{"id":665271,"date":"2026-10-25T21:46:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T21:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/665271\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T21:46:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T21:46:17","slug":"euro-u15-gold-for-casey-nevin-boxing-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/665271\/","title":{"rendered":"Euro U15 | Gold for Casey &#038; Nevin \u2013 Boxing Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Team Ireland will return from the European U15 Championships in Trabzon Turkey with 2 champions, and 13 medals in total.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pa Casey has been crowned European U15 Champion, for the second successive year. The 50kg boxer, of Casey\u2019s Boxing Gym, has sucessfully defended his 2025 title, being the 4-1 winner overr Batraz Bitsoev of Russia on a scoreline of 29:28; 28:29; 27:30; 27:30; 27:30. Pa\u2019s path to the top of the podium has included wins over Pio Storniolo of Italy, Ukraine\u2019s Serhii Kirichenko and Ferenc Cell\u00e1r of Hungary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Less than 10 minutes later, Martin Nevin claimed the 54kg title. Martin, of Olympic BC Galway, was the 4-1 winner over Scotland\u2019s Jay Sheridan. Judges scored the bout 30:27; 30:27; 29:28; 30:27; 30:27. Martin\u2019s path to the top of the podium has included wins over Claudio Pennata of Italy, Armenia\u2019s Boyajyan Areg and Leonis Pershpalaj of Albania<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rian Branagan is a European U15 Championship silver medalist! The Swords BC Dublin boxer contest his 44kg final against Russia\u2019s Rodion Kurnisvo \u2013 a high tempo bout when the UD went to Kurnisvo, scored 30:27; 30:27; 30:27; 29:29; 30:27. Rian, a Team Vice Co-Captain, has had a superb championships, with wins over Maksim Kova\u010devi\u0107 of and Armenia\u2019s Karamyan Davit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bobby Boylan is also a silver medalist. Bobby, of Edenmore BC, Dublin boxed his 63kg final against Prohors Grisunins of Latvia, and the 5-0 decision went to Grisunins on a scoreline of 27:30; 28:29; 27:20; 27:30; 28:29. Bobby\u2019s excellent European journey has included wins over Leon Ivanov of Bulgaria and Armenia\u2019s Babayan Khachik<\/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 were awarded their bronze medals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This has been a superb tournament for Team Ireland, with excellent performances for all boxers, regardless of the outcome. Congratulations to the boxers, their clubs and families, and the team\u2019s coaches and Team Co-Managers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792964775_581_IRL-2026-European-U15-Championship-Team-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4447\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792964776_364_WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-19-at-5.37.27-PM-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4482\"  \/><\/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-2026-10-25-at-6.43.42-PM-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4561\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">396 boxers contested this tournament, 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>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":"Team Ireland will return from the European U15 Championships in Trabzon Turkey with 2 champions, and 13 medals&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":665272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-665271","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\/665271","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=665271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}