Mike Piekarski, second from right, of Pullman, placed third in the world Friday at the International Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Federation World Championship No Gi competition in Anaheim, Calif. Piekarski, a
By Cian Manning On 14th February 1906 Martin Ronan was born at 13 Usher’s Island by the River Liffey in Dublin city to John (a labourer) and Anastasia Ronan. By 1911 the Ronan family now numbering 10 (nearly enough for a soccer team) were living at Brandon Terrace on Usher Quay and Martin played football
to win bantamweight gold. jude gallagher won without stepping into the ring his opponent was declared unfit for their featherweight final. aidan walsh won the light middleweight final and amy broadhurst claimed gold in women s light welterweight. ijust i just wanted that gold ijust wanted that gold medal so bad, the last few months have been hard work so it s good to get the gold. gold too for samuel hickey who beat callum peters of australia by a split decision in the middleweight division. scotland have already had their most successful commonwalth games, outside of glasgow 2014. two more boxing golds followed as sean lazzerini beat wales taylor bevan in the light heavyweight final and reese lynch got a closely fought win over mauritius louis richarno colin.
forcing two standing counts, with the referee calling it a day in the second. dylan eagleson came from behind to beat ghana s abraham mensah to win bantamweight gold for northern ireland. earlier, jude gallagher claimed gold for northern ireland without even stepping into the ring after his opponent was declared unfit for their featherweight final. aidan walsh completed a hat trick of golds for northern ireland in the ring by winning the light middleweight final. and it will be scotland s most successful commonwalth games outside of glasgow 2014. samuel hickey beat callum peters of australia by split decision in the middleweight division. elsewhere, sean lazzerini won the light heavyweight title. and the final round of the women s open at murifield is underway. the leaders teed off at 3:50pm. ashleigh buhai started with a five stroke advantage. that s bbc.co.uk/sport. just to update you with the women s hockey. australia have scored with