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00:00Hello and welcome along to Invicta Sport, the only show on your TV dedicated to wrapping
00:22up all of Kent's sporting action. I'm Megan Shaw and here is what to expect on this Monday
00:27the 1st of December. Darts demolish Dulwich. We take a look at the Ithsmian Premier match
00:35in this week's football roundup. Squashing the competition, Canterbury's Joe Magor gets
00:42National Squash Award and is Tai Chi for me. We meet Barry Phelan who's bringing the ancient
00:47martial arts to Kent for the health of the county. But first a roundup of the headlines.
00:55Robbie McKenzie revealed he trusted his instincts after scoring Gillingham's penalty in their
01:00dramatic 3-3 draw at Shrewsbury. Despite the pressure of the moment, McKenzie said he doesn't
01:05spend much time rehearsing penalties. After receiving analyst footage of the Shrewsbury
01:10townkeeper, McKenzie said he made his decision to fake out the keeper days before the match.
01:16His goal on Saturday led the comeback in the second half at Shrewsbury, converting on 66
01:22minutes to make it 3-2 before Elliot Levy grabbed a late equaliser.
01:26And we can hear from him now.
01:29No, no, the first half we weren't good enough, you know, we weren't good enough, we didn't
01:34play second half. Outstanding in times, you know, and that's the difference. We've got
01:39to bring these together. I think another five minutes we win the game. There's only one
01:44thing going to score. The keeper's wasting time at 3-3, you know, so they're obviously
01:48happy with the point. We're going for it. We want to try and win the game at the end there.
01:52And I was disappointed with the first half, the three goals we've conceded. You know, it's
01:58not like us. We're usually very solid. We've got the second best defensive record in the
02:02league. But some real bad mistakes, you know, some individual mistakes.
02:08And Gravesend delivered arguably their best performance of the season in their 57-15 Regional
02:152 South East win of Abatersea Ironsides. Recent encounters between the sides have left the
02:21G's second best, but they scored eight tries this time in an entertaining affair, despite
02:26the heavy conditions and blustery wind. After an admirable performance on both sides, the
02:31match was left to Barnes to wrap up a fine display with the final kick of the game. This
02:37leaves Gravesend sixth ahead of Saturday's match at bottom side Old Regation. Now to Boxing,
02:46where Margate's Blake Binskin achieved a triumph, 40-36 point victory in the winner stays at the
02:53famous York Hall venue in London for his debut. Assisted by his coaches Mario Michael and
02:59Ian MacDonald, Binskin has endured their relentless training for years and thankfully took the
03:05win against fighter Mark Butler from Brighton. Coach Michael said Blake joined PEG Boxing Club
03:11when he was 14 and we have seen him rise through the amateur circuit, winning various titles
03:16along the way to the professional ranks. Binskin is now looking ahead to his next fight in February.
03:22And finally, a 15-year-old from Rochester and Cobham Golf Park is one of the 24 youngsters,
03:28aged between 12 and 18, competing at Quinta de Lago in Portugal between the 1st and 3rd of December.
03:35Chenu, who cites Tiger Woods, Rose and John Rahm among his golfing heroes, is back at the course for
03:42another crack at one of the most prestigious junior events in the game, now in its 40th year,
03:47having taken part in 2024. Chenu has already emulated Rose this year by winning the Douglas
03:53Johns trophy at the unofficial under-15 national championship. I'm feeling quite confident,
03:59he proclaims, saying, I've been practicing every day after school at my golf club. Seeing as I went last
04:04year, I have a bit of an advantage, maybe. Now, let's take a look back at this weekend's football
04:10results. Well, Dartford are on brilliant form lately, with recent wins against Chichester and
04:16Whitehawk in their last few outings. And they return home now to take on Dulwich Hamlet, a bastion of
04:21non-league, who this season found themselves right around the mid-table. But can they challenge the
04:26darts and hopefully take flight into a top spot? Let's find out. And the darts are on them from the
04:31off. Winning possession and a brilliant line-breaking pass from Dan Carter there. Builds it up and
04:36it's left without a white shirt behind it, but a very good start. And they continue peppering
04:41the Dulwich keeper with shots, but nothing coming from it. Oh, but they've kept it in now. Carter's
04:47on it again, passes it around. He finds Sam Smith, who hits it. And the Hamlet can only watch
04:51as it bobbles into the corner. Not the only Sam Smith that can make a crowd sing. That puts
04:56the darts up by one. Oli Box works his way into the box, but can't get it on target. Feels
05:02like they're reaching for a second before they break, but can they find it? Now, Hamlet
05:06are finally trying to level out the game here. Passes out to the wing. Sean Bonnet-Jackson
05:10brings it inside and Solbo has a go, but it goes wide to end a first half that Dulwich will
05:15want to forget. Into the second now, and Dan Carter has a pop himself. Ah, but not enough
05:20to find it to the top corner. And oh my goodness, Oli Box, what a strike. If I ever saw a dart
05:27flying that fast, I'd leave the pub in fear. What a shot. Just a shame it was deflected.
