The President of the Asian Boxing Confederation and Vice-President of AIBA, Mr. Serik Konakbayev, and management of the Asian Boxing Confederation have extended their congratulations to newly elected President of the Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA) Dominic O’Rourke.

Mr. Konakbayev acknowledged that O’Rourke has been involved in boxing most off his life, and as coach with the St Michael’s Athy BC coached Olympians, European medallists and Irish Elite champions John Joe Joyce, David Oliver Joyce, Eric Donovan and Roy Sheahan and numerous national champions in all age groups.

Dominic O’Rourke, a former IABA President,was elected the new IABA President earlier this month at the IABA Annual Convention at the Ringside Club at Dublin’s National Stadium.

 

 

The Leinster Development Squad (LDS) and Leinster Provincial Council are holding a Multi-Nations Club Tournament in the Ryston boxing club Newbridge on Saturday/Sunday the 21st and 22nd October 2017.

Boxing starts each day at 1200 hrs.

“We have boxers coming from Russia,Lithuania,Poland,Ukraine,Germany for this tournament, said Leinster Development Squad manager Mick Darby.

“We are holding the tournament in order to invite boxers and officials from the clubs in the countries that have invited us, the Leinster Development Squad, boxers and officials over the last five years.

“Most of their tournaments are now annual events for us.So now we give them an opportunity to visit our country and take part in a tournament with us.We have approximately 33 Semi-Finals down for decision on Saturday the 21st and approximately 37 contests between finals and box-offs for bronze medal positions.”

The weigh-in is at the Ryston Club in Newbridge between 8am and 9am, according to LDS social media.

Boxers must have €20.00 tournament registration fee and their medical record card for handing in at the weigh-in.Boxers will use red and blue Singlets for this tournament.

Passes for boxers own club coach will be given out at the weigh-in.Only one coach from boxers’ club will get a pass.Draw will be finalized at 1100 hrs and programmes given out. Programmes for the following day will be given out about 30 minutes after boxing has finished on Saturday evening.

 

 

 

 

 

Team Ireland, pictured, finished up their training camp in Belfast over the weekend ahead of the European Youth Championships in Turkey.

 

The seven-strong squad trained with the Ulster High-Performance Youth team at the University of Ulster in Jordanstown for ten days and are looking sharp, according to the Irish coaching staff.

 

The panel travel to Turkey on Thursday. Boxing begins on Saturday at the Ozkaymak Hotel in Antalya.

 

Ireland has enjoyed solid success at the European Youths since 2009 with three gold, seven silver and six bronze claimed.

 

Jason Quigley, Gary Cully and Michael Nevin have won gold.

 

Click here for previous European Youth Championships results.

 

 

 

European Youth Championships Antalya. Turkey October 21st/29th

 

Irish squad

49kg Terry Donoghue (St Michaels Athy BC)

52kg David Oliver Joyce (Ballymun BC)

56kg Craig Kavanagh (Crumlin BC)

60kg Eamer Coughlan (Riverstown BC)

64kg Paddy Donovan (OLOL BC)

69kg Gabriel Dossen (Olympic BC)

75kg  Jordan Myers (Sligo City BC)

Head Coach: Zauri Antia
Coach: Billy McClean
Coach/Team manager: John Conlan
R&J: Diarmuid MacDiarmada