Penalised boxers all set to rejoin national squad

THE three national champions dropped from the High Performance Squad after failing to turn up for the first training session after Christmas will rejoin the squad in the middle of the month, but won’t be going to the European Championships - the first of the Olympic Qualifiers.

Heavyweight champion, Alan Reynolds from Sligo, and the two Immaculata boxers, featherweight champion Martin Lindsey and super heavyweight champion, Martin Rogan, met with the High Performance Director, Gary Keegan, on Friday and the issue was resolved.

But the President of the IABA, Dominic O’Rourke, said yesterday they would not be going to the European Championships but would be in line for selection for the other Olympic qualifiers in March.