05:32And the Hamlet on the offensive, but it doesn't go anywhere. A little too much on that last pass.
05:37And nearing the end now, can Hamlet pull off a heartbreaking comeback? Goes to Alfie Payne,
05:41a good strike, but not good enough. That is full time, and the darts have three points there.
05:46The scoreline does not reflect what a game that was to watch.
05:50But how lucky were our other Kent sides? Elsewhere in the Itzmian Premier, Chatham
05:54suffered a home loss, conceding four goals in a match to forget for the normally on-form
05:59Chats. Ramsgate saw a two-all draw away to Whitehawk, and Folkestone took down Chichester
06:04with three goals to nil. Next up, current league leaders Folkestone will
06:08face Brentwood Town at home. Ramsgate hope to avenge Chatham playing St Albans. The darts
06:13will travel to Lewis, and Chatham will hope to emulate Folkestone with a trip to Chichester.
06:18Now to League Two, and as the saying goes, if you can't beat them, then at least score
06:21a few goals while you're out there. With a three-all draw away to Gareth
06:24Innsworth's old side, Shrewsbury, they managed to come back from 3-1 down in the first half
06:29and should be very happy with the lone point.
06:31The Jills will head to Colchester next week and hope for a victory after the last three consecutive
06:35draws. In the National League South, Dover managed a 2-0 brawl against Slough Town. Ebb's fleet
06:41weren't quite as lucky, taking only a point away from their clash to Farnborough, and
06:44Maidstone took full marks against Salisbury, while Tunbridge ruined what would have been
06:48a full sweep in the National League South with a loss to Hemel Hempstead. Next, Dover head
06:53to Chesham. Ebb's fleet face Worthing. The Stones will take a weekend trip to the historic
06:57city of Bath, and the Angels will be praying for a better result this time around against
07:01Torquay. And I'm afraid that is it for this week's Football Roundup.
07:05And at the weekend, Gareth Isworth returned to his former club of Shrewsbury Town, but
07:11this time as the Jills' manager. Despite being in the bottom five, Shrewsbury put up a strong
07:16side and battled the Jills to being 3-1 down. But thanks to Rob McKenzie's penalty heroics
07:21and a last-gap gasp equaliser from Elliot Nevitt, it ended 3-0. Earlier, I spoke to our student
07:28journalist and resident Jills fan Tom Fullager for more.
07:32So Tom, tell me about the match. Obviously, it was a draw with three each. Tell me about
07:37it.
07:38Well, yeah, at least we come back. You know, going 2-2 down early. Again, it's not new. We're
07:43really struggling at the back. But away, like I said, we're doing really well. We've got
07:49that away following and that feeling of never being beaten. We're always coming back. We're
07:54not pegged down. Getting a goal from absolutely nowhere sometimes.
08:00And obviously, 22 minutes in and the Jills were two goals down. So obviously, what a
08:05comeback to get to three and to match Shrewsbury. So how was that? What are your thoughts on
08:09that?
