World Elite champion Michael Conlan (red) in action

Team Lithuania are scheduled to arrive in Dublin tomorrow for a training camp with Ireland at the National Stadium.

The camp runs until March 24 at the home of Irish boxing.

Current European Elite welter champion Eimantas Stanionis and current European Elite bronze medallist Evaldas Petrauskas are included in the Lithuanian panel.

Both nations are preparing for next month’s European Olympic qualifiers in Samsun, Turkey. The Irish squad for the qualifiers leave for a final training camp in Assisi, Italy on March 28.

Rio 2016 Olympians Paddy Barnes, Michael Conlan, Steven Donnelly and Joe Ward are included on the Irish team for the Assisi training camp.

The Irish squad for Samsun will be ratified in due course.

Ireland and Lithuania squads training camp National Stadium Dublin

Ireland

1. Stephen McKenna

2. Paddy Barnes

3. Brendan Irvine

4. TJ Waite

5. Michael Conlan

6. Kurt Walker

7. David Oliver Joyce

8. Sean McComb

9. Tiernan Bradley

10. Dean Walsh

11. Wayne Kelly

12. Steven Donnelly

13. Adam Nolan

14. Martin Stokes

15. Michael O’Reilly

16. Conor Wallace

17. Joe Ward

18. JP Delaney

19. Darren O’Neill

20. Kirill Afanasev

21. Dean Gardiner

22. Thomas Carty

Lithuania

1. Evaldas Petrauskas,

2. Eimantas Stanionis,

3. Mantas Valavicius

4. Edgaras Skurdelis,

5. Todas Tamasauskas,

6. Tomas Piorun

7. Vladimiras Bajevas (coach)

8. Vidas Bruzas (coach)

9. Arunas Cialka (physio)

10. Valeriu Dadeo

Darren O’Neill on medals podium in Helsinki today

Michael O’Reilly had to settle for silver at the Gee Bee Multi-Nations in Helsinki, Finland this afternoon.

The European Games champion lost the 75kg final to France’s Christian M’Billi-Assomo, the 2014 Gee Bee champion, in a pulsating three-rounder.

The middleweight final was the last bout of the 35th edition of the tournament.

Earlier today, TJ Waite produced a big performance but lost to Russia’s Ovik Ogannisian on a unanimous decision in the 52kg final.

Darren O’Neill ceded a walkover to Kazakh heavyweight Vasilly Levitt in today’s 91kg decider after picking up a facial cut in Saturday’s semi-final win over Italy.

Team Ireland are due to arrive home via Dublin Airport at 10.35pm tomorrow evening, March 14th.

Gee Bee Multi-Nations Helsinki, Finland March 11/14

March 11th

Q/Finals

75kg Michael O’Reilly (Ireland) beat Giovanni Sarachiato (Italy) 3-0

64kg Dean Walsh (Ireland) lost to Aleksai Mazur (Russia) 1-2

91kg Darren O’Neill (Ireland) beat Tadas Tamasauskas (Lithuania) 3-0

March 12th

S/Finals

49kg Stephen McKenna (Ireland) lost to Bator Sagalajev (Russia) 0-3

52kg TJ Waite (Ireland) beat Dodji Ayigah (Belgium) 2-1

75kg Michael O’Reilly (Ireland) beat Troy Williamson (England) 3-0

91kg Darren O’Neill (Ireland) beat Tommaso Rossano (Italy) 3-0

March 13th

Finals

52kg TJ Waite (Ireland) lost to Ovik Ogannisian (Russia) 0-3

75kg Michael O’Reilly (Ireland) lost to Christian M’Billi Assomo (France) 0-3

91kg Darren O’Neill (Ireland) lost to Vasilly Levitt (Kazakhstan) W/O

(O’Neill injured in s/finals)

Irish squad

49kg Stephen McKenna (Old School) (Bronze)

52kg TJ Waite (Ormeau Road) (Silver)

64kg Dean Walsh (St Josephs/St Ibars)

75kg Michael O’Reilly (Portlaoise) (Silver)

91kg Darren O’Neill (Paulstown) (Silver)

Coaches: Zaur Antia, Noel Burke

Physio: Ursla Brooks

Irish squad and staff in Anapa

Kieran Molloy and Michael Nevin showed their class to guarantee Ireland at least two bronze medals at the Pavlyukov Youth Memorial in Anapa, Russia today.

Both young men dominated en route to unanimous decisions over Russian opponents in the quarter-finals of the tournament.

But Aaron McKenna and Paddy Donovan were adjudged to have lost on two controversial split decisions to Russia’s Denis Darilov and Artem Butaev.

In both contests, the two home judges scored it 29-28, 29-28 to the home boxers, but the third judge in both bouts, a non home judge, scored all three rounds 30-27 to McKenna and Donovan.

