14 2024 National Elite Championship Men’s semi-finals will be decided at the home of Irish Boxing on Friday, November 10th from 7pm – results of Women’s semi-finals, boxed on November 4th, are here
57kg Jude Gallagher (Two Castles) V Dylan Eagleson (St Pauls)
57kg Davy Joyce (Holy Family L) V Adam Hession (Monivea)
60kg Nathan May (Dublin Docklands) V Jordan Smith (Holy Family L)
60kg Jake Rapple (Monkstown D) V Jason Nevin (Olympic L)
63.5kg John Paul Hale (Star) V Anthony Malanaphy (Erne)
63.5kg Darren O’Connor (Olympic C) V Aaron O’Donoghue (Golden Gloves M)
67kg Ryan McCarthy (Fr Horgans) V Ben Teeling (Holy Family L)
67kg Cian Cramer (Cabra) V Davie O’Neill (Charleville)
71kg Darragh Gilroy (Fr Flanagans) V Dean Walsh (St Ibars/Josephs)
71kg Eugene McKeever (Holy Family L) V Matthew McCole (Illies GG)
80kg Gabriel Dossen (Olympic C) V Sean O’Bradaigh (Drimnagh)
80kg Jason Clancy (Sean McDermott) V Kelyn Cassidy (Saviours Crystal)
92kg Jack Marley (Monkstown D) V Patrick J Ward (Olympic C)
92kg Eamon Tighe (Ballinacarrow) V Wayne Rafferty (Dublin Docklands)
Weigh-In Arrangements
November 10th: 8am to 9am and 12pm to 1pm.
November 11th: 8am to 9am
Tickets
Semi Finals – November 10th
Adults, €20
Under 14s: €5
Purchase
Tickets are available from the Box Office.
Finals – November 11th
Ringside: €50
Angles: €40,
Gallery: Adults €30/Under 14s: €10
Club tickets – 10% discount on face value, with a minimum purchase of 10.
Finals tickets may be purchased at the Box Office on November 3rd, 4th, and 10th.
Finals tickets are available for purchase on 085 131 1870 from Monday, November 6th to Friday, November 10th, between 9am and 5pm.
Watch the Finals live.
IABA is delighted to affirm a renewal of our partnership with Sport TG4.
The station, and Nemeton Productions, live-streamed the 2023 National Elite Championship Finals on January 21st – the finals were watched by over 44,000 people.
The 2024 finals will take place on Saturday, November 11th, at the home of Irish boxing, beginning at 5pm. Seán Bán Breathnach, Cuán Ó Flatharta, Antoine Toto Ó Gríofa & Kaci Rock will share commentary & co-commentary.
The 2024 National Elite Championship finals are another key step on the Road to Paris for IABA athletes. Five boxers – lightweight Olympic Champion, Kellie Harrington, Tokyo Olympians 75kg Aoife O’Rourke and 57kg Michaela Walsh, as well as 63.5kg Dean Clancy and 92kg Jack Marley, have already qualified for the 2024 Olympics.
Team Ireland boxer Dean Clancy. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile Team Ireland boxer Dean Clancy, centre, alongside, Ciara Culhane, aged 9, and Nathan Hunt, aged 10, during a Dare to Believe Olympic Movement Breaks programme organised by The Olympic Federation of Ireland at the Sport Ireland Institute at the Sport Ireland Campus in Dublin. Photo by Sam Barnes/SportsfileTeam Ireland boxer Dean Clancy Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile *
Two Paris Boxing Olympians, double Olympian and reigning lightweight champion Kellie Harrington, and Paris-bound Dean Clancy, are among 12 athletes to lead the Olympic Movement Breaks with the Olympic Federation of Ireland, as part of the OFI’s Dare to Believe campaign.
The Minister of State for Sport and Physical Education, Minister Thomas Byrne TD has formally launched the programme today. It will see the Olympic Federation of Ireland’s Dare to Believe programme working alongside the Active School Flag Programme in creating exciting opportunities for primary school pupils to be more physically active.
