Lee Harkin into cadet semi-finals


ILLIES Golden Gloves lad Lee Harkin is through to the semi-finals of the National Junior Cadet Championships. Harkin, a national boy champion in 2013 who took victory at the Ulster 9 Counties in December, overcame Thurles boxer Michael Doyle in a 50kgs quarter-final on Saturday at the National Stadium. Harkin lost out in a recent […]


Pain of defeat drives Austeja Auciute onto cloud 9


BY CHRIS MCNULTY SINCE she arrived back from a defeat to Amy Broadhurst in the National Open Youths in January, Austeja Auciute had only one thing on her mind. Last Saturday, the Finn Valley ABC woman scooped the ninth Irish title of her career, defeating Ciara Sheedy in the Under-18 64kgs final. Advertisement Over the […]