08:10Well, it certainly got Ainsworth's heart racing. It's just after his heart up. So that
08:14probably didn't help him. But there's a real motivation in the team. I think despite how
08:19bad it is sometimes, it is really bad when you see those goals again. They were conceded.
08:24They're so lethargic at the back. We're just ball watching. I think especially the first
08:29goal coming from a long throw in, you know, like we're doing all the time. Just not dealing
08:34with it. I mean, you'd think that the amount of times that we do it, surely you'd learn
08:37how to actually defend it as well. And I think Turner should have done better. Second goal,
08:43again, it was Max Clarke was beaten in the air. And yeah, nothing you could really do,
08:51Turner could do about that. I think for the third one, he could have done. But yeah.
08:56And tell me about some of the successes from the Jills. So obviously, we've got goals from
08:59Mackenzie and Nevitt as well. So what was the crowd like then?
09:03Oh, on their feet, I hope. Yeah, it was electric. First goal, it was an own goal off of a Shrewsbury
09:12defender. I thought Seb scored. I had to watch it back a couple of times to see that he didn't.
09:18But I'm glad that he's going into positions to pressure the defenders. Second goal was an
09:23Andrews penalty. Oh no, sorry. Andrews won the penalty. He got dragged over. You don't normally
09:28see that given. All the big men are getting pulled over and nothing's given. So it was nice
09:33that the refs actually noticed that for once. I can't see it in the replay, but I hope it was a
09:37bit of contact. And Mackenzie slots at home really coolly. I think he's a great player at the moment.
09:42He's not under any pressure when he steps up to the plate. And yeah, Nevitt at the end. Wow.
09:48Great header. McCleary ball in. Yeah, it's just a shame. I know there's a striker in there
09:54from the season before last. I think it was about 20 goals a season. We're not seeing that
10:00though. But I mean, that was a great finish from him. So hopefully we'll just do more of
10:04that this season. So you'd say although a little bit of a shaky start there, they definitely
10:08pulled it back, you'd say? Yeah. Yeah, definitely. You know, Shrewsbury, there's a lot of bad
10:13blood in that game. Ainsworth was there before he joined us. So the home fans were definitely
10:19going to give him a bit of stick. Will Boyle also in his announcement video when he joined
10:24Shrewsbury, he was rumoured to come to Gillingham. And in their announcement video, he turns
10:29back from going to Gillingham. So nice to actually get one over them. Yeah, definitely. I bet.
10:34What feels like, anyway. And Shrewsbury, do you think they put up a good fight until the end?
10:41Yeah, definitely. They've just come down. So they're always going to be full of quality.
10:46They don't ever, these teams that we're playing at the moment where they're lower down, they're
10:50not playing like they're lower down. Like Crawley didn't play like they're lower down. Shrewsbury,
10:54you know, three goals from them. It's definitely not a bottom team side. So we've just got to take
11:01this and really take it to the top sides when they come knocking at Priestfield and just show
11:07that we can come back from wherever. And obviously, although the Gills didn't lose, they didn't
11:12win either. So what does this mean for League Two? It's just a show of how we've been. Obviously,
11:19that's Ainsworth's first game back, but a game that we again should have won. We seem to do a lot better
11:24actually against the better teams rather than the ones lower down. I don't know if it's the case of
11:29underestimating them or not being physical enough. So just falling out the playoff places. We've got
11:36Colchester this Saturday, which will be a test because they're just below us at two places down.
11:41So a win would really put us back on track under Rainsworth. Thank you very much, Tom.
11:47Now we've reached half time, which means it's time for a break. But coming up,
11:51there's plenty more. We'll catch you later.
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15:13Maidstone Amateur Boxing Club has been completely revitalised. Improvements include a new boxing ring, equipment and lighting, which can now enable the club to participate in competitions and invite more people to get involved.
15:27Our community reporter.
15:29Our community reporter Henry Luck has been down to see how the club is celebrating this comeback.
15:33Maidstone Amateur Boxing Club has just gotten a second win thanks to revitalisation by Golding Homes and other partners.
15:46The group has constantly been on the move and even faced the threat of closure, but now it's found a new home here at St. Hillary's Hall.
