Ireland will return home from the European Junior Championships with 7 medals – five bronze, and two which could be up-graded from silver to gold on Sunday.

66kg John Donoghue, of Olympic BC, Mullingar, will be adding to his career medal tally, which already includes a World Junior gold. He was dominate throughout his semi final against Vasilije Djurdjevic, and forced an RSC2.

63kg Edward Harty, of Portlaoise BC battled to a split decision semi final win over Romania’s Darius Sorin Stegari.

50kg Kalib Walsh, of Wexford BC, comes home with bronze, after the decision in his bout went to opponent, Russia’s Islam Magomedov. Also coming home with bronze medals are 66kg Cassie Henderson, 52kg Eddie Corcoran, Olympic BC, Mullingar; 57kg Kayleigh Byrne of Gorey BC and 63kg Kaysie Joyce of Clonmel BC.

370 boxers are contesting the championships. 28 federations, in all, are competing at the tournament: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, England, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Turkey.

IABA last contested this tournament in 2022 and returned with a massive haul of ten medals: 2 gold, 4 silver and 4 bronze. Ava Henry (Docklands) and Tadhg O’Donnell (Four Kings) claimed gold; silvers were won by Grace Conway Dowling (Tredagh), Niamh Keogh (Olympic L), Mary McDonagh (Sliabh Luachra) and Jamie Collins (Drimnagh). Bronze medalists were Alfie Jordan (Olympic L), John Harty (Portlaoise), Cillian Reilly Lennon (Jobstown) and Sophie Curley Gray (Dealgan).

Finals

63kg Edward Harty will box for gold against Aremenia’s Aleks Petrosayan in Bout 11 of the Afternoon Session. That session begins at 12pm, Irish time.

66kg John Donoghue will also face Armenian opposition, in Artyo Stepanyan. They’ll meet in bout 11 of the Evening Session, which begins at 4.30pm, Irish time.

Medal medal ceremonies will take place after bout 7 in both sessions, , and at the conclusion of the session. 66kg Cassie Henderson of Phoenix will receive her medal in the mid-point ceremony in the Afternoon session. 52kg Eddie Corcoran, Olympic BC, Mullingar will be bestowed with his medal in the post session ceremony.

57kg Kayleigh Byrne of Gorey BC and 63kg Kaysie Joyce of Clonmel BC will be awarded with their medals at the mid-point ceremony in the Evening Session, and 50kg Kalib Walsh, of Wexford BC, will receive his medal at the end of the Evening Session.

Programme

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The Afternoon Session begins at 12pm, Irish time. The Evening Session gets underway at 4.30pm, Irish time.

Team

46kg Abby Molloy, Sacred Heart, Dublin

48kg Isabel Nolan, Santry

50kg Paige Nickles, Banbridge

52kg Mary Ann Furlong, Na Fianna

54kg Molly Doyle, Templemore

57kg Kayleigh Byrne, Gorey

60kg Sarah McTiernan, Drumsna

63kg Kaysie Joyce, Clonmel

66kg Cassie Henderson, Phoenix

70kg Chloe Poleon, Dunboyne

75kg Carly Norris, Santry

80kg Alanna Kenny, Clonmel

46kg Oliver Plachta, St Francis

48kg Michael O’Reilly, St Paul’s, Waterford

50kg Kalib Walsh, Wexford

52kg Eddie Corcoran, Olympic L

54kg Jason Donoghue, Olympic L

57kg Joseph Mihai, Crumlin

60kg Desmond Sweeney, Olympic C

63kg Edward Harty, Portlaoise

66kg John Donoghue, Olympic L

70kg Cathal Myers, Sligo City

75kg William Heaphy, Golden Gloves M

80kg John Mongans, Rathkeale

81+kg Johnny McGinley, Gateway

Team Manager: Peter O’Donnell

Team Manager: Karen Robins

Coach: Brian Barry

Coach: Paul Simpson

Coach: Alan Donnellan

R&J: Barry Tucker.

Draws are available here

Day One results are available here

Day Two results are available here

Day Three results are available here

Day Four results are available here

Day Five results are available here

Session 21A

Session 22B

Session 23A

Session 24B

The Olympic Federation of Ireland has officially selected the ten boxers who will compete for Team Ireland at the Olympic Games in Paris this summer. Ireland will field boxers in all female categories in the competition which takes place from the 27 July – 10 August 2024. The preliminary rounds of the boxing take place in the Arena Paris Nord, while the semi-finals and the finals will be held in the iconic Rolland Garros Stadium.

Boxing is Ireland’s most successful Olympic sport, boasting 18 of our 38 medals.

