Irish boxing will be taking home at least six bronze medals from the 2nd European Games in Minsk.

And just to get the gender balance right, the medals have been claimed by three men and three women!

World and EU champions Kellie Harrington and Kurt Walker, Michaela Walsh and Grainne Walsh, both of whom recorded sensational wins over current World and European feather and welter gold medallists today, joined Regan Buckley and Michael Nevin in Friday’s semi-finals.

Irish boxing has now won 10 medals from the last two European Games, with the class of 2019 surpassing the 2015 squad – which won two gold, silver and bronze, courtesy of Katie Taylor, Michael O’Reilly, Brendan Irvine and Sean McComb, at Baku 2015 – in terms of quantity.

Harrington, the Irish captain at the Games, chalked up her third straight victory over Irma Testa to advance to the last four. The No. 1 seed in the lightweight class in Minsk won on a 4-1 split and earned one 10-8 round from one judge into the bargain.

Michaela Walsh beat German’s World feather champion Ornella Warner on a 4-1 split, while Grainne Walsh produced a top drawer performance against Finland’s No. 1 seed Elina Gustafsson to ensure she will be standing on the winner’s podium this weekend.

Walker had to come from behind to register his second successive victory over France’s Samuel Kistohurry in the bantam class. Kistohurry edged the first round on a 3-2 but Walker took the second and third frames across the board to seal the victory.

 

“It feels brilliant,” said the No. 4 seed in Belarus. “It’s probably the first ever time I’ve fought in that style.

“He was too fit to keep off and he would have caught me on the back foot so I had to fight his style which I’ve never really done, so I’m just glad I tried it and won myself a medal.

“That’s two tough fights now, but I’m happy, I’m improving every time. Our team is flying at the moment so it’s brilliant.”

Aoife O’Rourke lost out to Welsh southpaw in the middleweight division. The No. 2 seed in the 75kg bracket won on a unanimous verdict, 30-27 across the board, but a big performance from O’Rourke against the World and European bronze medallist.

Thursday is a rest day for boxers in Minsk. The semi-finals will be decided on Friday with the finals pencilled in for Saturday and Sunday.

Team Ireland, which will have one of the highest representations in the last four of the 44-nation tournament on Friday, is due home at 11am on Monday morning via Dublin Airport.

Six medals will be on board their flight. The colour of those medals will be determined this weekend.

(Images courtesy of Stephen Molloy and Team Ireland)

European Games 2019 Minsk, Belarus

June 26

Q/Finals

56kg Kurt Walker (Ireland) beat Samuel Kistohurry (France) 5-0
57kg Michaela Walsh (Ireland) beat Ornella Wahner (Germany) 4-1
60kg Kellie Harrington (Ireland) beat Irma Testa (Italy) 4-1
69kg Grainne Walsh (Ireland) beat Elina Gustafsson (Finland) 5-0
75kg Aoife O’Rourke (Ireland) lost to Lauren Price (Team GB) 0-5

June 28

S/Finals

49kg Regan Buckley (Ireland) v Artur Hovannisyan (Armenia)
56kg Kurt Walker (Ireland) v Peter McGrail (Team GB)
57kg Michaela Walsh (Ireland) v Daria Abramova (Russia)
60kg Kellie Harrington (Ireland) v Agnes Alexiusson (Sweden)
69kg Grainne Walsh (Ireland) v Karolina Koszewska (Poland)
75kg Michael Nevin (Ireland) Salavtore Cavallaro (Italy)

Results

June 22

Last 32

69kg Kieran Molloy (Ireland) beat Goce Janeski (Northern Macedonia) 5-0
75kg Michael Nevin (Ireland) beat Mark Dickinson (Team GB) 3-2

June 23

Last 16

49kg Regan Buckley (Ireland) beat Bator Sagalvev (Russia) 5-0
75kg Michael Nevin (Ireland) beat Kamran Shakhsuvarly (Azerbaijan) 5-0
91kg Anthony Browne (Ireland) lost to Toni Filipi (Croatia) 1-4

Last 32

64kg James McGivern (Ireland) beat Michael Takacs (Slovakia) 5-0

June 24

Last 16

56kg Kurt Walker (Ireland) beat Zhirayr Saeqsyan (Armenia) 4-1
57kg Michaela Walsh (Ireland) beat Lenuta Perijoc (Romania) 4-1
69kg Kieran Molloy (Ireland) lost to Yauheni Dauhaliavets (Belarus) 4-1
69kg Grainne Walsh (Ireland) beat Rosie Eccles (Team GB) 4-1
91+kg Dean Gardiner (Ireland) lost to Mikheil Bakhtidze (Georgia) 1-4

