South Yorkshire Times February 26, 1949
Denaby’s Martin Higgins who holds a National Army Cadet boxing title, and Denaby colleague, D Regan, are among Cadets who will take part in the National Championships of Great Britain at the Albert Hall, London on Monday, March 7th.
Yorkshire won six events in the North of Great Britain events at Blackpool on Saturday, Higgins and Regan being among the winning Cadets to go forward.
Seventy competitors drawn from 13 battalions took part in the opening stages of the competition at Mexborough earlier this year.