The draw has taken place for the European U15 Championships in Trabzon, Türkiye, from October 16th to 27th and Team Ireland gets the campaign underway on Sunday.
The team is already assured of at least two bronze medals, following byes-to semi-finals for 70kg Sophie Willis Potter bronze and 90+kg Cian Leddy.
Ava Mulhall, Rosaletta Casey, Alicia Ennis and Sophie Cronin all have byes to quarter finals, and are one win away from the podium. Of the remaining 19 members of Team Ireland, the overwhelming majority begin their championship at Last 16 stage.
396 boxers are contesting for gold, from 33 national federations: 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, Sweden, Turkey, and Ukraine.
Team Ireland’s Co-Captains are Pa Casey and Rosaletta Casey. The Vice Co-Captains are Rian Brannigan and Sophie Potter. The team is led and and managed by Team Manager Stephen Connolly, Ballymore Hollywood BC, Kildare and Aine McLoughlin, Spartans BC, Cork. The team is coached by Paul Simpson, Saviours Crystal BC, Waterford; John Coffey, Sliabh Luachra BC, Kerry; Tommy O’Donnell, Charleville BC, Cork; Maria O’Brien, Ballymun BC, Dublin. Marty O’Neill has been appointed R&J.
The complete draw, for all weights, is available here
Competition Schedule
Boxing will take place at the Beşirli Sports Venue, begining on October 18th, with a rest day on October 22nd. All finals and medal ceremonies will take on Monday, October 26th.
Afternoon Sessions will begin at 9am, Irish time, while Evening Sessions start at 1:30pm.
Watch
European Boxing is expected to live-stream the tournament on its YouTube channel
Day One
8 Team Ireland make their benchmark debut on Sunday.
Aine Marinan opens proceedings in Ring A’s Afternoon Session, taking on Anastasiia Frolova of Ukraine in a 40kg Last 16 contest – and in Bout 1 of Ring B’s Afternoon Session, 42kg Cara Evans meets Valeryia Pazniak of Belarus.
In Bout 3 of Ring A’s Afternoon Session, 57kg Leticija Telnere opens her account against Tamina Saga Thalmann of Germany. And in Bout 13 of the same ring and session 75kg Romeo Barrett makes his debut against Filip Mitrović of Croatia.
Back in Ring B, 66kg Leon Cranley contest his Last 16 contest against Zakaria Tsiklauri of Georgia – that’s Bout 13.
Leah Cairns gets her campaign underway in Bout 2 of Ring A’s Evening Session, against Nuray Gafarova of Azerbaijan in a 50kg Last 16. 48kg Mickey Joe Joyce is in action in Bout 4 of the same ring and session, against Armenia’s Petrosyan Arakel.
And Yousef Shams begins his tournament in Bout 10 of Ring B’s Evening Session, against Italy’s Antonio Moffa.
Schedules Ring A Afternoon Session | Ring B Afternoon Session | Ring A Evening Session | Ring B Evening Session
Team Ireland
40kg Aine Marrinan, Nutgrove BC, Dublin
40kg Blake Fegan, Jobstown BC, Dublin
42kg Cara Evans, East Meath BC, Meath
42kg Andrew Nugent, Olympic BG, Galway
44kg Ava Mulhall, Jobstown BC, Dublin
44kg Rian Brannigan, Swords BC, Dublin
46kg Rosaletta Casey, Portlaoise BC, Laois
46kg Edward Ward, Olympic BC, Galway
48kg Amy Joyce, Olympic BC Mullingar, Westmeath
48kg Mickey Joe Joyce, Punishers BC, Westmeath
50kg Leah Cairns, Golden Gloves BC, Cork
50kg Pa Casey, Casey’s BC, Kerry
52kg Layla Ayres, St Brigid’s BC Edenderry, Offaly
52kg Yousef Shams, Cherry Orchard BC, Dublin
54kg Alicia Ennis, St. Brigid’s BC Edenderry, Offaly
54kg Martin Nevin, Olympic BC, Galway
57kg Leticija Teinere, Rathkeale BC, Limerick
57kg Seb Mooney, Monkstown BC, Dublin
60kg Paddy Heneghan, Galway BC, Galway
63kg Bobby Boylan, Edenmore BC, Dublin
66kg Leon Cranley, Monkstown BC, Dublin
70kg Sophie Potter, Gateway BC, Sligo
75kg Sophie Cronin, St. Francis BC, Limerick
75kg Romeo Barrett, Titans BC, Galway
90+kg Cian Leddy, Olympic BC, Mullingar, Westmeath
Support Staff
Team Manager Stephen Connolly, Ballymore Hollywood BC, Kildare
Team Manager Aine McLoughlin, Spartans BC, Cork
Coach, Paul Simpson, Saviours Crystal BC, Waterford
Coach, John Coffey, Sliabh Luachra BC, Kerry
Coach, Tommy O’Donnell, Charleville BC, Cork
Coach, Maria O’Brien, Ballymun BC, Dublin
R&J Marty O’Neill, Drimnagh BC, Dublin