June 25

Last 16

64kg James McGivern (Ireland) lost to Hovhannes Bachkov (Armenia) 0-5
75kg Aoife O’Rourke (Ireland) beat Viktoryia Kebikova (Belarus) 4-1

Q/Finals

49kg Regan Buckley (Ireland) beat Martin Molina (Spain) 4-1
75kg Michael Nevin (Ireland) beat Guler Serhat (Turkey) 4-1

Irish squad

Female

57kg Michaela Walsh (Monsktown A) (Bronze, at least)

60kg Kellie Harrington (St Marys) (Bronze, at least)

69kg Gráinne Walsh (Spartacus) (Bronze, at least)

75kg Aoife O’Rourke (Castlerea)

Male

49kg Regan Buckley (St Teresa’s) (Bronze, at least)

56kg Kurt Walker (Canal) (Bronze, at least)

64kg James McGivern (St George’s)

69kg Kieran Molloy (Oughterard)

75kg Michael Nevin (Portlaoise) (Bronze, at least)

91kg Tony Browne (St Michael’s Dublin)

91kg+ Dean Gardiner (Clonmel)

Team manager: Bernard Dunne

Coaches: Zaur Antia, John Conlan, Dmitry Dimitruk

 

Ireland will be back in the hunt for medals at the European Games in Minsk, Belarus tomorrow.

Kellie Harrington, Kurt Walker, Aoife O’Rourke, Michaela Walsh and Grainne Walsh are between the ropes versus Europe’s finest in the last eight of the 44-nation tournament with at least bronze up for grabs.

Regan Buckley and Michael Nevin won their quarter-finals bouts today to guarantee Ireland at least two bronze.

O’Rourke won her last 16 contest on Tuesday but James McGivern was beaten by the Armenian No. 1 seed in the light welter class.

Boxing begins at 12 noon tomorrow and EU champion Michaela Walsh is the first in action versus Germany’s World feather champion Ornella Wahner in bout 1 on the program.

Ireland’s World Elite lightweight champion Kellie Harrington faces Italy’s European U/22 titlist Irma Testa.

Please click here for Wednesday’s schedule. Click on names of boxers below for individual contests.

European Games 2019 Minsk, Belarus

June 26

Q/Finals

56kg Kurt Walker (Ireland) v Samuel Kistohurry (France) (1.45pm)
57kg Michaela Walsh (Ireland) v Ornella Wahner (Germany) (12 pm)
60kg Kellie Harrington (Ireland) v Irma Testa (Italy) (5pm)
69kg Grainne Walsh (Ireland) v Elina Gustafsson (Finland) (12.45pm)
75kg Aoife O’Rourke (Ireland) v Lauren Price (Team GB) (5.45pm)

(Approximate times (Irish times) for above)

June 28th

S/Finals

49kg Regan Buckley (Ireland) v Artur Hovannisyan (Armenia)
75kg Michael Nevin (Ireland) Salavtore Cavallaro (Italy)

Results so far

June 22

Last 32

69kg Kieran Molloy (Ireland) beat Goce Janeski (Northern Macedonia) 5-0
75kg Michael Nevin (Ireland) beat Mark Dickinson (Team GB) 3-2

June 23

Last 16

49kg Regan Buckley (Ireland) beat Bator Sagalvev (Russia) 5-0
75kg Michael Nevin (Ireland) beat Kamran Shakhsuvarly (Azerbaijan) 5-0
91kg Anthony Browne (Ireland) lost to Toni Filipi (Croatia) 1-4

Last 32

64kg James McGivern (Ireland) beat Michael Takacs (Slovakia) 5-0

June 24

Last 16

56kg Kurt Walker (Ireland) beat Zhirayr Saeqsyan (Armenia) 4-1
57kg Michaela Walsh (Ireland) beat Lenuta Perijoc (Romania) 4-1
69kg Kieran Molloy (Ireland) lost to Yauheni Dauhaliavets (Belarus) 4-1
69kg Grainne Walsh (Ireland) beat Rosie Eccles (Team GB) 4-1
91+kg Dean Gardiner (Ireland) lost to Mikheil Bakhtidze (Georgia) 1-4

