{"id":663303,"date":"2026-10-23T18:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T18:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/663303\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T18:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T18:08:11","slug":"euro-u15-two-through-to-the-finals-boxing-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/663303\/","title":{"rendered":"Euro U15 | Two through to the finals. \u2013 Boxing Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two Team Ireland boxers have won through to the finals of the European U15 Championships, and seven more boxers will seek to follow them on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Bobby Boylan up-graded to at least silver. He boxed his 63kg semi final against Armenia\u2019s Babayan Khachik and was the 5-0 winner, scored 29:28; 29:28; 29:28. Bobby, of Edenmore BC Dublin, boxes for gold on Sunday, against Prohors Grisunins of Latvia.<\/p>\n

Rian Branagan also has silver, and is a European U15 Championship finalist. He was the unanimous decison winner over Alakbar Mammadli of Azerbaijan in their 44kg semi final, scored 28:29; 27:30; 27:30; 27:30; 28:29. Rian, of Swords BC, will take on Rodion Kurnisvo of Russia in Sunday\u2019s Afternoon Session. <\/p>\n

Four boxers contesting semi finals today will come home with bronze, and invaluable international experience. Aine Marrinan of Nutgrove BC, boxed a highly physical, close quarters semi final against Brogan Darri of England, ending in a 5-0 decison for Darrie. Her European journey has included keynote wins over Anastasiia Frolova of Ukraine and Alannah McGhee of Scotland, in addition to her national title and High Performance training block.<\/p>\n

Layla Ayres, of St. Brigid\u2019s Edenderry, boxed her 52kg semi final against Celine S\u00f6der of Germany \u2013 the unanimous decision went to S\u00f6der. Layla\u2019s European journey included a win over Ukraine\u2019s Emiliia Bryzhak. <\/p>\n

Gateway BC\u2019s Sophie Willis Potter left it all in the ring in her 70kg semi final against Fatma Beli\u0307nay Ergi\u0307n of Turkey; an agonisingly close bout which ended in a 3-2 split decision for Ergin. Superheavy, Cian Leddy, of Olympic BC boxed his Quarter Final against Ukraine\u2019s Davyd Bochkarov, which ended in an RSC1 decision for Bochkarov.<\/p>\n

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, R<\/a>omania, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, and Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Team Ireland\u2019s Co-Captains are Pa Casey and Rosaletta Casey. The Vice Co-Captains are Rian Branagan 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\u2019Donnell, Charleville BC, Cork; Maria O\u2019Brien, Ballymun BC, Dublin. Marty O\u2019Neill has been appointed R&J.<\/p>\n

The complete draw, for all weights, is available here<\/a><\/p>\n

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Competition Schedule<\/p>\n

Boxing will take place at the Be\u015firli Sports Venue, begining on October 18th, with a rest day on October 22nd. All finals and medal ceremonies will take on Monday, October 26th.<\/p>\n

Afternoon Sessions will begin at 9am, Irish time, while Evening Sessions start at 1:30pm.<\/p>\n

Watch<\/p>\n

The Turkish Boxing Federation is live-streaming the tournament on its YouTube channel<\/a><\/p>\n

Semi Finals, Day Two<\/p>\n

7 Team Ireland boxers contest their semi finals on Saturday,<\/p>\n

Sophie Cronin is first up. She takes on Turkey\u2019s Hati\u0307ce Kocabey in a 70kg semi final in Bout 7 of the Afternoon Session. In Bout 7, 42kg Andrew Nugent boxes for an up-grade against Germany\u2019s Kevin Lourenco de Castro. And in Bout 11, reigning champion Pa Casey contests against Ferenc Cell\u00e1r of Hungary for a place int the 50kg final.<\/p>\n

Rosaletta Casey opens proceedings in the Evening Session, boxing for a place in the 46kg finals against Russia\u2019s Valeriia Lazebnykh. Three contests later, Alicia Ennis Light also meets Russian opposition, the form of Kristina Mazurenko in their 54kg semi final. Edward Ward takes on Samuel Smith of England in Bout 9 \u2013 that\u2019s a 46kg semi final. In Bout 11, 54kg Martin Nevin boxes his semi against Leonis Pershpalaj<\/p>\n

Team Ireland<\/p>\n

40kg Aine Marrinan, Nutgrove BC, Dublin<\/p>\n

40kg Blake Fegan, Jobstown BC, Dublin<\/p>\n

42kg Cara Evans, East Meath BC, Meath<\/p>\n

42kg Andrew Nugent, Olympic BG, Galway<\/p>\n

44kg Ava Mulhall, Jobstown BC, Dublin<\/p>\n

44kg Rian Branagan, Swords BC, Dublin<\/p>\n

46kg Rosaletta Casey, Portlaoise BC, Laois<\/p>\n

46kg Edward Ward, Olympic BC, Galway<\/p>\n

48kg Amy Joyce, Olympic BC Mullingar, Westmeath<\/p>\n

48kg Mickey Joe Joyce, Punishers BC, Westmeath<\/p>\n

50kg Leah Cairns, Golden Gloves BC, Cork<\/p>\n

50kg Pa Casey, Casey\u2019s BC, Kerry<\/p>\n

52kg Layla Ayres, St Brigid\u2019s BC Edenderry, Offaly<\/p>\n

52kg Yousef Shams, Cherry Orchard BC, Dublin<\/p>\n

54kg Alicia Ennis, St. Brigid\u2019s BC Edenderry, Offaly<\/p>\n

54kg Martin Nevin, Olympic BC, Galway<\/p>\n

57kg Leticija Teinere, Rathkeale BC, Limerick<\/p>\n

57kg Seb Mooney, Monkstown BC, Dublin<\/p>\n

60kg Paddy Heneghan, Galway BC, Galway<\/p>\n

63kg Bobby Boylan, Edenmore BC, Dublin<\/p>\n

66kg Leon Cranley, Monkstown BC, Dublin<\/p>\n

70kg Sophie Potter, Gateway BC, Sligo<\/p>\n

75kg Sophie Cronin, St. Francis BC, Limerick<\/p>\n

75kg Romeo Barrett, Titans BC, Galway<\/p>\n

90+kg Cian Leddy, Olympic BC, Mullingar, Westmeath<\/p>\n

Support Staff<\/p>\n

Team Manager Stephen Connolly, Ballymore Hollywood BC, Kildare<\/p>\n

Team Manager Aine McLoughlin, Spartans BC, Cork<\/p>\n

Coach, Paul Simpson, Saviours Crystal BC, Waterford<\/p>\n

Coach, John Coffey, Sliabh Luachra BC, Kerry<\/p>\n

Coach, Tommy O\u2019Donnell, Charleville BC, Cork<\/p>\n

Coach, Maria O\u2019Brien, Ballymun BC, Dublin<\/p>\n

R&J Marty O\u2019Neill, Drimnagh BC, Dublin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two Team Ireland boxers have won through to the finals of the European U15 Championships, and seven more…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":663304,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-663303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}