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GB Schoolboys Finals 2013 

28/4/2013

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The Great Britain Schoolboy Finals took place at Ravenscraig, Motherwell in Scotland over two days 26th and 27th April.

Demographically speaking England is 10 times the size of Scotland; there are around 3 Million more people live in London than the entire of Scotland with the deficit being the size of Wales. There are more boxing clubs in London than the whole of Scotland.

Regarding the Scottish boxers, they produced a monumental endeavour in their quest for glory; from all that is within, these young boys unleashed a spirit and desire to seize the day.

Scotland Gold medal winners

Boxers born in the year born 2000

38kg Title was between two Scottish boys seeing off Welsh and English opponents between Craig Penrice and Billy McPhee who utilized good accurate counter punching but with the score tied at 5-5 it had to go to count back and the announcer read out the verdict 30-27 in favour of Craig Penrice.

46kg Title was also contested by two Scottish boxers who were victorious against Welsh and English opposition between Ethan Cowie and Jay Dickie who caught my eye in the semi-finals against an English opponent; he fought with his hands down landing effective shots from the hips. He duplicated his awkward style in the final and the verdict was 8-5 in favour of Jay Dickie.

48kg Title was between Gregory Lunt, England and Stephen McKenna, Scotland - With Lunt getting a bye into the final McKenna won on count back against a tough Welsh opponent in the semi-final. McKenna excelled himself in the final, the solid southpaw deployed a good shape displaying some cracking rear hand straight lefts and the verdict was 13-6 in favour of Stephen McKenna.

57kg Title was between Tye Davies, England and Lewis John Johnstone, Scotland - who received a bye into the final. Southpaw Johnstone impressed with a long range display in which he upped his game in the last round and the verdict was 16-12 in favour of Lewis Johnstone.  

Boxers born in the year 1999

34kg Title was between Ibrahim Nadeem, England and Anthony Morton, Scotland who was by far the smaller man who operated smooth lovely boxing and a higher work rate especially in the last round, the verdict was 13-7 in favour of Anthony Morton.

44kg Title was between Mark Dickenson, England and Jack Stevenson, Scotland - who narrowly beat a welsh opponent in the semi-finals. Stevenson was giving away reach and height advantage but applied a bighearted, rhythmic counterpunching display and the verdict was 9-7 in favour of Jack Stevenson.

50kg Title was between Nathan Shaw, Scotland and Dean Morgan Scotland who dispatched boxers from Wales and England in the semi-finals. Shaw looked a strong kid who was up on his toes with good posture and showed fast hands, the verdict on the fight was 15-13 in favour of Nathan Shaw.

54kg Title was between Jimmy Roe, England and Craig Morgan, Scotland who outpointed a good Welsh opponent in the semi-finals. With an effective fluent style Morgan looked sharp as a razor, lovely lower body, he looked classy and confident and the verdict was 12-4 in favour of Craig Morgan.  

60kg Title was between Roman Haidari, England and Tyler Jolly, Scotland – who overwhelmed his Welsh opponent in the semi-finals with trim footwork, mobility and strength. Hard work and precise punching was the key to success in the final and the verdict was 14-13 in favour of Tyler Jolly.

66kg Title was between Reece Amir, England and Jonlee Joyce, Scotland – who received a bye into the final. Hard punching Joyce was resilient and relentless in coming forward and the verdict was 13-5 in favour of Jonlee Joyce.

The aforementioned boxers were the 10 Gold medal winners for Scotland and although some other Scottish boxers came close I’d have to give a mention to Scotland’s Ryan ball that drew with his English opponent but got beat on the count back. Ryan is an effective switch hitter who took the decision like a true sportsman.

It’s only fair to give a special mention to a young English boxer Rakin Tatou who caught my eye straight away on the first day with a style of boxing I could only compare to that of Olympic Cuban Flyweight Champion Robeisy Carrazana Ramirez, the kid had everything.

Below is a list of the other final day results.

Born in the year 2000

30kg John Lee, England beat Logan McKay, Scotland 16-2

32kg Adam Hussein, England beat M Fisher, Wales 14-4

34kg Rakin Tatou, England beat Jamie McLean, Scotland RSC 2nd

36kg Ibrahim Sulaiman, England beat Robbie White, Scotland RSC 2nd

40kg Jamal Khan, England beat Tony Orr, Scotland RSC 3rd

42kg I Farrer, Wales beat Clyton Orchard, England 9-7

44kg James McMeekin, England beat R Edwards, Wales 22-8

50kg John Johnstone, England beat Connor Jones, wales RSC 1st  

60kg Jake callingham, England beat Ryan Owen, Wales 25-11

Born in the year 1999

36kg Charles Frankham, England beat Taylor McGregor, Scotland 14-9

38kg Sonny Ali, England beat Bradley Moultree, Scotland 17-11

40kg Ben Marksby beat Peter McPhee, Scotland 9-7

42kg Peter Smith, England drew on points with Ryan Ball, Scotland but won on count back 43-40

46kg Sam Pemberton, England beat Aiden Dougan, Scotland 9-7

48kg Jason Foster, England beat Adam Burke, Scotland 12-6

52kg Kieran Sutton, England beat D Williams, Wales 22-9

57kg Levi Lee, England beat Frankie Strinati, Wales 13-3

Total Gold medal haul, England 16 Scotland 10 Wales 1

The GB Schoolboy Championships were a huge success and an epitome of how well organized Amateur Boxing Scotland are.

By Raymond Fraser Buchanan

  


2 Comments
jameslouis dickie
18/5/2013 06:59:48 pm

Well done jay dickie you boxed great, both well deserved wins very proud of you British champ :)

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13/5/2025 05:33:58 pm

It's inspiring to see such dedication from these young boxers.

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