June 25

Last 16

64kg James McGivern (Ireland) lost to Hovhannes Bachkov (Armenia) 0-5
75kg Aoife O’Rourke (Ireland) beat Viktoryia Kebikova (Belarus) 4-1

Q/Finals

49kg Regan Buckley (Ireland) beat Martin Molina (Spain) 4-1
75kg Michael Nevin (Ireland) beat Guler Serhat (Turkey) 4-1

Irish squad

Female

57kg Michaela Walsh (Monsktown A)

60kg Kellie Harrington (St Marys)

69kg Gráinne Walsh (Spartacus)

75kg Aoife O’Rourke (Castlerea)

Male

49kg Regan Buckley (St Teresa’s) (Bronze, at least)

56kg Kurt Walker (Canal)

64kg James McGivern (St George’s)

69kg Kieran Molloy (Oughterard)

75kg Michael Nevin (Portlaoise) (Bronze, at least)

91kg Tony Browne (St Michael’s Dublin)

91kg+ Dean Gardiner (Clonmel)

Team manager: Bernard Dunne

Coaches: Zaur Antia, John Conlan, Dmitry Dimitruk

 

 

Paddy Gallagher brought an Irish Select to Grossetto in the Tuscany region to take on an Italian Select over two nights of huge entertainment. The temperatures were in the thirties during the day and come fight time, it was a cool 24°C/25°C for the evening face offs.

Out in Italy, two boxers can end up with a draw decision and big Danny O’Brien got that when he faced Jonathan Pisano in a battle of the super heavyweights. On the second night, the big Killarney man had his hand raised in victory as he landed some clean shots on his opponent to control the contest and get his first win on an International stage. This experience will have been of huge benefit to Danny as he hopes to represent Ireland later in the year in the Europeans.

Ned Collins faced the tough Moise D’Alfonso and despite a huge effort on night one, he was adjudged to have lost. They boxed a second time two nights later and Ned gave an exhibition of controlled aggression with top quality movement and punching to avenge the loss and have his hand raised in victory. He was the standout performer on the night!

Breda Quilligan boxed Giulia Massone on Friday night and despite a big effort from Massone, Quilligan dug deep to take the victory. They faced off again on Sunday night and this time Quilligan used her skills to control the bout from first to last bell.

Some lovely feinting and shot selection saw the Rathkeale girl take a well deserved decision. If she continues to box like this, she will be heading for the top of the podium on the European and World stage – class!

Cian O’Toole boxed former European Bronze medallist Gabriele Crabargiu on Friday night and he gave a good account of himself against a quality operator despite dropping the decision. On the Sunday night, O’Toole was much more relaxed and was more forceful with his shots and dominated the contest for large periods.

After three quality rounds by both boxers, Crabargiu was again declared the winner. Cian O’Toole can be very proud of this performance and his ability to listen to coaches instructions and carry them out was impressive. He has a big future in the game.

Oran Gethins boxed Leonardo Vincelli on Friday night and despite it being his first time to box three minute rounds, he showed total composure and top quality skills as he took the decision against a quality Italian opponent. Gethins’ movement was brilliant and his punches while moving were very impressive. On the Sunday night, these two warriors went back to battle and the final decision was a draw after another three pulsating rounds. Oran Gethins from the Sean McDermott B.C. can look back on his trip to Italy with renewed confidence in his ability and know he has the tools to be in the shake up for the Irish title in the upcoming U-18’s.

Davey O’Neill from Charleville B.C. took to the ring on Friday night against former European Champion Alessio Genovese. This didn’t faze the tall Cork man as he gave the Italian all he wanted over the three rounds. O’Neill was given a draw at the end and may feel hard done by after his performance. On Sunday night, he again got in to face Genovese but this time with renewed confidence knowing he matched a European Champion over three rounds. Davey used an excellent jab to keep his opponent at range and then picked him off as he came inside. Genovese was game and landed some good body shots but O’Neill was full of confidence and was starting to pick him off with uppercuts and hooks as he came forward. After three rounds, Genovese was declared the winner, much to the disappointment of O’Neill.

 

Mikey Keating stepped into the ring on Friday night against the durable Italian Alessandro Santin. Santin is a strong come forward boxer and Keating had to use his longer reach to keep him at distance for the duration of the contest. Santin has a great engine and continued to come forward despite the efforts of Keatings punches. After three tough rounds, the draw was the announced decision. On Sunday night, these two men went back at it and Santin took the decision after Keating tired as the contest wore on. Two tough bouts in a short space of time took their toll on the Waterford IT/St.Pauls boxer who hasn’t been in the ring since the IATBA final, but he’ll have taken some great learning from the trip.

