Tiffany Spencer after winning gold in the Golden Girl Championship in Sweden
Jobstown boxers medal at Golden Girl Championship
JOBSTOWN Boxing Club fielded six competitors in the Golden Girl Championships in Sweden last weekend and emerged with one gold and two silver medals.
In what is the biggest female boxing tournament, the Tallaght club were represented at the top of the podium after Tiffany Spencer captured the 46kg Junior title.
She faced England’s Dolly Sambrook in a straight final and dominated from start to finish, landing some heavy left hands that helped see her take the bout on a unanimous decision.
Ava McCabe earned her place in the Girl Four 44kg Final after carding a convincing victory over Khrystyna Semeniv from Ukraine after which she was edged out on a split decision by her Polish opponent in the decider.
It was a similar story for Siena Fitzpatrick in the Girl Four 54kg division where she took a unanimous decision against home boxer, Isabelle Josefssen in the last four only to emerge on the unfavourable side of split in her final against another Swedish girl, Marija Pesic.
Jobstown Boxing Club’s Siena Fitzpatrick and Ava McCabe both made the podium at the Golden Girl Championship
Faith killeen (Girl Two 60kg) was pipped by a strong Polish opponent in her quarter final while Alicia O’Reilly, competing in the same division, was edged out in the penultimate rounds by Ukraine’s Sofia Movchan.
Going up against England’s top champion Ruby White in the Junior 48kg class, Jobstown’s Stacey O’Connor battled superbly, but lost out narrowly.
“All six girls hold Irish national titles and had a brilliant international experience, sparring against teams from Portugal, England, Ukraine, Ireland, Poland, Spain and Finland,” said Jobstown BC coach Amanda Spencer.
“This was a fantastic tournament for our team of girls and comes off the back of Jobstown Boxing Club winning 10 Irish national titles this season.
“We are now gearing up for the Cadets to qualify for the Junior Europeans to take place in June and we’re also preparing for our big annual seventh anniversary show in July,” she added.
