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December 28, 2020 by Enda Mulcahy

Strandja Multi-Nations Boxing Sofia Bulgaria 2020

Medal Round Results

Date	Weight	Irish Boxer	Result	Opponent	Score
		Final
25.01.2020	60Kg	Kellie Harrington	Lost to	Mira Potkonen (Fin)	2-3
		Semi-Finals
24.01.2020	60Kg	Kellie Harrington	Beat	Denica Eliseeva (Bul)	5-0
24.01.2020	75Kg	Aoife O’Rourke	Lost to	Naomi Graham (USA)	0-5

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Ireland Squad

Final Rankings: Medals Table: 10th

Rankings Table 6th

Entries: 29 Nations

Female

51kg Ceire Smith (Cavan) and Carly McNaul (Holy Family)
57kg Michaela Walsh (Monkstown, Antrim)
60kg Kellie Harrington (St Mary’s) (Silver) and Amy Broadhurst (Dealgan)
69kg Christina Desmond (Fr Horgan’s)
75kg Aoife O’Rourke (Castlerea) (Bronze)

Male

57kg Kurt Walker (Canal) and Dean Clancy (Sean McDermott)
63kg George Bates (St Mary’s) and Wayne Kelly (Portlaoise)
69kg Aidan Walsh (Monkstown, Antrim) and Kieran Molloy (Oughterard)
75kg Michael Nevin (Portlaoise)
81kg Emmet Brennan (Dublin Docklands)
91kg Kiril Afanasev (Smithfield)
91kg+ Antoine O’Griofa (Celtic Eagles)

Staff

High-Performance Director: Bernard Dunne
Coaches: Zaur Antia, John Conlan, Dmitry Dimitruk, JP Kinsella
Physio: Lorcan McGee
Physiologist: Damien Martin

Report

Ireland Ranked 6th out of 29 Nations in the Strandja Multi-Nations Boxing Event in Sofia in January 2020, and finished 10th in the Medals Table with Kellie Harrington winning Silver and Aoife O’Rourke Bronze.

References

Images

[1] Irish Athletic Boxing Association (2020) logo [Internet] Available from: http://iaba.ie/15166-2/ [Accessed 21 June 2020]

Websites

[2] Irish Athletic Boxing Association (2020) Results 2020 [Internet] Available from: http://iaba.ie/results-20202/ [Accessed 28 December 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Niall Brennan.

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Irish Amateur Wrestling Association Dublin Open Freestyle Tournament 2019

Results

Grade	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Senior Female 58Kg	Lisa Farrelly	Deirdre Begley	Danni Neilan
Senior Male 86Kg	Sean Sweetman	Nicolae Doncila	–
Senior Male 100+Kg	Dominik Bodo	Matthew Sheehan	Ronan Campbel

[Reference: 2]

Report

Lisa Farrelly took Gold in the Senior Female 58Kg Grade at the Irish Amateur Wrestling Association’s Dublin Open Freestyle Event in 2019. Sean Sweetman won Gold in the Senior Male 86Kg Grade and Dominik Bodo won Goldin the Senior Male 100+Kg Grade.

Irish Amateur Wrestling Association Stock Photo [Reference: 3]

About the IAWA

The Irish Amateur Wrestling Associatin is the National Governing Body of Olympic Wrestling, Pankration and Grappling Sports. It was founded in 1947, and comes under the World Governing Body of United World Wrestling. It is officially recognised by and part funded by Sport Ireland (formerly the Irish Sport Council) and the Olympic Committee of Ireland. The Associations responsibilities, other than at grassroots level, include the selection and preparation of Ireland’s teams that compete at Continental and World Championships, and Major Multi-Discipline Games (e.g. The Olympic Games and European Games).

References

Websites

[1] Irish Amateur Wrestling Association (2019) Results: Dublin Open 2019 [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishwrestling.ie/downloads/events/2019-Dublin-Open-.pdf [Accessed 28 December 2020]

[2] Irish Amateur Wrestling Association (2020) About Us [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishwrestling.ie/about [Accessed 23 November 2020]

Images

[3] Irish Amateur Wrestling Association (2019) about_us [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishwrestling.ie/img/about_us.jpg [Accessed 23 November 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Ciaran Simms.

