MEMBERS of Fishburn Amateur Boxing Club gave a good account of themselves in the North-East schoolboy championships at the weekend.
Carl Thompson was defeated in the semi-final on a majority decision by Kevin Ringwood, of Hartlepool, who went on to take the title.
Fishburn's Joe Davidson reached the final in his weight division, to be defeated by Dave Curran, of Birtley, the schoolboy and English champion.
The championships at Cramlington also included the presentation of a gold award to Paul Warnett, of Fishburn, for winning the national Amateur Boxing Association's novice cruiserweight title.
Trainer Alan Robinson said it had been a good start to the year for the club.
The Fishburn club has joined forces with Bishop Auckland to put on a boxing show at Eldon Lane Working Men's Club on February 28.
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