 

Eamer Coughlan was next in the ring and he faced Rier Gabriel Garcia. This contest was all acrion from the first to the last bell with Coughlan taking no prisioners and ripping body shots into his opponent like there was no tomorrow. Garcia to his credit stayed in there and landed shots back throughout the bout, which had the crowd on the edge of their seats and in full voice. Big shots from both men were the order of the day and occasionally the referee gave both men some breathing time when cautioning for heads or shoulders being dropped too low. After three pulsating rounds, Garcia got the nod from the judges and Coughlan just smiled. After the bout, Coughlan had to see the doctor for an injury to his hand and the following day, he was placed in a cast for a fracture he received during the bout. On the Sunday night, Coughlan was presented with the best away boxer performance trophy, which eased some of the pain as he was desperate for the second contest on Sunday and hoped against hope that his hand was just badly bruised.

Patryk Adamus was next in the ring and the current IATBA champion from the National College of Ireland and Drimnagh B.C faced the experienced Italian International Halit Eryilmaz. This was a contest of pure skill by both boxers and it was like a chess match in that one man countered every move the other made while trying to make sure he left no openings. Adamus, the current 57KG Irish Elite Champion, showed great composure in punishing every punch that Eryilmaz threw that fell short or even hit the target. Throughout the rounds, Eryilmaz changed to southpaw and back to orthodox on many occasions but still got no change from the Irish boxer. Adamus landed some clever uppercuts coming off the shoulder roll and kept a lovely tight defence to stop most of the attacks. His in close work was excellent as was his feinting to set up his attacks and after three quality rounds, Adamus was declared the winner. Due to a ligament strain aggravated during the bout, he had to pull out of the Sunday night contest much to his disappointment, as he loves boxing in the warm climates, in outdoor arenas and he loves the task of pitting his skill against boxers who are at the very top level.

Martin Keenan boxed the Italian number two, Carlesimo Antonio, in the super- heavyweight class. This was a contest that kept everybody enthralled. Two big men willing to put their bodies on the line in order to claim victory. Keenan was up for this before it started and once the first bell went, he drew his opponent onto some very fast and hard shots which rocked back the head of the Italian. His feinting was quality and this set up most of his attacks. Martin switched to southpaw and landed some quality backhands straight down the middle and finished with lovely hooks. As the rounds wore on, Keenan landed crisp uppercuts also to show his repertoire of shots. Antonio kept plugging away and landed some good shots when Keenan backed on to the ropes but generally the big Rathkeale B.C man turned his opponent and started again from the centre of the ring. After three rounds, Keenan had his hand raised in victory.

 

Overall this was a hugely beneficial occasion for our boxers, as they got to test themselves against some of Europe’s top opponents.

The welcome our team received from Raffaele D’Amico and Amedeo Raffi was excellent. The location of our accommodation for this trip was beautiful – a country setting with on site restaurant and outdoor swimming pool for recovery and downtime. All our needs were catered for by Alessandro Salvadori who owns and operates the tourist farm.

The proximity to local beaches which were visited by the team on rest day, only added to the overall experience. A must for any holidaymakers going to the Tuscany region.

A huge thanks goes to coach Andy Kerins for all his efforts with the team and for his words of wisdom to the boxers when needed and for some excellent jokes to keep evèrybody laughing. A special mention also to our team captain Patryk Adamus and his compatriot Martin Keenan who showed the rest of the team how our Senior Elite Champions prepare, eat, rest, behave and lead by example.

 

Pictures and copy courtesy of Paddy Gallagher

Michael Nevin joined Regan Buckley on the winner’s podium at the European Games in Minsk following a classy victory over Guler Serhat this evening.

The Laois middle, in his third win in four days, assured himself of at least bronze following a 4-1 verdict over the busy Turk.

Nevin won 30-27,30-27,29-28,29-28 for with one 29-28 against after three, three-minute frames.

“I’m feeling good, happy with my performance. On to the next one now,” said the former European Schoolboy, Junior and Youth champion.

 

Earlier, Bray pocket rocket Buckley delivered Ireland’s first medal – in any sport – of the Games following a thriller with Martin Molina.

The Irish light fly beat the Spaniard on a 4-1 split decision to guarantee himself at least bronze.

The final scores following an up-tempo 49kg clash read 29-28,29-28,29-28,29-28 to Buckley and 29-28 against.

