Springhill Boxing Club win big at Scottish Golden Gloves Championships

Springhill Boxing Club enjoyed great success at the Scottish Golden Gloves Open School and Junior Championships, taking three gold and two silver medals.

The tournament, held at Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility in Motherwell over two weekends in February, saw five out of the eight boxers from the Shotts club get fights.

Kerr Smillie, Drew Campbell and John Deighan won gold medals and a pair of Golden Gloves, while Jaden McGarvey and Ethan Storrie took silver.

Deighan fought on the first weekend and scored a points victory to take gold against a very good opponent from Dunfermline Boxing Club.

Campbell fought twice in the competition, winning his semi-final to face Lucas Ewan of Durie’s Boxing Club in the final.

Drew had a point to prove after three defeats against Ewan, but showed determination and skill to win on points.

Smillie had to box a quarter-final and semi-final to reach his final, but beat Andrew McLaughlin from HBA to win a gold medal and a pair of Golden Gloves.

Kerr, from Wishaw, only joined Springhill last August, but in that time he has won three Scottish titles and a Western District title.

February was a good month for Springhill. Eight boxers entered the Scottish Intermediate Championships, but there were no opponents for John Deighan, Ethan Storrie, Bobby McPhee, Kai Grant or Logan Stagg.

However, Kerr Smille won gold and Jaden McGarvey and Drew Campbell won silver.

The Western District School and Junior Championships at M&D’s in Strathclyde Park and again five boxers were without opponents, but Kerr Smillie won gold and Jaden McGarvey and Drew Campbell took silver.

Springhill BC’s proud head coach Frank Delaney said: “It has been a fantastic couple of months, the boys have done very well and I’m