Aura Tullamore was delighted to welcome National Boxing Champions Grainne Walsh and Paul Loonam to their centre yesterday.
Fresh off the back of their impressive victories at the Elite All Ireland Championships over the weekend, Walsh and Loonam met with the staff of the centre and showed off their new silverware.
Walsh pulled off the surprise of the night on Saturday, defeating world and European champion Amy Broadhurst to be crowned Irish National Champion in the women’s 66kg division, which has raised hopes over her qualification to the Paris Olympics in 2024.
Meanwhile, it was more joy for the people of Offaly as Paul Loonam pulled off a 5-0 final victory over Sean Purcell to bring home first place in the men’s 57kg division.
Aura Leisure are incredibly proud to support our local athletes and see them succeed on a national level.
It is amazing to have such great ambassadors and characters of the sport take time to visit us and we look forward to seeing what other milestones they can achieve in the months and years ahead. For now, we want to congratulate them both on their tremendous victories and thank them coming down to share the success with us.