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November 23, 2020 by Enda Mulcahy

Sheamus Ireland-born WWE Wrestler 2009-Present

Sheamus Factfile and Career Statistics

Real Name	Stephen Farrelly	Year	Highlight
Height	6’3″	2009	Joined WWE
Weight	250lb	2010	King of the Ring
Home Town	Dublin, Ireland	2012	Royal Rumble Match Winner
Signature Moves	Brogue Kick	2015	Money in the Bank Contract Winner
	Cloverleaf		Smackdown Tag Team Champion
	Irish Curse Backbreaker	*4 Times*	*Raw Tag Team Champion*
	White Noise	*2 Times*	*United States Champion*
Nickname	The Celtic Warrior		World Heavyweight Champion
		*4 Times*	*World Champion*

Sheamus Ireland-born WWE Wrestler Career Statistics [Reference: 2-3]

World Wrestling Entertainment Logo [Reference: 1]

Report

Sheamus, real name Stephen Farrelly, from Dublin, Ireland, made a name for himself at WWE Wrestling in USA. 4 times World Champion, 4 Times Raw Tag Team Champion, twice USA Champion, and 4 times WWE World Heavyweight Champion, Sheamus first joined WWE in 2009, making a lot of the fiery red-haired Irish looks, and after winning 2010 King of the Ring, and twice USA Champion, he won the 2012 Rumble in the Ring, which paved the way for him to beat Daniel Bryan in 18 seconds at WrestleMania to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. He also won the 2015 Money in the Bank Contract and joined forces with Cesaro to win the Raw and SmackDown Tag Team titles. He went on a break in 2015, and returned in 2020 to critique WWE’s current stars, conquering the Blue Brand, and turning his attention to the Red Brand.

References

[1] Pinterest (2020) WWE Logo [Internet] Available from: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/34/bb/f7/34bbf762319412d2c8a0759fa7417adc.png [Accessed 1 Febraury 2020]

Websites

[2] The Circular (2018) 5 Irish Wrestlers who achieved mainstream success with WWE [Internet] Available from: http://thecircular.org/5-irish-wrestlers-who-achieved-mainstream-success-with-wwe/ [Accessed 21 September 2019]

[3] WWE (2020) Sheamus Superstar Stats [Internet] Available from: https://www.wwe.com/superstars/sheamus [Accessed 23 November 2020]

Images

[4] SheamusWWE Facebook (2020) Profile Picture, April 7 [Internet] Available from: 92586989_10161146235634815_4534693021635051520_o [Accessed 23 November 2020][Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/WWESheamus/photos/a.10150098397674815/10161146235629815/ [Accessed 23 November 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Richard Conville, Conor Lynch, Maurice Lynch, Robert Byron & Dylan Brennan.

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Irish Amateur Wrestling Association Irish Open 2019

Irish Open 2019 Results

Grade	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mini Boy 26kg	Bastian Wrona	Nikita Sergejevs	Abubakr Musaev
Mini Boy 28kg	Egors Socnevs	Muhammand Musaev	Aaron Cromwell
Mini Boy 30kg	Isah Yasin	Harry Cameron	Senjay Stepanovs
Mini Boy 33kg	Joel Morrisson	Yunus Magomayev	Aleksander Monko
Mini Boy 35kg	Abdul-Rahman Patel	Timotyhy Oland	Saifulla Magomayev
Mini Boy 49kg	Richard Paulovics	Benas Petrulis
School Boy 33kg	Filip Ciupinski	Alex Gibb	Kacper Pawlowski
School Boy 40kg	Justinas Jankauskas	Andrew Kalantai	Arvydas Padreza
School Boy 43kg	Dylan Loughlin	Aironas Andriuska	Aidan Kasparian
School Boy 46kg	Ismael Magomayev	Brandon Blake	Bradley Legge
School Boy 50kg	Kiril Stepanovs	Daniel Stepanovs	Jacy Jones
School Boy 75kg	Gabriel Brym	Ryan Gee
Mini Girl 30kg	Kayden Dalton	Cadhla Gilhooley	Molly Collins
Mini Girl 40kg	Wiktoria Mroz	Blanca Wrona	Olivia Babiarz
Mini Girl 47kg	Rebecca Maxwell	Jodie McCarthy
Mini Girl 64kg	April McGuigan	Elisha Brady
Cadet Male 55kg	Lewis Redican	Marwan El Mouden	Eoghan Masoliver
Cadet Male 65kg	Kircho Illiev	Ciaran Maskey	Iarlaith Peelo
Cadet Male 72kg	Max Lally	Cian Loughlin	Augustin Castravet
Cadet Male 92kg	Stefan Andrian	Alex Flood
Cadet Female 50kg	Aine Hanley	Charlotte McGuigan
Female 60kg	Lisa Farrelly	Daina Cardwell	Danni Neilan
Junior Female 65kg	Daina Cardwell	Zoe Hurt	Weronika Urbanik
Senior Female 80kg	Lisa Farrelly	Samantha Russell Morelli
Senior Male 65kg	Lewis Byrne	Jamie Bissett	Gerard Corr
Senior Male 70kg	Franko Gruber	Marcus Phelan	Kon Fennelly
Senior Male 74kg	Darren McCormack	Ioan Nascu	Rowan Prendiville
Senior Male 86kg	Matthew Sheehan	Mark Gallivan	Patrick Montgomery
Senior Male 92kg	Jozef Klimcak	Ronan Drumgoole	Hussein Moustafa
Senior Male 97kg	Peter Newti	Zbigniew Kazlona	Ronan Campbell

