Four Team Ireland Boxers Will Vie For European Youth Championship Gold.

20/04/2022IABA NewsIABA

Four Team Ireland boxers will contest European Youth Championships finals tomorrow.

First up of the Irish is 70kg Laura Moran, who will meet Veronika Nakota of Ukraine in Bout 12 of Ring A’s afternoon session. That contest will be followed by bout 13’s meeting of Ireland’s 81kg Dearbhla Tinnelly and Ukraine’s Karine Airpapetian.

Afternoon session, beginning at 12pm, Irish time:

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2 Team Ireland boxers are in action in the evening session – first up is Team Co-Captain, 71kg Bobbi Flood, who will contest his final against Italy’s Gabriele Rontani Guidi in Bout 6

And in bout 12, at 81kg+, Cliona D’Arcy will box Ukraine’s Polina Cherenko

Evening session, beginning at 3pm, Irish time:

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Four Irish boxers will come home with bronze medals – 48kg Patsy Joyce and Georgia Dunn McGovern, 50kg Katie O’Keefe and 63kg Winnie McDonagh.

The total medal haul, of 8, is the highest number of medals any Irish team has won at and EUBC youth tournament.

This year’s edition, hosted by the Bulgarian Boxing Federation in Sofia, is being contested by 400 boxers from 40 nations.

The tournament will be streamed by the EUBC on its YouTube channel – links per ring and session will be issued on Thursday’s morning.

Team Ireland Squad:
48kg: Georgia McGovern, Setanta : Bronze Medallist

48kg: Patsy Joyce, Olympic: Bronze Medallist

50kg: Katie O’Keefe, Kanturk : Bronze Medallist

51kg: Adam McKenna, Holy Family

52kg: Esther Lambe, Setanta