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Boxing: Events in the first 6 months with Irish Boxers in Europe – Italy, France, Greece, Russia

February

24th  to 2nd March         Olympic Qualifier               Italy Pescara

April

6th-13th           Olympic Qualifier                                  Greece

June

European Union Championships Poland

There will be plenty more European Boxing events with Irish Boxiers  this year - we will add them to the events as they arrive.

 - Find all Irish Sports associations including IABA (Boxing)  at:
http://www.europeanirish.com/sports_association.php

Irish amateur boxers celebrated another outstanding year in 2007, winning a raft of medals in international competition against some of the best nations in the world.

Paddy Barnes, Katie Taylor, Ken Egan, Darren Sutherland, Roy Sheahan and the Irish schoolboy squad, who claimed an astonishing two gold, one silver and five bronze medals at the European schoolboy championships in Portsmouth, England, were just some of the names that grabbed the headlines.

Six gold medals were won in European competition, with Ireland dominating the European Union Championships courtesy of top of the podium finishes from Egan, Sutherland and Sheahan.

Read more

http://www.iaba.ie/boxing/Main/News_2007_Review.htm

Find all IABA Irish Sports associations including badminton Ireland at:
http://www.europeanirish.com/sports_association.php

in the 60kg, Katie Taylor, in  an attempt to retain her title at the VI European Womenss Championship in Vejle, Denmark- from 14th to 20th October - in superb form she has made it through to the FInal on tomorrow Saturday - beating Greek Athanasopoulou in round 1, (15-0) Spaniard de la Guia Guerra in the Quarter Final (KO), and ukraine Zavyaova i the Semi Final 11-4, she faces Swiss cntender Sandra Brugger in the Final.

World Championships in Portugal in November
Coimbra, one of the most beautiful and historical towns in Portugal, is going to host the 16th WAKO World Championships in semi contact, full contact, aero-kick and musical forms.

The event , promoted by Grupo Kickboxing Superstar leaded by  Mr. Carlos Ramjanali and in cooperation with Mr. Hugo Leal, under the auspices of Portuguese Kickboxing Federation,  will take place in local sport-hall from 26th  November to 2nd December.

We are expecting 600 competitors  representing 55 countries  from the 5 continents.

Russia, USA and Canada  will be among the strongest and most  crowded  national teams, together with many European countries like Great Britain, Ireland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Croatia and Portugal of course. From the most far away countries attending our event , New Zealand will be there with about 20 people.

. Preceding this - WAKO junior Europeans – Algarve Portugal 6th - 11th Nov 

At the end of September:
24th – 30th WAKO World Championships Light Contact – Belgrade, Serbia

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Read about  Master Massan Ghorbani, born in Tehran, began his road to black belt at the tender age of 11. … he first got involved in Iran’s national sport of Olympic free style and Greco wrestling called Kushti, competing in various School competitions in Kushti.
 He was then introduced to an Iranian Kung fu style – known as Toa where he trained for four years…  he also competed in numerous national and international tournaments including British and European open and he received his 1 st dan black belt in Kyokushinkai in 1985 from shihan Shirzad the Iranian headmaster, he also marked this achievement by wining the All-Iran national knock down karate championships in a same year.

He traveled to Ireland in January 1986 and began to study gym management and kick boxing. …
He became a national champion for over 10 years and won world IAKSA bronze medal in light contact and WAKO bronze in semi contact sparring, world WPKA silver and European WAKO gold medals in weapons, national and international gold medal in WKA full contact kick boxing and also the WKA national championship belt in 1990. He founded Masters Temple in September 1997 with a hand full of students and since then the club has been going from strength to strength.

 Read about Master Massan - Irish champion on the world stage.

http://www.masterstemple.com

25-27 Oct Switzerland Martial Arts, WAKO World Championships

2-8th Oct Ireland “A” Boxing 2 Tournaments Moscow/Kazan Russia
60KG Ross Hickey Grangecon
60KG Eamon Touhey Moate
69KG Fergus Turner St Ibars/St Josephs
75KG David Joyce St Michaels Athy
75KG David Conlon Cavan/Garda
75KG Sean Shevlin Dealgan
75KG Edward Healy Portlaoise
81KG Philip Kearns Golden Cobra
81KG Hugh Joyce St Michaels Athy
91KG Jimmy Sweeney Drimnagh

