BOXING Three Gold's for Ireland at the EU Championships
The Irish senior boxing team were celebrating on the treble today after David Oliver Joyce, Darren O'Neill and Con Sheehan claimed three gold's at the 2009 European Union Championships in Odense, Denmark.
And in further celebration for the Irish side they were also presented with the team of the Championships award at the Odense Sports Centre.David Oliver Joyce claimed his second European Union title in a row following an impressive 8-2 win over Sandro Schaer of Germany. And O'Neill made it a double with an emphatic 16- 2 win over Danish middleweight Stephen Alms.
Sheehan, who won silver at the 2008 EU Championships, completed the hat trick with an equally impressive 13-3 win over Spanish heavyweight Juan Augustine Aleman. But while Joyce, O'Neill and Sheehan were celebrating, Declan Geraghty, John Joe Nevin and Willie Mclaughlin had to settle for silver.
Geraghty and defending bantamweight Nevin were beaten 13-3 by England's Khalid Yafai and by 9-7 Germanys Denis Makarov. And McLaughlin lost out 12-4 to Hungarian welterweight Balaza Bacskai. Twenty nations were competing in Denmark.
2009 EU Championships Odense,Denmark
- 51Kg; Declan Geraghty (Silver)
- 54Kg; John Joe Nevin (Silver)
- 57Kg: David Oliver Joyce (Gold)
- 60Kg: Eric Donovan (Bronze)
- 64Kg: Philip Sutcliffe (Bronze)
- 69Kg: Willie McLaughlin (Silver)
- 75Kg: Darren O'Neill (Gold)
- 81Kg: Ken Egan (Bronze)
- 91Kg: Con Sheehan (Gold)
European Union Finals Odense Denmark June 20th Results
- 51Kg: Declan Geraghty (Ireland) lost to Khalid Yafai (England) 3-13
- 54Kg: John Joe Nevin (Ireland) lost to Denis Makarov (Germany 7-9
- 57Kg: David Oliver Joyce (Ireland) beat Sandro Schaer (Germany) 8-2
- 69Kg: Willie McLaughlin (Ireland) lost to Balaza Bacskai (Hungary) 4-12
- 75Kg: Darren O'Neill (Ireland) beat Stephen Alms (Denmark) 16-2
- 91Kg: Con Sheehan (Ireland) beat Juan Augustin Aleman (Spain) 13-3
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