In this week's episode, it's the start of the Football season, so we look back as Gillingham start the season on a high, plus we speak with Lorraine Humm from Maidstone United Raiders Disability FC after she carried the Community Shield onto the Wembley pitch.
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00:00Good evening and welcome along to Invictus Sport, the only show on your TV dedicated
00:20to wrapping up all of Kent's sporting action. I'm Abbey Hook, here's what to expect on this
00:25Monday 12th August. Kick-off football season starts and it's goals galore for Kent's teams.
00:33Shining a light, Maidstone Disability football champions celebrated at Wembley. And de Gaulle's
00:41gift, world champion boxer gives charity masterclass to Chatham youngsters.
00:49But first a round-up of the headlines and Kent threw away their chances at reaching
00:52the One Day Cup knockout stages after a dramatic collapse at Cantery this Sunday. A bumper
00:57crowd of more than 2,400 fans packed into the Spitfire ground to watch Kent take on
01:03Durham. Chasing the huge target of 308, Kent seemed to be chasing down a win thanks to
01:09firm century from wicket-keeper Harry Finch alongside an 81 from captain Jack Leaning.
01:14But things changed quickly at the 223 mark, with Kent losing seven wickets in the space
01:20of 70 runs and eventually being run short by just seven. It leaves them seventh in
01:26the table and now mathematically unable to reach the knockouts. Here's Finch speaking
01:31to the press after the defeat.
01:32Yeah, obviously happy, personally, but I think pretty annoyed there the last ten overs, if
01:38I'm being perfectly honest. I wasn't particularly happy with the fact that we've lost the game
01:42there. I think that's probably where we need to get better as a group there. When you're
01:46on top like that, you can't let them back in. I know it was difficult out there, but
01:51we collectively have got to be better and we've had to be better this whole comp. We've
01:54not batted well enough, we just have to be honest about that. I think at times we've
01:58not set the game up well enough and then we've batted brilliantly at the back end and then
02:01today I think obviously we had the game set up and then we've obviously not batted well
02:05at the end.
02:08Now the British Touring Car Championship's title fight is hotting up as Kent's Jake Hill
02:12took another win at Knock Hill over the weekend, leaving him second overall. After qualifying
02:17seventh, the Platzheath racer climbed to fifth in the first race of three, before a dominant
02:21performance in his career 250th BTCC race as he charged ahead by almost eight seconds,
02:28sending him to the top of the championship standings. However, the lead would just last
02:32one more race as a fifth place finish in round three meant Hill was again knocked off the
02:36top spot, now sitting just three points off Tom Ingram in second. The championship
02:41continues at Donington Park in two weeks.
02:46And after all the excitement from the Olympics, a teenager from Medway is preparing to represent
02:50Great Britain at the World Skate Games in Italy. Zara Berwick will be part of the national
02:56roller hockey squad after making it through a series of trials. The 17-year-old has already
03:01won a silver medal in the Under-18 Ice Hockey World Championships earlier this year. She
03:06first tried ice skating whilst on a family holiday in Canada before attending lessons
03:10at Gillingham Ice Rink. The games will run from the 6th to the 22nd of September.
03:19This weekend saw the football season finally kick off. It was the first time to face the
03:26music for Mark Bonner, as his hopes for a pitch-perfect start on the road to promotion
03:31with Gillingham were finally put into action. But just how harmonic was the Medway side's
03:36performance? Meanwhile, it was back to business for Jay Saunders' Tunbridge Angels as they
03:40welcomed Weymouth to Longfield. Here's Bartholomew Hall with the melody of this weekend's football
03:45action.
03:48The football season is finally back and we start the 24-25 season highlights at Longmead,
03:53where Jay Saunders' Tunbridge Angels were hoping to get their push for promotion onto
03:58a strong start with a win over Weymouth. A training ground injury meant there were five
04:03changes to the starting line-up compared to last year's closing game, where Tunbridge
04:07Angels were already sure of their safety in the National League South. But this season
04:11is hoped to be one of an upwards climb for the mid-table team. It took 23 minutes for
04:16the season's opener to really open up, with the Angels finding possession after a scuffle
04:21near the centre line. Ryan Hansen slotted a great pass through the defence towards Sean
04:26Shields on the edge of the box, who was forced to cross over to the left after facing a dead
04:30end, before Leo Vincent calmly found Tunbridge's first goal of the new campaign. One-nil to
04:36the hosts.
