A team of Irish fighters took
part in the IFMA European Championships in October. The
team was as follows.
Fighters:
- Martin Horgan (Cork)
- Brendan O'Shea (Cork)
- Jamie Williams (Cork)
- Paddy Clint (Dublin)
- Andy Keegan (Dublin)
- Jamie Crawford (Belfast)
- Neil Brennan (Carlow)
|
Trainers:
- Anthony Corkery (Cork)
- Frank McConville (Belfast)
- Paul Kelly (Dublin)
Judge:
|
Unfortunately, Jamie Crawford
was unable to travel due to illness. The results were as
follows:
Senior:
-54kg: Neil Brennan lost
to Suvazov Kamal of Kazhakstan. Kamal went on to win a silver
medal.
-60kg: Brendan O'Shea
won his first fight against Cvijanovic Danijel of Slovenia. He
was then stopped in the fourth round of a close fight by Benton Martin
of Holland in the quarter finals.
Jamie Williams was stopped in
the fourth round of his fight against Rehak Ladislav from the Czech
Republic.
-67kg: Martin Horgan
lost a very close points decision to Karttunen Tomi of Finland.
Tomi had won a Gold Medal in the Kings Cup in Thailand earlier in the
year, and won a Silver Medal in France.
-75kg: Paddy Clint was
stopped in the second round of his fight against Sroubek Karel from
the Czech Republic due to a bloody nose. Karel went on to win
the Gold Medal in the category.
Junior
-63.5kg: Andy Keegan
from Dublin won a Gold Medal in his category of the competition.
He dominated his first fight against a Danish opponent to earn his
place in the final against a French fighter. The French fighter
was then stopped a minute or so into the first round of the final.
|