{"id":671307,"date":"2026-11-01T00:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T00:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/671307\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T00:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T00:24:12","slug":"day-1-46th-tammer-tournament-boxing-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/671307\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 1 | 46th Tammer Tournament. \u2013 Boxing Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"

There were two opening day wins at the 46th Tammer International Tournament for Team Ireland.<\/p>\n

Boxing Ireland\u2019s 12 strong team, which includes double Olympic champion Kellie Harrington, Olympian Jack Marley, multiple European medalists Niamh Fay and Louis Rooney, alongside Commonwealth Games & European medalist Caitlin Fryers, will join around 100 Elite athletes from 12 federations at the competition including host nation Finland, Brazil, Australia, India, France, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, England, Scotland, Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

Double Olympic champion, Kellie Harrington, took on Sweden\u2019s Lilli Arman in a lightweight contest and was the 5-0 winner. Terry McEntee, boxing at 70kg, contested his quarter final against France\u2019s Djamel Djemmal, and progresses by way of a unanimous decision win. <\/p>\n

Team Ireland\u2019s Niamh Fay, have boxed strongly in rounds one and two in her 57jg home boxer, Vilma Viitanen. Unfortunately, a clash of heads meant Niamh sustained a cut, resulting in an RSC3-I.<\/p>\n

The Men\u2019s Draw, absent 75kg which has not been shared, is available here<\/a>. The complete Women\u2019s Draw is available here<\/a><\/p>\n

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Day Two<\/p>\n

A jam-packed day for Team Ireland as the tournament progresses to the semi final stage.<\/p>\n

First up, in the Afternoon Session, is 65kg Linda Desmond, against England\u2019s Ella Thompson. That\u2019s bout 3. Three contests later 70kg Evelyn Igharo is in action \u2013 she meets home boxer Zabina Holmstr\u00f6m<\/p>\n

In Bout 10, Adam Hession boxes a lightweight contest against Australia\u2019s Darcy Omalley. And it\u2019s an English opponent, in Oliver Male, for 80kg James Whelan in Bout 11.<\/p>\n

In the Evening Session, Shannon Sweeney (51kg) is in action in Bout 2, against India\u2019s Tannu. Kellie Harrington returns in Bout 5, boxing her semi final against England\u2019s Ella Lonsdale.<\/p>\n

Terry McEntee is back in action in Bout 10, taking on Brazil\u2019s Thauan Lima da Silva. Heavyweight, Jack Marley, boxes his first 46th Tammer contest in Bout 12, against India\u2019s Bobin Chauhan \u2013 and superheavy Gus Idemudia takes on Jo\u00e3o Batista Gomes da Silva of Brazil in Bout 13. <\/p>\n

Schedules and results are available here <\/a><\/p>\n

Watch<\/p>\n

The tournment is being live-streamed HERE<\/a><\/p>\n

Competition Schedule<\/p>\n

On October 30th, the Afternoon Session will begin at 11am, Irish time, with the Evening Session underway at 4pm.<\/p>\n

On October 31st, the Afternoon Session will begin at 10am, Irish time, while the Evening Session begins at 3pm.<\/p>\n

All finals will be boxed on November 1st, from 11am.<\/p>\n

Team Ireland<\/p>\n

51kg Caitlin Fryers, Immaculata BC Belfast<\/p>\n

55kg Louis Rooney, Star BC Belfast<\/p>\n

57kg Niamh Fay, Phoenix of Ballyboughal BC, Dublin<\/p>\n

60kg Adam Hession, Monivea BC, Galway<\/p>\n

60kg Kellie Harrington, St. Mary\u2019s BC, Tallaght<\/p>\n

65kg Linda Desmond, Rylane BC, Cork<\/p>\n

70kg Terry McEntee, DCU BC, Dublin<\/p>\n

70kg Evelyn Igharo, Clann Naofa BC, Louth<\/p>\n

75kg Gavin Rafferty, Dublin Docklands BC.<\/p>\n

80kg James Whelan, Dublin Docklands BC<\/p>\n

90kg Jack Marley, Monkstown BC Dublin<\/p>\n

90+kg Gus Idemudia, Mount Tallant BC, Dublin<\/p>\n

Support Staff<\/p>\n

Team Manager, Aimee Shiels<\/p>\n

Head Coach Damian Kennedy<\/p>\n

Coach, Lynne McEnery<\/p>\n

Coach, Ross Hickey, Grangecon BC, Wicklow<\/p>\n

Coach, Ger McDaid, Mulhuddart BC, Dublin<\/p>\n

Physio, Rob Tuomey<\/p>\n

R&J Lockey Gannon, St. Ibar\u2019s\/St. Joseph\u2019s BC, Wexford<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There were two opening day wins at the 46th Tammer International Tournament for Team Ireland. Boxing Ireland\u2019s 12…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671308,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-671307","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\/671307","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=671307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}