Young Sports Stars of the Year Award winner No. 3: Shannon Sweeney

The focus now shifts to the February monthly winner in the Young Sports Starts of the Year Awards, Shannon Sweeney.

Shannon, from the St. Anne’s Boxing Club in Westport, joined a unique group when she became only the third boxer from the famed club to claim a national elite title - and the first female to do so. She joins two of the greats - Peter Mullen and Ray Moylette - who also have that claim to fame.

Her success in the National Stadium in Dublin back in February 2018 made it her seventh national title, a phenomenal achievement by a young lady who has her sights set on bigger things.

Who know what lies ahead for this ambitious boxer, who hails from a club that has turned out its fair share of champions - 100 in all, to be precise.