Programmes of boxing for the 2022 National Seniors & 2022 National Novice championships on Friday, October 14th have been issued.

Boxing begins at 6:30pm, and weigh-ins take place between 8am and 9am and again between 12pm and 1pm.

SENIORS

1. 54kg  Mark Pabilona (St Saviours OBA) V Gavin Ryan (Ratoath Golden Gloves)
2. 57kg  Scott Hanaway (DCU) W/O
3. 57kg  Ben Hourican (Monkstown D) W/O
4. 57kg  James Sibley (Gorey) V Karl Sheridan (Cherry Orchard)
5. 57kg  Tiernan Glennon (St Josephs U) W/O
6. 60kg Ronan Mongan (Holy Family GG) V Andres Clemenger (Smithfield)
7. 60kg  Teo Alin (Cookstown)  V Adam Sinnott (Rathnew)
8. 60kg  Joe O’Brien (Togher) V Dean Buckley (St Carthages)
9. 60kg  DJ Murphy (Paulstown) V Lateef Bayo Alabi (Westside)
10. 63.5kg Michael O’Domhnaill (Connemara) V Anthony Malanaphy (Erne)
11. 63.5kg N/C
12. 63.5kg Dane Finn (St Nicholas) V Darren O’Connor (Loughrea)
13. 63.5kg Aaron O’Donoghue (Golden Gloves)  V Craig Moran (Neilstown)
14. 67kg  Aoghan Byrne (Kilcullen) V Christopher McCabe (Santry)
15. 67kg  Killian Hardy (Golden Gloves)  V Cahan Hallinan (Olympic C)
16. 67kg  Antoine Og O’Mainin (Connemara) V Ryan McCarthy (Fr Horgans)
17. 67kg  Cian Cramer (Cabra)  V Cathal Jennings (Holy Family GG)
18. 71kg  Jack Prenderville (St Saviours OBA) V Liam Butler (Paulstown)
19. 71kg  Darran Shanahan (Muskerry)  V Patrick Doherty (Fr Horgans)
20. 71kg  Hughie Doyle (Templemore) W/O
21. 71kg  Gavin Bradshaw (Drimnagh) V Darragh Gilroy (Fr Flanagans)

                                                                         NOVICE

• 81kg  Darren Jordan (Bunclody) V Jano Mabuji (Rathnew)
• 81kg  Paul Kelly (Olympic C) V Tiernan Holland (DCU)
• 81kg  Robert Maddy (DCU) V Charlie Reilly (Navan)
• 81kg  David Lenart (Crumlin) V Dillon Saunders (St Saviours OBA)
• 81kg  Brian Long (Golden Gloves)V Kirill Usovich (St Saviours OBA)
• 81kg  Prince Egbunam (Angels)V Jesse Edet (Crumlin)

*Boxers who have walk overs will not need to weigh in until the day they are boxing next.

**As of the 1^st of September 2022 all boxers with the exception of Elites must wear headgear in the corresponding colours of their corner, in all competitions. **

Women coaches across five sports, including boxing, are being invited to the inaugural Female Coach Networking Conference.

This unprecedented networking opportunity is a collaboration between the Irish Athletic Boxing Association, Athletics Ireland, Cycling Ireland, Rowing Ireland and Triathlon Ireland.

The Female Coach Networking Conference was born after the NBG collective listened to overwhelming feedback from participants in our Women in Sport Coaching Pathway Programme. These women coaches wanted a chance to meet, to develop new relationships with counterparts across sport, learn from one another’s experience and share coaching expertise.

Two keynote speakers will headline a pack schedule at the Clayton Hotel, Liffey Valley, Dublin on November 6th -FIFA High Performance Consultant and Strategy Specialist, Lisa Fallon, who is also the Chair of Paralympics Ireland; she’ll be joined by Dr Phil Kearney, Lecturer in Skill Acquisition, Coaching and Performance at University of Limerick. Dr. Kearney is delivering an address on layering the 4 Cs -Competence, Confidence, Connection and Character into coaching for optimal athlete development”

Female Coach Networking Conference Itinerary

9.30am – 10.00am: Sign in, with light refreshments

10.00am – 11.00am: Networking Session with Hayley Harrison

11.00am – 11.30am: Keynote address – Lisa Fallon

11.30am – 12.30pm: Layering 4 Cs into your coaching for optimal athlete development – Dr Phil Kearney