15:59So with the new ring that we've just had installed that was provided to us, we can open our club up for home shows once or twice a year or even more.
16:10Now it meets all the regulations, so we'll be able to hold events here and a little bit of amateur boxing so we don't have to travel around Kent and High Halls. We're able to do that here.
16:22Complete with a new boxing ring, equipment and fighting spirit, the club can now compete in tournaments and keep up its training.
16:35And of course this boxing club, as well as giving physical benefits, also helps its members mentally.
16:44I first joined the boxing club when I was 15 years of age, after having a hard upbringing.
16:49I joined the boxing club and Joe took me on straight away.
16:53I got involved with all the boys at the boxing club.
16:55I trained hard, became dedicated and I wasn't before.
16:59I was kind of letting my life go a little bit, found boxing and it got me back on track.
17:04And like I said, dedicated and I've got passion now and goals to achieve.
17:08Yeah, I'm absolutely thrilled with the result. This is more than I could have ever imagined.
17:12This is the first social value project that I've ever worked on before.
17:15And I initially thought that we were maybe going to do a bit of decorating here and there.
17:21But the delivery is just, is beyond Joe's wildest dreams and it's just so nice to make his dreams come true.
17:27And this won't just be the end for Golden Homes working with Mason Amateur Boxing Club.
17:32We're going to get them to support some of our older population within the opal schemes,
17:38see if they can provide some sessions for them and also to get some of our residents involved down at the club.
17:42With a revamped home in its corner, Maidstone Amateur Boxing Club is hoping to deliver a knockout.
17:53Henry Luck for Cane TV in Maidstone.
17:57And finally, instead of chopping, kicking or hitting, a group in Canterbury have taken a very different, more relaxed approach to martial arts.
18:06The practice of Tai Chi is popular in South East Asia, but a class in Barham have also picked up their activity in a bid to improve both physical and psychological health.
18:16Finn McDermid went down to try it for himself.
18:19In the small village of Barham, near Canterbury, is a class teaching Tai Chi, a Chinese martial art practiced around the world.
18:27Although it has its roots in combat, in the modern day it's mostly used as a form of exercise with slow, low-impact movements to help people with their health.
18:35It's often called meditation in motion.
18:37It gives them balance, helps with their mobility, helps them to do movements they're not used to, so helps to stimulate your neuropathways, if you know what neuropathways are.
18:54If you don't, it's the connection between your brain and your body, and it helps to prevent things like Alzheimer's and things like that, overall health and relaxation.
19:09Now, Barry's been showing me and the class some Tai Chi.
19:12I've never really done it before, but he's shown me this move where you put your Lao Gong, basically the palm of your hand, onto your Yun Men, or this area around your collarbone.
19:21It's called a lung point as well, all to strengthen your lungs ahead of the autumn, where you might get colds or flu.
19:27Now, Barry's been running the group for about 10 years, and his students tend to be between the ages of 70 and 80.
19:32And they say that Tai Chi helps with their movement, their joints, and provides a nice social group that they can come back to every week.
19:39It empties my mind. I always feel good afterwards.
19:44He puts it on the video, you can go home and follow it at home, and I just find it really useful.
19:51I feel much better after a session. I feel that I've been exercising my body, especially balance, because I think balance is very important.
20:01Especially as you get older, our balance can go a bit.
20:05I find it very, very helpful.
20:08And apart from the sociability of it all, you know, with a group, you seem to concentrate more on what you're doing.
20:16Naturally, I had to have a go myself, and it did feel quite good, quite calming, like a meditation, although my balance might need work.
20:24There was also a lot of emphasis on natural movements, like making sure we aren't moving our arms on their own,
20:29but instead using the whole body for motion, starting with our hips and shoulders.
20:34Now, while it was a good stretch, I think I'd need to come back a few more times before I could look like I had any idea what I was doing.
20:40Finn McDermott for KMTV in Barham.
20:46And Barry joins us now.
20:48So, Barry, tell us a bit about Tai Chi's origins.
20:51It started in China, is that right?