Aoife O’Rourke made a huge impression on her debut at this level.

The Irish middle convincingly beat World and European Elite bronze medallist Viktoryia Kebikova (Belarus) to book her ticket into the quarter-finals where she’ll meet Welsh southpaw Lauren Price in a Celtic derby.

 

“I’m very happy to have the first one out of the way. It was a very tough fight from the start, but I expected it. I was trying my best to follow the instructions of the coaches were giving and the shots were landing,” said O’Rourke.

James McGivern lost out to Hovhannes Bachkov (Armenia), the No. 1 seed in the light-welter class earlier this afternoon.

Irish boxing has now won six medals at the last two European Games. Katie Taylor, lightweight, and Michael O’Reilly, middleweight, won double gold at Baku 2015 and Brendan Irvine and Sean McComb took home silver and bronze. Nevin and Buckley added to that haul today.

Kellie Harrington, Kurt Walker, Michaela Walsh, Grainne Walsh and O’Rourke will be aiming to improve that tally tomorrow.

Current European Union featherweight champion Michaela Walsh gets Wednesday’s quarter-finals underway versus Germany’s World Elite champion Ornella Wahner at 12pm.

Ireland’s World Elite lightweight champion Kellie Harrington meets Italy’s Irma Testa at 5pm (see below draw for all times).

Harrington and Wahner were the only two Europeans to win gold at the World Elites in New Delhi last year.

Kurt Walker, the No. 4 seed in Minsk, meets French bantam Samuel Kistohurry in the last eight in a repeat of the 2012 World Youth clash in Armenia which Walker won on his way to bronze.

The women’s lightweight and men’s middleweight titles at the European Games have never been outside of Ireland.

In regards to the middleweight belt, the 75kg top prize has never been outside of the Portlaoise BC, and Michael Nevin is two wins away from keeping it that way until Krakow 2023.

Bernard Dunne, IABA High-Performance Director, hailed today’s performances.

“(James) McGivern just fell short but Aoife O’Rourke was just superb in her defeat of the World bronze medalist from Belarus. And Mr Regan Buckley has just booked his place in the semi-finals and earned himself a medal.

“Michael Nevin has just put in a top-class performance in his victory over Turkey to guarantee another medal. Was a fantastic bout and great to see him perform as he did.”

Ireland has won 11 of 15 contests so far at the 2nd edition of the Games.

Thursday is a rest day in Minsk. The semi-finals and finals at the 44-nation tournament will be decided on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

(Images courtesy of Stephen Molloy and Team Ireland)

 

 

European Games 2019 Minsk, Belarus

June 25

Last 16

64kg James McGivern (Ireland) lost to Hovhannes Bachkov (Armenia) 0-5
75kg Aoife O’Rourke (Ireland) beat Viktoryia Kebikova (Belarus) 4-1

Q/Finals

49kg Regan Buckley (Ireland) beat Martin Molina (Spain) 4-1
75kg Michael Nevin (Ireland) beat Guler Serhat (Turkey) 4-1

June 26

Q/Finals

56kg Kurt Walker (Ireland) v Samuel Kistohurry (France) (1.45pm)
57kg Michaela Walsh (Ireland) v Ornella Wahner (Germany) (12 pm)
60kg Kellie Harrington (Ireland) v Irma Testa (Italy) (5pm)
69kg Grainne Walsh (Ireland) v Elina Gustafsson (Finland) (12.45pm)
75kg Aoife O’Rourke (Ireland) v Lauren Price (Team GB) (5.45pm)

(Approximate times (Irish times) for above)

June 28th

S/Finals

49kg Regan Buckley (Ireland) v Artur Hovannisyan (Armenia)
75kg Michael Nevin (Ireland) Salavtore Cavallaro (Italy)

Results

June 22

Last 32

69kg Kieran Molloy (Ireland) beat Goce Janeski (Northern Macedonia) 5-0
75kg Michael Nevin (Ireland) beat Mark Dickinson (Team GB) 3-2

June 23

Last 16

49kg Regan Buckley (Ireland) beat Bator Sagalvev (Russia) 5-0
75kg Michael Nevin (Ireland) beat Kamran Shakhsuvarly (Azerbaijan) 5-0
91kg Anthony Browne (Ireland) lost to Toni Filipi (Croatia) 1-4