One of the medallists returning to the Olympic ring is Olympic Champion, Kellie Harrington. Speaking on her official selection, Harrington, said, “I’m heading out for my second Olympic Games, and I can’t wait. It’s a big team, we have ten boxers, which is fantastic. The biggest difference between Tokyo and this Olympics is that there will be people in the crowd, and with that a lot of noise, so it will be all about us controlling our emotions. I’m glad to be part of history, as this will be the hundredth year that Team Ireland competed in the Olympic Games – so we are already part of history.”

Olympic Federation of Ireland Chef de Mission for Paris 2024, Gavin Noble said, “We are very proud of our strong boxing history, and with this being our centenary year, we are delighted to confirm one of our biggest boxing teams. An immense amount of work has gone in behind the scenes by the IABA team to get these athletes to this level, and we would like to commend the work of the high performance team, as well as all the clubs and coaches who have contributed to our Olympic boxers.”

Speaking on the official selection, Performance Director, Tricia Heberle said, “The Olympic Games is the pinnacle of our sport. That we have qualified the largest Boxing team since Rome of 1960, speaks not only to the strength of our High Performance programme, supported by the OFI, Sport Ireland and SportNI, but also to the quality of coaching in the clubs in which our Paris athletes began their boxing careers. Team Ireland is the only NOC in Europe to have qualified a full team of women, which is a remarkable achievement given that Paris 2024 is only the fourth Olympic cycle in which women may box. That our team includes two Tokyo medalists in Kellie Harrington and Aidan Walsh shows just how exceptional this group of athletes is. They are well prepared, they are focused on their key performance goals and they are ready to contest at the highest possible level.”

This brings to seventy-six the official number of athletes who have so far been selected to represent Team Ireland at Paris 2024, a Games that will see us celebrate our centenary competing as a nation at the Olympic Games. The Olympic Games in Paris will run from the 24th July to the 11th August 2024, with the Opening Ceremony taking place on the 26th of July.

TEAM IRELAND PARIS BOXING ANNOUNCEMENT:

Athletes:

Kellie Harrington (Dublin) Women’s 60kg

Aidan Walsh (Belfast) Men’s 71kg

Aoife O’Rourke (Castlerea) Women’s -75kg

Daina Moorehouse (Bray) Women’s -50kg

Dean Clancy (Sligo) Men’s 63.5kg

Grainne Walsh (Tullamore) Women’s -66kg

Jude Gallagher (Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone) Men’s -57kg

Jennifer Lehane (Ashbourne, Co. Meath) Women’s -54kg

Jack Marley (Sallynoggin, Dublin) Men’s -92kg

Michaela Walsh (Belfast) Women’s -57kg

Staff:

Tricia Heberle – Performance Director & Team Leader

Zauri Antia – Head Coach

Damian Kennedy – Coach

Lynne McEnery – Coach

James Doyle – Coach

Jim Clover – Doctor

Lorcan McGee – Physio

Paula Fitzpatrick – Physiologist

Ireland has claimed four more medals at the European Junior Championships in Sarajevo.

50kg Kalib Walsh was the first Irish boxer between the ropes, contesting against Scotland’s Aaron Sarwar. He has booked his place in the semi-finals by virtue of a 3-2 split decision win. Judges scored the bout 28:29; 28:29; 30:27; 29:28; 27:30.

66kg John Donoghue, a 2023 World Junior champion, has added European hardward to his collection, following a win in his hotly contested semi final against England’s William Loveridge, in which a point was deducted for his opponent in the third round. Donoghue progresses following a UD. The final scores: 30:26; 29:27; 29:27; 29:27; 29:28

52kg Eddie Corcoran joins his Olympic Mullingar clubmate Joh in the semi-finals and on the podium with a 5-0 quarter final victory over Greece’s Nearchos-Petros Konstantinoudis. Judges scored the bout 30:27; 30:27; 30:27; 30:27; 29:28. 63kg Edward Harty is also a European Junior Championship medalist. He’s won at least a bronze following his 5-0 quarter final win over Angelos Pangiotis Kalamaris of Greece. The final scores: 28:29; 27:30; 28:29; 28:29; 27:30.

