Team Ireland will return home from the 2024 European Junior Championships with 2 gold medals, 5 bronze, a Best Male Boxer trophy and having finishing 3rd in the countries medals table.
Two boxers, Edward Harty and John Donoghue, contested finals today.
First between the ropes was 63kg Edward Harty of Portlaoise BC. He contested against Armenia’s Aleks Petrosayan. Edward was dominant and decisive throughout the bout, and claimed gold on a 4-1 split decision. Judges scores have yet to be released by the EUBC.
57kg Kayleigh Byrne of Gorey BC, 63kg Kaysie Joyce of Clonmel BC, 66kg Cassie Henderson of Phoenix, 50kg Kalib Walsh, Wexford CBS and 52kg Eddie Corcoran, Olympic BC were all awarded their bronze medals today.
66kg John Donoghue boxed for gold in one of the last bouts of the tournament, also against Armenia opposition, in the form of Artyo Stepanyan. This was a tumultuous bout, with a John giving 2 standing counts in the third round. This is his second Category A title in 7 months. He claimed World Junior gold in December.
370 boxer contested the championships. 28 federations, in all, are competed at the tournament: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, England, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Turkey.
The team will arrive land at Dublin Airport from Frankfurt at 2215hrs on Monday evening.
Team
46kg Abby Molloy, Sacred Heart, Dublin
48kg Isabel Nolan, Santry
50kg Paige Nickles, Banbridge
52kg Mary Ann Furlong, Na Fianna
54kg Molly Doyle, Templemore
57kg Kayleigh Byrne, Gorey
60kg Sarah McTiernan, Drumsna
63kg Kaysie Joyce, Clonmel
66kg Cassie Henderson, Phoenix
70kg Chloe Poleon, Dunboyne
75kg Carly Norris, Santry
80kg Alanna Kenny, Clonmel
46kg Oliver Plachta, St Francis
48kg Michael O’Reilly, St Paul’s, Waterford
50kg Kalib Walsh, Wexford
52kg Eddie Corcoran, Olympic L
54kg Jason Donoghue, Olympic L
57kg Joseph Mihai, Crumlin
60kg Desmond Sweeney, Olympic C
63kg Edward Harty, Portlaoise
66kg John Donoghue, Olympic L
70kg Cathal Myers, Sligo City
75kg William Heaphy, Golden Gloves M
80kg John Mongans, Rathkeale
81+kg Johnny McGinley, Gateway
Team Manager: Peter O’Donnell
Team Manager: Karen Robins
Coach: Brian Barry
Coach: Paul Simpson
Coach: Alan Donnellan
R&J: Barry Tucker.
Draws are available here
Day One results are available here
Day Two results are available here
Day Three results are available here
Day Four results are available here
Day Five results are available here
Semi final results are available here
Finals results are not yet available.