Cameron prepares for Junior GB Championships
LOCHABER Phoenix Boxing Club, especially their young boxer Cameron Whyte, received great news on Sunday when they were informed by Boxing Scotland that Cameron had been selected to represent Scotland at the Junior GB Championships in Rotherham next month.
Cameron, who turned 15 this week, had an incredibly successful time last season when he annexed the Scottish and GB schoolboy championships and became the first Scottish schoolboy boxer to reach the final of the European championships.
This season he has again won the Scottish title which has meant he has travelled to Boxing Scotland’s High Performance Centre in Glasgow to take part in the Scotland squad’s training sessions. This culminated last weekend in a behind closed doors test match sparring to decide which boxer in each weight category would be selected for next month’s squad.
What makes Cameron’s selection even more impressive is that he is the youngest in his age category, with this being his first year as a junior boxer.
The Spean Bridge youngster’s already heavy training workload has been cranked up even more. He will spend Saturday and Sunday in Glasgow training with the Scotland squad, taking part in five training sessions. During the week, he will have one day’s rest and take part in six training sessions on the other four days. It’s not unusual to see Cameron running around the outside of the Lochaber Camanachd shinty pitch before seven in the morning during the week as he does his sprint sessions.
All these training sessions involve a lot of travelling and training gear and obviously takes its toll on Cameron’s bank balance.
Last season SW Welding, DMD Construction, Boyd Bros and the Rotary Club all helped Cameron with sponsorship and Lochaber Phoenix is again looking for sponsors to help out this special talent.
The boxing club is busy on other fronts too with three boxers scheduled to appear in Aberdeen at the end of March and early preparations for the home show at the Nevis Centre on Saturday May 13 under way.