2-12th Oct Irish Senior Training Camp Frankfurt, Germany - call over to show your support.
15-19 Oct Serbia Irish Boxing: Golden Gloves Seniors
14-21 Oct Denmark Irish Boxing: European Womens Championships Vejle (Irish Boxers)
No reports of Irish participation yet:
1-7 Oct Spain Boxing: Senior Men’s, BOXAM-2007.
3-7 Oct Czech Republic Boxing: Senior Men’s, GRAND PRIX OSTRAVA CZE Ostrava
17-22 Oct Finland Boxing: Senior Men’s, TAMMER TOURNAMENT FIN Tampere
12-22 Oct Lithuania Boxing: Juniors (under 19), DANAS POZNIAKAS CUP

Find the IABA website: http://www.europeanirish.com/Sport/irishsport.html
 

September
17th - 25th Senior Training Camp France
27th - 30th Under 21 Championships Germany
27th - 30th Nationencup 2007 Austria    

October:      
2nd - 8th Ireland “A” Boxing 2 Tournaments Moscow/Kazan       
2nd - 12th Senior Training Camp Germany                 
15th - 19th Golden Gloves Seniors Belgrad Serbia      
14th - 21st European Women Championships Denmark       
     
23 Oct. - 3 Nov. World Senior Championships Chicago, USA

November: 21st - 25th Ireland “A” Boxing Poland
December:3rd - 9th European Union Championships France

 http://www.europeanirish.com/Sport/irishsport.html

 http://www.europeanirish.com/Sport/Sportsyear.htm

14-Sep Belgium Motor Racing: Formula 1  - spa - Francorchamps http://www.examiner.ie LINK
14-Sep France Rugby: Rugby World Cup 2007. England V South Africa St Denis  http://www.irishrugby.ie LINK
14-Sep Germany Golf: PGA European tour Mercedes-Benz Championship
Gut Lärchenhof http://www.europeantour.com LINK
14-Sep Italy Athletics:  WMA World Masters Championships Riccione  http://www.gbrathletics.com/ia2007.htm LINK
14-Sep Malta Swimming: MALTA (MLT)   European Youth Water Polo Championships Men  http://www.swimireland.ie LINK
14-Sep Portugal Motor Racing: MotoGP Astoril http://www.examiner.ie LINK
14-Sep Spain Cycling: La  Vuelta de Espana http://www.examiner.ie LINK
14-Sep Spain Equestrian - Show-jumping:  Samsung Super League Barcelona (ESP)  http://www.horsesport.ie/internationall.html LINK
15-Sep Belgium Motor Racing: Formula 1  - spa - Francorchamps http://www.examiner.ie LINK
15-Sep Europe Soccer: English Premier League live on Setanta across Europe : 5.15pm Chelsea v Blackburn Rovers  http://www.europeanirish.com/Sport/watchSetanta.htm LINK
15-Sep Europe Soccer: English Premier League live on Sky across Europe : Portsmouth v Liverpool (12.45pm) http://www.europeanirish.com/pubs LINK
15-Sep Europe Soccer: Scottish Premier League live on Setanta across Europe: HEARTS v RANGERS 12:30 http://www.europeanirish.com/pubs LINK
15-Sep France Rugby: Rugby World Cup 2007. Ireland  v  Georgia   Venue:Chaban Delmas http://www.irishrugby.ie LINK
15-Sep France Rugby: Rugby World Cup 2007. Ireland V Georgia Bordeaux  http://www.irishrugby.ie LINK
15-Sep France Rugby: Rugby World Cup 2007. New Zealand V Repechage 1 Lyon  http://www.irishrugby.ie LINK
15-Sep Germany Golf: PGA European tour Mercedes-Benz Championship
Gut Lärchenhof http://www.europeantour.com LINK
15-Sep Ireland Basketball: Senior Women Euro Q Ireland V Iceland - home Dublin http://www.basketballireland.ie LINK
15-Sep Italy Athletics:  WMA World Masters Championships Riccione  http://www.gbrathletics.com/ia2007.htm LINK
15-Sep Malta Swimming: MALTA (MLT)   European Youth Water Polo Championships Men  http://www.swimireland.ie LINK
15-Sep Portugal Motor Racing: MotoGP Astoril http://www.examiner.ie LINK
15-Sep Russia Boxing: Senior Men’s, WORLD BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS RUS Moscow  http://www.iaba.ie LINK
15-Sep Spain Cycling: La  Vuelta de Espana http://www.examiner.ie LINK
15-Sep Spain Equestrian - Show-jumping:  Samsung Super League Barcelona (ESP)  http://www.horsesport.ie/internationall.html LINK
16-Sep Belgium Motor Racing: Formula 1  - spa - Francorchamps http://www.examiner.ie LINK
16-Sep Europe GAA: All-Ireland - Live Coverage in Europe:  Bank of Ireland All Ireland Football Championship Final
(Replay 30/09/07)
ESB All Ireland Minor Football Championship Final http://www.europeanirish.com/Sport/watchSetanta.htm LINK
16-Sep Europe Soccer: English Premier League live on Sky across Europe : Man City v Aston Villa (4pm) http://www.europeanirish.com/pubs LINK
16-Sep France Rugby: Rugby World Cup 2007. France V Namibia Toulouse  http://www.irishrugby.ie LINK
16-Sep France Rugby: Rugby World Cup 2007. Samoa V Repechage 2 Montpellier  http://www.irishrugby.ie LINK
16-Sep Germany Athletics:  ISTAF (IAAF Golden League) Berlin http://www.athleticsireland.ie LINK
16-Sep Germany Golf: PGA European tour Mercedes-Benz Championship
Gut Lärchenhof http://www.europeantour.com LINK
16-Sep Portugal Motor Racing: MotoGP Astoril http://www.examiner.ie LINK
16-Sep Russia Boxing: Senior Men’s, WORLD BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS RUS Moscow

