Team Ireland recorded 4 wins & 2 medals on Day Three of the European Schools Championships in Erzurum, Turkey.
40kg Elma Barry was the first Irish boxer in action today; she contested against Daria Liahotska of Ukraine and came away with a 5-0 win, at least a bronze medal and progression forward to the semi finals. The bout was scored: 28:29, 28:29, 27:30, 28:29, 28:29. Elma boxes for a place in the finals in August 18th’s afternoon session.
In Bout 8, 42kg Abbey Molloy recorded another UD win, and another guaranteed bronze, this time against home boxer Ozdemir Melek; 27:30, 28:29, 27:30, 27:30, 27:30. Abbey’s semi final will also take place on Thursday afternoon.
5 bouts later, 44kg Lauren Doherty Crinnion recorded Team Ireland’s 3rd win of the day, a 4-1 split over England’s Kalsi Jaya – the final score was 28:29, 29:28, 29:28, 30:27, 29:28.
Winning ways continued in Bout 15, when 46kg Alanna O’Brien took on Azerbaijan’s Yulia Doroshenko, and came away with a 5-0 win – 30:27, 30:26, 30:27, 30:27, 30:27.
48kg Mary Furlong was the last Irish boxer in action in the afternoon session. She put in a valiant performance against England’s Ruby Took in bout 21, but exits following a 4-1 split decision in favour of the English boxer. The judges scored the bout 29:28, 27:30, 27:30, 27:30, 27:30
In the evening session, 57kg Faith Kileen contested against Bosnia & Herzegovina’s Dunja Vuksic and put in a brave performance; the 5-0 decision went to her opponent. The final score: 30:27, 29:28, 30:27, 30:27
30:27.
37-40kg Kalib Walshe was the final Team Ireland boxer in action on Day Three, meeting Georgia’s Shalva Beridze. That bout ended in a 4-1 split in favour of the Georgian boxer. The judges scored the bout: 28:29, 27:30, 27:30, 27:30, 29:28.
Three Team Ireland boxers are between the ropes in Turkey on Day Four.
44kg Daniel Joyce faces Greece’s Asileios Vasileiadis in bout 6 of the Afternoon Session, while in bout 13, 48kg Christian Doyle meets Italy’s Antonio Marongiu. In bout 9 of the Evening Session, 54kg Danny Mahon also meets Italian opposition, in the form of Gabriele Bellandi.
Day Four’s programme:
Day Four’s Afternoon Session will be streamed here:
Day Four’s Evening Session will be streamed here:
Team Ireland Squad:
34-36kg Ellen Winnie Joyce, Olympic L, Co. Westmeath
38kg Carley O’Herron, Rochfordbridge BC, Co. Westmeath
40kg Elma Barry, Setanta L, Co. Kildare
42kg Abbey Molloy, Sacred Heart BC, Dublin.
44kg Lauren Doherty Crinnion, Fr. Horgan’s, Co. Cork
46kg Alanna O’Brien, Setanta L, Co. Kildare
48kg Mary Furlong, Na Fianna BC, Co. Wexford
51kg Donna Marie McCarthy, Mayfield BC, Co. Cork
54kg Robyn Charlie Carlyle, Crumlin BC, Dublin
57kg Faith Kileen, Jobstown BC, Dublin
60kg Cassie May Henderson, Gilford ABC, Co. Armagh: Team Co-Captain
64kg Alannah Kenny, Clonmel BC, Co. Tipperary
70kg Chloe Louise Poleon, Dunboyne BC, Co. Meath
37-40kg Kalib Walshe, Wexford CBS, Co. Wexford
42kg Lochlainn Michael Beagan , Sean Doran’s BC, Co.
44kg Daniel Joyce, Elite Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
46kg James Michael Casey, Sliabh Luchra BC, Co. Kerry
48kg Christian Doyle, Olympic L, Co. Westmeath
50kg Brandon Geoghegan, Sacred Heart, Dublin
52kg Cian Michael Stapleton, Marble City BC, Co. Kilkenny
54kg Danny John Mahon, Fr. Flanagan’s BC, Co, Kildare
57kg John (Daniel Maher) O’Donoghue, Olympic L, Co. Westmeath: Team Co-Captain.
60kg Edward Harty, Portloaise BC, Co. Laois
63kg Broderick Adbuire, Jobstown BC, Dublin
66kg Rocco Dempsey, Avona BC, Dublin
70kg John Paul Mongans, Rathkeale BC, Co. Limerick
75kg Callum Francis Barrett, Olympic C, Co. Galway
80kg Richard Daniel Kiely, Midleton BC, Co. Cork
90kg Jordie Cooke, Gleann BC, Co. Antrim
Team Managers: Gus Farrell and Jennifer O ‘Sullivan Coffey
Coaches
Amanda Spencer
Lynn McEnery
Brian Barry
Jeff Fitzgerald
R&J: Dermot McDermott
Day One session results are here
Day Two session results are here
Session Three results:
Session Four results:
Session Five results: