Commonwealth Games: NI boxer Gallagher impresses as Danielle Hill breaks record on day two

Tyrone boxer Jude Gallagher overcame Eswatini's Zweli Comfort Dlamini to make the last 16 of the featherweight division at the Commonwealth Games.

Dlamini landed some big single punches but a fierce body shot from Gallagher in the final round saw him reassert control as he secured a unanimous win.

It was a first win at the Games for the Northern Ireland boxing team after JP Hale's defeat on Friday.

Elsewhere, swimmer Daniel Hill advanced to the women's 50m freestyle final.

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The Larne native, 22, set a new Irish and Northern Irish record of 25.15 to qualify for Sunday's final with the sixth fastest time, but missed out on a place in the 100m backstroke final by just 0.03 seconds, as she clocked the ninth fastest semi-final time (1:01.74).

Hill, along with Victoria Catterson, Grace Davison and Mollie McAlorum, formed the 4x100m freestyle relay team that placed sixth in the final in a time of 3:47.24.

Earlier Jack McMillan missed out on the men's 200m freestyle final having finished ninth in qualifying with a time of 1:48.51.

Danielle Hill broke her own women's 50m freestyle Irish record to reach Sunday final but narrowly missed out in the backstroke

Gallagher gets NI boxers off the mark

Newtownstewart man Gallagher produced a fast start to take control of the opening round as he used his superb footwork and strong jab to good effect.

Dlamini, from the African nation formerly known as Swaziland, produced one big right hand in the opening round but the Northern Ireland boxer was given a 10-9 verdict on four of the five cards, with the Australian judge ruling him a 10-8 victor.

As the dangerous Dlamini had more success in round two by landing big rights and lefts, two of the judges had the bout level but Gallagher was still in control as he led 20-18 on two cards and was deemed 20-16 ahead by the Australian judge.

Dlamini tried desperately to up the pace, with Gallagher's boxing becoming more ragged, but a big body shot by the Northern Irishman took the wind of the African's sails as Gallagher completed his unanimous victory.

Seaward and Scullion ninth and 10th in marathon

Northern Ireland distance runners Kevin Seaward and Stephen Scullion finished ninth and 10th respectively in a gruelling men's marathon in Birmingham.

Seaward crossed the line in two hours, 16 minutes, 54 seconds, nearly six minutes behind Ugandan race winner Victor Kiplangat.

Belfast's Scullion rounded off the top 10 as he came home in 2:17:51.

Para-athlete Mark Millar impressed in the early morning T53/54 marathon, securing a personal best 1:58:48 to claim sixth.

England's Johnboy Smith took gold ahead of Scotland's Sean Frame and Englishman Simon Lawson.

Mixed day for bowlers as table tennis team bow out

In the lawn bowls, the men's pair of Martin McHugh and Sam Barkley beat Namibia 27-6 before fighting back against Wales to claim a 14-11 win, meaning they can claim a quarter-final spot by beating Jamaica in their final pool game on Sunday.

However there was disappointment for NI in the men's triples missed out on a quarter-final berth on points difference following their 20-15 defeat by Fiji.

The loss allowed Wales to jump above them into second in Section C thanks to their 31-10 win over Norfolk Island.

In the women's singles, Shauna O'Neill is out of quarter-final contention having lost an enthralling must-win game against Wales' Laura Daniels 21-19.

O'Neill led 19-14 knowing a win would leave her well-placed to reach the last eight having earlier thumped Daphne-Arthur Almond of the Falkland Islands, but Daniels stormed back to book her place in the quarters at the NI bowler's expense.

Meanwhile at Lee Valley, cyclist Alice Sharp was ninth in the Women's 300m individual pursuit qualifying with a time of 3:32.814 as she missed out on progression to the medal races.

Northern Ireland also bowed out of the men's table tennis team event after a 3-0 defeat by India in their concluding group match.

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