Irish Amateur Wrestling Association Irish Open 2019 [Reference: 2]

Report

Lisa Farrely won the Irish Amateur Wrestling Association’s Irish Open 2019 Senior Female 80kg category, while Lewis Byrne (65kg), Franko Gruber (70kg), Darren McCormack (74kg), Matthew Sheehan (86kg), Jozef Klimcak (92kg) and Peter Newti (97kg) won the Senior Male Categories. In all there were 10 Male, 4 Female, 4 girls and 12 boys Categories.

Irish Amateur Wrestling Association Event [Reference: 3][Picture Credit: IAWA]

About the IAWA

References

Websites

[1] Irish Amateur Wrestling Association (2019) Results: Irish Open 2019 [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishwrestling.ie/downloads/events/Results-Irish-Open-2019.pdf [Accessed 23 November 2020]

[2] Irish Amateur Wrestling Association (2020) About Us [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishwrestling.ie/about [Accessed 23 November 2020]

Images

[3] Irish Amateur Wrestling Association (2019) about_us [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishwrestling.ie/img/about_us.jpg [Accessed 23 November 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Ciaran Simms.

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Kickboxing Ireland Award Winners 2019

Kickboxing Ireland Logo [Reference: 1]

Winners

Discipline	Winners	Club
Youngest/Younger Cadet Forms/Weapons Girls	Leah Kiernan	SKMAA
Youngest/Younger Cadet Forms/Weapons Boys	Jake Carroll	SKMAA
CHF -PF	Zoe Hicks	Ion
CHM – PF	Sam O’Toole Aranas Orlovas	TMA BMA
Younger Cadet Girls Points	Lucy Conlon Oates	Leo
Younger Cadet Boys Points	Kyle Moore	KFMA
Older Cadet Girls Points	Sarah Cassidy	TMA
Coaches Choice – Athlete with Distinction	Nathan Clarke	TMA
Older Cadet Girls Forms/Weapons	Heide McLoughlin	SKMAA
Older Cadet Boys Forms/Weapons	Billy McLawrence	Rank 1
Junior Boys Forms/Weapons	Max Millar	SKMAA
Older Cadet Boys Light/Kick Light	Cialam Dowdall	TMA
Light Contact Junior Boys	Luke McCann	HMA
Kick Light Junior Boys	Luke Cronin	West Cork
Junior Girls Light/Kick Light	Robyn McDonnell	Red Star
Junior Girls Points	Jodie Browne	TMA
Full – Low Kick & K1 Boys	Zak Riddell	KKC
Female Vets	Aine Conlon	Leo
Male Vets	Nicky Treacy	BMA
Men Full Contact/Low Kick/K1	Jake Riddell	KKC
Women Full Contact/Low Kick/K1	Deirdre Begley	West Cork
Women Points	Keri Browne	TMA
Mens Points	Conor McGlinchy	TMA
Female Forms & Weapons	Jessica Grant	SKMAA
Women Light Contact & Kick Light	Lily De La Cour	West Cork
Mens Continuous	Tony Stephenson	West Cork
Junior Athlete of the Year (Girl)	Robyn McDowell	Red Star
Junior Athlete of the Year (boy)	Luke McCann	HMA
Senior Athlete of the Year (Male)	Tony Stephenson	West Cork
Senior Athlete of the Year (Female)	Lily de La Cour	West Cork

Kickboxing Ireland Award Winners 2019 [References: 2]

Report

The 2019 Kickboxing Ireland Awards saw Tony Stephenson (Senior Male), Lily De La Cour (Senior Female), Luke McCann (Junior Boys) and Robyn McDowell (Junior Girl) pick up the Athlete of the Year Awards.