The Olympic Movement Breaks is an easy-to-use format, with a series of short videos led by Olympians and High-Performance athletes, including Dean and Kellie, demonstrating fun exercises and activities that students of all abilities can do. The short videos, across a variety of different sports including boxing, athletics, rugby sevens, swimming, breakdancing, and para powerlifting, will help generate classroom-based movement opportunities.
With a shared goal of highlighting the many fun benefits of being more active, Dare to Believe and the Active School Flag Programme are using the Olympic Movement Breaks to encourage schools to take part in a four-week ‘Active Break Every Day’ challenge. Twelve athletes lead easy and fun exercises that range between 3 – 5 minutes and require no additional resources. Regular movement for children brings many benefits to the teaching and learning process, and following these high-performance athletes is a great way for young people to see some of the athletes who will represent Ireland in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games next summer.
Teachers will have access to a challenge chart where they can check off videos that their class completes each day during the 4-week challenge, which runs from Monday, 13th of November through to Friday, 8th of December. Furthermore, additional resources will be available alongside the videos where children can learn more about the athletes featured in the videos, by reading their bios and information on their respective Olympic sport. They also will learn about Olympic history and values and have the option of participating in a fun Olympic quiz at the end of each week.
The OFI Dare to Believe programme is supported by PTSB, the official sponsor of Team Ireland at the Paris 2024 Olympics. The Olympic Movement Breaks were created by the Dare to Believe co-founders Roisin Jones and Roisin McGettigan-Dumas with input from the Olympic athletes who participated in the programme, and with input from several teacher consultants.
Launching the Olympic Movement Breaks, Minister of State for Sport and Physical Education, Thomas Byrne, said,
“I am delighted to officially launch the Olympic Movement Breaks with the Olympic Federation of Ireland’s Dare to Believe Programme and the Active School Flag Programme
working together to address the challenges of decreasing levels of physical activity among our youth. It shows what can be done when Government departments and agencies work together for a common goal.
“The Olympic Movement Breaks have been developed to encourage primary schools to get involved in the Active Break Every Day Challenge, held annually by the Active School Glag Programme. The aim of the Active School Flag Programme is to get more schools, more active, more often, and the Olympic Movement Breaks will certainly support schools in this ambition in a fun and inclusive way.
“Building movement opportunities, such as these, into the school day creates positive impacts for our primary school pupil’s physical health and mental wellbeing, it also brings benefits to the teaching and learning processes. I would encourage all schools around the country to take part in this initiative and I look forward to hearing about school experiences in this fun and exciting challenge.”
Dare to Believe was co-founded by Beijing 2008 Olympian Roisin McGettigan-Dumas and Roisin Jones. Speaking at the launch of the Olympic Movement Breaks, the latest initiative from the PTSB-sponsored programme, Jones said,
“Dare to Believe is delighted to partner with Active Flags to deliver its latest fun but functional initiative for primary schools: ‘Olympic Movement Breaks’. Promising research indicates that short active movement breaks are shown to help students academically and emotionally as well as physically, so we want to help students to get in their learning zones! That’s why we’ve created over 20 Olympic Movement Breaks. We encourage teachers to use our Olympic Movement Breaks whenever their students need to take 5 to reset and refocus. It will give kids an introduction to Team Ireland Olympic athletes and challenge them to do some sort of sport-related activity.”
Minister of State for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy, Hildegarde Naughton T.D., said:
“The promotion of physical activity for health is one of my Department’s priorities and I am particularly pleased to see any initiative which encourages children and young people to get active and stay active. I am very happy to welcome the launch of the Olympic Movement Breaks programme and I encourage everyone to join our Olympic and Paralympic heroes in reaching for a healthy body and mind.”
Registration for the Dare to Believe Olympic Movement Breaks is free of charge and all details can be found on www.daretobelieve.ie
Two Boxing double Olympians have been nominated for the PTSB & Olympic Federation of Ireland “Inspiring the Nation” Award.
