Team Ireland recorded three wins, and three more boxers through to the quarter finals, on Day Two of the European U15 Championships in Montenegro today.
First up today was 42kg Ronan Charles – he progresses by way of a 5-0 Last 16 win over Finland’s Rolan Sigajlev. Judges scored the bout 27:30, 27:30, 26:30, 26:30, 28:29. Ronan boxes for a medal on Monday, against Latvia’s Denis Haschenko
44kg Pa Casey is a quarter finalist following a 5-0 win over Latvia’s Silvestrs Vasilevskis. Judges scored the bout 24:30, 25: 30, 27: 30, 25:30, 27:30. Pa boxes for a medal on Monday, against Poland’s Dominik Drewnowski
While 48kg Zac Creighton, returning for his second bout of the competition, wins through to the quarter finals with a storming 5-0 win over Luka Bondarenko of Latvia – 30:27, 30:27, 30: 27, 30: 27, 30: 27. Zac is back in action boxing for a medal on Wednesday, against Yehya Odeh of Israel
50kg Franky Mooney exits the championship on the narrowest of margins. He contested a high-octane Last 16 bout against Tobias Vicenik of the Czech Republic. The 3-2 decision went to Franky’s opponent. Judges scored the bout 28:29, 27:30, 29:28, 28:29, 29:28.
While four boxers were in the ring today, training and preparation continued for the remaining 15 members of the team. Coaches Paul Simpson, Tommy O’Donnell, John Coffey and Lynne McEnery delivered open air pads and skills training sessions today on the margins of the tournament.
369 boxers including 131 girls and 138 boys from 32 nations are competing in this record-breaking European U15 Boxing Championships. The participating federations are: Albania, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey and Ukraine
Day Three
There are 5 Team Ireland boxers in action on Monday across three sessions: the Morning Session begins at 11am; the Afternoon Session begins at 1.30pm and the Evening Session gets underway at 5.30pm
42kg Ronan Charles is first in action – he takes on Latvia’s Denis Haschenko in Bout 2 of the Morning Session. 8 bouts later, in Bout 10, 52kg Patrick Hourican, contests against Martin Aron Homai of Hungary
44kg Pa Casey boxes for a medal in Bout 4 of the Afternoon Session against Poland’s Dominik Drewnowski. In Bout 18 of the same session, 57kg Kieran McDonagh makes his tournament debut at Last 16 stage – he opens his account gainst Israel’s Mokbel Kadry.
66kg Eddie Sweeney is in preliminaries action against Tadeas Jasek of Czech Republic in Bout 12 of the Evening Session.
Day Three’s schedule is available here
Watch
European Boxing is live-streaming the tournament on its YouTube channel, here. Links, per ring and session, will be published on the day of boxing.
Afternoon Sessions begin at 1pm, Irish time, while Evening Sessions get underway at 5 O’clock.
Team Ireland
40kg Ellie May Featherson, Mulhuddart BC, Dublin
40kg John Sweeney, Olympic BC, Galway
42kg Rosetta Casey, Portlaoise BC, Loais
42kg Ronan Charles, Mullingar Elite BC, Westmeath
44kg Ava Harford, Phoenix of Ballyboughal BC, Dublin
44kg Pa Casey, Sliabh Luachra BC, Kerry
46kg Kenia Flood Prado, Glasnevin BC, Dublin
48kg Macie Duffy O’Connor, Cabra BC, Dublin
48kg Zach Creighton, Avona BC, Dublin, Team Co-Captain
50kg Franky Mooney, Banbridge BC, Antrim
52kg Ellie Curtain Murray, Golden Gloves BC, Cork
52kg Patrick Hourican, Sean Doran’s BC, Armagh
54kg Charley Scott, St Catherine’s BC, Dublin
57kg Kieran McDonagh, Olympic BC, Galway
60kg Maicey Field, Baldoyle BC, Dublin
63kg Charlie Joyce Connolly, Jobstown BC, Dublin
63kg Roisin Hegarty, Twin Towns BC, Donegal, Team Co-Captain
66kg Eddie Sweeney, Galway BC
75kg Thomas O’Reilly, Portlaoise BC, Loais
Team Managers: Stephen Connolly & Bridget Scott
Coaches:
John Coffey, Sliabh Luachra BC, Kerry,
Paul Simson, Saviours Crystal BC, Waterford
Tommy O’Donnell, Charleville BC, Cork
Lynne McEnery, High Performance Unit.
R&J Karl McLoughlin, St. Catherine’s BC, Dublin