Donegal Novice boxing champions are crowned

The Donegal Novice Championships were held in Carndonagh at the weekend.

Seven finals were held in the ring with a further final taking place in Letterkenny on Tuesday night.

Raphoe Boxing Club’s Jack McElroy defeated Letterkenny’s Darcy Atkinson on his home canvas in the Boy 6 final at 63kgs. McElroy was given a unanimous decision.

In Carndonagh, Roco McDaid was a popular home winner in an all-Inishowen Boy 3 59kgs final against Illies Golden Gloves’ Jake Curran.

Reece McDaid of Carndonagh also took victory, overcoming Carrigart’s Tommy Coll in the Boy 5 final at 56kgs.

A raft of walkover wins were also recorded from the Championships, hosted by the County Donegal Boxing Board.

Donegal Novice Championships
Boy 1 35kgs: Nathan Lynch (Twin Towns) beat Madhi Azizy (Letterkenny) 3-0
Boy 1 37kgs: Sean Power (Twin Towns) lost to Darragh Maguire (Letterkenny) 0-3
Boy 3 54kgs: Eunan Friel (Twin Towns) lost to Killian Caldwell (Carrigart) 0-3
Boy 3 59kgs: Roco McDaid (Carndonagh) beat Jake Curran (Illies Golden Gloves) 3-0
Boy 4 56kgs: Mark Duffy (St John Bosco) beat Lucius Loftus (Carndonagh) 3-0
Boy 5 57kgs: Tommy Coll (Carrigart) lost to Reece Diver (Carndonagh) 0-3
Boy 5 72kgs: Shay McMonagle (Letterkenny) beat Caleb Laird (Convoy) 3-0
Boy 6 63kgs: Jack McElroy (Raphoe) beat Darcy Atkinson (Letterkenny) 3-0

Walkovers:  Ryan Glackin (St Bridget’s, Clonmany, 38.5kgs), Tyler Keaveney (Raphoe, 37kgs), Rowen Doherty (St Bridget’s, Clonmany, 40kgs), Tyler McGonigle (St Bridget’s, Clonmany, 44.5kgs), Noah Quinn (Carndonagh, 44.5kgs), Harry McBride (Dunfanaghy, 59kgs), Patrick McDaid (St Bridget’s, Clonmany, 62kgs), Cormac Callaghan (Illies Golden Gloves, 35kgs), Calvin Logue (Carndonagh, 37kgs), Brendan Doherty (St Bridget’s, Clonmany,38.5kgs), Cadin Keenan (Twin Towns, 48kgs), Ross McDaid (Dunree, 50kgs), Fele O’Donnell (Letterkenny, 52kgs), Joe Doherty (Carndonagh, 62kgs), John Gerard Ward (Raphoe, 75kgs), Hugh Duffy (Illies, 46kgs), Justin McGuinness (Carndonagh, 50kgs), Darragh Doherty (Carndonagh, 62kgs), Kyrin Kelly (Carndonagh, 65kgs), Kyle McCauley (Letterkenny, 72kgs), Paul Doherty (St Bridget’s, Clonmany, 48kgs), Cathair Keenan (Twin Towns, 54kgs), Noah McLaughlin (St John Bosco, 63kgs), Jack Boyle (Dunfanaghy, 70kgs), Padraig McCauley (St John Bosco, 53kgs), Karl McDaid (Carndonagh, 72kgs), Konrad Krol (Twin Towns, 60kgs), Daniel McGarvey (Carrigart, 57kgs), Mark Ward (Carrigart, 63kgs), Jack Doherty (Carndonagh, 75kgs), Paul McCloskey (Illies Golden Gloves, 71lkgs), Oisin Dobbins (Illies Golden Gloves, 92kgs), Mikey Harkin (Carrigart, 57kgs), Seamus Wardle (Ballyshannon, 63.5kgs), Ryan McDaid (Raphoe, 75kgs), Owen O’Donnell (Dunfanaghy, 75kgs), Keelan Gillen (Convoy, 78kgs), Garbhan Patton (Raphoe, 80kgs), Molly Lafferty (Twin Towns, 49kgs), Ava Bradley (Illies Golden Gloves, 39kgs), Cassie Lynch (Illies Golden Gloves, 43kgs), Roisin Hegarty (Illies Golden Gloves, 53kgs), Colleen McGlynn (St John Bosco, 51kgs), Carys McFadden (41kgs), Kerry Brown (Convoy, 55kgs), Abbie Harkin (Carrigart, 47kgs), Nadine Pearson (St John Bosco, 57kgs), Lani Lafferty (Twin Towns, 70kgs), Ava Clarke (Carndonagh, 52kgs).