Is Hyland genuinely trying to beat Johnny Caldweld's record or something? Because Pajo has been fighting the same level of competition for a good while and probably could have challenged for the european title a good while ago if he made a push for it.
Joyce and Gallagher get action underway Wednesday, 10 August 2011 15:02 Beijing Olympian John Joe Joyce and 2010 Commonwealth champion Paddy Gallagher will get the Open Unseeded Elite Competition underway at the National Stadium in Dublin tonight. The St Michael's Athy BC versus Gleann BC 69Kg clash is one of five welterweight duels down for decision this evening. Adam Nolan, the current Elite welterweight champion, will be in quarter-final action versus Niall Murray on Thursday morning. European bronze medallists Eric Donovan and EU champ David Oliver Joyce, both of the St Michael's Athy BC, will also be in action Thursday. Meanwhile, 2008 Olympic silver medallist Ken Egan has moved up from light-heavyweight to heavyweight, while Con Sheehan, the current heavyweight champ, has moved up to super-heavyweight. Egan will meet Tommy McCarthy in a repeat of the 2009 and 2010 light-heavyweight Elite finals which Egan won in Friday's semi-finals. Sheehan, meanwhile, meets current Elite super-heavyweight champ Cathal McMonagle in the last four on Friday. The semi-finals will be decided over two sessions on Friday, while the finals will be held on Saturday beginning at 3pm. Wednesday 10 August Preliminaries (7pm) 69Kg: Paddy Gallagher (Gleann) v John Joe Joyce (St Michael's Athy) 69Kg: Karl Brabazon (St Saviours OBA) v Martin Wall (Crumlin) 69Kg: Fergal Redmond (Arklow) v Paul Upton (Holy Family GG) 69Kg: Brian Brosnan (Crumlin) v Michael Reilly (Portlaoise) 69Kg: Graham Hogan (Crumlin) v Stephen Donnelly (All Saints Thursday 11 August Quarter-final (11am) 56Kg; Shane Cox (Gorey) v Tyrone McCullagh (Holy Family GG) 60Kg: Sean McComb (Holy Trinity) v Mark O'Hara (Holy Trinity) 60Kg: Eric Donovan (St Michael's Athy) v Gavin Keating (St Saviours OBA) 69Kg: Niall Murray (Gorey) v Adam Nolan (Bray) 69Kg; Roy Sheehan (St Michael's Athy) v TBA 69Kg: TBA v TBA 69Kg: TBA v TBA 75Kg: Stephen O'Reilly (Twintowns) v Conor Coyle (St Josephs) 75Kg: Shane Murtagh (Crumlin) v Rory O'Donoghue (Watergrasshill) 75Kg: Shane Murtagh (Holy Trinity) v David Walsh (Holy Trinity) 75Kg: Jason Quigley (Finn Valley) v Andrew Jennings (St Catherines) 91+Kg: Chris Devanney (Dockers) v Ken Okungbowa (Athlone) Friday 12 August Semi- Finals 2pm 52Kg: Michael Conlon (St John Bosco) v Declan Geraghty (Crumlin) 52Kg: Chris Phelan (Ryston) v Ruairi Dalton (Holy Trinity) 56Kg: Danny Coughlan (St Anne's) v Michael Stephens (Drimnagh) 56Kg: Glen Murray (St Saviours OBA) v Winner 60Kg: Anthony Upton (Holy Family GG) v Winner 60Kg: Winner v Winner 64Kg: Ross Hickey (Grangecon) v Stephen Carroll (Drimnagh) 64Kg: Sonny Upton (Holy Family GG) v Philip Sutcliffe (Crumlin) Semi- finals (7pm) 69Kg: Winner v Winner 69Kg: Winner v Winner 75Kg: Winner v Winner 75Kg: Winner v Winner 81Kg: Patrick O'Shea (Sunnyside) v Danny O'Brien (St Lukes) 91Kg: Stephen Ward (Monkstown) v Jimmy Sweeney (Drimnagh) 91Kg: Tommy McCarthy (Oliver Plunkett) v Ken Egan (Neilstown) 91+kg; Con Sheehan (Clonmel) v Cathal McMonagle (Holy Trinity) 91+Kg: Sean Turner (Drimnagh) v Winner This content is protected
That would be fair enough so, Sutcliffe and Hickey deserve their chances since they got further than him in the nationals.
I think Moylette goes, no matter what, same for Kenny probably and Con Sheehan. I would agree that 60 and 69 are the two to play for, I would expect it to be Donovan and McLaughlin. Making the finals could even be enough. They can hardly demand that the winners of these Opens go, and then make an exception for the injured finalists?
Plus, fair play to Egan and Sheehan for swallowing their pride and being practical in this, it helps the team and Joe Ward was always a cert IMO, even if Egan beat him 10-0 at 81kg this week.
Prelims: 69Kg: Paddy Gallagher (Gleann) v John Joe Joyce (St Michael's Athy) 69Kg: Karl Brabazon (St Saviours OBA) v Martin Wall (Crumlin) 69Kg: Fergal Redmond (Arklow) v Paul Upton (Holy Family GG) 69Kg: Brian Brosnan (Crumlin) v Michael Reilly (Portlaoise) 69Kg: Graham Hogan (Crumlin) v Stephen Donnelly (All Saints Quarter-final (11am): 69Kg: Niall Murray (Gorey) v Adam Nolan (Bray) 69Kg; Roy Sheahan (St Michael's Athy) v TBA 69Kg: TBA v TBA 69Kg: TBA v TBA It would appear not Matt! That one's very open so, Nolan was impressive in the nationals but Joyce, Donnelly, Brabazon, Gallagher and Reilly could challenge. Wonder if the Crumlin boys will have a say. Or an old favourite of mine, Sheahan.
69Kg: Brian Brosnan (Crumlin) lost to Michael O'Reilly (Portlaoise) 8-13 O'Reilly could win it you know and Donnelly might surprise...great weight category!