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Cork’s Gerard McDonagh,pictured,will be the first Irish boxer in action on Day 3 of the European Schoolboy Championships in Zagreb, Croatia today.
The Irish captain, who boxes out of the Glen BC, meets Denmark’s Mikail Harmanci in the 2nd bout on the program.
Paddy Myres (5), Francis Maughan (10), Jason Irwin (14), Matthew Tyndall (17) and John Sweeney (20) are in action in the evening session which begins at 5pm (Irish time).
(Bout numbers in brackets).
European Schoolboy Championships Zagreb, Croatia
July 24th
Preliminaries (last 32)
44.5kg Eoghan Quinn (Ireland) beat Kros Ermas (Bosnia & Herzegovina) 3-0
46kg Steve Cairns (Ireland) beat Severin Yordanov (Bulgaria) 3-0
July 25th
(1pm session, Irish time – last 16)
38.5KG Jerome Lonergan-Gartland (Ireland) beat Krasimer Dzhurov (Bulgaria) 2-1
44.5KG Eoghan Quinn (Ireland) beat Matteo Ferraro (Italy) 3-0
(5pm session, Irish time – last 16)
40KG Thomas Donovan (Ireland) lost to Ignas Liaudanskis (Lithuania) 1-2
46KG Steve Cairns (Ireland) lost to Maksim Demenenko (Russia) 0-3
50KG Shane O’Gorman (Ireland) lost to Nermin Ajetovic (Serbia) 0-3
July 26th – last 16
1pm sesssion (Irish time)
41.5KG Ger McDonagh (Ireland) v Mikail Harmanci (Denmark)
5pm session (Irish time)
52KG Paddy Myers (Ireland) v Shilov Aleksander (Russia)
54KG Francis Maughan (Ireland) v Rakitin Ilya (Russia)
59KG Jason Irwin (Ireland) v Gramos Berisha (Kosova) v Jason Irwin
62KG Matthew Tyndall (Ireland) v Kofan Maksym (Ukraine)
76+KG John Sweeney (Ireland) v Timur Avdoian (Russia)
July 27th Q/Finals
38.5KG Jerome Lonergan-Gartland (Ireland) v Kiril Kladovikov (Russia)
44.5KG Eoghan Quinn (Ireland) v Cameron Whyte (Scotland)
76KG Thomas Doherty (Ireland) v Russia or Croatia
65KG William Hayden (Ireland) v Nazar Karaka (Belarus)
July 28th Q/Finals
72KG Jamie Edwards (Ireland) Voevodin Andrei (Russia)
Irish squad
76+KG John Sweeney (Ennis)
Team Manager: Paddy Gallagher (Maynooth)