IABA is proud to name the Association’s Ambassador to the Olympic Games. Anna Moore will travel to Paris during the Games to represent the Irish Boxing Family.
Anna has been named the first ever IABA Ambassador in recognition of her long and vital service to boxing, and the boxing community, at home and abroad.
She will attend boxing at the Paris du Nord arena, and witness all currently qualified Irish boxers in action. She will also be honoured guests at cultural events held in tandem with the Olympic Games, including a reception at the Olympic Federation of Ireland’s Paris base, the Irish Cultural Centre.
The boxing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games takes place from July 28th to August 10th. Six Team Ireland boxers have already qualified: reigning Olympic lightweight champ, Kellie Harrington, and now double Olympians 57kg Michaela Walsh and Aoife O’Rourke. 57kg Jude Gallagher booked his ticket to Paris at the 1st Olympic World Qualifier. 63.5kg Dean Clancy and heavyweight, Jack Marley, qualified at the 2023 European Games.
7 boxers, 50kg Daina Moorehouse, 54kg Jennifer Lehane, 66kg Grainne Walsh, 51kg Sean Mari, 71kg Aidan Walsh, 80kg Kelyn Cassidy and 92+kg Martin McDonagh are currently vying to book their tickets to Paris at the 2nd Olympic World Qualifier which began today in Bangkok, Thailand.
Programmes are now available for the first two days of boxing in the 2024 National Junior Cadet Championships. In all, 227 boxers will contest the tournament.
Schedule:
Friday, May 31st: Boxing begins at 6pm
Saturday, June 1st: Boxing begins at 11am
Friday, June 7th: Boxing begins at 6pm
Saturday, June 8th: Boxing begins at 11am
Friday, June 14th: Boxing begins at 6pm
Saturday, June 15th: Boxing begins at 11am
Friday, May 31st – Boxing begins at 6pm.
33kg Tomas Carroll (Setanta) V William Delaney (Urlingford)
33kg Max Kavanagh (Jobstown) W/O
33kg Jason Brown (St Pauls A) V Patrick Moorehouse (Rathnew)
40kg Aaron Murphy (Kilfenora) V Rommy Brown (Setanta)
40kg Barney McQuaid (Armagh) V Jack O’Donnell (Charleville)
40kg Jack Delaney (Baldoyle) V John Francis Barrett (Olympic C)
40kg Dominik Marvan (East Meath) V Michael Patrick Nevin (Olympic C)
40kg Rylee Finn (St Nicholas) V Ceejay Sheelin (Tredagh)
40kg Mark Harte (Carrickmore) V Harry Reddington (Cherry Orchard)
40kg Callum Leonard (Gorey) V Martin Nevin (Mullingar Shuffler)
40kg Jerry McCann (St John Bosco A) V Kian Hayes Holland (De Courcey)
42kg Harry Hassan (St John Bosco A) V Thomas Kennedy (St Nicholas)
42kg Luke Donohoe (Gorey) V William O’Reilly (Cherry Orchard)
42kg Aodh Carlyle (Golden Cobra) V Callum Ward (Dublin Docklands)
42kg PJ McDonagh (Ballyhaunis) V Emmet Shields (Glasnevin)
42kg Kane Bacon (Saints) V Cian White (Rathnew)
44kg Noah Quinn (Carndonagh) V Jack St Ledger (St Michaels NR)
46kg Alfie Swift (St Pauls Wat) V Anthony Stokes (Olympic L)
46kg Jack Jones (Sacred Heart D) V Se O’Neill (St Canices)
46kg Christopher Nevin (Mullingar Elite) V Jack Cahill (Portlaoise)
46kg John Buston (Kanturk) V Mica Patterson (East Down)
46kg Eigvirdas Grabauskas (Golden Cobra) V Alex Pepper (Baldoyle)
46kg Evan Reilly (Olympic C) V Cadan Keenan (Twin Towns)
46kg Rory McGuinness (Swinford) V Aaron Kaye (St Michaels Athy)
54kg Matthew Namugga (Dealgan) V Blake Wolohan (Ballymun)
54kg Wade Passfield (Dunboyne) V Denys Ivashechko (Rocky)
54kg Tadhg Brennan (Baldoyle) V Paddy Smyth (Swinford)
54kg Patrick Nevin (Mullingar Elite) V Ryan Nolan (Aglish)
54kg Jesse Connolly (Neilstown) V Colum Callaghan (Carndonagh)
Weigh-In Arrangements
Fridays: 8am to 9am and 12pm to 1pm.
