Castlerea to host Clash of the Titans
Paddy Sharkey, Castlerea Boxing Club, with boxer Dean Walsh in Castlerea this week. Picture: Liam Reynolds
Some of the most familiar names in Irish amateur boxing will be in Castlerea this evening for a prestigious international tournament against Ukraine.
There will be 14 bouts in The Hub, which is the culmination of a five-day dual nation training camp hosted by Castlerea Boxing Club.
The impressive line-up will feature some of the biggest names in Irish boxing, including local stars, Aoife and Lisa O’Rourke, alongside Olympic-bound Kellie Harrington — who won a gold medal at the Toyko Olympics — Michaela Walsh, Dean Clancy and Jack Marley.
It will be the first such international to take place in Ireland in some years.
“This is excellent preparation for our boxers for Paris, and for the next Olympic World Qualifier in Bangkok in May and the European Championships.
“We learned much during our Busto Arsizio camp, and competing at home against Ukraine will help us to build on that learning, and to improve. Improvement, improvement, improvement — this is what drives Irish boxing forward.
“That Ukraine is bringing their number ones in all Olympic weights shows the importance they place on competing against Ireland. These will be exciting events, for our boxers, for their clubs, and for their families,” said High Performance Head Coach, Zauri Antia.
The camp was been hugely successful, and Paddy Sharkey and everyone at Castlerea Boxing Club has been widely praised for its professionalism in hosting the camp, which included additional key elements, among them a High Performance Coaching Seminar at the club on Monday.
On Wednesday, High Performance boxers, including former world champion Lisa O’Rourke, Dean Clancy (who has qualified for Paris), and Dean Walsh, coached a training session with HP coaches, for Castlerea Boxing Club’s junior squad.
Roscommon County Council also hosted a civic reception for the team, which was described as a “great honour for boxers and coaches, and a wonderful show of support by the people of Roscommon for Ireland’s most successful Olympic sport.”
W50KG: Shannon Sweeney v Yaroslava Marynchuk
W50KG: Daina Moorhouse v Tetiana Kob
M51KG: Sean Mari v Dmytro Zamotayev
W54KG: Niamh Fay v Anastasiia Kovalchuk
W57KG: Michaela Walsh v Anhelina Lakhno
M57KG: Adam Hession v Aider Abduraimov
W60KG: Kellie Harrington v Hanna Okhrei
M63.5KG: Dean Clancy v Yaroslav Khartsyz
W66KG: Lisa O’Rourke v Anastasiia Chernokolenko
M71KG: Eugene McKeever v Yurii Zakharieiev
W75KG: Aoife O’Rourke v Karolina Makhno
M80KG: James Whelan v Matvii Razhba
M92KG: Jack Marley v Serhii Horskov
M92+KG: Martin McDonagh v Dmytro Lovchynskyi
