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FIVE of Team NI’s boxers stand just one win away from a Commonwealth Games medal.
Reigning featherweight champion Michaela Walsh, Holy Trinity pair Kaci Rock and Jansseen Hill, and debutants Garyn McAllister and Willie John McCartan all enter the competition at the quarter-final stage in Glasgow.
Star’s Louis Rooney will be the first of the Team NI contingent between the ropes when he takes on Lesotho’s Mathealira Seholoholo on Friday morning, with Australia’s Jye Dixon awaiting the winner in the last 16 on Sunday.
Walsh – who also landed silver at the 2014 and 2018 games – faces home favourite Lara Brown in Wednesday’s afternoon session, with Hill and McCartan opening their campaigns in Wednesday’s evening session.
Former jockey Hill faces a daunting prospect in the shape of England’s 2025 World bronze medallist Chantelle Reid in her light-heavyweight outing. Gilford super-heavy McCartan meets Ghana’s Daniel Plange.
Welterweight Rock takes on Niue’s Karen Te Ruki Pasene on Tuesday afternoon, when North Down heavyweight McAllister also makes his bow against Ghana’s Jibril Muntari.
Antrim bantamweight Nicole Clyde, a veteran of Birmingham 2022, begins her challenge on Sunday evening against Ghana’s Nancy Bamfo, with welterweight JP Hale entering the fray then.
The big-hitting Star man will meet either England’s Patris Mughalzai or Ghana’s Abdul Wahib Omar in the last 16.
2022 gold medallist Jude Gallagher makes his Glasgow bow on Monday evening after receiving a bye to the last 16. The Newtownstewart man will be up against either Pakistan’s Qudrat Ullah or Fiji’s Jone Davule.
It is a similar scenario for Eoghan Quinn, as he also received a bye to the last 16 and doesn’t box until Monday afternoon. The winner of the clash between Jade Micock, from the Seychelles, and the Solomon Islands’ Lio Dicks awaits the Swatragh light-heavyweight.
Also in Monday’s last 16 bouts, Immaculata flyweight Caitlin Fryers meets Bangladesh’s Zinnat Ferdous, while Holy Trinity light-middleweight Jon McConnell has been paired with India’s Sumit Kundu.
All quarter-finals are scheduled for Tuesday, July 28 and Wednesday, July 29 with Thursday a rest day before the semi-finals on Friday, July 31 and finals on Saturday, August 1.
SCHEDULE
Friday, July 24
11.45am - men’s 55kg last 32: Louis Rooney v Mathealira Seholoholo (Lesotho)
Sunday, July 26
6pm - women’s 54kg last 16: Nicole Clyde v Nancy Bamfo (Ghana)
8.30pm - men’s 65kg last 16: JP Hale v P Mughalzai (England)/AW Omar (Ghana)
Monday, July 27
11.15am - women’s 51kg last 16: Caitlin Fryers v Zinnat Ferdous (Bangladesh)
1.45pm - men’s 80kg last 16: Eoghan Quinn v Jade Micock (Seychelles)/Lio Dicks (Solomon Islands)
7pm - men’s 60kg last 16: Jude Gallagher v Qudrat Ullah (Pakistan)/Jone Davule (Fiji)
8.30pm - men’s 70kg last 16: Jon McConnell v Sumit Kundu (India)
Tuesday, July 28
1pm - women’s 65kg quarter-final: Kaci Rock v Karen Te Ruki Pasene (Niue)
2.45pm - men’s 90kg quarter-final: Garyn McAllister v Jibril Muntari (Ghana)
Wednesday, July 29
12.45pm - women’s 57kg quarter-final: Michaela Walsh v Lara Brown (Scotland)
7.15pm - women’s 70kg quarter-final: Jansseen Hill v Chantelle Reid (England)
9pm - men’s 90Kg+ quarter-final: Willie John McCartan v Daniel Plange (Ghana)
