Marble City star to captain Irish under-15 boxing team this week
Marble City boxer Luke McKenna will compete at the Four Nations tournament in Scotland
Marble City’s Luke McKenna and Garry Kehoe will travel with the Irish U15 and Irish U19 teams to the 4 nations tournamentin Scotland this week. The competition will feature over 350 boxers from Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales.
Luke McKenna, the reigning National Boy 3 59kg champion has been named as the U15 Irish Team Captain that will travel to Scotland this Friday morning to contest the 4 nations championship which consists of Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales.
This prestigious tournament takes place with Irelands involvement for the first time since 2005.
The Marble City man secured his place in the Irish High Performance Unit after claiming his second consecutive National crown in April and ensured his place on the team with a dominant win over the reigning National Boy 2 champion in the Box office series.
It is a huge honour for the Kilkenny man to be named team captain with such a strong abundance of talent in the squad, the first boxer in an illustrious list of Irish internationals that have hailed from Marble City to wear the Irish best to be named as Team Captain of an Irish Squad.
Luke will contest his semi final of the 4 nations on Saturday once the draw is complete.
Meanwhile Marble City Head coach Garry Kehoe has been named to coach the Irish U19 team at the 4 Nations tournament in the same venue which gets underway on Thursday alongside the senior team.