04:37However, the lead wasn't without contention as just seconds later, a long ball forward
04:41from Brooklyn Jacinty set up a one-on-one for Malakai Linton to breeze past an eager
04:46Toby Stewart in goal. One-all and it's back to where they started. With the match not
04:54seeming like it wanted to slow down, it took just another few quick minutes before Shields
04:58once again found himself on the right-hand side of the goal, opting for a low cross this
05:02time for Trevon Robinson to slide in and put the Angels back in front.
05:12Just before the break, it was almost another in what had already been a goal-fest as a
05:15well-struck shot from Hansen looked surely to be going in, but ended up just narrowly
05:20wide. 2-1 at the break as the energy in this match started to finally simmer down. That
05:26was until there was less than 20 minutes left. From just outside the box, Shield curled it
05:30past the visiting keeper and sent Longmead into raptures. Shields walked away calm and
05:36collected. 3-1.
05:38But with just two minutes left on regular time, the visitors were keen to prove they
05:42weren't going down without a fight as Ezio Torre's conversion from a forward pass from
05:46Evan Pollock gave those visiting fans something to cheer about.
05:50However, after seven minutes of added time, it was Tunbridge Angels who walked away on
05:54top with Jay Saunders happy to start the season with a positive.
05:58Three really good goals, really well-worked goals for different reasons. So it's three
06:04points, really disappointed when the goals conceded because I felt we let them into a
06:07game that maybe they shouldn't have been. But like you say, I thought we scored. It
06:12was a good three points and three really well-taken goals.
06:163-2 was the final score, putting Tunbridge third in the National South table. Next up
06:20for them is a trip to Everly next Saturday.
06:23In League Two, Mark Bonner's first season in charge at Gillingham got off to a flying
06:27start with a 4-1 win over a visiting Cardlisle.
06:31Fruitsfield shaked with excitement as Tim Dieng opened the scoring after just two minutes
06:35of play, with Jacob Wakeling, Jack Nolan and Johnny Williams all getting their debut goals
06:40for the Medway side.
06:42They're now second in the table with a trip to Morecambe set for next weekend.
06:45Boys have dug in and found a really good level at times in the game. We had moments where
06:50we found it difficult, obviously, against good sides. But if you'd have offered us this
06:54at the start of the day, we'd be absolutely chewing your arm off for it. So, yeah, really,
06:58really good start.
07:00It was one to forget for Ebbs Fleet United in the National League after a 5-1 thrashing
07:03from Gateshead. Scoring their consolation was the Fleet's top scorer last season, Dominic
07:08Polian, who claimed it back in the fifth minute of added time.
07:12In the Izmir Premier, Dover Athletic stole the spotlight with an emphatic 8-0 performance
07:16over Potters Bar. The result, including a hat-trick and no penalties, brings their score
07:21tally for the season already up to 20% of last season's total.
07:27It seems Dover, who go straight to the top of the Izmir Premier table, could be the ones
07:31to watch as they look to make up for last season's relegation.
07:35Lots more football to break down in this exciting season, so make sure you're tuning in to hear
07:40on Invicta Sport for your weekly round-ups.
07:43An absolute huge congratulations to Dover for that win. Impressive stuff. Now, with
07:49the start of the Football League and non-league seasons, it also meant it was time for the
07:53return of the community shield. But as Manchester City and United both faced each other under
07:58the famous Wembley arch, it was made extra special for Maidstone United disability coach
08:03Lorraine Humm, who was given the opportunity to bring the shield out onto the field. It
08:07comes after she was awarded the Keeping Football Positive award as the England football grassroots
08:12award for all her efforts to the disability team, now in its 20th year. Bartholomew Hall
08:18caught up with her earlier.
08:20I was really nervous. It was really, well, a magic moment. I'm probably the envy of a
08:29lot of people because obviously it's definitely something ticked off my bucket list, that's
08:35for sure. But yeah, I was so concentrated on not dropping it. Obviously, you've got
08:4120 seconds to walk out, place it, to make sure that you fit in with all of the schedule
08:47and everything. So yeah, it was quite surreal.
