WELSH AMATEUR BOXING – JUNIOR SUCCESS

Wales boxing has returned from the weekends GB Youth & Junior Three Nations held in Rotherham, England winning an unprecedented five golds and five silver medals.

Colin Jones, National Coach said: “It’s been an excellent team effort from all of our squad, and we’re really impressed by the progress we’ve made in the last twelve months.”

“This puts us in a great position ahead of the forthcoming international fixtures, which include the Youth Commonwealth Games, World & European Championships.”

The winning members of the team included:

Silver

46kg Caitlin Cromie (Wales) lost to Jacey Birch (England) pts unan

54kg Garan Croft (Wales) lost to Frankie Stringer (England) pts unan

80kg Leo Playford (England) beat Rafferty William (Wales) pts split

63kg Hayley Tinklin (Wales) lost to Gemma Richardson (England) pts unan

70kg Jonty Turnbull (Wales) lost to Jordan Riding (England) pts unan

Gold

81kg Lewis Johnstone (Scotland) lost to Sammy Lee (Wales) pts split

91kg Clyde Best (England) lost to Sam Leyson (Wales) ABD2

64kg Ben Vaughan (England) lost to Jake Lovell (Wales) pts split

60kg Rhys Edwards (Wales) beat Ben Marksby (England) pts split

57kg Kelsey Coleman (Wales) beat Maya Robertson (England) pts split

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