But in winning her bronze with a knee injury she knows she is finally coming

But in winning her bronze (with a knee injury) she knows she is finally coming to terms with the new middleweight limit of 70kg.The British team leaving here with two medals for the women's squad was a reminder of the heady days when Karen Briggs, Diane Bell (now assistant coach) and others ruled the world. Quellmalz's greatest challenge, however, is to rejuvenate the men's squad - perhaps starting with the wayward 1996 European lightweight champion, Danny Kingston.He won his first fight in Paris, but lost his second. The question that remains is whether he has his weight problem under control - or whether crash dieting for Paris sapped his endurance.Kingston is an exceptional talent - not just unorthodox, but original in his moves. His weakness is that he is a typical example of what the Japanese call a ronin - a masterless Samurai who owes allegiance to no one, trusts no one, and is prey to his mood of the time. He is Quellmalz's greatest individual challenge in his new job. Success for both could bring the first world medal for British men for 11 long years..

WIMBLEDON, THE South Premier draw specialists, are just one point behind the league leaders, Fareham, following their 2-0 victory away to the Hampshire club. A David Alford penalty corner after 10 minutes gave Wimbledon the lead with Gareth Nicholls collecting the second 15 minutes into the second half when he deflected a drive into the roof of the net. Third-placed City of Portsmouth lost 4-1 at home to Old Cranleighans. The Surrey side would now be in third position had they not been deducted three points for refusing to start a game after the umpires had been delayed in arriving at the ground. With their appeal rejected arbitration is now being considered. On Saturday Cranleighans' goals came from John Reed, Will Stevens, David Knapp and Mark Smith with Portsmouth's reply coming from the evergreen Stuart Avery. In the Premier Holidays East Premier, Ipswich's 2-1 win over the leaders, Peterborough Town, has again opened up the league.

Ipswich are now just two points behind, but third-placed Cambridge University have two games in hand. The University were in sparkling form again on Saturday when they beat Blueharts 6-3. Adam Laird got yet another hat-trick, and two goals from Ali Cotton and one from Roger Wilcock completed the demolition.In the Women's Regional Leagues the odds are heavily stacked in favour of respective leaders Deeside Ramblers, Colwall, Bedford and Harleston Magpies going through to next season's National League although in the South the battle is really on. Dulwich are currently leading on goal difference from Rover Cowley with Tulse Hill in third place.

Runners-up in each league, providing they are not second XIs, will go into a play-off with the bottom club from the Second Division for a round-robin competition with the winner only to qualify.nYesterday's quarter-final draw of the EH Women's Cup ensures at least one non-Premier side - Chelmsford, drawn at home against Bradford - goes through to the semi-finals.EH WOMEN'S CUP Quarter-finals: Chelmsford v Bradford; Fyffes Leicester v Clifton Scottish Life; Hightown v Olton Terraquest; Slough v Doncaster (Ties to be played on Sunday 28 March).. YORICK WILLIAMS, the England international, and his Derby Storm team-mate, Rico Alderson, have been banned for the rest of the season, after being identified as the leading culprits in the brawl that forced the abandonment of their Budweiser League game at Chester Jets on 31 January. The players received their suspensions for their involvement in the initial fight with Chester's Shawn Hartley, which halted the game after 28 seconds. Hartley has been banned for seven games for that offence. But, it is for what followed, when the game had been stopped, that the commission of inquiry imposed the severest penalties in the 12-year history of the league. Williams ran at members of the Chester team seated on their bench, while Alderson ran to other Chester players in a team huddle on court.