Hungerford Town chairman Patrick Chambers concerned as league season could be cancelled
The government have announced non-league clubs may have to loan money to continue
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HUNGERFORD Town chairman Patrick Chambers has been left frustrated with the way the funding for the National League has been handled.
Clubs across the National League system (Premier, North and South) started their league campaigns in October after receiving £10m in grants from the Government.
But after a number of recent board meetings, it was announced that the next installment of funding would be given out as loans rather than grants.
As a result of the news, the vast majority of clubs opted to suspend the North and South divisions for two weeks in the hope that the issues can be resolved.
Anthony Joshua and Imran Hussain are calling for more support for boxing gyms from Government. Photos: PA/Parliament
BRADFORD East MP Imran Hussain has been joined by Anthony Joshua, Eddie Hearn and Ricky Hatton in calling for financial support for boxing gyms from Government. Mr Hussain sits on the All Party Parliamentary Group for Boxing, and has co-signed a latter along with some of British boxing s biggest names to the Government asking for more help for grassroots boxing club which have been hit hard by Covid-19. In the Government s latest Sport Winter Survival Package, £300 million was handed to spectator sports such as football, both rugby codes, tennis and motorsport to help them through the pandemic, however boxing and boxing gyms were omitted from support.
Announcement marks first round of funding from Government’s Sports Winter Survival Package
Confirmation that clubs in National League Steps 1 and 2 can apply for grants if their imminent future is at risk and they can demonstrate loans are unaffordable
The funding will be provided in the form of grants. Clubs in Steps 3-6 will be contacted directly by the Football Foundation with full details and will be able to make an application from tomorrow. Funds will be distributed quickly to clubs through the Football Stadia Improvement Fund.
It is the first award to be announced from the Government’s £300 million Sports Winter Survival Package that is focused on helping those major spectator sports severely impacted by coronavirus restrictions survive the winter.
Fury-Joshua and the British boxers who need to shine in 2021
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There s no disputing the long anticipated world heavyweight clash between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua is 2021 s biggest story for British boxing, but beneath the big stars some of the smaller names are eager to put on a show this year, while others are looking at an uncertain future.
The heavyweight scene is boxing s biggest dynamo as it drives interest, revenue and the sport s wider relevance. English rivals Fury and Joshua are expected to meet twice this year for all four major world heavyweight titles, in a fight that will capture the world s imagination from Manchester, to Minneapolis, to Melbourne.
writes Phil Westren. Operating under the elite sport framework, the Greene King IPA Championship league will be split into two conferences. Teams will play home and away within their conference producing 10 competition rounds, subsequent to which there will be a two leg play off final between the winner of each league to determine the team that will earn promotion to the Gallagher Premiership for the 2021/22 season. The conferences have been determined by standings when the 2019/2020 season ended in March 2020; with Saracens taking the place of Newcastle Falcons and Richmond replacing Yorkshire Carnegie. Saracens, Cornish Pirates, Ampthill, Jersey Reds, London Scottish and Hartpury will contest Conference A, while Ealing Trailfinders, Coventry, Nottingham, Bedford Blues, Doncaster Knights and Richmond will contest Conference B.