Katie Taylor defeated fancied French boxer Cindy Orain in her opening Quarter Final bout. She followed this with a 11-5 victory over Turkish girl Gulsum Tatr.
Katie having recovered from an arm injury in Denmark, won the Final defeating Finnish Eva Wahstrom, in Hungary.

9TH “WITCH CUP” WOMENS TOURNAMENT 9-13 AUGUST 2007 
Hungary.
       
   Bout 1      60KG KATIE TAYLOR ST. FERGALS BRAY BEAT Cindy Orain Fra RSCO1
   Semi-Final      60KG KATIE TAYLOR ST. FERGALS BRAY BEAT Gulsum Tatar Tur 11-5
   Final      60KG KATIE TAYLOR ST. FERGALS BRAY BEAT EVA WAHLSTROM FIN RSCO 2
GOLD MEDAL
 

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Meanwhile the Irish Seniors were in Heidelberg Germany for a 3-day tournament V Germany and France

The 2nd day proved Ireland’s better day, winning 8 of 11 bouts that day. Day 1  Ireland only had 3 wins out of 11, and on day 3 against France, Ireland lost all but 1 match, Ken Egan being Ireland’s solitary victor.

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Seniors Germany V Ireland
Senior Round Robin Tournament
Heidelberg, Germany
23rd August
Germany v Ireland
Day 1
 Bout No. Weight Red Corner Club/Country Result Blue Corner Club/Country Margin
         60KG Eric Donovan Ireland Beat Eugen Burhard Germany 37-10
         75KG Darren Sutherland Ireland Beat Dimitri Serdjok Netherland for Germany 22-16
        64KG John J. Joyce Ireland Beat Adriani Vastine Germany 26-17

         48KG Paddy Barnes Ireland Lost to Nordine Qubaali Germany 25-25 C/B
         51KG Conor Ahern Ireland Lost to Marcel Schneider Germany 8-23
         54KG Ryan Lindberg Ireland Lost to Denis Makarov Germany 15-24
         57KG David O. Joyce Ireland Lost to Marcel Herfurth Germany 15-21
         69KG Jaoid Chiguer (France for Ireland) Lost to Jack Culcay-Keth Germany 8-15
         81KG Ken Egan Ireland Lost to Rene Krause Germany 12-15
         91KG John Sweeney Ireland Lost to Lukas Schulz Germany 17-35
         91+KG Cathal McMonagle Ireland Lost to Erkan Teper Germany 8-27
24th August
Germany v Ireland
DAY 2      
 Bout No. Weight Red Corner Club/Country Result Blue Corner Club/Country Margin
         48KG Paddy Barnes Ireland Beat Redouane Asioum France for Germany 35-17
         54KG Carl Frampton Ireland Beat Benjamin Fuchs Germany 26-16
         57KG David O. Joyce Ireland Beat Andreas Propp Germany 29-5
         60KG Eric Donovan Ireland Beat Sandro Schaer Germany 23-12
         64KG John J. Joyce Ireland Beat Martin Dressen Germany 23-20
         69KG Jaoid Chiguer France for Ireland Beat Alexander Miller Germany 22-17
         75KG Darren Sutherland Ireland Beat Konstantin Buga Germany 31-19
         81KG Ken Egan Ireland Beat Gottlieb Weiss Germany 15-12

