DESMOND PRESENTED WITH MEDAL AT WORLD UNIVERSITY CHAMPIONSHIPS

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Christina Desmond with 75kg gold medallist Nien-Chin Chen of Chinese Taipei

Cork middleweight Christina Desmond was presented with her bronze medal at the 7th World University Championships in Thailand today.

The Fr. Horgan’s BC and Limerick Institute of Technology southpaw reached the semi-finals of the tournament at Chaing Mai University.

Michael O’Brien, President of the Cork County Boxing Board, said that Desmond, the current Irish Elite champion, had done Irish and Leeside boxing proud.

Kenny Okungbowa also reached the last-four in south east Asia. The Athlone heavyweight was presented with his medal yesterday.

Desmond, Okungbowa, Ceire Smith, Gary McKenna and Conor Wallace represented the Irish Athletic Third-Level Boxing Association in Thailand.

The Irish squad are due to arrive home at 10.10am via Dublin Airport on Monday morning (Terminal 2).

Pictures of Christina Desmond at today’s medals ceremony.

NATIONAL SENIOR (FORMERLY NATIONAL INTERMEDIATES) C’SHIPS

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Please see below attachment for details of next month’s National Senior Championships (formerly National Intermediate Championships).

Boxing begins on November 11th at the National Stadium in Dublin.

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IABA NOTICE FOR PROVINCIAL SECRETARIES, CO. BOARDS AND CLUBS

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For the attention of Secretaries of Provincial Councils, County Boards & Clubs.

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OKUNGBOWA PRESENTED WITH MEDAL AT WORLD UNIVERSITY C’SHIPS

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Kenny Okungbowa on medals podium.

Kenny Okungbowa was presented with his World University Championships bronze medal this morning on a proud day for the Irish Athletic Third-Level Boxing Association (IATBA) in Thailand.

Christina Desmond will be presented with her bronze medal tomorrow.

Okungbowa, the 2015 Irish Elite finalist, reached the last-four in the heavyweight class at the 7th edition of the tournament, to, along with Demond, mark the first time that Irish boxers have claimed podium positions at this level.

Irish team manager Paul Geoghegan and coach Paddy Gallagher hailed the performances of the five-strong IATBA squad which also included Ceire Smith, Gary McKenna and Conor Wallace at Chaing Mai University.

The double bronze ensures that Ireland will finish in the medals table for the first time.

Valerii Kharlamov of the Ukraine won gold in the men’s middleweight class today. Irish Elite finalist Conor Wallace dropped Kharlamov with a superb left in the first round of their preliminary round but had to retire with an injury at the end of the second.

Team Ireland are due to arrive home from Thailand via Dublin Airport on Monday morning at 10:10am (Terminal 2).

Pictures

1. Kenny on the podium
2. Kenny shaking hands with the Russian World Champion
3.Kenny with his Bronze medal
4. Kenny with the Silver medallist from France who won their semi-final
5. Medal and souvenir elephant presented to the medals
6 Kenny with Paddy Gallagher, Gary McKenna, Brian Wallace and Conor Wallace after the medal ceremony.

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IABA LAUNCH NEW FEMALE COACH EDUCATION PROGAMME

06/10/2016IABA NewsIABA

World Silver Medallist Kelly Harrington was on hand to officially launch the Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA) first ever FREE Level 1 Coach Education Programme for Women in Drimnagh BC, Dublin last weekend.The new IABA 1 Coach Education Programme for Women will provide our female membership with the skills and confidence to coach in their local boxing clubs. Courses were booked out within three days with record numbers of Women from over 50 clubs from across the country looking to avail of the new programme. The Coach Education Programme is being initially rolled out in Dublin, Kilkenny and Wexford and we hope to expand the programme nationwide in 2017.