Not to be for 48kg Michael O’Reilly in his quarter final against Azerrbaijan’s Nihat Gasimov. The Waterford boxer gave it his all, but the 5-0 decision went to his opponent ( 29:28; 29:28; 29:28; 29:28; 29:30). A brave and battling quarter final performance by 80kg John Mongans wasn’t enough to see him progress – the 5-0 decision went to his opponent, England’s Tobias FP Taylor. Judges scored the bout 30:27; 30:27; 29:28; 30:27; 30:27

Yesterday, 57kg Kayleigh Byrne, 63kg Kaysie Joyce and 66kg Cassie Henderson won semi-finals berths, and bronze medals, with victories over Bosnia, Croatia and Poland, respectively

370 boxers are contesting the championships. 28 federations, in all, are competing at the tournament: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, England, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Turkey.

IABA last contested this tournament in 2022 and returned with a massive haul of ten medals: 2 gold, 4 silver and 4 bronze. Ava Henry (Docklands) and Tadhg O’Donnell (Four Kings) claimed gold; silvers were won by Grace Conway Dowling (Tredagh), Niamh Keogh (Olympic L), Mary McDonagh (Sliabh Luachra) and Jamie Collins (Drimnagh). Bronze medalists were Alfie Jordan (Olympic L), John Harty (Portlaoise), Cillian Reilly Lennon (Jobstown) and Sophie Curley Gray (Dealgan).

Day Six

Programme

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Ring A

Ring B

Team

46kg Abby Molloy, Sacred Heart, Dublin

48kg Isabel Nolan, Santry

50kg Paige Nickles, Banbridge

52kg Mary Ann Furlong, Na Fianna

54kg Molly Doyle, Templemore

57kg Kayleigh Byrne, Gorey

60kg Sarah McTiernan, Drumsna

63kg Kaysie Joyce, Clonmel

66kg Cassie Henderson, Phoenix

70kg Chloe Poleon, Dunboyne

75kg Carly Norris, Santry

80kg Alanna Kenny, Clonmel

46kg Oliver Plachta, St Francis

48kg Michael O’Reilly, St Paul’s, Waterford

50kg Kalib Walsh, Wexford

52kg Eddie Corcoran, Olympic L

54kg Jason Donoghue, Olympic L

57kg Joseph Mihai, Crumlin

60kg Desmond Sweeney, Olympic C

63kg Edward Harty, Portlaoise

66kg John Donoghue, Olympic L

70kg Cathal Myers, Sligo City

75kg William Heaphy, Golden Gloves M

80kg John Mongans, Rathkeale

81+kg Johnny McGinley, Gateway

Team Manager: Peter O’Donnell

Team Manager: Karen Robins

Coach: Brian Barry

Coach: Paul Simpson

Coach: Alan Donnellan

R&J: Barry Tucker.

Draws are available here

Day One results are available here

Day Two results are available here

Day Three results are available here

Day Four results are available here

Session 17A results

Session 18B results

Session 19A

Session 20B

Ireland will return from the European Junior Championship with a minimum of 3 medals, following today’s women’s quarter finals.

57kg Kayleigh Byrne boxed her quarter final against home boxer Asija Turkovic. Kayleigh was assured and in control throughout the bout, which ended in a 5-0 decision in the Gorey boxer’s favour. She has won through to the semi-finals on a score line of 28:29; 28:29; 27:30; 28:29; 28:29.

63kg Kaysie Joyce boxed Croatia’s Agata Stajcer, and, despite being behind going in to the last round, forced two standing counts, and came away with the 3-0 decision. Judges scored the bout 29:28; 27:29; 28:28; 27:29; 28:29.

66kg Cassie Henderson made her tournament debut in style against Laura Wanda Szydlowska of Poland. Cassie was the dominant boxer throughout the bout, and has booked a place in the semi-finals with a UD. Judges scored the bout 27:30; 27:30; 27:30; 27:30; 28:29.

50kg Paige Nickels returned for her second bout of the tournament, at quarter finals stage. She boxed Turkey’s Kubra Cicek – the bout was a 5-0 decision in favour of the Turkish boxer. Judges scored the bout 27:29; 27:29; 27:29; 27:29; 27:29.

In Bout 4 of Ring B’s Afternoon Session, 48kg Isabel Nolan contested her quarter final. She meets Russia’s Kseniia Vishnevskaia. This was a hotly contested bout, and the 4-1 decision went to the Russian boxer. Judges scored the bout 30:26; 30:27; 30:27; 28:29; 30: 27.

46kg Abby Molloy, having won her opening bout, contested today against England’s Lily Bassett. Abby gave her all, but the 5-0 decision went to the English boxer, on a score line of 30:26; 30:26; 30:26; 30:26; 30:26. 75kg Carly Norris contested her first bout of the championships against Russia’s Daria Antipova, and the referee called time in the first round. 70kg Chloe Poleon made her tournament debut against Sara Scorrano of Italy. Chloe battled bravely throughout, but the bout was subject to an RSC3, in favour of the Italian athlete. 80kg Alanna Kenny took on Russia’s Anna Buzuleva. Alanna contested strongly, but came out the wrong side of a 4-1 split decision. Judges scored the bout 29:28; 29:28; 28:29; 29:28; 30:27.