Saturdays: 8am to 9am
Boxers weigh-in daily on the day of boxing. Boxers with walkovers in their finals are required to weigh-in on the day of their final.
Boxers must bring their passport to their initial weigh-in. No information will be retained from their passport.
Watch
The finals on June 15th will be live-streamed by our partners StreamSport and JWP, here
Ireland is now 7 wins from 7 bouts at the 2nd Olympic World Qualifier in Bangkok, following today’s Day Five action.
Tokyo bronze medalist, 71kg Aidan Walsh, returned for his second bout of the tournament, at the Round of 32 stage. He took on Algeria’s Youcef Islam Yaiche in Bout 11 of the Afternoon Session – this was a tight bout, but the 4-1 decision went in Aidan’s favour. Judges scored the bout: 29:28; 27:30; 27:30; 28:29; 27:30. 54kg Jennifer Lehane made tournament debut against Puerto Rico’s Angelyris Lopez. The session results for the Evening Session have yet to be released, but Jenny claimed a 4-1 win. She’s back in action on June 1st.
579 boxers from 133 countries are contesting the tournament. As with the 1st Olympic World Qualifier in March, boxers will contest to quota; meaning, they will cease to box at a qualification bout. There will be no semi-finals or finals, and no medals bestowed. In5 of the weights Ireland is contesting in Bangkok (50kg, 54kg, 66kg, 51kg and 92+kg), 4 Paris quota places are available. In Men’s 71kg, 5 quota places are available, and there are 3 in Men’s 80kg – which means the de-facto bronze medalists will box off for the final quota place in that weight
Day 6: Round of 16
Three Ireland boxers in action on Wednesday. 92+kg Martin McDonagh makes his debut at the tournament, taking on Vietnam’s Doan Minh Hieu Ngoc at around 9.15am. 66kg Grainne Walsh boxes her second bout of the competition against Korea’s Hyo Sun Hwang at 1.30pm Irish time, while 71kg Aidan Walsh contests his third bout of the Qualifier, meeting Ukraine’s Yuri Zakharieiev at 2.45pm, Irish time
The tournament will not be live-streamed until May 30th, when it reaches the Quarter Finals stage. Thereafter, it will be available at Olympics.com
Team
The maximum team size any federation may qualify for an Olympic Games is 13. Six Team Ireland boxers have already qualified: reigning Olympic lightweight champ, Kellie Harrington, and now double Olympians 57kg Michaela Walsh and Aoife O’Rourke. 57kg Jude Gallagher booked his ticket to Paris at the 1st Olympic World Qualifier. 63.5kg Dean Clancy and heavyweight, Jack Marley, qualified at the 2023 European Games.
50kg Daina Moorehouse, Enniskerry BC, Co. Wicklow
54kg Jennifer Lehane, DCU Boxing Club, Dublin
66kg Grainne Walsh, St. Mary’s BC, Tallaght, Dublin
51kg Sean Mari, Monkstown BC, Dublin
71kg Aidan Walsh, Holy Family Golden Gloves BC, Belfast
Affiliation for the 2024/2025 season is now open. Clubs are reminded that they must be affiliated in order to vote in national elections (Rule 6.11). The deadline by which all fees are due through your club’s Blocworx portal is midnight on June 15th.
Cost
The total cost of affiliation is €765 per club; however, IABA is in a position to contribute to the fees of every club which is re-affiliating this season. The co-funding amount is 10% of the total. This IABA co-funding reduces the cost for each club to €695.
In the 2020/2021 season, IABA paid all affiliation costs for all clubs, to the value of circa €700 per club.
In the 2021/2022 season, IABA paid 60% of the affiliation fees for all clubs, to the value of circa €450 per club
In the 2022/2023 season, IABA paid all affiliation costs for all re-affiliating clubs, to the value of circa €700 per club. Newly affiliating clubs paid a nominal fee of €250
In the 2023/2024 season, IABA contributed €355 to the affiliation fees of all clubs.
