Craigmillar Boxing Club are looking forward to welcoming a group of pugilists from Gdansk, Poland, early in the new year.
The visit reciprocates a trip undertaken by a squad of 10 from Craigmillar to Eastern Europe earlier this year for sparring which coach Kenny Mccartney believes paved the way for some notable successes.
Returning home 16-year-old Sofia Barreira and 18-year-old Liam Flynn won British titles in Cardiff while super heavyweight Harrison Casement and 75kg fighter Jordan Hunter won Scottish Development and East District titles respectively.
For Liam, who is preparing to step into the senior ranks, it was a fourth British title which must stand him in good stead immediately ahead of the 2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games.
Similarly, if Sofia overcomes European champion Tara Young at a show in Woodburn Miners Club on 7 December she will surely be under Games consideration especially with a chance looming to enhance her reputation further at the “Golden Girls” tournament in Sweden late next month (January).
On the same Dalkeith bill apprentice scaffolder Liam will be guaranteed plenty of home support against Lochaber’s Connor Bodkin.