08:50Yeah, I mean, we were talking before about that schedule that you had, the amount of
08:53things that you had to pack into one day, but a lot of it you had to keep a secret as
08:57well. So how was it being able to keep that secret from maybe some of your family and
09:02friends and maybe even the team as well?
09:05It really did. Obviously, the film crews and that came down and did some filming and bits
09:11of pieces. And they were saying, what's this for? And I said, oh, just obviously publicising
09:15the Raiders, trying to get the numbers up with disability. And then obviously, they
09:20were asking them questions and some of them were sort of saying, well, that was a bit
09:24of a strange question. And I was just saying, yeah, they ask everything, you know, they
09:28just want to cover all bases. I must admit, since the cup run, it has gone a bit crazy.
09:33Obviously, dressing up as a dinosaur and obviously doing the stones in the community
09:37work and stuff. Obviously, you get to meet a lot of people. And obviously, the last 12
09:44months, I think I'm a lot better known throughout the club, because obviously now I've been
09:49here 17 years, I'm a bit of the furniture.
09:52That's great stuff. And of course, it brings us back to the whole reason you're there in
09:56the first place for the the A24 Grassroots Football Award. You were given the Keeping
10:01Football Positive Award, which goes back to all the work that you do with the Raiders,
10:05of course. And to have this recognition in the 20th year of the Raiders, it must be quite
10:10wholesome to kind of have this as the year where you're getting that recognition.
10:16Yeah, obviously, it's a big thank you really to everybody that's involved within the Raiders
10:22section. You know, I've got some fabulous coaches and without them, obviously, I can't
10:26do it on my own. And obviously, so every award I get is also for them as well. And
10:34I make sure that, you know, I say thank you to them as well, because at the end of the
10:38day, we're a great team and we're providing great football for lots of kids and adults
10:43out there with disabilities.
10:44And of course, there is still a lot of work still to be done. So how important is it to
10:48keep that message of accessibility to grassroots football for people of all backgrounds, not
10:53just disabled football, but as you said before, as well for girls football too?
10:59Really important. Obviously, girls football has come an awful long way. Disability football
11:04is a long way behind girls football. So we just want to get the message out that we want
11:09as many people playing football. At the end of the day, it's good for your mental health.
11:13It's good to keep you healthy. And also, it stops the kids being on their devices. So
11:20it's good for their fitness as well. So the more they get into football, the better.
11:24Absolutely. And it's great to hear from you again. Just before we go, can we take a quick
11:29look at the award that you was given? And I can see, obviously, we've got that scarf
11:33there as well.
11:35Yeah, that's my award. I'm very proud of.
11:39Fantastic.
11:40And then, yeah, you've got a nice scarf.
11:46Oh, fantastic. Memories for life. Absolutely.
11:50Yeah.
11:51Very exciting stuff for her there. We've reached halftime. Time for a break now.
11:55I'll see you in a few minutes.
15:10Hello and welcome back to Invicta Sport live on KMTV. Now, it's time to remind you that you can
15:15keep up to date with all the latest sports news, interviews and features from here on Invicta Sport
15:20by heading over to our website kmtv.co.uk and clicking on the Sport tab. There you'll see
15:25videos like this one about a wheelchair shooter from Maidstone who shared with us his story from
15:31losing his ability to walk to becoming a national champion.
15:35Maidstone shooter Bill Wilson's life hasn't always been this way. Becoming a British champion
15:41doesn't happen overnight. In fact, he only actually picked up shooting after going through
15:46rehab for a life-changing injury six years ago. Sport has always played a huge part in Bill's life
15:52from becoming a member of Ashford Rugby Club to a skiing instructor and even an advanced
15:57motorcyclist riding across the globe. All those things came to a very abrupt end on the 1st of May
16:042018 when I had an unfortunate accident in Holland. I fell down some stairs and I was taking my mother
16:11out to see the Tulip Festival and yes, in the blink of an eyelid, your world's changed. Yeah,
16:17this is my biggest enemy and also my best friend. Now paralysed from the chest down,
16:25Bill turned to shooting whilst at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. The secretary there,
16:29Damon Hinchcliffe, said, you've got a good eye. When you leave, join a local club, which I did,
16:36Tubbs Lake, just outside Cranbrook. I really started sort of entering competitions in
16:422020, 2019, 2020. To my tally now, I think I've got 11 gold medals, four silvers, three bronze.
