Aye Paddy, you will be able to pick it up in Easons, WH Smith and most Tescos stock Boxing News now.:good
More good news for Irish Am boxing; 11 nation tourney in Ostrava, Quigley beat a euro bronze medalist and McLoughlin beat the Euro champ! 12 fights, 12 wins, 8 finalists! Quarter-Finals October 14th 56Kg: John Joe Nevin (Ireland) beat Barak Filip (Czech Republic) 10-0 60Kg: Eric Donovan (Ireland) beat Zerqiri Lirido (Kosova) 7-1 91Kg: Con Sheehan (Ireland) beat Petruskevicius Aidas (Latvia) 7-0 91+Kg: Sean Turner (Ireland) beat Sour Pavel (Czech Republic) 7-2 !S/Finals Oct 15th 56Kg: John Joe Nevin (Ireland) beat Dusan Chromy (Czech Republic) 1-1 c/b 60Kg: Eric Donovan (Ireland) beat Sergei Kunitcin (Belarus) 9-1 64Kg: Ray Moylette (Ireland) beat Manus Palions (Latvia) 7-0 69Kg:Willie McLaughlin (Ireland) beat Balazs Basckai (Hungary) 3-2 75Kg: Jason Quigley (Ireland) beat Mikalai Vesialov (Belarus) 6-5 81Kg: Darren O'Neill (Ireland) beat Sergei Kuzmin (Belarus) 8-0 91Kg: Con Sheehan (Ireland) beat Sandro Dirnfeld (Slovakia) 5-2 91+Kg: Sean Turner (Ireland) W/O (No count-back scores available) Finals October 16th 56Kg: John Joe Nevin (Ireland) v Dima Zhukov (Belarus) 60Kg: Eric Donovan (Ireland) v Ruslan Kamilov (Russia) 64Kg: Ray Moylette (Ireland) v TBA (Belarus) 69Kg: Willie McLaughlin (Ireland) v Amor Bahri (Tunisia) 75Kg: Jason Quigley (Ireland) v Vardan Besaljan (Czech Repubic) 81Kg: Darren O'Neill (Ireland) v Russia or Poland 91Kg: Con Sheehan (Ireland) v Pavel Kiryienka (Belarus) 91+Kg: Sean Turner (Ireland) v Domeninik Musil (Czech Republic)
I signed up for that. I was at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 and it was an amazing experience - I would recommend to everyone to try and get over to see some of the events in London 2012. I caught some of the Boxing in Sydney and even bumped into Evander Holyfield. It was relatively easy to get tickets during the event, you dont have to have your tickets before the Olympics, there were ticket booths placed around Sydney and you could buy a ticket during the week of the events - obviously the final tickets are more difficult and have longer queues. Other good spectator sports surprisingly were table tennis, fencing and weight lifting - I didnt think I would particularly enjoying watching fencing for the first time but it was actually a very good spectator sport and the the medal ceremonies were great too. But, an evening inside the main stadium is fantastic. One other thing to consider if you have the time and accomodation in London is to be a volunteer (or gamesmaker) - you will see all walks of life volunteer to be part of the Olympics - it a great way to experience the event.
Obviously my main interest would be the boxing but Id like to see some athletics or swimming also. 725£ for the final of the mens 100metres seems very steep for less than 10 seconds though. Also the 50£ tickets listed for the boxing finals are only for the female sessions. The mens finals start at 95£
Add to that the seven wins from seven in finland so far !!!! Ireland are guaranteed at least five bronze medals from the Tammer Multi-Nations in Finland following five wins in Tampere today. Ryan Lindberg and 2007 European Union champ Roy Sheehan registered their second wins in 24-hours. And Declan Geraghty and 2008 European Championships bronze medalist Ross Hickey - with an impressive 11-1 win over Alexander Jacobson - and European Union champ David Oliver Joyce followed that up with quarter-finals wins today. Sheehan and Lindberg followed up on their wins over Denmark and Finland on Thursday with victories over Estonia and Morocco this afternoon. Joyce, of the St Michael Athy BC, was 7-0 ahead in the second round of his clash with Juri Janisso of Estonia when the lightweight clash was stopped. Geraghty, from the Corinthians BC in Dublin, was equally as impressive, a 10-2 verdict over David Agaian of Finland booking his passage into the medal rounds. The semi-finals will be held tomorrow. October 14th 56Kg: Ryan Lindberg (Ireland) beat Denis Caylon (Denmark) 5-5 c/b 69Kg: Roy Sheehan (Ireland) beat Joho Leitinen (Finland) 12-0 October 15th 52Kg: Declan Geraghty (Ireland) beat David Agaian (Finland) 10-2 56Kg: Ryan Lindberg (Ireland) beat Hichem Meobahi (Morocco) 4-2 64Kg: Ross Hickey (Ireland) beat Alexander Jacobson (Norway) 11-1 60Kg: David Oliver Joyce (Ireland) beat Juri Janisso (Estonia) RSC2 69Kg: Roy Sheehan (Ireland) beat Dmitri Kormilin (Estonia) 2-0 Irish Pre-Elite squad Tammer Multi- Nations Tampere Finland October 13th/18th 52Kg: Declan Geraghty (Corinthians) 56Kg: Ryan Lindberg (Immaculata) 60Kg: David Oliver Joyce (St Michael's Athy) 64Kg: Ross Hickey (Grangecon) 69Kg: Roy Sheahan (St Michael's Athy) Team Manager: Paddy Osbourne Coaches: Jimmy Halpin & Paddy Osbourne R&J: Tom McGahern
That pricing is scandalous. Honestly I'm sure it's great and all but those prices are ****ing mental. £395 for top tickets to the finals? I'd want free blowjobs from the Swedish Volleyball team for that money nevermind a seat at a fight.