12.30pm – 1.30pm: Lunch

1.30pm – 2.30pm: Sport specific sessions

2.30pm – 3.00pm: Closing address – Lisa Fallon

Coaches from the boxing, rowing, cycling, triathlon and athletics who are interested in attending this free event are asked to sign up here: https://eventmaster.ie/event/n8QPuplH0v

Any questions about the event can be directed to the IABA Women in Sport Officer, Louise McKenzie, louise.mckenzie@iaba.ie

This event has been funded by the Women in Sport fund from Sport Ireland, a special thank you to Sport Ireland for the continued support

The IABA is opening registration for an Optimising Performance for Training and Recovery workshop, as part of a suite of events launched to mark International Day of the Girl.

The workshop will be facilitated by Performance Nutritionist Stephen Floyd. Stephen has worked with a range of combat sports, and including Irish two-time Olympic bronze medallist, Paddy Barnes. He has also worked with Everton FC and the IFA.

The workshop will focus on the importance of optimizing performance and recovery for athletes, which can help ensure they perform optimally during competitions. Most athletes can get this wrong, especially boxers due to using extreme methods to make weight such as restricting food or fluid intake, this can have negative consequences on performance recovery and health. It has also been shown that most boxers don’t fully refuel and rehydrate on time for competition once they do weigh in.

The workshop will focus on key nutrition strategies athletes can implement throughout the year to make sure they are well fuelled going into each training session, recovering optimally and also ensuring they get their nutrition right between weigh-ins and competition.

Stephen’s presentation will last approximately 60 minutes, followed by a Q&A session via Chat function.

This workshop is for boxers and coaches aged 16 and over. Places are limited and you can register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/435620952997

IMPORTANT – Once you have registered you will be emailed with the log in details prior to the workshop. Please take care when entering your email address during the registration process as this will be our only means of contacting you with the login details.

For more information, please contact IABA’s Women in Sport Lead, Louise McKenzie, on louise.mckenzie@iaba.ie

The second round of the Lead – Women’s Boxing Programme will begin shortly, and clubs are invited to take part.

The first round, as part of the #FollowHerLead2022 series, took place from March, driven by Trojan and Tralee Boxing Clubs. Dozens of women took part in boxing for the first time through the programme.

The IABA, through grant funding awarded by Sport Ireland in 2021, will fund RoI clubs in the provision of a free 6-week programme for new women members in 20 clubs. This funding is ring-fenced for Women in Sport initiatives.

The expression of interest form is attached, and the clubs will be included in the programme on a first come, first served, basis.

We’ll provide social media images and logos to help RoI clubs advertise their participation in this free programme.

Any clubs who wish to join those already registered for Lead – Women’s Boxing Programme, are invited to return the attached expression of interest form to IABA’s Women in Sport Lead, Louise McKenzie, through louise@iaba.ie by 5pm on October 31st. The programme must be delivered by December 31^st.

As part of IABA’s celebration of Day of the Girl, registration is now open for our Coaching Teenage Girls workshop.

This full day, in person event is funded through Sport Ireland funding ring-fenced for Women in Sport Initiatives. The seminar will take place in the Clayton Hotel, Blanchardstown, Dublin, on Saturday November 26th from 9.30am.

The workshop is aimed at coaches of girls aged 12 to 17. It has been developed by Sport Ireland Coaching in conjunction with the Federation of Irish Sport, the School of Health & Human Performance Dublin City University and Lifes2Good Foundation.

The workshop was developed to enable coaches to create a positive experience of sport and physical activity for girls in their formative years and provide an environment where girls and young women can develop holistically.

A strong emphasis is placed throughout the workshop on supporting coaches to identify and engage in effective coaching practice reflecting the importance of the coach-athlete relationship, and specifically the role of the coach in a young girl’s development. This involves employing a positive and athlete-centred coaching framework, to support the development of the autonomy, capabilities, and sense of belonging that underpin lifelong engagement in sport and physical activity

Coaches can register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/435624543737

For more information, please contact IABA’s Women in Sport Lead, Louise McKenzie, louise.mckenzie@iaba.ie