TWO representatives of St Mary’s Boxing Club at Chatham, Billy Rumble and Tom Dallas, were both victorious when the South of England select team travelled to take on Ireland in a representative match.

Rumble beat Charles Ward of Twin Towns 23-13 while Dallas knocked out Cathal McMonagle of Holy Trinity Club in Belfast.

But despite the efforts of the St Mary’s pair, the South of England suffered a 3-2 defeat to Ireland.

The following day, three of four St Mary’s boxers reached the quarter-finals of the Golden Gloves Championships.

Jack Budge beat Hamza Rafiq, Bernie Saunders beat Jordan Gelder and George Shrubb beat Gian Gill, while Danny Wooledge lost out to Jackson Collins.