A provisional calendar of Fundamentals: Assistant Coach course, up to October, is being shared. Provision of coaching course is dependent on the availability of Coach Tutors, who deliver the course. As provision of coaching course is dependent on the availability of Coach Tutors, this calendar will be up-dated as availability is confirmed.
6 Team Ireland boxers now qualified for Paris 2024.
6 Team Ireland boxers have now qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Reigning Olympic lightweight champion, Kellie Harrington, 57kg Michaela Walsh and 75kg Aoife O’Rourke, all became double Olympians on securing qualification at the 2023 European Games in Nowy Targ, Poland. Kellie and Aoife came home with gold, and Michaela with bronze.
Jude Gallagher books his ticket to Paris 2024
Work in Boxing: Regional Performance Coach.
The Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA) wishes to recruit a Regional Performance Coach, with the
successful candidate to work in the Ulster High Performance Unit in Jordanstown, Belfast. Boxing is
Ireland’s most successful Olympic sport with a rich history of medal winning performances across multiple
Games. Northern Ireland (NI) has produced some of the countries most talented boxers and Ulster Boxing
contributes significantly to Team NI and Commonwealth Games success.
Three Ireland boxers vie for Paris Qualification today
Three Irish boxers are 9 minutes of boxing, apiece, away from the 2024 Paris Olympic Games
66kg Grainne Walsh is the first of Ireland’s boxers between the ropes today; she contests Poland’s Aneta Rygielska. The pair have met three times previously, all of which were in 2023 – at Strandja, Feliks Stamm and Leszek Drogosz. Grainne was the victor on two of those occasions. They will meet for a 4th time in Bout 10 of Ring B’s Afternoon Session, at 3pm Irish Time.