The accolade recognises the Team Ireland athlete role model that most encourages and motivates others in their sport, and in wider society.
Tokyo and Paris Olympian, Aoife O’Rourke is nominated alongside teammate, Tokyo Olympic lightweight champion and Paris Olympian, Kellie Harrington. The other nominees for the award are:
Sarah Lavin (Athletics)
Rhasidat Adeleke (Athletics)
Amy Wall (Kickboxing)
The winner will be announced at the OFI Team Ireland Olympic Ball takes place on Saturday.
IABA is preparing for the development of a Strategic Plan, 2024-2028 – the first member Strategic Forum will take place at the National Stadium Dublin, at 1.30pm on November 11th.
To prepare for the first forum, and to enable members who cannot attend on that day to share their views, IABA has opened an online member strategic consultation.
This consultation is anonymous and is open to all adult members of all clubs. The consultation takes under 10 minutes to complete, and includes the facility for members to share their vision for the future of Irish boxing.
Members are asked to share their views on the Board of Directors, Central Council, Provincial Councils/Units, High-Performance, and Staff, as well as on the governance of the federation.
The consultation is available here. It will close at 5pm on Wednesday, November 8th, and the results will be published in advance of the Strategy Forum at the National Stadium on November 11th.
Registration is open for IABA’s Annual General Meeting, and Extraordinary General Meeting on November 11th in the National Stadium, Dublin, from 11am on that morning. A Strategy Forum will take place from 1.30pm on that day – registration for this event, only, is not required.
The AGM will include a ballot on an Ordinary Resolution for increase of Directors to appoint a gender representative Board. This arises as: it is a government target to have 40% female representation in the board membership of national governing bodies of sport. The increase in the number of independent Directors from 2 (two) to 4 (four) is intended to assist in the meeting of these incentives.
39 sporting governing bodies, including the GAA, LGFA, Gymnastics Ireland, Swim Ireland and Hockey Ireland, have achieved this 40% target. Government requires sporting governing bodies to do so by the end of 2023. At present, IABA’s Board of Directors has 17% female representation.
The IABA constitution allows the increase of Directors by Ordinary Resolution by virtue of Object 46 but this amendment to the Constitution is intended to permanently incorporate the increased number of Directors by way of constitutional amendment. Should the Ordinary Resolution be passed by Voting Delegates, and EGM will take place directly after the AGM to vote on enshrining the Ordinary Resolution in the IABA constitution.
AGM & EGM Arrangements
Registration – Is open and available here. Registration will close at 12.30pm on Tuesday, November 7th
Eligibility – All clubs who have submitted affiliations for the 2023/2024 season.
Attendees: Eligible clubs may nominate any two adult members to attend as delegates – one to be a voting delegate, one to be a non-voting delegate. Delegates nominated by clubs must verified members – this means they must be included in the club’s affiliation application, through Blocworx, for the 2023/2024 season as members and be over the age of 18. *Please note, delegates will be required to present photographic identification (passport, drivers’ licence, etc) on the day of the EGM.
Any questions which your club might wish to raise at the EGM the resolution and the motion or any other matter, should be submitted in advance of the EGM, either by post care of The Company Secretary to The National Stadium, 145 South Circular Road, Dublin 8, or by email to AGM@iaba.ieno later than Friday, November 3rd at 5:00pm. This will facilitate us in providing the fullest response to any queries at the EGM.
Strategy Forum
The IABA’s Board of Directors is preparing to develop the association’s 2024-2028 strategy, which will set out the pathway for growth and progression in all areas of our sport.
As part of this process, the first Strategy Forum will take place at the National Stadium, Dublin, at 1.30pm on Saturday, November 11th. Unlike the AGM and EGM, registration will not be required for this event, and it will be open to all adult members of clubs successfully affiliated for the 2023/2024 season.
Documents and Reports
Notice of Special Resolution for AGM and EGM, which includes Agenda.
