SIX Irish fighters in World Youth Championship action today
Six Irish boxers climb through the ropes for a second successive day at the World Youth Championships in Spain today.
Georgia McGovern, TJ King, Caoimhe Kinsella, Gavin Ryan, Shakira O’Donaghue and Jim Donovan all trade leather in La Nurcia.
48kg European Youth medal winner Georgia McGovern begins proceedings against the Dominican Republic’s Novoanny Franciso Nunez in bout 2 of Ring A’s morning session.
Middleweight TJ King returns to the ring in Bout 11, looking to build on his first round, round one stoppage win when he takes on home boxer Juan Ramon Larrosa Inza.
In the afternoon session, 50kg Caoimhe Kinsella makes her tournament debut when she faces Japan’s Juni Tonegawa in Ring A’s bout 4. Over in Ring B, bantamweight Gavin Ryan meets Kazakhstan’s Zhandaulet Sarsbenayve in bout 7, in what is his second bout of the prestigious underage contest.
In Ring B’s evening session, bantamweight Shakira O’Donoghue meets England’s Jayne Bardauskas in a mouthwatering match up. In bout 10, Team Co-Captain Jim Donovan also fight for the second time returning to the ring for his welterweight bout against Serbia’s Uros Cingelic.
Team Ireland Squad
Men:
48kg Thady Patsy Joyce, Olympic L, Westmeath
51kg Jack Harkin, Oakleaf BC, Derry
54kg Gavin Ryan, Ratoath BC, Meath
57kg Roy Farrelly, Avona BC, Dublin
60kg Lee McEvoy, Avona BC, Dublin
63.5kg Conor McCrory, Townland ABC.
67kg James Donovan, OLOL, Limerick
71kg Bobbi Flood, Cabra BC, Dublin
75kg TJ King, Phoenix of Ballyboughal, Dublin
80kg Ryan Murphy, Neilstown, Dublin
86kg Nathan Ojo, Esker, Dublin
92kg David McDonagh, Olympic BC, Galway
92+ Bernard Cawley, St. David’s BC, Naas
Women:
48kg Georgia McGovern, Setanta L, Kildare
50kg Caoimhe Kinsella, St Anthony’s/Pats, Wexford
52kg Esther Lambe, Setanta L, Kildare
54kg Shakira Donoghue, Templemore, Tipperary
57kg Rebecca Kavanagh, Mulhuddart,
60kg Yasmin Meredith, Corinthians BC, Dublin
63kg Rebecca Collins, Baldoyle, Dublin
66kg Gabrielle Mongan, Whitechurch, Dublin
70kg Laura Moran, St Anne’s, Mayo
81kg Dearbhla Tinnelly, Clann Naofa, Louth
81+kg Cliona D’Arcy, Tobar Pheadair, Galway
Team Manager: Francis Keeling
Team Manager: Bernadette Lannon
Coach: Lynne McEnery
Coach: Michael Mongan
Coach: Liam Cunningham
