Co Armagh boxer Cassie Henderson returned back to school with yet another medal – this time her second gold from the European Boxing Championships.

Cassie, who won the Under 17 title for Ireland at the Euros in Germany, beat a Ukranian boxer to win the gold medal having beaten Polish and Italian boxers to reach the final.

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Cassie Henderson pictured with her Gold medal won at the European Boxing Championships in Germany. She is pictured with members of Phoenix Boxing Club of which she is a member.

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Previously Cassie has won a gold medal at the European Schools Boxing Championship in 2023. Last year she captained her Irish team mates and won another European boxing championship scooping a bronze medal.

The popular 16-year-old, who boxes at Phoenix Amateur Boxing Club based at St Peter’s GAA in Lurgan, returned back to St Ronan’s College this week where she is studying for her A levels.

The level headed schoolgirl is also a superb talent on the Gaelic football field scoring a goal for Clann Eireann in the ladies senior championship final last September. She has also played for her county captaining the Armagh U16 team to an All-Ireland "B" title victory in July 2025.

Cassie, who is the daughter of former Linfield and Armagh GAA player Ryan Henderson, began her illustrious career aged 13 and just 3 years later is regarded as one of the most exciting young boxers in Ireland if not Europe.

The pride of Lurgan and Ireland, her own club Phoenix Amateur Boxing Club in Lurgan said Cassie is bringing ‘boxing in Lurgan to another level’.

"Three European medals in four European championships at 16 years of age speaks volumes,” said a club spokesperson.

"Not much more can really be said about this girl that hasn’t already been mentioned many times in many posts, a real beacon of her community, town and our club.

"Her boxing and sporting accolades are far from being handed to her. The hard graft this girl puts in night after night, session after session is relentless, never gives nothing but 100% every time and always rising to the challenge ahead.

"It’s no coincidence that Cassie has been handed a team captains role at her last three Championships including world of havoc tournament in Florida USA. A natural inspirational young leader to say the least.”