Ireland recorded two wins from three at the European Youth Championships in Porec, Croatia.
48kg Tiffany Spencer opened her account at the tournament with a dominant 5-0 win over Lala Madatova of Azerbaijan. Judges scored the bout 28:29; 28:29; 28:29; 28:29; 27:30. Three bouts later, in Bout 5, 50kg Carlagh Peake, contests against England’s Alice Catherine Pumphrey – the bout ended in an RSCI in favour of the English boxer. In the following bout, 52kg Grace Conway Dowling, was in against Romania’s Luciana Maria Petrache. Judges scored the bout 28:29; 28:29; 28:29; 28:29; 27:30.
33 countries and 330 boxers are contesting the competition, in Porec, Croatia. Participation federations are Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, IBA – B, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, England, Estonia, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine.
Ireland has a highly successful recent history at the tournament – the 2022 team won more medals at this competition that any other Team Ireland Youth squad contesting a European level tournament. They came home with 3 gold for Team Co-Captain, 71kg Bobbi Flood, 81kg Dearbhla Tinnelly and 81+kg Cliona D’arcy, a silver for 70kg Laura Moran and 3 bronze for 48kg boxers Georgia Dunn McGovern and Patsy Joyce, 50kg Katie O’Keeffe, and 63kg Winnie McDonagh.
Day Four.
Two Ireland boxers are in action on Day Four, Sunday. 57kg Martin McDonagh makes his tournament debut in bout 2 of Ring A’s Afternoon Session, contesting against Leighton Steven Birchal. 60kg Jack Johnson returns for this second bout of the championships – he’s up in Bout 7 of Ring B’s Afternoon Session, against Gaetano Buonocore of Italy.
Programme
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Ring A
Ring B
Team
48kg Tiffany Spencer, Jobstown BC, Dublin
50kg Carlagh Peake, Ballyhaunis BC, Mayo.
52kg Grace Conway Dowling, Tredagh BC, Louth
54kg Nicole Kinsella, St. Mary’s BC, NR, Wexford
63kg Ava Henry, Dublin Docklands BC.
66kg Kyla Doyle Byrne, Whitechurch BC, Dublin
48kg Scott Thompson, Spartans BC, Antrim
51kg Jamie Collins, Drimnagh BC, Dublin
54kg Kai Ducque, Avona BC, Dublin
57kg Martin McDonagh, Avona BC, Dublin.
60kg Jack Johnson, Marble City BC, Kilkenny
63.5kg Ryan Jenkins, Olympic BC, Westmeath
67kg Ryan Connolly, Setanta BC, Kildare.
71kg Tadhg O’Donnell, Four Kings BC, Wicklow.
92+kg Adam Olaniyan, Jobstown BC, Dublin.
Team Manager: Anna Moore
Coach: Liam Cunningham
Coach: Amanda Spencer
Coach: Garry Kehoe
Coach: Ralph McKay
R&J: Stephen Kelly
Draws are available here
Day One results are available here
Day Two results are available here
Session 5A results
Session 6B results