It was prize time for some Blantyre youngsters at the end of July 1977 at the Blantyre Miners’ Welfare Club. The winners of the youth sports section were present at a special awards evening organised by the club on the last Friday of that month in Victoria Street, Blantyre. Over 140 guests watched the winners […]
A good show was put on by Blantyre Boxers in April 1978 at Meadowbank where the Scottish Youth Boxing Championships were being held. Three were among the medals. Sixteen year old Hugh Kelly who boxed with the Blantyre Miner’s Welfare Club lifted the Bantamweight Class B title. Fellow colleague William Johnstone (16), boxing lightweight just […]