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<\/a><\/p>\nCharlie Murray from St John\u2019s BC in Derry was named best male boxer. In a Boy 3 52kgs bout, Murray overcame Rogan Caldwell from Glengormley on a 2-1 split decision.<\/p>\n
Banbridge BC\u2019s Phoebe Clarke, who earned a unanimous decision win over Cassie Lynch from Illies Golden Gloves, was named best female boxer.<\/p>\n
Banbridge BC took home the team of the tournament trophy, having had 11 finalists. They had wins for Clarke, Frankie Mooney, Paige Nickels, Masie Traynor, Harrison Orr, Alex Prentice and Isaac Ireland while Caoimhe Smyth, Scott Watson, Decosta Gillen and Michael Ward all competed in finals.<\/p>\n
Fittingly, the Raphoe Boxing Club – the club O\u2019Donnell helped build, shape and develop \u2013 also had a winner, and Tyler Keaveney\u2019s win over Cormac Callaghan was one of the fights of the day. <\/p>\n
Martin Ward, a new recruit to Raphoe Boxing Club, took an excellent win over Ben McKeown of All Saints, the all-action Ward deservedly given a unanimous verdict, but there was a narrow split decision defeat for Oriana Pojawa against Katie McDonagh (Oakleaf).<\/p>\n
Before the first bell rang, acclaimed Tyrone singer and boxing official Cara McGillion sang Amhr\u00e1n na bhFiann, while the Irish and Donegal flags were carried by Peter O\u2019Donnell\u2019s grandchildren Amber and Zoe. <\/p>\n
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There was a big crowd at the Clonmany Community Centre at the weekend for the first Peter O\u2019Donnell Box Cup. PICTURE: CHRIS MCNULTY <\/p>\n
\u201cToday is about more than boxing,\u201d said County Donegal boxing board president, James McCarron said. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt is about remembering a man who meant so much to our sport and to the people involved in it. Peter was a man whose contribution to boxing in Donegal will never be forgotten. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe gave his time, his energy and his passion to the sport, and he helped build something that was much bigger than what happened inside the ring.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe understood that boxing was about developing young people, teaching discipline, building confidence, showing respect and giving people a sense of belonging.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is the real legacy Peter leaves behind. One of the special things about Peter was the respect he earned throughout the boxing community. His name continues to mean something to the people who knew him. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe remember not only what he did for boxing, but also the commitment and character that made him such an important part of our community.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCongratulations to all,\u201d added Eugene Duffy, long-time friend of Peter O\u2019Donnell and the current Irish Boxing vice-president.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was a brilliantly run competition that looks sure to go from strength to strength in the years ahead. A terrific tribute to a great man.\u201d<\/p>\n
On behalf of the O\u2019Donnell family, Rory O\u2019Donnell said \u201cif there was a heaven on earth, this would be it for my father\u201d. <\/p>\n
\u201cLook at this,\u201d he said, \u201cthree rings and boys and girls just boxing and just getting on with it and coming out with a smile on their face.<\/p>\n
\u201cWin or lose, that was what he wanted to have and he just loved boxing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, this weekend sees the return of one of the most established box cups in Ireland.<\/p>\n
The Halloween Box Cup – run by the County Antrim Board, takes place at Belfast\u2019s Girdwood Community Hub from October 24-26 \u2013 and features 430 participants from seven different countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THERE was, as the man himself would have put it, standing room only at the Clonmany Community Centre…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":933598,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,157971,85],"class_list":["post-933597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-donegal","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=933597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/933598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=933597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=933597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=933597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}