Aoife O’Rourke secures semi-final spot as Lisa misses out

Castlerea Boxer Aoife O’Rourke has secured a semi-final spot at 75th Strandja Memorial Tournament in Bulgaria this afternoon after defeating Poland’s Elzbieta Wojcik on a 5:0 unanimous decision.

This means that she will be guaranteed at least a bronze medal.

Earlier, her sister Lisa narrowly missed out on a semi-final spot after losing on a 4:1 split decision to Aneta Rygielska from Poland.

Aoife’s semi-final bout will take place on Saturday, 10th of February.