DROITWICH Amateur Boxing Club's Josh Turner has reached the National semi-finals of the Schoolboy Championships.

The 12-year-old boxing for Midland Counties against Yorkshire in the quarter-finals comfortably outpointed Liam Taranji from Hud-dersfield. In an impressive display Turner used his reach and speed of punching to build a solid three-point lead in the opening round and by the end of the fourth he took the decision 11-4.

Turner will box in the northern semi-finals at Liverpool on Saturday.

Droitwich's Charles Delves will box for England U19s against Canada on Friday.