16:51Not wanting to lose track between training sessions, Bill quickly set up a fairly
16:56unconventional approach to home practice. So I'm stood here at the start point for what is
17:01Bill's homemade 10-metre range, also known as the hallway, and if you follow me through to the
17:07kitchen area, you can see past the doorway and the edge of the wall here is, of course, sitting at
17:14the end of the conservatory, the target. It might look like a narrow range, but for a champion
17:21dealing with margins of less than a millimetre, hitting the target is the least of his worries.
17:27My biggest competitor, actually, when I'm shooting is me. Yeah, I'm always pushing myself.
17:33And I think that really is what pushes me, pushes me. I like to be the best at it. I'll shoot as
17:40long as my eyesight lets me. So I'm happy. It keeps me motivated. It keeps me focused and
17:47dealing with, obviously, my disability. And as long as I can do it, enjoy it, I will.
17:54Now, with the wind in his sails and more than 10 British medals under his belt,
17:59the 61-year-old has his sights set on competing around the world.
18:03Bartholomew Hall for KMTV in Maidstone.
18:08And now, if you're like us here at Invictus Sport, you may have woken up this morning feeling
18:12a little sad that the Paris Olympics are finally over. Thousands of us across Kent tuned in to
18:17watch Team GB's athletes do the country and county proud just over the channel.
18:22Plus, there was plenty to celebrate from our athletes, too, here in Kent,
18:26from our golden winners to our debut delights. This weekend, Rodmarsen's Erin McNeice competed
18:32her debut with a fifth place in the boulder and climb. And what a performance
18:36she put in against some of the world's very best.
18:40Well, here's our chat with her before the game started. Take a look back.
18:45The past week's been pretty surreal. I think it's only just starting to sink in that
18:52I'm going to the Olympics. And yes, I've sort of tried to, coming into the comp, I tried to
19:01focus on my climbing. So now that I'm able to think about the result, it feels crazy.
19:07And you're so young as well. And the sport's so new, too, only introduced for the first time in
19:11the last Olympics in Tokyo. How important do you think it is that the sport of bouldering,
19:16we'll come on to exactly what that is in a moment, but that it's recognised?
19:22It's really important. I think the last Olympics was the first time it was in,
19:26so it brought a lot of attention to the sport. And even now, the effect that that has had
19:33is being obvious to me as someone who's already in the sport. And I think it's really nice that
19:38it's bringing more people in because I've done so many sports and it's been by far my favourite.
19:46And watching it at the last Olympics, did that inspire you
19:49now? Do you feel like you're following right in some of your hero's footsteps, I suppose?
19:54Yeah, I remember watching Shauna Coxsey at the last Olympics. She climbed for Great Britain,
20:01and that was really inspiring for me. And I'm really happy that I get to go and do that with
20:09a bunch of people this Olympics who I think have inspired me. And I think that they're
20:15so deserving to be there that I'm honoured to take that stage with them.
20:21And there are actually a few different parts to bouldering climbing as a sport in the Olympics.
20:25It's done differently, different types of racing. So can you explain how bouldering's different and
20:30what exactly you're trying to achieve every time you go to do your sport, to participate in a race?
20:37Yeah, so climbing the first time in Tokyo, the Olympics was speed climbing, bouldering and
20:45leading. Speed's obviously, it's like a 15 metre wall and it's the fastest person to get out of
20:51their wins. And bouldering is like a five metre wall, really hard, like six moves, six to eight
20:59moves, really hard. And then lead climbing's 15 metre wall, sort of more endurance based and the
21:07farthest you can get up basically. And now it's been separated. So speed climbing is completely
21:13separate in this Olympics and I'll be competing in combined, which is boulder and lead.
21:19And with a potential Olympic medal on the horizon for you,
21:22what's training been like? How does it change?
21:25It's definitely different now compared to the winter. The winter was like
21:30seven to nine hours. So I'm not necessarily going to be doing that much volume, but definitely
21:37it's gone back up to sort of like six to seven hours a day. And then I'll probably have a bit
21:43of a deload for the Olympics so that I'm feeling fresh.
21:46It sounds like a really silly question to ask, but what are you going for? Going for gold?
21:51I don't know. I think I'll just focus on the performance and making sure that I'm in a good
21:58mindset to perform. And normally the result will come from that. I've only really just started
22:02getting these really good results. So I don't know. A final would be really cool, but I think
22:10if I focus on my climbing, then the result will come from that.