20:52Yeah, Tai Chi's maybe a few hundred years old, but it has its roots in a system called Daoyin, which is about 4,000 years old, a health exercise, and it's developed into much more than that, really, yeah.
21:13And obviously, China's quite far away from Canterbury, so how did you get into that?
21:17I went to a summer camp for about 25 years, and then, because my Tai Chi was getting quite good, I started competing from about 2012, and then last year, this year, I won the World Kung Fu Championships.
21:40Amazing. Can you tell me a bit more about that? That sounds great.
21:435,000 athletes from 54 countries, the biggest competition, I would say, one of the biggest competitions in China, age range from 5 all the way up to 80.
22:01I was in my category, I won two golds, yeah.
22:05Congratulations. And tell us a bit more about the groups you run across the county. So, how does it help people?
22:14It helps with their overall health, relaxation, mental wellness, helps to alleviate tension throughout the body from things like ME, MS, and arthritis.
22:28It helps with their balance, their strength, flexibility. The benefits are not endless, but they're vast.
22:37I teach all around Canterbury, mostly, because I don't like driving too far.
22:43So, I have quite a few, more or less every day in Canterbury.
22:47And, honestly, I'll be, I'm embarrassed to admit, I'd never heard of Tai Chi until Fin Didi's report on that.
22:56So, can you tell me a bit more about how much is it practiced here in the UK? Is it quite popular?
23:00Yes, it's growing, yeah. With an older generation, they all want to keep fit.
23:09They want to keep healthy and do an exercise that doesn't mean hitting their joints really, really hard.
23:19It's very, very gentle and anybody, anybody can pick it up.
23:25And what do you think has led to the growth of that sport there?
23:30Yeah, just health. Everyone wants to be healthy.
23:36And as you get older, you get aches and pains and you feel like you want to do something.
23:42And you don't want to go to a class that everyone's jumping around and being silly.
23:48And you want a bit more of a relaxed approach to it, I think.
23:53Absolutely. And as you mentioned, and in that report there, we saw quite a few older people practicing.
23:58Obviously, Fin had a go. I think he did a great job. You might disagree.
24:02But can young people do that as well?
24:05Yeah, yeah. I have students. One's 15.
24:09We are looking for people, particularly younger people, to train up for the next world championships.
24:17And also, I don't know if you know, that Wushu, which is Chinese martial arts, is now in the Youth Olympics.
24:29Oh, that's great. So what do you think could be done to try and get more people engaged and interested in Tai Chi then?
24:35Just promotion. It's a really good exercise. It helps people.
24:44And if you wanted to compete at it, I've been competing 25 years.
24:49I can help you at the Wugong Academy in Canterbury.
24:53Just search on Google and then just, yeah, come and get involved.
24:59We're a community interest company, so it's non-profit.
25:03We just want to promote health and wellness throughout, you know, the UK, Kent, UK, everywhere, really.
25:11Brilliant. And obviously, 25 years in the game, you must have some stories.
25:15You must have some highs to share with us there.
25:18Do you want me to list them?
25:24I started doing really well at the first European Wushu Championships, the traditional ones.
25:31I got a first and a third place there.
25:34And then I thought, well, let's go. Let's keep going.
25:38And I went on my own to the World Traditional Championships.
25:42I got two silvers.
25:44I was a bit frustrated, so I went to the next one.
25:47I got a gold and a bronze medal.
25:51And then we sort of hit COVID.
25:53And then I competed at the World Championships, Tai Chi Championships last year.
25:58And I took home a bronze medal, open age category.
26:03So I'm competing with people 18 plus.
26:07I'm 55.
26:08That shows you how Tai Chi can help with longevity.
26:13I did the Europeans this year.
26:15I got a silver and a bronze.
26:17And then I went to the World's in October.
26:20Hermes Shan, which is Shan is mountain.
26:22Hermes is a mountain in China.
26:25And I competed with the top end of my category, 40 to 60.
26:31And I won two golds for Great Britain.
26:35That's great, Barry.
26:37Apologies.
26:37What a career.
26:38Thank you so much for sharing.
26:40And that's full time on today's episode of Invicta Sport.
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