MIDDLEWEIGHT Darren Sutherland will make a welcome return to competitive action this tomorrow evening when he meets Ed Healy of Portlaoise in the semi-finals of the Seniors at the Stadium.

DARREN SUTHERLAND (St. Saviours OBA) added the national senior title to his CV with a power-packed performance that overwhelmed Edward Healy (Portlaoise) in the third round of their middleweight final at the finals of the National senior championships last night.

MARVIN LEE, who will top the bill at the Garda v NYPD dinner-show in Cork on St. Patrick’s night, will not know the identity of his opponent until after the Golden Gloves tournament New York.

WITH places still up for grabs on the Irish team for next month’s European Indoor Championships in Madrid, interest will centre on the Nenagh Arena over the weekend when the National Senior Championships will be decided.

GILLIAN O’SULLIVAN launched her sensational season at the Irish Indoor Championships in the Odyssey Arena, Belfast last February and she will be hoping for more of the same when she returns there in less than two months to launch her the build-up to the Olympics.