Kickboxers in Action [Reference: 3][Picture Credit: Kickboxing Ireland]

References

Logos

[1] Kickboxing Ireland (2016) kbi_logo3 [Internet] Available from: https://www.kickboxingireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/kbi_logo3.png [Accessed 15 October 2020]

Websites

[2] Kickboxing Ireland (2019) Award Winners 2019 [Internet] Available from: https://www.kickboxingireland.ie/kickboxing-ireland-2019-award-winners/ [Accessed 15 October 2020]

Images

[3] Kickboxing Ireland (2014) light_slide [Internet] Available from: https://www.kickboxingireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/light_slide.png [Accessed 15 October 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to

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Irish Kenpo Karate Union Dublin Open 2019

Irish Kenpo Karate Union Logo [Reference: 1]

Dublin, March 2019

Medal Winners Girls

Grade	Gold	Silver	Bronze
KU00 Girls Kumite 6/7 Years	Thia Hannigan (3 Rivers)	Kayley O’Reilly (IKKU)	Sophia Carroll (IKKU) Victoria Harte (Kaizen Ireland)
KU01 Girls Kumite 8/9 Years -29 KG	Ellen Oldrey (Kaizen Ireland)	Sarah Gordon (IKKU)
KU02 Girls Kumite 8/9 Years +29 KG	Kathlyn Conway (IKKU)	Tammy Porter (3 Rivers)	Ciara Kasco (IKKU) Kaitlin Quinn (IKKU)
KU03 Girls Kumite 10-11 Years -33 Kg	Asha Reen (Kaizen Ireland)	Lola Shortt (Kaizen Ireland)	Lucy Mulhern (IKKU) Tam Roche (Pat Rockett MA Waterford)
KU04 Girls Kumite 10-11 Years +33Kg	Keri Robert-Shaw (Yamakai) Scotland	Lauren Wallace (3 Rivers)	Kate Hilliard (IKKU) Kodi Connolly (3 Rivers)
KU05 Girls Kumite 12-13 Years -42 Kg	Lily Sheeran (IKKU)	Megan Flynn (IKKU)	Jessica Quinn (IKKU) Kamile Uogalaite (IKKU)
KU06 Girls Kumite 12-13 Years +42 Kg	Ava Clare (Kaizen Ireland)	Sadhbh O’Brien (Ireland Wadokai KA)	Hannah O’Mahoney (Zanshin Karate Portarlington) Marsi Uwaeme (Ireland Wadokai KA)

Irish Kenpo Karate Union Dublin Open 2019 {Reference: 2]

Medal Winners Boys

Grade	Gold	Silver	Bronze
KU00 Boys Kumite 6/7 Years	Tiernan Donaghy (Claudy KC)	Mason Wallace (WSKF Ireland)	White Bailey (WIKF Ireland) Marc O’Brien (WSKF Ireland)
KU07 Boys Kumite 8-9 Years -29 Kg	Harry Young (IKKU)	Josh O’Callaghan (IKKU)	Scott Farrell (WIKF Ireland)
KU08 Boys Kumite 8-9 Years +29 Kg	Eoin Crawford (3 Rivers)	Conan O’Muircheartaigh (Kaizen Ireland)	Ryan Hilliard (IKKU)
KU09 Boys Kumite 10-11 Years -34 Kg	Cathal Kelly (IKKU)	Tomas Kelly (IKKU)	Davin Coleman (IKKU) Sean Phelan (WSKF)
KU10 Boys Kumite 10-11 Years +34 Kg	Daniel Smith (Kaizen Ireland)	Mark Doherty (3 Rivers)	Conor Gordon (IKKU) Michael Trant (Kaizen Ireland)
KU11 Boys Kumite 12-13 Years -42 Kg	Vlad Bunduchi (Ireland Wadokai KA)	Phoenix Banh (Yamakai) Scotland	Sonny Walsh (Ireland Wadokai KA) Dylan Wallace (WSKF Ireland)
KU12 Boys Kumite 12-13 Years +42 Kg	Leigh O’Sullivan (WSKF Ireland)	Tuan Power (IKKU)	Eoin Danskin (Yamakai) Sco

Irish Kenpo Karate Union Dublin Open 2019 {Reference: 2]

Medal Winners Female

Grade	Gold	Silver	Bronze
KU13 Female Cadet Kumite -47 Kg	Ashling Corkery (IKKU)	Aoife Cleary (IKKU)	Emma Gibbons (IKKU) Lynda Gahan (Pat Rockett MA Waterford)
KU14 Female Cadet Kumite -54 Kg	Clodagh Cullen (Pat Rockett MA Waterford)	Emma Dolan (3 Rivers)	Simone Tonnar (Yamakai) Scotland
KU15 Female Cadet Kumite +54 Kg	Natasha Doherty (3 Rivers)	Kelly Kenna (WSKF Ireland)	Brianna Heylmann (Pat Rockett MA Waterford) Zoe McDermott (WSKF Ireland)
KU18 Female Junior Kumite -59 Kg	Katelyn Kenny (WSKF Ireland)	Ayla O’Sullivan (IKKU)	Kate Mulhern (IKKU) Jessie O’Reilly (IKKU)
KU19 Female Junior Kumite +59 Kg	Rachel Murphy (IKKU)	Jessica Cotter (IKKU)	Erin Kerrigan (Claudy KC)

