket. JFS finished third.

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Perfect 10

January 29, 2009

HIS Hendon United Under 14s made it 10 out of 10 with a 4-2 win over Stonegrove Park. The league leaders saw off their nearest rivals courtesy of strikes from Daniel Goodman (2), Mordi Weiler and Joseph Gourgey. Adam Gold and Daniel Kuber netted for Stonegrove.

Alyth Belsize condemned Hendon Hawks to their eighth defeat in nine matches with a 5-3 victory.

Goals from Noah Bier and Dan Cohen helped AC Whetstone maintain their grip on third spot in the Under 12 Division with a 2-1 victory over Hendon Hawks.

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Ram reached mixed doubles semis

By Dan Goldberg, January 28, 2009

Israeli tennis ace Andy Ram qualified for the mixed doubles finals at the Australian Open on Thursday.

Ram and his playing partner, Natalie Dechy of France, will face the Spanish No. 7 seeds, Anabel Medina Garrigues and Tommy Robredo on Thursday for a berth in the final of the first Grand Slam of the year.

The unseeded pair defeated Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova and Austria’s Jurgen Melzer in straight sets in the quarter-final, 7-5, 6-1 in just 58 minutes.

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Faithfold master the Lions in the cup

By Danny Caro, January 26, 2009

In the Henry Swerner Maccabi Masters League Cup, sponsored by Tux’n’Tails, the big shock was provided by Faithfold, who raced into an early 3-0 lead against London Maccabi Lions A, then found themselves 5-3 down by half-time. They eventually clawed it back to 5-5 by the end of normal time, and won 4-2 on penalties.

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Game over for Sela

By Danny Caro, January 26, 2009

Dudi Sela’s dream run at the Australian Open came to an end on Saturday.

In a David-versus-Goliath contest, the plucky 23-year-old fell in four sets to last year’s runner-up, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, at Rod Laver Arena.

Playing in his first ever third round match at a grand slam tournament, Sela was broken in the first game of the match, and went on to lose the first set 4-6 in front of 10,000 fans.

The Israeli, buoyed by flags bearing the Star of David in the crowd, was two sets down before he began to claw his way back into the match, taking the third set 6-1.

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United win

January 22, 2009

Hendon Interschools Hendon United A (HISHU A) won the Maccabi Primary League indoor Under 11 five-a-side competition without conceding a goal.

They saw off the challenge of 10 other teams and clinched a place in the final with a 5-0 win over Hendon Hawks. They beat Alyth Belsize B in by the same scoreline in the final.

Hendon Hawks A Tigers beat Hendon Hawks Bears B in an Under Nine Division double-header where Joel Gottlieb was the star of the show.

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Kenton call the shots over Highgate

By Danny Caro, January 22, 2009

Goals from Max Gold and Lioz Ahitove kept Kenton Maccabi three points clear at the top of the Under 17 Division with a 2-1 win over
HMH. Daniel Nissenbaum replied.

Nearest challengers Redbridge Jewish Care thumped HIS Hendon United 5-2 with strikes from Ollie Brooks (3), Grant Freedman and David Castle

Under 14 Division leaders HIS Hendon United won a seven-goal thriller against RJC A while Josh Frey, Daniel Kuber and Joseph Woolf earned Stonegrove Park a 3-2 win over Alyth Belsize.

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LML on fire

January 22, 2009

London Maccabi Lions Under 15s went top of the Watford Friendly League Division Two following a 5-1 win over St. Albans City.

David Smouha (3), Joshua Bloom and Max Wegoda set the team up for Sunday’s League Cup quarter-final against Division One leaders Muswell Hill.

Joshua Burchhardt (3), Jordan Aspis, Marcus Godfrey, Joe Herman and Toby Ollins helped Pinner Under 12s fight back from a goal down to beat Borehamwood Youth Diamonds in the WFL Yellow Division.

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