In the 2024/2025 season, IABA is contributing €70 to the affiliation fees of all clubs.
This is a total contribution by IABA to the insurance costs of all clubs of €2,275, per club.
2024/2025 Affiliation & Insurance Fee Breakdown
Proportion of affiliation fee going to insurance costs: 97.8%
Insurance cover, including travel insurance, personal accident, approved club events and public liability cover: €680
Every year, we endeavour to ensure the best possible deal for our members. As part of membership of the Irish Athletic Boxing Association, successfully affiliated clubs receive the benefit of the association’s comprehensive insurance package, including Public Liability and Travel. This cover applies solely to activities controlled, sponsored, recognised and/or authorised by IABA (e.g. training of boxers, permitted shows). It is not a substitute for club’s own insurance arrangements.
Fees due:
Midnight, June 15th: Fees must be paid, in full, through your club’s Blocworx portal. In completing affiliation for the 2024/2025 season, clubs must review:
Main contact email:
This is the email address that IABA uses to send correspondence to your club. Please check that:
This is the email address your club wants to use to receive all of its correspondence
This is a functioning email addresses, with no typos or errors
This email address is able to receive emails.
If the club is using the personal email address of a club member, please ensure this person consents to the inclusion of their email address as the club’s main contact email
Please do not use email addresses linked to your employment as your main contact email address. Doing so means that sensitive information which belongs to your club is being stored on the email server used by your employer, and that information is accessible by your employer. It also means that, should you move to a different role with a new employer, your club has lost all access to all of its emails and all of this sensitive information.
IABA strongly advises that clubs set up a club email address, so that, in the event that officers change, all club information is stored in the same place, and not spread across several email accounts in the event that officers change within your club.
Secretary’s Address
Please review and up-date your secretary’s home address. This is the address to which any and all postal ballots will be sent. Please ensure that a relevant Eircode or Postcode is included
Boxers
All boxers, whether they are competitive or not, must be included in your Blocworx portal so that they are insured. If you haven’t already done so, please now review the details of every boxer in your club in your portal, and add any boxers in your club who are not present. Please remove any boxers who are no longer members of your club, including boxers who may have transferred to another club.
Coaches and R&Js
A significant number of club members have qualified as coaches, Judges and Referees since clubs affiliated for the current season. Please make sure that all of your club’s new coaches are included in the coaching section of your affiliation portal, and that any members who have qualified as Judges or Referees are named in the relevant section of your portal, including their qualification.
Officers
If your officers (President/Chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer, Child Protection Officer) have changed, or changed elected roles within your club since your last affiliation, please up-date those records in Blocworx. Note: No one person in a club can hold two elected offices – for example, the Secretary cannot also be the President/Chair, Treasurer or Child Protection Officer. However, an officer can hold an elected role and act as a coach or other form of volunteer, for example.
Affiliation timeline:
Your affiliation goes through several steps before it is approved. Once your club has completed the review and up-date of affiliation information, then:
Your county board has a two-week period from the time your club submits its application to review that application; this will not begin until June 29th
Your provincial unit has a two-week from the time your county board has completed its review to, in turn, review your application; this won’t begin until July 13th
Your application will be reviewed by National Stadium staff
Usernames and passwords issued to clubs for this season’s affiliation process have not changed. IABA has already re-issue username and log-in details to clubs in recent weeks.
If you have any questions or require any assistance in preparing for your 2023/2024 affiliation, please contact any member of staff. The sooner you contact a member of staff with your difficulty, the sooner it can be resolved. Please do not wait until the final day for affiliation to ask for staff assistance.
Important Notice
Clubs should be advised that if their affiliation actions, including all Garda/Access NI matters are not addressed by INSERT DATE HERE, clubs will not be able to undertake the following:
Vote in any AGM or EGM
Vote in any Central Council or Provincial Council elections
Enter any boxers in any National Championships
Submit any club members for participation in Fundamentals: Assistant coach courses
Submit any club members for participation in Level One: Club Coach courses
Submit any members for participation in IABA Safeguarding workshops
Submit any member for participation in IABA iBoxClean anti-doping learning
Submit any member for participation in IABA 360 Degrees: Diversity & Inclusion learning
Submit any member for any Women in Sport, Diversity & Inclusion or Club Development programme
