(OCT 26) England's
senior women's squad of 5 took 4 Golds and a
Silver on Finals Day at the 2014 Queen's Cup
tournament in
Vorpommern-Rügen, Stralsund,
Germany inc all three golds in the Olympic
weight divisions.
The Youth and Junior
events also held in Stralsund proved a
resounding success for the visiting Irish team
headed by European Union and former European
champion, Amy Broadhurst of the Dealgan BC in
County Louth.
In the Elite Senior
event, Finland's Mira Potkonen who defeated
Mikaela Mayer in Tampere a week earlier was
herself on the losing end of a 2:1 decision
against England's Chantelle Cameron in the 60kg
final in Stralsund.
Cameron, who boxes
out of the Kings Heath club in Northampton, and
is sponsored by Opus Energy, had this to say on
social media accounts, after her semi-final win
over French champion and European Union silver
medallist, Estelle Mossely of France.
"The feeling of beating this French girl (Mossely)
in yesterday's bout must have been my proudest
moment in boxing so far. But it was a big and
huge thank you 2 every single person who has
supported me and lifted me back up and pushed me
2 become a better boxer. Massive thank you 2 my
boxing coaches GB and everyone at home and my
friends and family".
To cap a great week's boxing for the English
women, the Elite 'Boxer of the Tournament' award
also went to Chantelle Cameron for her fine wins
against European Union silver medallist, Estelle
Mossely, Poland's titleholder, Kinga Siwa and
Finland's Potkonen in the final.
England's other Golds in the Elite event went to
Lisa Whiteside of the Larches and Savick club
who took the 51kg crown against Poland's many
times champion Sandra Drabik and to the ever
improving Sandy Ryan at the 64kg non-Olympic
weight (Sandy was a deserving winner here over
Norway's Fam Elgan (3:0).
Finally,in the up to 75kg Olympic weight,
Savannah Marshall from the Hartlepools club
added the Queens Cup gold to her recent
Commonwealth Games title as she continues her
comeback after surgery.
In the final in Stralsund, Marshall disposed of
the Moroccan champion, Khadija Mardi, quite
convincingly 3:0 and is sure to make an impact
at the forthcoming AIBA World's in Jeju (Nov
12/25th) where she will be keen to retain the
title she first won in Barbados in 2010 and
successfully defended in China two years later.
Can she make it three in a row in Jeju? We will
be bringing you news from Jeju here on
wban.com
'as it happens' in November.
Current European Union and former European Gold
medallist, Amy Broadhurst won the Youth 57kg
title in the Queens Cup tournament and for good
measure was later awarded the 'Boxer of the
Youth Tournament, after she had gained an
impressive (3:0) win against Sweden's Sofia
Nilsson in the final in Stralsund. The Swede had
ousted English favourite, Crystal Barker 3:0 in
the semi-final.
Athlone's Cheyanne
O'Neill was another impressive Irish winner at
the Queen's Cup as she took the 60kg title
overcoming the challenge of French
champion Marion Ensfelder(3:0) who had been one
of the favourites for this event.
In the Junior
tournament, Natasha Logan from the Ryston Club
was another Irish winner in the 51kg category
where she also took the Junior 'best
technician' of tournament award as a result of a
commanding performance in her 3:0 win over
German favourite, Dominique Goerlich.
Ireland's second
gold in the Juniors came from Joanne Richards
who boxes out of the
St. Michael's Club in New Ross, Co. Wexford. She
gained a comprehensive 3:0 decision over the
host nation's Iman Bouadjai, who was one of the
pre-tournament favourites here.
Kazakhstan's
boxers had four victories in the Youth and
Juniors in the women's competition's here with
titles going to Bayan
Akbayeva in the Youth 69kg event and to Aida
Abikeyeva (60kg Youth),as well as to Aida
Ongdash (80kg+ Juniors) whilst Dinara Kakenova
took the 48kg crown with a 2:1 victory over
Navan's Shauna Blaney, another of Ireland up and
coming young women boxers, tipped for future
success.
Kazakhstan's male
boxers are now arguably the leaders (with Cuba
and Russia) in AIBA 'Olympic-style boxing and
with the fantastic facilities available at the
AIBA Academy of Boxing in Almaty, it would be no
surprise if their women emerged as a powerful
squad by the Tokyo Olympics of 2020, if not
before. Certainly we will be hearing a lot about
the women's team too in the none too distant
future. And what of Cuba? Are the AIBA doing
enough to bring the Cuban women's team up to
the strength of their male squad?
Remember that Cuba
did not enter a women's squad for the London
2012 Olympic qualifiers and at the time their
then Management showed little inclination to so
do in foreseeable future. Among the quotes
attributed to Cuban team management at that
time :
"We have no plans at the moment
to participate in any international events
because we don't think the sport is appropriate
for women," Jose Barrientos said in comments
reported by Cuba's official news service,
Prensa Latina.
and:
"Cuban women should be showing off their beautiful
faces, not getting punched in the face," said Pedro
Roque, a top coach of Cuban boxers.
A recap here of the Women's Senior Elite final
results from the Queen's Cup :
Senior Elite Finals
- Stralsund, Germany
|
2014-10-25 |
48kg |
Aigerim Askarova |
KZK |
Andżelika Grońska |
POL |
3:0 |
|
2014-10-25 |
51kg |
Lisa Whiteside |
ENG |
Sandra Drabik |
POL |
2:0 |
|
2014-10-25 |
51kg |
Sara Ourahmoune |
FRA |
Camilla Johanssen |
NOR |
3:0 |
|
2014-10-25 |
54kg |
Helena Envall |
SWE |
Delphine Mancini |
FRA |
2:0 |
|
2014-10-25 |
57kg |
Aneta Rygielska |
POL |
Chaimaa Rouini |
MAR |
2:1 |
|
2014-10-25 |
60kg |
Chantelle Cameron |
ENG |
Mira Potkonen |
FIN |
2:1 |
|
2014-10-25 |
64kg |
Sandy Ryan |
ENG |
Fam Elgan |
NOR |
TKOI 3 |
|
2014-10-25 |
69kg |
Erika Guerrier |
FRA |
Stacey Copeland |
ENG |
3:0 |
|
2014-10-25 |
75kg |
Savannah Marshall |
ENG |
Khadija Mardi |
MAR |
3:0
|
Results from every
bout in Queen's Cup: (Senior, Youth and Juniors)