Irish Kenpo Karate Union Dublin Open 2019 {Reference: 2]

Medal Winners Male

Grade	Gold	Silver	Bronze
KU20 Male Cadet Kumite -52 Kg	Anthony Kelly (IKKU)	Jack Donaghey (Strabane Shotokan)	Danny Byrne (WIKF Ireland) Ryan Coleman (IKKU)
KU21 Male Cadet Kumite -57 Kg	Logan Chilton (Yamakai) Scotland	Milo Crean (WIKF Ireland Nth	Ali Ahmed (Welsh Karate Kai) Wales Paddy O’Brien (IKKU)
KU22 Male Cadet Kumite -63 Kg	Anes Chaal (Kaizen ireland)	Ryan Durning (Ireland Wadokai KA)	Rian Fitzpatrick (WSKF Ireland) Yasser Labreche (Kaizen Ireland)
KU24 Male Cadet Kumite +70 Kg	Harry Barham (IKKU)	Lee Sheridan (WSKF Ireland)	Quinlan Maye (Ireland Wadokai KA) Cathal Breathnach (Kaizen Ireland)
KU26 Male Junior Kumite -61 Kg	Hiue Power (IKKU)	David Gannon (WSKF Ireland)	Reece Mabe (Welsh Karate Kai) Wales David Crilly (IKKU)
KU27 Male Junior Kumite +61 Kg	Kacper Askuntowicz (IKKU)	James Renehan (WSKF Ireland)	Ciaran Curry (Claudy KC)

Irish Kenpo Karate Union Dublin Open 2019 {Reference: 2]

Medal Winners Female Senior

Grade	Gold	Silver	Bronze
KU31 Female Senior Kumite +61 Kg	Shauna Mullaney (IKKU)	Aoife Kelly (Ireland Wadokai KA)	Karolina Askuntowicz (IKKU) Caradh O’Donovan (IKKU)
KU33 Female Senior Kumite +61 Kg	Justyne Collins (IKKU)	Lauren Duffy (IKKU)	Rowen O’Hara (Saggart KC) Laoise Geaney (IKKU)

Irish Kenpo Karate Union Dublin Open 2019 {Reference: 2]

Medal Winners Male Senior

Grade	Gold	Silver	Gold
KU35 Male Senior Kumite -67 Kg	Conor O’Sullivan (WSKF Ireland)	Ruadhri Collins (IKKU)	Conor Doherty (Claudy KC) David Gahan (Pat Rockett MA Waterford)
KU36 Male Senior Kumite -75 Kg	Greg Macauley (Yamakai) Scotland	Sam Wheeldon (WSKF Ireland)	Reece Owens (WIKF Ireland) David O’Donnell (Ireland Wadokai KA)
KU39 Male Veteran Kumite	Eamonn Yore (Ireland Wadokai KA)	Paul Barham (IKKU)
KU40 Male Senior Novice	Rory O’Riordan (IKKU)	Paul Carroll (IKKU)	Michael Walsh (IKKU)

Irish Kenpo Karate Union Dublin Open 2019 {Reference: 2]

Note: Club in parentheses ( ). All Ireland except where indicated in Italics.

Report

The Irish Kenpo Karate Union Open 2019, held in Dublin featured fighters from Scorland (Yamakai) and Wales (Welsh Karate Kai) as well as Ireland.

In the Girls Kumite, Kaizen Ireland won three Gold Medals, IKKU took two Gold Medals, and 3 Rivers and Yamakai (Scotland) one each. In the Boys Kumite, IKKU won two Gold Medals with 5 Clubs winning one each (Kaizen Ireland, Wadokai Ireland Karate Association, WSKF Ireland, 3 Rivers and Claudy Karate Club).

The Female Cadet to Junior Section saw two of the five Gold Medals go to IKKU, with WSKF Ireland, Pat Rockett Martial Arts Waterford and 3 Rivers obtaining one each. In the Male Cadet to Junior Section IKKU won four Gold Medals, Yamakai from Scotland won one and Kaizen Ireland one.

The Senior Female Gold Medals both went to IKKU (Shauna Mullaney and Justyne Collins), while in the Male Senior Conor O’Sullivan (WSKF Ireland) and Greg Macauley (Yamakai – Scotland) took the two Gold Medals. In the Male Senior Novice there was one Gold Medal on Offer, won by Rory O’Riordan IKKU), and in the Male Veteran, Eamonn Yore (Ireland Wadokai Kartate Association) took the one Gold Medal on offer.