Irish team manager Gerry O’Mahony and Irish coaches Billy McClean and Fergal McKenna articulated their opinions on the verdicts to the officials in charge in no uncertain terms.

McClean described both decisions as shocking and dreadful, adding that McKenna and Donovan were clear winners.

Kevin Kehoe bowed out this morning after a performance full of heart and courage against talented Cuban Lenar Perez-Fransua in the middleweight class.

James McGivern and Brian Kennedy also left everything in the ring against Kazakhstan and Russia. Kennedy was edged on a split by Russian light-heavy Sergey Murashey.

Molloy and Nevin will be back between the ropes tomorrow boxing for places in the light-welter and welter finals.

Pavlyukov Youth Memorial Anapa, Russia March 11/16

March 12th

Preliminaries (last 16)

52kg Shane Flavin (Ireland) lost to Ruslan Sinicyn (Russia) 1-2

64kg Kieran Molloy (Ireland) beat Tyler Jolly (Scotland) 2-1

56kg Aaron McKenna (Ireland) beat William Stuart (Scotland) 2-1

56kg James McGivern (Ireland) beat Mamapali Nursuit (Kyrgyzstan) 3-0

60kg Paddy Donovan (Ireland) beat Hamraous Loures (France) 3-0

69kg Michael Nevin (Ireland) beat Aybek Akylkbekuulu (Kyrgyzstan) 3-0

75kg Kevin Kehoe (Ireland) beat Jack Gipp (Australia) 3-0

March 13th

Q/Finals

56kg Aaron McKenna (Ireland) lost to Denis Darilov (Russia) 1-2

56kg James McGivern (Ireland) lost to Sanatali Taltaev (Kazakhstan) 0-3

60kg Paddy Donovan (Ireland) lost to  Artem Butaev (Russia) 1-2

64kg Kieran Molloy (Ireland) beat Dmitry Zubko (Russia) 3-0

69kg Michael Nevin (Ireland) beat  Vladimir Tolozyam (Russia) 3-0

75kg Kevin Kehoe (Ireland) lost to Lenar Perez-Fransua (Cuba) 0-3

81kg Brian Kennedy (Ireland) lost to Sergey Murashey (Russia) 1-2

March 14th

S/finals

64kg Kieran Molloy (Ireland) v  Danis Gabdrafikov (Russia)

69kg Michael Nevin (Ireland) v Oleg Matveychuk (Kazakhstan)

Irish squad

52kg Shane Flavin (Paulstown)
56kg Aaron McKenna (Old School)
56kg James McGivern (St Georges)
60kg Paddy Donovan (OLOL)
64kg Kieran Molloy (Oughterard) (Bronze, at least)
69kg Michael Nevin (Portlaoise) (Bronze, at least)
75kg Kevin Keogh (Marble City)
81kg Brian Kennedy (St Marys D)

Team manager: Gerry O’Mahony
Coaches: Billy McClean & Fergal McKenna
Physio Orla O’Rourke
R&J: Larry Durand

Adam Nolan, James Cleary and George Bates with Irish coach Dmitry Dimitruc in Germany

George Bates and James Cleary won in the Bundesliga in Germany tonight.

The Dublin and Galway duo recorded impressive victories over Polish lightweight Radomir Ubrudnik and Hungarian light-welter Victor Galos.

Gales took a standing count after being dropped by a body shot from Bates.

London 2012 Olympian Adam Nolan lost on a split to former European champion Balazs Bacskai of Hungary in the 69kg class.

The Bray BC southpaw, who celebrated his 29th birthday yesterday, was in line for victory against the Maygar who claimed gold the same day that Paddy Barnes and Darren O’Neill won gold and silver at the 2010 European Elites at the Ice Palace in Moscow.

But a harsh public warning mid-way through the third cost him the verdict.

“That was my first fights since the Seniors, said the five-time Irish Elite champion.

“I had a good first and stood with him in the second. To tell the truth the warning probably cost me the fight. It was very harsh, about a minute and a half to go. I didn’t even receive a caution for dropping the shoulder before it.”

Bates, Cleary and Nolan were representing BSK Hannover Seeize in the Bundesliga this evening.

Irish coach Dmitry Dimitruk was working the Irish corners.

He said: “The crowd were very excited by the performances of the Irish boxers. George, James and Adam got a lot of applause. All were very good, excellent performances.”

German Bundesliga Bremen March 12th

60kg George Bates beat Radomir Ubrudnik (Poland) 3-0

64kg James Cleary beat Victor Galos (Hungary) 3-0

69kg Adam Nolan lost to Balazs Bacskai (Hungary) 1-2

Irish squad

69kg Adam Nolan (Bray)

64kg James Cleary (Olympic)

60kg George Bates (St Marys)

Coach: Dmitry Dimitruk