Wandsworth Guardian Joyce in a rush to beat Palmer Joe Joyce has called on Dereck Hinds immediately halted the sched- North Greenwich on May 5. Chisora to face him on May 5 after uled eight round. “I was quite surprised,” said former impressively blasting out Donnie The 2016 Olympic super-heavy- Earlsfield ABC rep Joyce. “A lot of Palmer in 38 seconds at York Hall last weight silver medalist has now won his people are ducking me like (Dereck) Saturday, writes Ziad Chaudry. third straight outing in seven months Chisora but I was quite surprised when The 32-year-old heavyweight pros- and now hopes to meet former British I landed that right hand.” pect from Putney hardly broke sweat and European champion and world “The work I did in the gym has obvi- as he decked the towering 6ft 10in title challenger Hackney-Based Chi- ously paid off tonight and I’ve got that Honduran-American with a solid two- sora, 34, on the undercard of his pro- great rotation and explosion on his punch combination. As a dazed Palm- moter David Haye much-anticipated head. I hit him with some force and he Sport er, 34, staggered to his feet referee Jeff rematch with Tony Bellew at The O2, was down.” wandsworthguardian.co.uk/sport Crystal Palace’s James Tomkins Purnell so (left) and Huddersfield Town’s Alex Pritchard battle for the ball. Picture: Richard Sellers/PA Wire. determined While the freezing weather that gripped the country last weekend wiped out much of the athletics programme, including the South of England road relay championships, Hercules Wimbledon Athletic Club teenager Zac Purnell managed to defy the conditions to race on Saturday and train on Sunday, writes Tom Pollak. On Saturday, the 16-year-old Wandsworth schoolboy turned out in wintry conditions in the English schools cross country champi- onships at Temple Newsam, Leeds, where he was fourth of the eight London team runners in the senior boys race. Then on Sunday, he turned out for duathlon training at Kew. It was the second time he has competed in the English schools cross country cham- pionships - last year he competed at Nor- wich but, the conditions in Leeds were much more testing with a bitter wind and snow showers. “Just after the last race ended we had horizontal snow with everyone racing for their team bus,” said dad Jeremy. On Sunday, Zac was duathlon training at Kew in preparation for the first race of the Junior Super Series, at Bedford autodrome this coming weekend. There are limited places for the Super Series triathlons and Zac will take part in an assessment week- end next month to decide who should be offered places. Hercules Wimbledon’s Surrey title-waning senior road runners were not so lucky as the South of England road relay champion- ships, due to be held at Milton Keynes last Sunday, were cancelled due to the freezing weather. Hercules Wimbledon’s Georgina Clarke was the sixth scorer of the London team that took silver medals in the English schools junior girls championship in Leeds. Her clubmate Ellen Weir was the second Surrey finisher taking 51st place out of 342 Eagles are just two runners compared with Georgina’s 89th. Savill record AFC Wimbledon beat the weather but not Rochdale on Saturday as they came away from Spotland with a creditable 1-1 draw despite the tough conditions. Those hardy Wimbledon fans who made the near 500-mile round trip in the snow were rewarded early on when Adedeji good for Terriers Oshilaja put the visitors ahead in just the seventh minute. James Tomkins and Luka Milivoje- But the Londoners, buoyed by the visitors, Town did not muster edge of the area. Oshilaja reacted quickest to convert vic struck in either half as Crystal the return of Wilfried Zaha and one shot on target in the first half, TV replays appeared to justify Lyle Taylor’s deflected free-kick from close Palace secured their first victory in Mamadou Sakho to their starting while Andros Townsend fired over referee Mike Dean’s decision and range. Oshilaja then made an atonishing over two months, running out 2-0 line-up, began full of purpose. the crossbar at the end of a Palace Huddersfield were staring at a goalline clearance to preserve Wimbledon’s winners at relegation rivals Hud- James McArthur’s shot was counter-attack shortly before half- damaging defeat. slender advantage. dersfield. blocked following a corner and af- time. Wagner sent on forward Elias However, Rochdale showed great resolve Tomkins struck from close-range ter Huddersfield striker Steve Mou- David Wagner replaced left-back Kachunga in place of Pritchard and levelled the score in the 26th minute midway through the first period nie’s cross had bounced on top of Scott Malone with Chris Lowe at for the final 20 minutes, but Pal- through Andy Cannon, much to the obvious and Milivojevic converted a sec- the bar, Palace skipper Luka Mili- the interval and Rajiv van La Parra ace, by now benefiting from Zaha’s delight of the home faithful in a crowd of ond-half penalty as Palace halted a vojevic’s free-kick curled narrowly went on for Ince soon after as Town ball-carrying, continued to look the 2,667. four-game losing run to climb out wide. struggled to build momentum. more dangerous side. The result sees Neal Ardley’s men in of the bottom three. Palace took a 23rd-minute lead Palace went close to increasing James McArthur headed Aaron 18th-place going into this Saturday’s visit to The Londoners’ first win in eight following Milivojevic’s corner. their lead from another corner in Wan-Bissaka’s cross just wide and second-placed Shrewsbury. Premier League games lifted them Town failed to clear and after Tom- the 61st minute when Tomkins’ ef- Cabaye forced Lossl to save his low It’s a crucial stage of the season with up to 16th in the table, one point kins’ initial shot had been saved by fort was cleared off the goal line effort. games running out but the Easter schedule and a place behind Huddersfield, Jonas Lossl, the Palace centre-half by Mounie, who fired just beyond Van La Parra’s low shot was provides an opportunity to pick up plenty who slipped to another damaging prodded home the rebound. the far post at the other end as the comfortably saved by Wayne Hen- of points, so the league table could change home league defeat - their sixth of Huddersfield looked to respond game opened up. nessey, but Town served up little to quickly. the season. immediately. Milivojevic’s superb The visitors grabbed the all- warm a sold-out home crowd in the Huddersfield had lost just one last-ditch tackle on Alex Pritchard important second goal in the 68th swirling snow. Printed and published by ©Newsquest of their previous four Premier denied the midfielder a shooting minute when Milivojevic slammed Cabaye’s neat turn and volley Media Group Ltd., a Gannett company, League games, while Palace ar- chance in front of goal following home his penalty after Mathias forced Lossl into another save in Quadrant House, The Quadrant, SM2 rived in West Yorkshire on the back Collin Quaner’s cut-back. Jorgensen was adjudged to have the closing stages as Palace nothed 5AS. Registered as a newspaper with of four straight defeats. But despite taking the game to brought down Townsend on the left their first win since January 13. the Royal Mail..