A trio of stars from Beath Boxing Club have stepped into the ring in recent weeks to enjoy the "highest accolade" of representing their country.
Charlie Bonnar, Junior Cowan and Ruby Price were all selected by Boxing Scotland to compete at the 2026 Four Nations Championships, also featuring England, Wales and Ireland.
It took place at Motherwell's Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility at the weekend, and came after all three travelled to Ireland to box for Scotland last month.
That saw Ruby win on her international debut, with what her club described as a "career best performance", and Charlie also winning in impressive fashion, whilst Junior was unfortunate to finish on the wrong side of a split decision against the Irish champion.
They were then picked again for the Four Nations and Charlie, in the male 48kg category, reached the final, losing out to Ireland's Pat Stokes.
Ruby, in the junior 52kg category, a new weight, lost to Maisie Flanagan, acquitting herself very well against a "quality Irish champion" whilst, unfortunately for Junior, he was withdrawn from his scheduled male 50kg bout with Wales' Harrison Law.
The club said: "Junior Cowan has worked tirelessly for this tournament.
"But, unfortunately, the 14-week gap between winning the Scottish Championships and this tournament proved to be a step too far.
"Boxer safety has to come first and Junior will look forward to competing at his natural weight."
Speaking to Times Sport ahead of the Four Nations, however, Jon-Paul Hynd, Beath head coach, was delighted with the recognition from Boxing Scotland for his three talented stars.
"It is incredible," he said.
"It's the highest accolade any amateur boxer can have, is to represent their country.
"There was some fantastic performances from them.
"For something that started as just a small club in Cowdenbeath, it's really starting to have some success on the international stage now.
"Championship medals, or international caps, are all well and good, but they all started somewhere.
"They all had their first night in the gym, where they would've been nervous about stepping across the threshold, but it just shows that, with a bit of hard work, and a bit of dedication, anybody can achieve anything if they set their mind to it."
On Ruby's winning bow in Ireland, he noted: "It was her international debut, and she won, so she continued the strong Beath boxer tradition.
That's five boxers all won on their international debut in the past 12 months.
"I'm really proud of them. It's a testament to all their hard work and time they're putting in in the gym."
In between those two competitions, Beath boxers also enjoyed success at the annual King of the North Box Cup, held in Aberdeen.
Robbie Neilson, Junior Cowan, Chris Clemence and Alexander Townsley represented the club, with Robbie picking up gold, and both Junior and Chris winning silver medals.
