DONEGAL has another Boxing Great!
Maeve McCarron from the Carrigart Boxing Club won a Youth European Bronze Medal at the weekend.
And they’re planning a massive homecoming tonight.
It is starting at Cranford Community Centre at 7.30pm Via Downings and finishing in the Carrigart Hotel for light refreshments at 8pm.
Dr John Lynch, Chairman of the IABA Board of Directors, has hailed the performances of the Irish women’s squad at the EU Women’s Senior, Youth and Junior Championships in Hungary as a unique occasion for Irish amateur boxing and Irish sport.
Ireland secured a record-breaking 15 – five gold, three silver and seven bronze – medals at the 23-nation Championships which concluded in Keszthely yesterday.
AIBA World No.1 Katie Taylor claimed her 5th successive EU title at the tournament, while Kristina O’Hara, Jacqui Lynch, Grainne Gavin and Amy Broadhurst won Youth and Junior gold.
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