SEAN McComb is set to do some globetrotting this year having claimed his third Irish Elite title and first at light-welterweight with a unanimous decision victory over Wayne Kelly on Friday night, but for now a holiday in Cuba with club coach, Michael Hawkins is off the agenda. The Turf Lodge man laughed when he […]
Archive | February, 2017
World is McComb’s oyster following Kelly win
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O’Hara delighted to be crowned Elite champion
WINNING a first Irish Elite title is a cause for celebration and Kristina O’Hara did just that after defeating Shannon Sweeney in the 48 kg final at the National Stadium on Friday night. The St John Bosco girl won on a unanimous decision against the St Anne’s southpaw who battled gamely, but was well beaten […]
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Irvine made to wait but clinches third Irish title
BRENDAN Irvine was made to wait at the National Stadium on Friday night, but the result was the same as the St Paul’s man held onto his flyweight title with a unanimous decision win over Thomas McCarthy. The West Belfast man has been used to boxing in one of the early bouts on finals’ night, […]
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Retiring after fifty years on the road
ANDERSONSTOWN bus driver Kevin Maguire has dedicated most of his life to making sure we all get to where we need to be and he wouldn’t have had it any other way. “The buses have been very good to me,” said Kevin, “that’s where I met my wife Deirdre. She was a passenger on my […]
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‘Help me live to stay with my daughter’
A BRAVE Lagmore woman has appealed to the public for support as she battles cancer for the sake of her six-year-old daughter. Kellie McConville was diagnosed with an aggressive form of bowel cancer in July last year, just months after her mother died of lung cancer. Devastatingly, the tumour has since spread to Kellie’s liver […]
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Local gym gets a £20,000 grant for equipment
MEMBERS of a South Belfast social enterprise gym are biking their way to better health thanks to a £20,000 from the Housing Executive. The Shaftesbury Community and Recreation Social Enterprise has received the funding to purchase new gym equipment. Twenty brand new Pulse Group spin bikes, with onboard computers, are now in place in the […]
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