370 boxers are contesting the championships. 28 federations, in all, are competing at the tournament: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, England, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Turkey.

IABA last contested this tournament in 2022 and returned with a massive haul of ten medals: 2 gold, 4 silver and 4 bronze. Ava Henry (Docklands) and Tadhg O’Donnell (Four Kings) claimed gold; silvers were won by Grace Conway Dowling (Tredagh), Niamh Keogh (Olympic L), Mary McDonagh (Sliabh Luachra) and Jamie Collins (Drimnagh). Bronze medalists were Alfie Jordan (Olympic L), John Harty (Portlaoise), Cillian Reilly Lennon (Jobstown) and Sophie Curley Gray (Dealgan).

Day Five

Thursday is men’s quarter finals day, and 6 boxers are contesting for podium places.

50kg Kalib Walsh takes on Scotland’s Aaron Sarwar in Bout 3 of Ring A’s Afternoon Session. In Ring B’s Bout 10, 66kg John Donoghue will box William Joseph Loveridge.

In Ring B’s Evening Session, 48kg Michael O’Reilly takes on Azerbaijan’s Nihat Gasimov. In the subsequent bout, 52kg Eddie Corcoran boxes Greece’s Nearchos-Petros Konstantinoudis. Also meeting Greek opposition is 63kg Edward Harty – taking on Angelos Pangiotis Kalamaris in bout 8

In Bout 11 of Ring A’s Evening Session, 80kg John Mongans contests against Tobias FP Taylor.

Programme

Watch

Afternoon Sessions begin at 1pm, Irish time – Evening Sessions begin at 4.30pm

Ring A

Ring B

Team

46kg Abby Molloy, Sacred Heart, Dublin

48kg Isabel Nolan, Santry

50kg Paige Nickles, Banbridge

52kg Mary Ann Furlong, Na Fianna

54kg Molly Doyle, Templemore

57kg Kayleigh Byrne, Gorey

60kg Sarah McTiernan, Drumsna

63kg Kaysie Joyce, Clonmel

66kg Cassie Henderson, Phoenix

70kg Chloe Poleon, Dunboyne

75kg Carly Norris, Santry

80kg Alanna Kenny, Clonmel

46kg Oliver Plachta, St Francis

48kg Michael O’Reilly, St Paul’s, Waterford

50kg Kalib Walsh, Wexford

52kg Eddie Corcoran, Olympic L

54kg Jason Donoghue, Olympic L

57kg Joseph Mihai, Crumlin

60kg Desmond Sweeney, Olympic C

63kg Edward Harty, Portlaoise

66kg John Donoghue, Olympic L

70kg Cathal Myers, Sligo City

75kg William Heaphy, Golden Gloves M

80kg John Mongans, Rathkeale

81+kg Johnny McGinley, Gateway

Team Manager: Peter O’Donnell

Team Manager: Karen Robins

Coach: Brian Barry

Coach: Paul Simpson

Coach: Alan Donnellan

R&J: Barry Tucker.

Draws are available here

Day One results are available here

Day Two results are available here

Day Three results are available here

Session 13A results

Session 14B results

Session 15A results

Session 19B results

IABA is re-platforming the calendar of Safeguarding One workshops for 2024. All adults – coaches, committee members and non-coaching volunteers – in every club who have contact with children are required to have undertaken Safeguarding 1.

Two courses will take place every month, March to November. Acknowledging that club members have a variety of schedules and that no one time will be best for all, a percentage of courses will take place in the evenings, a percentage during weekday lunchtimes and a percentage on Saturdays. Workshops on Safeguarding 2 and Safeguarding 3 will be made available later in 2024.

Book your place here

In keeping with Sport Ireland best practice in Safeguarding training, workshops will be limited to 16 participants. In keeping with norms across the sporting community, the cost for this workshop is E15. Registration for each course will close 2 days before the date, and those who’ve registered will be sent payment information. The participation reservation will expire if payment is not received by 5pm on the scheduled day of the workshop.

Refresher

For all club members who have completed Safeguarding 1 training, but who wish to refresh their knowledge, the online Sport Ireland Safeguarding 1 refresher course is available here

Additional Information: For any additional information, please contact IABA’s National Safeguarding Manager, Stephen Flynn, at stephen@iaba.ie