Brodie Wins Gold
It would be unfair to single out any boy in the Scottish Youth Championship Finals. However, I was laid up with a cold on Friday night but I managed to exchange a few words with Brodie Robertson. I first met Brodie six years ago while I was training future Olympian Josh Taylor and we have kept in contact through social networking.
The transformation in Brodie since back then has been nothing short of sensational; he works as an apprentice plasterer by day and dedicates almost all his spare time to boxing. I asked Brodie how the fight went, he said, “It was a bit scrappy eh, it was one of those fights where you just had to dig deep and win. My determination and hunger took over to win the title” . It’s a credit to Brodie’s hard work, focus and dedication that he is where he is today but this would not be possible without the help and guidance of the true unsung heroes behind him, Kenny Cartney and Colin McCourt, who are the trainers at his club Craigmillar ABC.
It was going into the wee hours of Saturday morning when I asked Brodie what it felt like to be the new Scottish Youth Champion at 69kg, he replied, “It’s not sunk in yet”, he said with a laugh, “Feels like I’m still dreaming”.
By Raymond Fraser Buchanan
2013 ABS Scottish Championships – Youth Final results
ABS is pleased to bring you the latest results from its 2013 Scottish Championships with the latest results from its 2013 Senior Championship preliminaries.
Bout 1 – 1996 Born 52kg – Stephen Boyle (Dennistoun McNair) beat Ryan Mullen (Forgewood) 12-4
Bout 2 – 1996 Born 56kg – Ukasha Farooq (Glasgow East) beat Nathaniel Collins (Bellahouston) 11-8
Bout 3 – 1996 Born 60kg – Aidan McGlynn (The Barn ) beat Andrew Tham (Broadwood) 16-6
Bout 4 – 1996 Born 64kg – Igor Sliwinski (Lochaber Phoenix) beat Jordan McShane (Irvine Vineburgh) 14-13
Bout 5 – 1996 Born 69kg – Jordan McShane (Cambusnethan) beat Gabriel Dover (Kelvin) 12-4
Bout 6 – 1995 Born 49kg – Jack Turner (Hayfield) beat Scott Cummins (Bellahouston) 12-9
Bout 7 – 1995 Born 56kg – Daniel Fairweather (Lochee) beat Gary Ducie (O’Neils) 12-11
Bout 8 – 1995 Born 60kg – Connor Hyslop (Dennistoun McNair) beat Connor McGregor (Clovenstone) KO
Bout 9 – 1995 Born 64kg – Sam Ball (Greenock) beat Dominic Nye (Viewpark) 15-3
Bout 10 – 1995 Born 69kg – Brodie Robertson (Craigmillar) beat Wulliam MacDonald (Denbeath) 12-7
Bout 11 – 1995 Born 75kg – Robert Harkin (Clydebank) beat Shaun Daisley (Larkfield) 13-7
The official results were obtained from Amateur Boxing Scotland.
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