GB YOUTH CHAMPIONS
The Youth and Junior Three Nations conclude in Motherwell
THE finals of the Youth and Junior GB Three Nations championships were held in Motherwell, Scotland on May 20. Youth light-welterweight Hassan Azim performed well to beat Wales’
Jamie Janes. He boxed with style, counterpunching as his Welsh opponent pressed forward. Azim maintained his tactics, pulling away over the second and third rounds to win a unanimous decision. “This was a very confident and stylish display,” said team manager Cliff Perkins. The 28 strong England team came away with 18 gold medals and four silver. Maisey-rose Courtney, at Youth 54kgs, was another confident performer for England. She switched stances and kept her hands low to invite Scotland’s Hayley Grover in where she could pick out openings to take a unanimous win.
In an all-action lightweight clash Welsh Youth Rhys Edwards went to war with England’s Jimmy Sains in a fast and furious encounter. Momentum swung from one to the other but Edwards made sure of a split decision win.
Scotland have a Youth superheavyweight champion as James Russell unanimously outpointed
countryman James Hutchinson. RESULTS
FINALS: Youth: Female: 48: Morgan Ansell (England) outpd Billie Denholm (Scotland) split.
54: Maisey-rose Courtney (England) outpd Hayley Grover (Scotland) unan. 57: Elise Glynn (England) outpd Kelsey Coleman (Wales) unan.
Male: 49: Ryan Carlin (Scotland) outpd Mo Hasham (Wales) split. 52: Louis Small (England) outpd Jordan Spence (Scotland) unan. 56: Joe Tyers (Eng) outpd Ioan Croft (Wales) split.
60: Rhys Edwards (Wales) outpd Jimmy Sains (England) split. 64: Hassan Aziz (England) outpd Jamie Janes (Wakes) unan. 69: Sam Hickey (Scotland) outpd Owen Cooper (England)
split. 75: Jordan Withers (Wales) outpd Jamie Buchanan (Scotland) unan. 91&: James Russell (Scotland) outpd James Hutchinson (Scotland) unan.
Junior: Female: 50: Chantal Whiting (England) outpd Zoe Andrews (Wales) split. 52: Courtney Scott (England) outpd Emily Mcdonald (Scotland) unan. 54: Sasha Hickey (England) stpd Nicole Stewart (Scotland). 57: Kelseymarie Uscroft (England) outpd Caitlin Grover (Scotland) unan. 63: Jay Delaney (Scotland) outpd Luke Mcfadden (Scotland). Male:
40: Kieran Bevan (Wales) outpd Will Porter (Scotland) split. 42: Kyle Quinn (England) outpd Ben Wetter (Wales) split. 44: Robert Dunn (England) outpd Scott Richards (Wales) unan.
46: Lennon Mulligan (Scotland) outpd William Hewitt (England) split. 48: Brandon Scott (Wales) outpd Josh Alexander (Wales). 50: Sahil Khan (England) outpd David Quinn (Scotland) unan. 52: William Tyers (England) outpd Gerard Mctaggart (Scotland) unan. 54: Sonny Driscoll (England) outpd Alex O’sullivan (Wales) split.
57: Adam Amzim (England) stpd Scott Jones (Wales) 3rd. 60: Huey Malone (England) outpd Kyle Kerr (Scotland) unan. 66: Patrick Mullane (Wales) outpd Kieran Heggie (Scotland) split.
70: John Hedges (England) outpd Gary Richards (Wales) unan. 80: Daniel Mcmurray (Scotland) outpd Joel Joseph (Wales) split.