World Junior Champion, Siofra Lawless, has been nominated for the HerSport Personality of the Year award.
On December 4th, 63kg Siofra of Four Kings BC in Kilcoole County Wicklow, contested her final against India’s Sachin Shurshti Sathe on the second day of finals. Siofra displayed excellent punch-picking, and ringcraft, and was dominate throughout, winning all rounds. Judges from Serbia, Zimbabwe, Kyrgyzstan, Spain and Uzbekistan scored the bout, which included a last round standing count: 26:30, 26:30, 27:30, 26:30, 27:30. Siofra was named Best Female Boxer of the World Junior Championships.
Siofra is nominated for the award alongside 9 other women, including highly decorated 100 metre hurdler, Sarah Lavin, Olympian – sailor Annalise Murphy, Mary Hickey-Nolan, Olympian and hockey player Nicci Daly, MMA champion, Shauna Bannon, Ruesha Little-John, Fionnuala McCormack, Amelia McFarland and Hannah Tyrell
You can vote for Siofra here. Winners will be announced on the night of the 27th January 2024