Team Ireland’s European U15 Championship medals haul has risen to 8, following today’s girls quarter finals.
40kg Ellie May Featherson has won at least a bronze medal, following a dominant 5-0 win over Julie Stara of the Czech Republic – judges scored the bout 29:28; 29:28; 29:28; 29:28; 29:28. Ellie will box her semi final on Thursday, against Azerbaijan’s Nasrin Abdullazada
42kg Rosaletta Casey also has a place on the podium following her 4-1 quarter final win over Poland’s Alicja Laniecka on a scoreline of 29:28; 28:29; 28:29; 27:30; 27:30. She’ll take on Scotland’s Sinita Kaur in her semi final on Thursday.
Also contesting a semi-final on Thursday is 48kg Macie Duffy O’Connor. She was the 4-1 split decision winner over Yagmur Çoskun of Turkey and judges scored the bout 30:27; 29:28; 29:28; 28:29; 29:28. She next takes on Scotland’s Jenna Dailly.
52kg Ellie Curtain Murray has won, at minimum, a bronze medal, following her 4-1 split decision quarter final win over Chanel Pascali of Italy – 28:29; 30:27; 29:28; 30:27; 30:27. Ellie is back in action on Thursday, when she boxes her semi final against Ukraine’s Yeva Kubanova.
60kg Maicey Field has medaled by way of a dominant 5-0 win over Israel’s Sendy Tayber in her quarter final. The final scores were 30:27; 30:27; 30:27; 30:27; 30:27. Maicey will box her semi-final on Thursday, against Romania’s Patricia Sara Grogorie.
Two Team Ireland boxers lost out on dreaded 3-2 splits: 46kg Kenia Flood Prado in her contest against Poland’s Amelia Joachimska and 44kg Ava Harford in her meeting Hungary’s Viktória Nagy. Kenia’s bout was scored 30:27; 29:28; 27:30; 27:30; 29:28 – while judges scored Ava’s bout 30:27; 29:28; 30:27; 29:28; 29:28.
Roisin Hegarty, Ronan Charles and Pa Casey secured their medals earlier in the competition, and will box for up-grades across Thursday and Friday.
369 boxers including 131 girls and 138 boys from 32 nations are competing in this record-breaking European U15 Boxing Championships. The participating federations are: Albania, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey and Ukraine
Day Five
Its boys’ quarter finals day on Wednesday, and 4 Team Ireland boxers will vie to medal. There are two sessions tomorrow – the Afternoon Sessions begins at 1pm and the Evening Session is underway at 5pm.
57kg Kieran McDonagh takes on Turkey’s Vesim Akdamar Varcin in Bout 3 of the Afternoon Session. 7 bouts later, 75kg Thomas O’Reilly makes his tournament debut against Levi Valler of England; that’s Bout
48kg Zac Creighton is back in action in Bout 8 of the Evening Session, against Yehya Odeh of Israel. And in Bout 15, 52kg Patrick Hourican contests against Ianis Lucas Caldararu of Romania.
Watch
European Boxing is live-streaming the tournament on its YouTube channel, here. Links, per ring and session, will be published on the day of boxing.
Team Ireland
40kg Ellie May Featherson, Mulhuddart BC, Dublin
40kg John Sweeney, Olympic BC, Galway
42kg Rosetta Casey, Portlaoise BC, Loais
42kg Ronan Charles, Mullingar Elite BC, Westmeath
44kg Ava Harford, Phoenix of Ballyboughal BC, Dublin
44kg Pa Casey, Sliabh Luachra BC, Kerry
46kg Kenia Flood Prado, Glasnevin BC, Dublin
48kg Macie Duffy O’Connor, Cabra BC, Dublin
48kg Zach Creighton, Avona BC, Dublin, Team Co-Captain
50kg Franky Mooney, Banbridge BC, Antrim
52kg Ellie Curtain Murray, Golden Gloves BC, Cork
52kg Patrick Hourican, Sean Doran’s BC, Armagh
54kg Charley Scott, St Catherine’s BC, Dublin
57kg Kieran McDonagh, Olympic BC, Galway
60kg Maicey Field, Baldoyle BC, Dublin
63kg Charlie Joyce Connolly, Jobstown BC, Dublin
63kg Roisin Hegarty, Twin Towns BC, Donegal, Team Co-Captain
66kg Eddie Sweeney, Galway BC
75kg Thomas O’Reilly, Portlaoise BC, Loais
Team Managers: Stephen Connolly & Bridget Scott
Coaches:
John Coffey, Sliabh Luachra BC, Kerry,
Paul Simson, Saviours Crystal BC, Waterford
Tommy O’Donnell, Charleville BC, Cork
Lynne McEnery, High Performance Unit.
R&J Karl McLoughlin, St. Catherine’s BC, Dublin