References:

Logos

[1] Irish Kenpo Karate Union Facebook (2020) Profile Picture, April 29, 2010 [Internet] Available from: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/27966_117052458316629_1228939_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&_nc_sid=09cbfe&_nc_ohc=pUsAvuOPlC8AX8lJves&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=132693c91df5082422f88b91de118a9b&oe=5FA0B128 [Accessed 5 October 2020]

Websites

[2] IKKU (2020)Dublin Open 2019 [Internet] Available from: https://www.sportdata.org/karate/set-online/popup_main.php?popup_action=results&vernr=3973&active_menu=calendar [Accessed 5 October 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to John Wills, John Morahan, John Kane and Louise Wills (nee Kenny).

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Lucha Libre AAA Triplemania XXIV 2018

Lucha Libre AAA Logo [Reference: 1]

Results

Event	Champion	Runner-Up
Main Event	Psycho Clown	Pagano
Megacampeonato	Texano Jr	Brian Cage
Lucha Underground Universe	Team Rey Misterio	Matanza Cueto
Campeonato Latinoamericano	Johnny Mundo	Pentagon Jr
Parejas AAA (Pairs)	Aerostar & Drago	3 other teams
Womens	Uncontested
Copa Triplemania	Australian Suicide	Daga

Lucha Libre AAA Triplemania XXIV 2018 [Reference: 2-3]

Report

In the most recent Lucha Libre AAA Triplemania Event (as of 5 October 2020) – Triplemania XXIV, held in Arena Ciudad Mexico City, Psycho Clown won the main event, after beinf betrayed by Dr. Wagner Jr, by finally beating Pagano, taking the barber to Pagano’s hair, and pummeling each other with various objects in a bloody fight. Dr. Wagner Jr challenged Prsycho Clown after the event to a fight at Triplemania XXIV.

Triplemania XXIV started off with the Copa Triplemania Event, where Australian Suicide defeated Daga. This was followed by the anticipated Mens versus Womens fight, but El Apache, who was invited to be referee by Averno and Chessman, betrayed them to support his daughters Mary and Faby Apache and after the fight Ricky Marvin appeared and the three Rudos massacred the family, an act which merits revenge.

Next up was the Pairs (Parejas) where Aerostar and DRago were crowned Champions, and then it was on to Campeonato Latinoamericano AAA, where Johnny Mundo finally captured the belt with a victory over Pentagon Jr, after the blond Taya turned his back on Pentagon Jr, fouling him and betraying Los Perros del Mal by siding with Johnny Mundo.

The next Event was Lucha Underground, where Rey Misterio came back to Mexico and AAA, and led his team, Prince Puma and Aztec Drago Jr to victory over Matnza Cueto, Marty “The Moth” Martinez and Mil Muertes. This was followed by the semifinal bout, where Texano Jr, despite being beaten, retained the MegaCampeonato de AAA, after defeating Brian Cage, and with that Dr. Wagner Jr, who finished covered in blood. After the match he received a severe beating from Team Trump, which couldn’t be countered even with the appearance of several “Tecnicos”.

The Main Event finished up the evening with Psycho Clown, despite being betrayed by Dr. Wagner Jr, and being severely beaten, took the barber to Pagano’s hair, finally defeating him. After the event, Dr Wagner Jr challenged Psycho Clown to the belt at Triplemania XXV, which was accepted by the Tecnico.

Psycho Clown takes to air against Pagano during Lucha Libre AAA Triplemania XXIV [Reference: 4][Photo Credit: Lucha Libre AAA]

About Lucha Libre

Lucha Libre is Mexico’s answer to American Wrestling, or for that matter Greco-Roman Wrestling (the version favoured by the Olympics). Characters are usually dressed in vibrant colours, and what makes it stand out compared to WWE, is that the wresters usually wear masks.

References

Logos

[1] Lucha Libre AAA (2020) logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.luchalibreaaa.com/beta/wp-content/themes/aaa-luchalibre/img/ui/logo.png [Accessed 5 October 2020]

Websites

[2] Lucha Libre AAA (2020) THE WORLD AT HIS FEET AT TRIPLEMANIA XXIV [Internet] Available from: http://www.luchalibreaaa.com/en/johnny-mundo-campeon-triplemania-xxiv/ [Accessed 5 October 2020]

[3] Lucha Libre AAA (2020) PSYCHO CLOWN TRIPLEMANIA XXIV BIG WINNER! [Internet] Available from: http://www.luchalibreaaa.com/en/psycho-clown-gran-ganador-triplemania-xxiv/ [Accessed 5 October 2020]

Images

[4] Lucha Libre AAA (2020) Triplemanía-XXIV-15 [Internet] Available from: http://www.luchalibreaaa.com/en/psycho-clown-gran-ganador-triplemania-xxiv/ [Accessed 5 October 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to John Kane.

