{"id":119428,"date":"2016-04-22T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T06:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/119428\/boxer-shares-his-career-highlights\/"},"modified":"2016-04-22T09:17:52","modified_gmt":"2016-04-22T07:17:52","slug":"boxer-shares-his-career-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2016\/04\/22\/boxer-shares-his-career-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxer shares his career highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The \u00a0(ERVBA) came together for the <a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/115889\/veterans-host-monthly-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\">club\u2019s monthly meeting<\/a>, last Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The members of the club meet at the Primrose Bowling Club the second Thursday of every month.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>This month\u2019s guest speaker was former boxer and kick boxer Shorne Moorcroft, who began his boxing career 46 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of my fondest memories was being a sparring partner for Brian Mitchell,\u201d he said.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Moorcroft\u2019s celebrated career saw him win several titles in both boxing and kickboxing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe transition from boxing to kickboxing was a smooth and natural one and I am currently a sixth Dan,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI fought my last competitive fight in the sport recently and now focus on coaching.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He has opened a gym in Newlands where he is the head coach.<\/p>\n<p>Moorcroft plans to be involved in the sport for as long as he is fit and able to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do what I do for the love of the sport not the money; if it ever became about the money I would stop,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The ERVBA\u2019s next meeting will take place on May 12.<\/p>\n<p>For more information contact ERVBA public relations officer Willie Stols on 083 632 4233.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/118693\/another-away-win-for-germiston\/\" target=\"_blank\">Another away win for Germiston<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/118496\/central-gauteng-masters-championships-a-success\/\" target=\"_blank\">Central Gauteng Masters Championships a success<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/118423\/join-in-eagles-rugby-clinics\/\" target=\"_blank\">Join in Eagles rugby clinics\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/118395\/club-grateful-for-new-sign-boards\/\" target=\"_blank\">Club grateful for new sign boards<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/117948\/tough-win-for-luso\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tough win for Luso<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/117861\/ernst-sets-new-record\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ernst sets new record<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/117828\/tebbutts-comes-out-tops\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tebbutt\u2019s comes out on top<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/117832\/marich-ready-to-go\/\" target=\"_blank\">Marich ready to go<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/117732\/simmer-defeats-the-harlequins\/\" target=\"_blank\">Simmer defeats the Harlequins<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='c60e67b48eace63ac19ba1016c90935f'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shorne Moorcroft was the guest speaker at the East Rand Veterans Boxing Association\u2019s (ERVBA) monthly meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":119429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[508,11,3],"tags":[8297,1012,1003,1106,979,969,2730,1119,1724],"class_list":["post-119428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editors-choice","category-local-sports","category-sports-news","tag-community-2","tag-east-rand","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-leigh-hodgson","tag-sport-2","tag-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Sport","SubCategory":"Local sport"},"tag_labels":["community","East Rand","Ekurhuleni","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","Leigh Hodgson","sport","sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}