         51KG Conor Ahern Ireland Lost to Ronny Beblik Germany 9-29
         91KG John Sweeney Ireland Lost to Alexander Povernov Germany 10-27
         91+KG Cathal McMonagle Ireland Lost to Stefan Kober Germany 11-22
 

25th August
France v Ireland
      
 Bout No. Weight Red Corner Club/Country Result Blue Corner Club/Country Margin
         81KG Ken Egan Ireland Beat Daniel Kooij Netherland for France 29-18

         51KG Conor Ahern Ireland Lost to Jerome Thomas France 15-56
         57KG David Oliver Joyce Ireland Lost to Khedafi Djelkhir France 34-44
         60KG Eric Donovan Ireland Lost to Daouda Sow France 17-24
         64KG John J. Joyce Ireland Lost to Alexis Vastine France 26-40
         91KG John Sweeney Ireland Lost to Michael M’Bumba France RSCI 3
         91+KG Cathal McMonagle Ireland Lost to Erik Pfeiffer Germany RSCH 4

Irish team are at the Cadet World Boxing Championships in Baku Azerbaijan from today.
31 August - 9 September
Are you in Azerbaijan?

Come to Baku - the Heydar Aliyev Sports Hall by the shores of the Caspian Sea, and support the Irish team.

The Irihs team are

at 50KG Tyrone McCullagh from Golden Gloves club
60KG Paddy Harkin from St Brigids Clonmany
63KG Jason Quigley with Finn Valley Donegal
 66KG Conrad Cummins who fights with the Clonoe club
and
at   70KG Bernard Roe from Dublin Docklands

Team Manager: Sean Canavan
Coaches: Jim Moore & Jim Payne
Referee/Judge: Sadie Duffy
Physio: Mark Adams

Ukraine and Russia are the striongest teams & boxers at this level. 
 

The bout began, and Bernard Dunne against some advice, went for his opponent, Kiko Martinez from the start, instead of taking his time to get to know his opponent, and keeping him at arms length, and working his own defence.

This decision openned Bernard Dunne’s defence, and when the Spaniard Kiko came at Dunne straight from the bell, Bernard tried to counter attack - but landed on the canvas with an opening blow to the top of his head.

Not shaken, it would seem, Dunne was straight back up to his feet, gesturing that he had slipped. Moments later he was knocked down again.

When he was back on his feet after a 2nd count, Kiko la Sensacion came in for the kill, a barage of punches left Dunne stunned - the referee stepped in as Dunne dropped to one knee. All over.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKAMDcMYhvw

Watch Bernard Dunne take on Spaniard Kiko Martinez live on RTÉ Two and online at www.rte.ie/sport (worldwide) from 9.30pm Saturdaynight. The programme also features Belfast’s Brian Magee challenge for the British Light Heavyweight title and Matthew Macklin’s return to the ring in Dublin.

All live from The Point Theatre 25th Aug.

Spain’s Kiko Martinez is unbeaten in 16 fights with 13 knockouts.
Irish star Bernard Dunne believes he will launch himself onto the world stage with a successful defence of his European super-bantamweight title tomorrow night.

In Spain this week and next - Equestrian - Show-jumping: FEI Nations Cup Series CSIO5* Gijon

Top Irish team competes for the Nations Cup in Spain from 29th Aug to 2nd Sept.

Showjumping continues with the Super League  in Barcelona from 13th to 16th Sept.
Cycling: La  Vuelta de Espana starts from the line on 7th Sept and continues through to the  17th Sept.

Boxing: Senior Men’s, BOXAM-2007. starts at the end of next mointh30th September.