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Irish Athletic Boxing Association Irish Olympic Medal Winners 1952-Present

Irish Athletic Boxing Association Logo [Ref: 1]

Olympic Medal Winners

Name	Weight	Year	Olympics	Medal
John McNally	Bantamweight	1952	Helsinki	Silver
Fred Tiedt	Welterweight	1956	Melbourne	Silver
Tony Byrne	Lightweight	1956	Melbourne	Bronze
Fred Gilroy	Bantamweight	1956	Melbourne	Bronze
John Caldwell	Flyweight	1956	Melbourne	Bronze
Jim McCourt	Lightweight	1964	Tokyo	Bronze
Hugh Russell	Flyweight	1980	Moscow	Bronze
Michael Carruth	Welterweight	1992	Barcelona	Gold
Wayne McCullough	Bantamweight	1992	Barcelona	Silver
Kenneth Egan	Lightheavyweight	2008	Beijing	Silver
Darren Sutherland	Middleweight	2008	Beijing	Bronze
Paddy Barnes	Lightflyweight	2008	Beijing	Bronze
John Joe Nevin	Bantamweight	2012	London	Silver
Katie Taylor	Lightweight	2012	London	Gold
Michael Conlon	Flyweight	2012	London	Bronze
Paddy Barnes	Lightflyweight	2012	London	Bronze

IABA Irish Boxing Olympic Medal Winners 1952-Present [Ref: 1]

Report

Ireland has won 16 Medals in Boxing in the Olympic Games, by far our most Successful sport. Michael Carruth (Barcelona 1992) and Katie Taylor (London 2012) have won both Gold, while our best medal hauls ever were London 2012 (four medals) and Melbourne 1956 (four medals). John McNally was Ireland’s first ever Boxing Medal Winner, winning Silver at Helsinki 1952.

Katie Taylor wins Gold at the London 2012 Olympics [Ref: 3]

References

Images

[1] Irish Athletic Boxing Association (2020) logo [Internet] Available from: http://iaba.ie/15166-2/ [Accessed 21 June 2020]

Websites

[2] Irish Athletic Boxing Association (2020) Ireland’s Most Successful Olympic Sport [Internet] Available from: http://iaba.ie/high-performance/roll-of-honour/ [Accessed 21 June 2020]

Images

[3] Daily Mail (2012) London 2012: Katoe Taylor wins Gold for Ireland [Internet] Available from: https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/08/09/article-2186114-1476B437000005DC-541_634x433.jpg [Accessed 21 June 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Niall Brennan.

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Capture the Flag CTF Time 2014-2019

CTF Time Logo [Ref: 7]

CTF Time 2014

Position	IRL Pos’n	Team	Points	Events
1028	1	Packet_Monkeys	8.176

CTF Time Ireland Rankings 2014 [Ref: 1]

CTF Time 2015

Position	IRL Pos’n	Team	Points	Events
644	1	FireBreathingDublinDuckies	12.869
3805	2	Packet_Monkeys	1.010

CTF Time Ireland Rankings 2015 [Ref: 2]

CTF Time 2016

Position	IRL Pos’n	Team	Points	Events
2605	1	spid3rs	2.927
3003	2	Bitbucket	2.495
4901	3	ZeroDaysCTF	1.118
8938	4	Kerfuffle	0.152
9529	5	LizardSquid	0.096
12527	6	Hostbusters	0.000

CTF Time Ireland Rankings 2016 [Ref: 3]

CTF Time 2017

Position	IRL Pos’n	Team	Points	Events
544	1	HakureiSec	22.714	2
910	2	PineapplePizza	15.325	5
1101	3	Trinity CTF	13.197	10
1589	4	Pineapple Pizza	7.480	4
3530	5	0DaysSober	2.001	1
4216	6	ITBHackerSec	1.407	1
6998	7	LizardSquid	0.354	1

CTF Time Ireland Rankings 2017 [Ref: 4]

CTF Time 2018

Worldwide Pos	Ireland Pos	Name	Points	Events
2135	1	TrinityCTF	8.453	4
3228	2	Raptorz	5.018	1
5853	3	DemonDance	2.031	2
7710	4	Quantum Leap	1.195	3
10575	5	potatos	0.626	1
13965	6	irish_3l!te	0.229	1
15270	7	Team Harambe	0.142	1

CTF Time Ireland Rankings 2018 [Ref: 5]

CTF Time 2019

Wordwide Pos	Ireland Pos	Name	Points	Events
779	1	WFTC	33.264	8
2946	2	Pineapple Pizza	8.011	1
3309	3	echo $man	6.912	1
4882	4	Raptorz	4.097	1
8330	5	ZeroDaysFun	1.772	1
18320	6	potatos	0.237	1

CTF Time Ireland Rankings 2019 [Ref: 6]

Report

There has been a different Irish Team ranked top in Ireland since 2014. Packet_Monkeys in 2014, FireBreathingDublinDuckies in 2015, spid3rs in 2016, HakureiSec in 2017, TrinityCTF in 2018, and WFTC in 2019.

