Epinal is an amateur team, its players work in all sections of society and train when their jobs allow.

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"You don't want to come off when you're playing for your amateur team, never mind when it's your country, " he said.

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Duffy was hurt in a seemingly innocuous collision with Irish Amateur team keeper Adrian Walsh, and collapsed in agony on the pitch at Malahide United's Gannon Park home.

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Perkins, where a team of amateur sailors applied some key lessons in teamwork while surviving and winning a recent treacherous Sydney to Hobart Ocean Race.

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One hundred and sixty eight teams of one pro and one amateur will contest the team event, while those from the paid ranks pursue the individual prizes.

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He knew the game from playing on the street, at rec centers and even on an Amateur Athletic Union travel team, but that was all about individual play.

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Responsibility for coach Terry Edwards' successful team will now pass to the British Amateur Boxing Association (BABA), which is chaired by Derek Mapp.

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Four years ago at St Andrews Lloyd took the silver medal as leading amateur by finishing 15th and two years ago he was a team-mate of Northern Ireland star Rory McIlroy at the Walker Cup.

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By 1984, he had compiled an amateur record of 145-17 and a place as a light-heavyweight in the Olympic team that went to Los Angeles.

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The Devils' top minor league team, Albany of the AHL, signed LW Reid Boucher and D Jon Merrill to amateur tryout agreements.

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