22:12And what about a lasting message, I suppose, for people who are just starting out?
22:17I'd say if you're passionate about it and you enjoy it, then just go and enjoy it further.
22:26And obviously there are parts of training that I don't like as much as others, but
22:31on the whole, I enjoy it so much. And I think it's just a matter of getting used to it.
22:36And I think it's just a matter of getting used to it.
22:38I think it's just a matter of getting used to it. And I think it's just a matter of getting used to
22:43it. But on the whole, I enjoy it so much. And if you use what you enjoy as a tool,
22:49then it makes it a lot easier to work hard. And yeah, the most important part is enjoying the
22:56journey. If you're not enjoying it, then there's no point in doing it. So just smile and have fun.
23:02Enjoy the whole experience.
23:04Erin, that's a lovely message. And we wish you the very best of luck here from Invicta Sport,
23:08the whole KMTV team. I'm sure we'll be following you closely and seeing how you get on
23:13at the Olympics. Thank you so much for your time today.
23:16Thank you for having me.
23:18Well, her performance certainly inspired all of us here at Invicta Sports. But finally now,
23:23staying with the Olympics, as 2008 gold medalist and former world champion boxer James Degal
23:29has hosted a boxing masterclass for youngsters here in Chatham. The event was hosted by Kent
23:34Gloves and set up as part of a fundraising effort for a three-year-old Leilani Ellsthorpe
23:39from Rochester, who was born with a rare heart and lung condition, Fimidemid has more.
23:45While some Olympians are celebrating their achievements in France,
23:48one former gold medalist is giving something back to the boxing community.
23:52Back in 2008, James Degal represented Great Britain in the middleweight boxing event,
23:57beating Cuba's Emilio Bayot, 16-14. Now Degal is teaching his sport to eager youngsters and
24:04those wanting to break into the boxing scene. I was a bit lost because after I retired,
24:08you're thinking, right, what can I do now? I retired at 32. And you just revert back to what
24:15you know. That's boxing. I've boxed my whole life. I left school when I was 15. I got exposed. So I
24:22was very, very lucky and privileged that I had something that I was good at. And boxing is not
24:28just all physical. A majority of it's up there. So you're exhausted by thinking of the combinations,
24:35by thinking about, oh my God, a punch is coming. Let me slip, let me get out of the way.
24:39So it's all mental. A majority of it is.
24:45Degal, also an MBE, gave the young boxers advice on their footwork, guard placement,
24:50and the tactics of the sport, such as when to throw a jab, a cross or a body shot.
24:55The class, which saw the boxer give one-on-one advice as well as answer questions in a Q&A
24:59session and give out photos, was all to help raise money for Leilani. Leilani was born with
25:05a rare heart and lung condition. She needs surgery to correct her arteries and some of her lung
25:10removed. Her condition means she's in and out of the hospital and needs to be fed every two hours
25:15around the clock. Yeah, so we're fundraising for my daughter Leilani. She's got a rare heart and
25:20lung condition. We've had James Degal down here today, obviously supporting, doing boxing with
25:25the children and also adult classes. So people coming together, contributing and fundraising
25:31for a surgery that she needs. Oh no, it's been fantastic. The local community have got behind
25:36us on various events. Yeah, so they're here today supporting, contributing towards the
25:41fundraising cause. Their GoFundMe page is halfway to the £250,000 needed to be raised in order to
25:48fly the family out to Boston, Massachusetts for the surgery. For more fundraising, Kent Gloves and
25:53Ultimate Masterclass are putting on a raffle, with the main prize being a signed Tyson Fury
25:57boxing glove and runner-up prizes of vouchers for local restaurants. Two-time former world
26:03heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua also donated a signed glove for Leilani's cause. It's fair to
26:08say that the boxing community are all in her corner. Finn McDermott for KMTV in Midway.
26:14And that's full time on today's episode of Invicta Sports. If you want more from KMTV,
26:20you can watch all our other special programmes here at the Kent Politics Show, Made in Kent,
26:24Kent on Climate and Kent Film Club. They're all on our website, kmtv.co.uk. I'll be back again
26:31soon with another episode of Invicta Sport, but that's it from me and the Invicta Sport
26:35team this evening. I'll see you again soon. Bye-bye for now.