A great Helsinki Gold win for St Patrick’s College student.

Darren O'Neill was celebrating after taking gold in a senior international tournament in Helsinki at the weekend. Darren is from Paulstown Club in Kilkenny. He is a second year B.A. student in the College.

Darren led for Ireland, and landed the gold with a convincing 36 - 19 win. It was a very tough performance against a Russian opponent Serg Maskovski on Sunday. He made it to the final by beating China's Xiao Ping 23-10 in his semi final. Darren also won “The best technical boxer award” to crown an incredible weekend. Well done Darren.

 

Last Updated: Thursday September 21 2006