TEAM IRELAND ARRIVE IN GERMANY

Irish squad at National Stadium gym

Irish squad at National Stadium Gym.

Team Ireland arrived in Germany this morning ahead of the opening bell for the Queens Cup tomorrow.

The general weigh-in and medical examinations will be held in the Younior Hotel, venue for the tournament, this afternoon.The draw is scheduled for this evening.

Boxing begins at 9.30am (Irish time) on Wednesday.

Kazakhstan, Denmark, Finland, Wales, Poland, Sweden, Russia, England, Czech Republic, Ireland, Switzerland, Kosovo, Norway, France, Slovakia and the host nation have entered for the 2016 Queens Cup.

Irish women’s boxing is proudly sponsored by Quick Park of Dublin Airport.

 

 

Queens Cup Stralsund, Germany October 25th/30th

Irish squad

Junior

46kg Daina Moorehouse (Enniskerry)

48kg Caitlyn Fryers (Immaculata)

50kg Mary Kate Nevin (Mullingar Elite)

54kg Mary Geraghty (Baldoyle)

57kg Margurita Nevin (St Brigids Kildare)

60kg Shauna O’Callaghan (Clann Naoife)

63kg Roisin Gannon (Connemara)

63kg Evelyn Igharo (Clann Naofa)

Youths

48kg Shannon Sweeney (St Anne’s, Westport)

51kg Kelsey Leonard (Curragh)

57kg Kellie McLoughlin (Drimnagh)

60kg Orla Garvey (Dealgan)

64kg Shannon O’Reilly (Bray)

69kg Joanne Richards (St Michael’s NW)

75kg Aoife Burke (St Mary’s Dublin)

Team manager: Bernie Harold
Coaches: Jimmy Payne, Antoinette Faye, Noel Burke
Judge: Aideen Floyd

BELFAST HALLOWEEN OPEN

 

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Please click here for entries and details of the weekend’s Belfast Halloween Open.

The tournament, which is supported by the Belfast City Council, begins Saturday and runs until Monday.

Two sessions will be decided on Saturday and Sunday and one session on Monday.

Boxing starts from 1pm on Saturday.

 

 

 

 

EUROPEAN ELITE WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS

Members of the Irish squad at the Institute of Sport last week

Zuar Antia and members of the Irish squad at the Institute of Sport last week.

Team Ireland are having an excellent training camp ahead of next month’s European Women’s Elite Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, according to Irish head coach Zaur Antia.

The squad are currently training at the Institute of Sport in Abbotstown,Dublin.

The Sofia panel will be confirmed shortly.

A final training camp is lined up for Sheffield from November 2nd to 7th.

“The team are training really well, very committed, said Ireland’s chief seconds. “It is an excellent training camp, excellent facilities. Everyone is getting a lot of work done.”

The 2016 European Elite Women’s Championships, the final AIBA ranking tournament of the year, begins in Sofia on November 14th.

IRELAND FINISH UP TRAINING CAMP AT NATIONAL STADIUM

Irish squad at National Stadium gym

Irish squad at National Stadium gym.

 

Team Ireland wound up their final training day at Dublin’s National Stadium gym this morning ahead of the Queens Cup in Stralsund, Germany.

The squad fly out to Germany from Dublin Airport on Tuesday morning.

Kazakhstan, Denmark, Finland, Wales, Poland, Sweden, Russia, England, Czech Republic, Ireland, Switzerland, Kosovo, Norway, France, Slovakia and the host nation have entered for the tournament.

Boxing begins Wednesday at the Phoenix Sports Club.

Irish women’s boxing is proudly sponsored by Quick Park of Dublin Airport.

 

 

Queens Cup Stralsund, Germany October 25th/30th

Irish squad

Junior

46kg Daina Moorehouse (Enniskerry)

48kg Caitlyn Fryers (Immaculata)

50kg Mary Kate Nevin (Mullingar Elite)

54kg Mary Geraghty (Baldoyle)

57kg Margurita Nevin (St Brigids Kildare)

60kg Shauna O’Callaghan (Clann Naofa)

63kg Roisin Gannon (Connemara)

63kg Evelyn Igharo (Clann Naofa)

Youths

48kg Shannon Sweeney (St Anne’s)

51kg Kelsey Leonard (Curragh)

57kg Kellie McLoughlin (Drimnagh)

60kg Orla Garvey (Dealgan)

64kg Shannon O’Reilly (Bray)

69kg Joanne Richards (St Michael’s NW)

75kg Aoife Burke (St Mary’s Dublin)

Team manager: Bernie Harold
Coaches: Jimmy Payne, Antoinette Faye, Noel Burke
Judge: Aideen Floyd