Castlerea’s O’Rourke sisters were among the winners last night at the National Elite Boxing Championship finals.
Shannon Sweeney, of St. Anne’s Boxing Club in Westport, was the first of the local athletes to win gold, with a 5-0 victory against Caitlin Fryers (Immaculata) in the 50kg decider.
Soon after in the 60kg bout, Monivea’s Adam Hession was defeated by a dominant Rhys Owens of Erne.
Lisa O’Rourke was victorious in the 70kg final against Tiffany O’Reilly of Portlaoise, with a 5-0 result.
Her sister Aoife had the same result in her 75kg bout against Castlebar’s Bethany Doocey .
The final fight of the night also went the way of a local boxer when Martin McDonagh won gold in the 92kg+ final against Crumlin’s Godstime Ide – that one finished 3-0.
Here are a full list of results:
48kg Ciara Walsh (Smithfield, Dublin ) beat Courtney Daly (Crumlin, Dublin), 4-1
48kg Louis Rooney (Star BC, Belfast) beat Paudraig Downey (St John Bosco Antrim), 5-0
50kg Shannon Sweeney (St Anne's, Mayo) beat Caitlin Fryers (Immaculata), 5-0
51kg Clepson de Santos (Holy Trinity) beat Ricky Nesbitt (Holy Family L), 4-0
52kg Amber Byrne (Arklow) beat Shauna Blaney (Navan), 5-0
54kg Chloe Gabriel (Dublin Docklands) beat Robyn Kelly (Ballynacargy), 5-0
54kg Patsy Joyce (Olympic L), W/O
57kg Michaela Walsh (Holy Family GG) beat Kelsey Leonard (Unit 3), 5-0
57kg Gavin Ryan (Ratoath) beat Donagh Keary (Rathfriland), 5-0
60kg Kellie McLoughlin (St Catherines) beat Zara Breslin (Tramore), 5-0
60kg Rhys Owens (Erne) beat Adam Hession (Monivea), 5-0
63kg Linda Desmond (Rylane) beat Zoe McCaughran (Evolution), RSC1
63.5kg Jason Nevin (Olympic Mullingar) beat Roy Colgan (Avona), 3-2
66kg Grainne Walsh (St Mary’s D) W/O
67kg Darren O’Connor (Olympic C) beat Malo Davis (Monkstown D), 5-0
70kg Lisa O’Rourke (Castlerea) beat Tiffany O’Reilly (Portlaoise), 5-0
71kg Jon McConnell (Holy Trinity) beat Wayne Kelly (Ballynacargy), 3-2
75kg Aoife O’Rourke (Castlerea) beat Bethany Doocey (Castlebar), 5-0
75kg Gavin Rafferty (Dublin Docklands) W/O
80kg Kelyn Cassidy (Savours Crystal) beat James Whelan (Dublin Docklands), 5-0
81kg Mikayla Kelly (Sacred Heart L) beat Shauna Kearney (Bunclody), 3-2
81+kg Judy Bobbett (Liberty) beat Dearbhla Tinnelly (Clann Naofa), 5-0
86kg Brian Kennedy (St Brigid’s Edenderry) beat Ryan Collins Murphy (St Monicas), 4-1
92kg Jack Marley (Monkstown D) beat Nathan Ojo (Esker), 5-0
92+kg Martin McDonagh (Galway) beat Godstime Ide (Crumlin), 3-0