Find details for all these at:

http://www.europeanirish.com/Sport/Sportsyear.htm

Witch Cup

6 - 10 August

Hungary

On 8th Aug, Katie Taylor Irish world champion boxer, arrived in Pecs Hungary  to defend the 60Kg title she won last year.
Katie arrives from a recent injury to her elbow following a training camp in Dublin.
I read that Peter Taylor was confident the injury would be cleared for the Witch Cup this week.
She defeated world no.14 fighter from France, Cindy Orain in her Quarter Final clash on Thursday,
The Bray fighter is now scheduled to meet World number 3 Turkeys Tatar Gulson in tomorrow evenings 60Kg semi final.

For further reports check http://www.ababoxing.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1377&sid=60a4fbcc0eeeb94540a30637e3235c7c

There are many Irish appearances in Central and Eastern Europe this month - with Irish featuring in Basketball, Soccer, Waterpolo, Boxing, Show-Jumping, Golf, and there will be a huge following to the F1 Motor racing Grand Prix.

This month

Belarus host Northern ireland’s Women’s team n the European Championship match on the 1st (today).

On the 2nd the Golf PGA European tour’s Russian Open, starts at Le Meridien Moscow CC. Running through to Sunday.

On Friday the 3rd - Equestrian - Show-jumping: FEI Nations Cup Series CSIO4* takes place in Hungary.
For Irish Car-racing fans, Hungary will also host Motor Racing: Formula 1 Hungaroring this weekend

Moving to Bulgaria on Friday 4th , Irish Basketball youths play in Sofia
Under 18 Men - 3rd to 12th August - Sofia, Bulgaria http://europeanirish.com/blog/category/sport/basketball/

With athletics in Austria on the 5th,
Patras in Greece also hosts the Women’s European Youth Water Polo Championships starting on the 5th.

In Hungary 6th to 10th August International Women box for the Witch Cup - will Ireland’s Katie Taylor be there? Katie Taylor is due to defend the gold medal she won at last years Witch Cup.

http://www.europeanirish.com/Sport/IrishSport.htm

From 7th Aug, Irish men’s Senior Boxers are in Kalingrad Russia for the AMBER GLOVES tournament.

In Slovenia the Irish Senior Golf Team competes in the European Championships starting on the 15th.

The MotoGP Round 12 comes to Brno Czech Rep on 17th August.

Irish Sports Events in East & Central Europe don’t stop there:

http://www.europeanirish.com/Sport

With F1 Grand Prix Motor Racing in Turkey,
FINA Swimming in Vienna Austria, Starigrad Croatia, and Kranj Slovenia.

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Now add Live Coverage all across the Continent of
The All-Ireland Hurling and Football Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals, and Replays.
Add - Ireland’s  Rugby World Cup Warm-up matches against Scotland (11th Aug), and Italy (24th)
and venues to watch Irish top Soccer players with English based teams as the English Premiership gets underway.
http://www.europeanirish.com/Sport/watchSetanta.htm

CRICKET: Brilliant Botha the inspiration for Ireland

BOXING: Duddy moves step closer to Euro shot

EQUESTRIAN: Ireland youngsters land silver medal in Turkey

ROWING: No joy for Irish hopefuls in World Cup regatta

independent.ie stories…

Irish boxers claimed one silver and three bronze medals at the Maripol senior international tournament, which concluded in Ukraine on Sunday.
Darren Sutherland had to settle for silver after his 75kg final with Ukrainian number one Ivan Senai was stopped in the third round.
Roy Sheahan, Conor Ahern and Darren O’Neill all won bronze.

http://www.rte.ie/sport/boxing/2007/0716/ireland1.html?rss

In what must surely be the greatest day of European Success for Irish Boxing, Saturday saw the finale of the European Union Championships at the National Stadium in Dublin, with 3 gold, 2 silver.

Irish boxers dominated the fifth European Union Championships at the National Stadium in Dublin today claiming three gold and two silver medals to finish on top of the medal table.
Irish captain Ken Egan, Darren Sutherland and Roy Sheehan have all finished in pole position at the South Circular Road venue.
Carl Frampton and Cathal McMonagle both landed silver on an incredible day for Irish boxing.
http://www.rte.ie/sport/boxing/2007/0623/boxing.html

In a second Huge success in Dublin, Bernand Dunne successfully defended his European Super Bantamweight title at The Point.

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