Congratulations to O’Neils boxer Jacob Naismith for picking up an award earlier this week at the Hamilton Sports Council Awards. The teenager was named Young Male Individual of the Year after a fantastic 12 months that has seen him become Scottish, British and European champion. Well done! Jacob is picture with his proud family.
Blantyre Celtic Girls are looking for new players. The Under 12s club is looking for further new youngsters to bolster their squad. If interested, please contact coach Mick, on 07930 587500.
Work to create a new seven-a-side pitch at Hamilton Palace Sports Grounds has been completed five weeks early. Two tennis courts and one five-a-side pitch were converted to the new seven-a-side 3G pitch. Work continues on converting two five-a-side pitches to two 2G tennis courts, with three five-a-side 3G pitches also in the process of […]
Scotland have beaten Spain 2 – 0 tonight in a stunning victory in the Group A Euro 2024 qualifiers. A fantastic result given Spain maintained 75% possession through the whole game. Earlier, Scotland & Spain opened Group A with 3-0 wins on Saturday. Scotland go top of group A with 6 points so far! Well […]
It’s been a cracking couple of weeks for everyone involved at Priestfield Boxing Club. They had 6 of their boxers competing at 2 competitions, Scottish Development (Intermediate) Championships and the Western District Championships. This resulted in 4 Gold Medals and 1 Silver Medal for the following boxers: Lewis Connelly (Elite) – 63.5kg – Gold Ben […]
What a weekend it’s been for Blantyre sports! There were 2 gold medals for Priestfield Boxing Club in Blantyre today. Blantyre derby today between Priestfield Boxing club and Blantyre miners. Ben Mcgoldrick VS Rhys McCrae 60kg final at the Scottish development championships. Ben Mcgoldrick from Priestfield wins the gold medal by unanimous decision Priestfield also […]
On Sunday past local lad Rhys Mccrae was fighting at the Barrhead western district show against the Scottish novice champion. This now cements Rhys a place in this weekends Scottish intermediate Boxing championships along with the club’s other fighter, Callum Bell. Here’s wishing them the very best of luck!
A huge well done to local lad, Rhys McRae who has become the new Scottish novice 60kg champion. Picking up a gold and first on the podium last weekend, Rhys trains at Blantyre Miners Amateur Boxing Club. A spokesperson for the club added, “Proud of this kid. Well done, enjoy the win!” All of Rhys […]