Irish coaches Zaur Antia, head coach, John Conlan and Dmitry Dmitruk
Please see below attachment in relation to the IABA High-Performance Coach Enhancement Programme.
The purpose of this IABA High-Performance coach enhancement programme is to identify and develop coaches who have the attitude, capability and capacity to work within the HPU with the National Elite male and female teams.
If Irish captain Joe Ward could travel back in time his dream fight would be against his fellow Olympic light-heavyweight, the late Muhammad Ali.
As it is, the three-time World Elite medallist and three-time European title wouldn’t mind a shot at Andre Ward of the USA in a battle of the Wards.
“There’s any amount of boxers I could pick out (for a dream fight). So, if I could go back in time,it would have to be Muhammad Ali. He was a champion light-heavyweight (Rome 1960 Olympics).
“But if I had to pick one from the present era if would have to be the American boxer Andre Ward.”
Ward, speaking to Travellers’ Voice, explains what boxing means to him and outlines the discipline required to be a top international athlete with the IABA High-Performance Unit.
The Moate BC southpaw also admitted that he gets goose bumps listening to the Irish national anthem being played when he’s on top of a podium and is delighted to be in the Guinness Book of Records as the first Irish male boxer to win three European Elite gold medals, the first of which was secured when he was just 17 in 2011 and the lastest of which was claimed in June of this year.
“It means a lot to me (third European gold) and hopefully it will stay in the Guinness Book of Records for a long time to come, added the Irish skipper at the Hamburg 2017 World Championships.
“But then again,there’s a huge amount of talent coming up through the (Irish) ranks, so you’d never know.”
The Annual Convention of the Irish Athletic Boxing Association is taking place this Sunday 8th October at 11am in the Ringside Club, National Stadium, Dublin where the results of the National Elections will be announced.
Please see below attachment for Convention booklet.
IABA Convention Booklet 2017 (04)
The Nominations for the Officer Board are as below.
President
Pat Ryan
Dominic O’Rourke
Vice President
Joe Hennigan
Anna Moore
Bernie Harold
Secretary
Art O’Brien
Antoinette Fay-McClean
Liam Brereton
Treasurer
Larry Morrison (Unopposed)
Registrar
Stephen Connolly (Unopposed)
Nomination for the Oifigeach Geailge
Joe Hernon (Unopposed)
Nominations for Elected Members (8)
Paddy Osborne
Seamus Dowling
Gerry Storey
Larry Durand
Eugene O’Kane
Philip Rooney
Mel Leonard
Johnny Carey
Frank Ward
Jim Murrin
David O’Brien
Michael Gill
Andrew Duncan
Please click here for all results so far in 2017.
Irish boxing, at all levels, has won 25 medals in World and European competition so far this year with two top outings – the European Men’s Youth Championships and World Women’s Youth Championships – remaining.
Ireland will send an eight-strong squad to the AIBA World Youth Women’s Championships in India.
The Championships begin in Guwahati on November 19th.
Quota places at the 2018 Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina will be up for grabs in the fly, feather, light and middle classes in India.
Please see below attachment for all tournament details.
Boxing2017 – AIBA Women’s Youth World Boxing Championships – Team Delegations Handbook
AIBA Youth Women’s World Boxing Championships Guwahati, India 19-26 November 2017
Irish Squad
48kg Caitlin Fryers (Immaculata)
51kg Shauna Blaney (Navan)
54kg Mary Geraghty (Baldoyle)
57kg Labhaoise Clarke (Carndonagh)
60kg Marguerita Nevin (St.Brigid’s, Kildare)
63kg Katelynn Phelan (St.Brigid’s, Kildare)
69kg Shannon Reilly (Bray)
75kg Lauren Kelly (St.Brigid’s, Edenderry)