Last 32

64kg James McGivern (Ireland) beat Michael Takacs (Slovakia) 5-0

June 24

Last 16

56kg Kurt Walker (Ireland) beat Zhirayr Saeqsyan (Armenia) 4-1
57kg Michaela Walsh (Ireland) beat Lenuta Perijoc (Romania) 4-1
69kg Kieran Molloy (Ireland) lost to Yauheni Dauhaliavets (Belarus) 4-1
69kg Grainne Walsh (Ireland) beat Rosie Eccles (Team GB) 4-1
91+kg Dean Gardiner (Ireland) lost to Mikheil Bakhtidze (Georgia) 1-4

Irish squad

Female

57kg Michaela Walsh (Monsktown A)

60kg Kellie Harrington (St Marys)

69kg Gráinne Walsh (Spartacus)

75kg Aoife O’Rourke (Castlerea)

Male

49kg Regan Buckley (St Teresa’s) (Bronze, at least)

56kg Kurt Walker (Canal)

64kg James McGivern (St George’s)

69kg Kieran Molloy (Oughterard)

75kg Michael Nevin (Portlaoise) (Bronze, at least)

91kg Tony Browne (St Michael’s Dublin)

91kg+ Dean Gardiner (Clonmel)

Team manager: Bernard Dunne

Coaches: Zaur Antia, John Conlan, Dmitry Dimitruk

 

 

 

 

Regan Buckley and Michael Nevin will be aiming for places in the light fly and middle semi-finals and at least bronze in the last eight of the European Games in Minsk today.

The Bray and Laois pair meet Spain and Turkey with guaranteed podium finishes up for grabs at the 2nd edition of the Games.

James McGivern and Aoife O’Rourke are also between the ropes in the last 16 of the 44-nation tournament this afternoon.

Approximate times (Irish times) below.

McGivern (1pm)
O’Rourke (4.45pm)
Buckley (5pm)
Nevin (5.45pm)

Ireland has won eight of eleven bouts so far in Minsk.

Please click here for today’s program.

European Games 2019 Minsk, Belarus

June 25

Last 16

64kg James McGivern (Ireland) v Hovhannes Bachkov (Armenia)
75kg Aoife O’Rourke (Ireland) v Viktoryia Kebikova (Belarus)

Q/Finals

49kg Regan Buckley (Ireland) V Martin Molina (Spain)
75kg Michael Nevin (Ireland) v Guler Serhat (Turkey)

June 26

Q/Finals

56kg Kurt Walker (Ireland) v Samuel Kistohurry (France)
57kg Michaela Walsh (Ireland) v Ornella Warner (Germany)
60kg Kellie Harrington (Ireland) v Irma Testa (Italy)
69kg Grainne Walsh (Ireland) v Elina Gustafsson (Finland)

Results so far

June 22

Last 32

69kg Kieran Molloy (Ireland) beat Goce Janeski (Northern Macedonia) 5-0
75kg Michael Nevin (Ireland) beat Mark Dickinson (Team GB) 3-2

June 23

Last 16

49kg Regan Buckley (Ireland) beat Bator Sagalvev (Russia) 5-0
75kg Michael Nevin (Ireland) beat Kamran Shakhsuvarly (Azerbaijan) 5-0
91kg Anthony Browne (Ireland) lost to Toni Filipi (Croatia) 1-4

Last 32

64kg James McGivern (Ireland) beat Michael Takacs (Slovakia) 5-0

June 24

Last 16

56kg Kurt Walker (Ireland) beat Zhirayr Saeqsyan (Armenia) 4-1
57kg Michaela Walsh (Ireland) beat Lenuta Perijoc (Romania) 4-1
69kg Kieran Molloy (Ireland) lost to Yauheni Dauhaliavets (Belarus) 4-1
69kg Grainne Walsh (Ireland) beat Rosie Eccles (Team GB) 4-1
91+kg Dean Gardiner (Ireland) lost to Mikheil Bakhtidze (Georgia) 1-4

Irish squad

Female

57kg Michaela Walsh (Monsktown A)

60kg Kellie Harrington (St Marys)

69kg Gráinne Walsh (Spartacus)

75kg Aoife O’Rourke (Castlerea)

Male

49kg Regan Buckley (St Teresa’s)

56kg Kurt Walker (Canal)

64kg James McGivern (St George’s)

69kg Kieran Molloy (Oughterard)

75kg Michael Nevin (Portlaoise)

91kg Tony Browne (St Michael’s Dublin)

91kg+ Dean Gardiner (Clonmel)

Team manager: Bernard Dunne

Coaches: Zaur Antia, John Conlan, Dmitry Dimitruk