Fourth north district title for Elgin Amateur Boxing Club youngster Tyler Sked while Austin Richardson lands first north medal and club lands domestic and international success
Elgin Amateur Boxing Club is celebrating two north district titles and a Scotland international success.
The club also took part in the RAF Lossiemouth Boxing Show, with success for one of the club’s servicemen.
But the Elgin ABC headline-hitter was teenager Tyler Sked, who picked up his fourth north district title in Aberdeen after winning the 50kg junior open class at Sheddocksley Community Centre.
Sked’s fourth success came in a bout against Lochee opponent Jacksyn King.
His triumph was emulated by team-mate Austin Richardson, who won his first district title by beating home hopeful Joel Watson in the 44kg schools novice (2012) category.
Another Elgin boxer, Billy Chalmers, in only his third competitive bout was unlucky not to make it a hat-trick of titles for his club.
Chalmers reached the 2010 schools novice 60kg final and had to settle for silver as he was narrowly beaten by Inverurie’s Liam Leiper-Milne.
Struan Grant took on his first-ever bout and also secured a silver in the junior novice 80+kg final against a much more experienced opponent.
Josie Imlach fought an exhibition against Cain’s Marley Rodriguez on the same card.
Two more Elgin ABC youngsters have district finals to look forward to. Marcus McEwan is in the junior open 2008/09 final against Granite City’s Laju Rowaniyor, and Brodie Pirie will take on Fair City’s Andrew Rennie in the final of the 2011 schools novice 40kg final.
As for one of the club’s multiple Scottish and district title holders, Lukas Vaitekunas was a winner in the international ring.
He was selected to fight for Scotland against an England select and won his bout.
Vaitekunas will be in action this weekend at a boxing show in Irvine while team-mates Arran Devine, McEwan and Sked are all taking part in the High Performance Centre camp for GB selection.
Devine, a serviceman at RAF Lossiemouth who also competes for Elgin ABC, won at the air base’s annual boxing show.
He defeated Sgt Cameron Lewis (Brize Norton) in what was regarded as the best fight on the bill.
Ivan Kordaviskyi lost on a 4/1 split in his first fight for the club, while Andrew Forsyth was unlucky to be edged out by Cpl Matthew Muddiman from RAF Coningsby.
