{"id":664197,"date":"2026-10-24T16:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T16:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/664197\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T16:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T16:58:09","slug":"euro-u15-four-boxers-win-through-to-finals-boxing-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/664197\/","title":{"rendered":"Euro U15 | Four boxers win through to finals. \u2013 Boxing Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Four Team Ireland boxers will contest Sunday\u2019s European U15 Championship finals in Trabzon, Turkey, following the completion of the second day of semi finals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reigning champion, Pa Casey, will defend his European U15 Championship title, having been the unanimoous decision winner in his 50kg semi final against Ferenc Cell\u00e1r of Hungary in an utterly dominant performance scored 25:30; 26:30; 26:30; 26:30; 26:30. Pa is back in action in Sunday\u2019s Evening Session, boxing for gold against the winner of the bout now underway between Russia and Turkey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And Martin Nevin has won through to the finals in emphatic style. He was the RSC3 winner over Leonis Pershpalaj of Albania in their 54kg final. Martin, of Olympic BC Galway, is back in action in Sunday\u2019s Evening Session, boxing for gold against Jay Sheridan of Scotland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pa and Martin join 44kg Rian Branagan and 63kg Bobby Boylan in Sunday\u2019s finals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sophie Cronin comes home with bronze. Sophie, of St. Francis BC, Limerick, took on home boxer, Turkey\u2019s Hati\u0307ce Kocabey in their 70kg semi final, the 4-1 split decision win went to Kocabey, scored 28:29; 28:29; 28:29; 29:28; 28:29. Sophie\u2019s European journey has included a win over Croatia\u2019s Tea Farka\u0161.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andrew Nugent also brings home bronze. Andrew, of Olympic BC Galway, contested his 42kg semi final Germany\u2019s Kevin Lourenco de Castro. The 4-1 split decision went to the German boxer and judges scored the bout 29:28; 29:28; 29:28; 29:29; 28:29. Andrew\u2019s European journey has inclued wins over Zsombor Vajmi of Hungary and Carlo Gabriel Italy\u2019s Carbaruso.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rosaletta Casey will come home Trabazon with bronze. The now two-time European medalist of Portlaoise BC contested her 46kg semi final against Russia\u2019s Valeriia Lazebnykh, with the UD going to the Russian boxer on a scoreline of 28:29; 28:29; 27:30; 27:30; 27:30. Rosaletta\u2019s European journey has included a win over Poland\u2019s Alicja \u0141aniecka.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0Also a bronze medalist is Alicia Ennis Light. Alicia, of St. Brigid\u2019s BC Edenderry, took on Kristina Mazurenko of Russia in their 54kg semi final \u2013 the unanimous decision went to Mazurenko. The bout was scored 30: 27; 30:27; 30:27; 30:27; 30:27. Alicia\u2019s European journey has included victory over Georgia\u2019s Barbare Tchitashvili.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">396 boxers are contesting for gold, from  33 national federations: Albania, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia &amp; Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Romania\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">R<\/a>omania, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, and Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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&amp;J.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The complete draw, for all weights, is <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/European-Boxing-U15-Championships-brackets.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">available here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-23-at-6.36.14-PM-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4550\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Competition Schedule<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 Sunday, October 25th.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the clock changes in Ireland overnight in to Sunday morning and does not change in Turkey, the Afternoon Sessions will begin at 8am, Irish time, while Evening Sessions start at 12:30pm.<\/p>\n<p>Watch<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Turkish Boxing Federation is live-streaming the tournament on its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@turkiyeboksfederasyonuresmi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube channel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finals<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Team Ireland\u2019s Rian Branagan boxes the first of the day\u2019s finals. He takes on Rodion Kurnisvo of Russia in the 44kg decided in Bout 10 of the Afternoon Session.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And Bobby Boylan is between the ropes in Bout 14 of the same session, boxing for gold against Prohors Grisunins of Latvia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pa Casey will defend his 50kg title in Bout 11 of the Evening Session, Batraz Bitsoev of Russia. In the subsequent bout, Martin Nevin boxes his 54kg final against Scotland\u2019s Jay Sheridan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">40kg Aine Marrinan, 42kg Andrew Nugent, 46kg Rosaletta Casey, 46kg Edward Ward, 52kg Layla Ayres, 54kg Alicia Ennis, 70kg Sophie Potter, 75kg Sophie Cronin and 90+kg Cian Leddy will be awarded their bronze medals.<\/p>\n<p>Team Ireland<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">40kg Aine Marrinan, Nutgrove BC, Dublin<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">40kg Blake Fegan, Jobstown BC, Dublin<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">42kg Cara Evans, East Meath BC, Meath<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">42kg Andrew Nugent, Olympic BG, Galway<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">44kg Ava Mulhall, Jobstown BC, Dublin<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">44kg Rian Branagan, Swords BC, Dublin<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">46kg Rosaletta Casey, Portlaoise BC, Laois<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">46kg Edward Ward, Olympic BC, Galway<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">48kg Amy Joyce, Olympic BC Mullingar, Westmeath<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">48kg Mickey Joe Joyce, Punishers BC, Westmeath<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">50kg Leah Cairns, Golden Gloves BC, Cork<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">50kg Pa Casey, Casey\u2019s BC, Kerry<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">52kg Layla Ayres, St Brigid\u2019s BC Edenderry, Offaly<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">52kg Yousef Shams, Cherry Orchard BC, Dublin<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">54kg Alicia Ennis, St. Brigid\u2019s BC Edenderry, Offaly<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">54kg Martin Nevin, Olympic BC, Galway<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">57kg Leticija Teinere, Rathkeale BC, Limerick<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">57kg Seb Mooney, Monkstown BC, Dublin<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">60kg Paddy Heneghan, Galway BC, Galway<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">63kg Bobby Boylan, Edenmore BC, Dublin<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">66kg Leon Cranley, Monkstown BC, Dublin<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">70kg Sophie Potter, Gateway BC, Sligo<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">75kg Sophie Cronin, St. Francis BC, Limerick<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">75kg Romeo Barrett, Titans BC, Galway<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">90+kg Cian Leddy, Olympic BC, Mullingar, Westmeath<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Support Staff<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Team Manager Stephen Connolly, Ballymore Hollywood BC, Kildare<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Team Manager Aine McLoughlin, Spartans BC, Cork<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coach, Paul Simpson, Saviours Crystal BC, Waterford<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coach, John Coffey, Sliabh Luachra BC, Kerry<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coach, Tommy O\u2019Donnell, Charleville BC, Cork<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coach, Maria O\u2019Brien, Ballymun BC, Dublin<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">R&amp;J Marty O\u2019Neill, Drimnagh BC, Dublin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Four Team Ireland boxers will contest Sunday\u2019s European U15 Championship finals in Trabzon, Turkey, following the completion of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":664198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-664197","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\/664197","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=664197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/664198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}