Jonesy’s team box clever to bring home great haul of titles and medals
Plean-based Jonesy’s Boxing Club had eight of their young fighters at the Scottish Schools Championships in the Ravenscraig Sports Centre, Motherwell last weekend.
The boxers left the gym not long after 6.30am due to early weigh-ins then some had to wait up to six hours for their bouts.
But that didn’t put off the excited youngsters and at the end of the event, Jonesy’s had three Scottish champions and three silver medallists.
It might have been more but after Lee Welsh and Marky Alexander had been in intense training, unfortunately they couldn’t showcase their hard work in the ring due to no shows from their opposition.
Putting their own disappointment to one side they stood by their team and cheered on the other six boxers who enjoyed great success.
Alan Perrie, Colin Cairney and Sophie Stewart all became Scottish champions, while silver medals went to Jake Todd, Josh Alexander and Jack White.
Next up for Jonesy’s is the Youth Scottish Championships on March 11-12 when John Casey and Billie Denholm are in action.
Active Stirling’s club development officer Allen Gibson was full of praise for the club and was delighted to see all their hard work pay off in the form of titles and medals.
He said: “Team Jonesy’s have a real family bond and you can see that each and every one of the coaches and fighters wants the best for their teammates. “I am overjoyed for the club.” If you are interested in boxing at Jonesy’s Boxing Club, please contact Allen at Active Stirling on 0300 280 0101 or email gibsona@ activestirling.org.uk.