The Highest Worldwide Position ever by an Irish Team in the End-of-Year Rankings is 554 for HakureiSec in 2017 with 22.714 Points. The Highest Overall Total was WFTC in 2019, with 33.264 Points.

About

Capture the Flag is Information Security Competitions, a kind of Sport for Computer Combat.

There are three common types of CTF Competitions: Jeopardy, Attack-Defense, and Mixed.

Jeopardy Competitions have a number of Tasks (questions) such as Web, Forensic, Crypto or Binary. Teams gain points for completed tasks, the harder the task, the more points.

Attack-Defense is another scenario, whereby teams have their own network (or only one host) with vulnerable services. Teams have a time limit for developing services and developing exploits. Then the organisers connect the competitors and the Wargame starts. Points are gained for Defense (protecting own services) and Attack (hacking opponents services).

Mixed employ both Jeopardy and Attack-Defense scenarios.

Capture the Flag games touch on a number of different aspects of information security, such as Cryptography, Stego, Binary Analysis, Reverse Engineering and Mobile Security.

References

Websites

[1] CTF Time (2017) Ireland 2014 [Internet] Available from: https://ctftime.org/stats/2014/IE [Accessed 13 November 2017]

[2] CTF Time (2017) Ireland 2015 [Internet] Available from: https://ctftime.org/stats/2015/IE [Accessed 13 November 2017]

[3] CTF Time (2017) Ireland 2016 [Internet] Available from: https://ctftime.org/stats/2016/IE [Accessed 13 November 2017]

[4] CTF Time (2017) Ireland 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://ctftime.org/stats/2017/IE [Accessed 13 November 2017]

[5] CTF Time (2017) Ireland 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://ctftime.org/stats/2018/IE [Accessed 9 March 2020]

[6] CTF Time (2017) Ireland 2019 [Internet] Available from: https://ctftime.org/stats/2019/IE [Accessed 9 March 2020]

[7] CTF Time (2017) What is CTF? [Internet] Available from: https://ctftime.org/ctf-wtf/ [Accessed 9 March 2020]

Images

[8] CTF Time (2017) CTF Time Logo [Internet] Available from: https://ctftime.org/static/images/CTFTIME-flat-logo-true.png [Accessed 28 November 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Eoin O’Fearghaill, Grant Farrell & John Morahan.

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John Gunning Irish Sumo Wrestler

John Gunning

John Gunning hails from Castlerea, Co. Roscommon, and while on holidays in Japan in 2000, fell in love with the place, started teaching English and took up Sumo Wrestling.

Having become an International Sumo Wrestler, and represented Ireland at three World Championships, he now writes a Sumo column for the Japan Times, as well as writing articles for American Football International, his other main Sport.

John Gunning in Action during the 2007 World Sumo Championships in Chiang Mai, Thailand [Reference: 5]

References

Websites

[1] Irish Times (2018) The Roscommon Man who became a Sumo Wrestler in Japan [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/abroad/the-roscommon-man-who-became-a-sumo-wrestler-in-japan-1.3717609 [Accessed 1 February 2020]

[2] Irish Independent (2019) Irish Expats in Japan on Sumo wrestling, the death of Office Culture… and why the party always ends by 9pm [Internet] Available from: https://www.independent.ie/life/irish-expats-in-japan-on-sumo-wrestling-the-death-of-office-culture-and-why-the-party-always-ends-by-9pm-38510317.html [Accessed 1 February 2020]

[3] The 42: Steve O’Rourke (2018) ‘I thought it was fat guys in nappies pushing each other around’ – Meet the Roscommon Sumo Wrestler [Internet] Available from: https://www.the42.ie/irish-sumo-wrestler-john-gunning-3965883-Apr2018/ [Accessed 1 February 2020]

Images

[4] Irish Independent (2019) John Gunning [Internet] Available from: https://cdn-02.independent.ie/life/d5719/38510314.ece/AUTOCROP/w620/2019-09-21_lif_53264469_I3.JPG [Accessed 1 February 2020]

[5] The 42 (2018) Gunning in action during the 2007 World Championships in Chiang Mai Thailand [Internet] Available from:http://c3.thejournal.ie/media/2018/04/unnamed-6-62-390×285.jpg [Accessed 1 February 2020][Image: John Gunning]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to John Kane.

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