The Irish Athletic Boxing Association, in collaboration with Cork Sport Partnership, is delighted to announce the recruitment of the first ever Cork Regional Boxing Development Officer.
The appointment recognises Cork city and county’s proud boxing heritage. The role ensures Ireland’s most successful Olympic sport is open to even more people through boxing development programmes in a variety of settings, with a particular emphasis on IABA’s StartBox programme.
This full-time position is of strategic importance to the IABA in achieving its programme development goals and enhancing existing professional structures. The IABA is honoured to work with Cork Sport Partnership and Sport Ireland, through the Dormant Accounts Fund, in creating this role, and hopes this may be the first of several such roles in strategic locations around Ireland.
Applicants are invited to send a CV along with a Cover Letter to info@iaba.ie no later than 5pm 21st September 2022. The IABA is an equal opportunities employer
The IABA is levelling-up the Coach Education Pathway, working towards international recognitition of Irish boxing coaching qualifications.
In partnership with Sport Ireland Coaching, the IABA is designingCoach Education Courses in line with the Coach Development Programme for Ireland (CDPI), which works towards an internationally recognised coach education pathway.
Sport Ireland Coaching’s long-established Level 2 Coach Developer programme is now included on the National Framework of Qualifications as a Level 7 Special Purpose Certificate in Sports Coach Development (PG24650). Learners who complete the qualification will receive QQI (Quality and Qualifications Ireland) certification and 45 educational credits at Level 7 on the National Framework of Qualifications PG24650 – QSearch (qqi.ie).
This is a significant milestone as:
It raises the profile of the programme and the profile of Coach Developers nationally and internationally
Learners who complete the programme earn educational credits which they can use to access Further and Higher Education
The mobility of the award across Europe is strengthened as the National Framework of Qualifications is aligned to the European Qualifications Framework
The programme is delivered and managed in accordance with best practice in the quality assurance of education and training in Ireland.
Sport Ireland recently opened the application process for a €2million ‘Sport for All’ Disability Supports Club Fund. IABA is holding an information session for clubs, through Zoom, on Wednesday August 24th at 6pm. Registration below.
The funding scheme is open to IABA affiliated clubs; however, clubs should note the following:
Sport Ireland imposed a 15% funding cut on IABA on July 11th, following voting at the EGM on July 10th. This cut includes exclusion from certain grant and funding schemes. Sport Ireland has issued this advisory on Sport for All Disability Supports Fund and IABA affiliated clubs: “Clubs will be excluded from drawing down grants until such time as the IABA has made progress on the governance issues.” This means that IABA can accept and process applications for this grant and forward those applications on to Sport Ireland for processing at NGB level – however, IABA clubs which are successful in those applications will not be permitted by Sport Ireland to access those funds until governance issues are resolved. Sport Ireland has advised that funding awards will not expire.
The fund will support the initiation or enhancement of disability specific activities within grassroots sports clubs. Boxing Clubs can apply directly to the IABA for funding under this scheme. The IABA will then in turn submit a consolidated application on behalf of our clubs to Sport Ireland.
Clubs can apply for funding of between €1,000 and €5,000 to support the following areas:
Disability Supports Education & Training
Disability Supports Programme Activation and Delivery
Disability Supports Small Scale Equipment and Infrastructure
Clubs can apply for this grant through the following online application form
The application form is relatively short, but it does ask the following questions, so please give it due consideration before completing the application:
Please outline your Club’s proposal under the Sport for All Disability Supports Club Fund. (max 500 words)
Please provide an expenditure overview of how the funding would be utilised.
Please insert the total amount of funding being applied for. (Min €1000 Max €5,000)
If you have any questions on the grant, please send them to National Club Development Manager, James Geraghty james@iaba.ie in advance so that as many can be answered as possible.
Team Ireland finished the European Schools Championship in Turkey with 14 medals, 3 of them gold. They also come home with a 3rd placed team finish in the schoolboys competition and a 4th place finish in the schoolgirls competition.
In all, 338 boxers from 28 countries contested the tournament for 29 titles. Team Ireland sent, for the first time, the maximum number of permitted boxers in the team – 29, in all.
34-36kg Ellen Winnie Joyce, of Olympic L, Co. Westmeath, claimed silver in her finals contest against England’s Leah Paylor . 38kg Carley O’Herron, Rochfordbridge BC, Co. Westmeath, did likewise in her final against home boxer, Asli Donmezoglu. 40kg Elma Barry, Setanta L, Co. Kildare claimed gold against England’s Layla Straughan. 44kg Lauren Doherty Crinnion, Fr. Horgan’s, Co. Cork wnet toe-to-toe with Ukraine’s Khrystina Semeniv and comes home with silver. 46kg Alanna O’Brien, Setanta L, Co. Kildare contested against Ukraine’s Uliana Ovsepian and also came home with silver. 46kg Jamesie Casey, Sliabh Luchra BC, Co. Kerry, boxed Jacob Naismith and won silver. 48kg Christian Doyle, Olympic L, Co. Westmeath took on on Noah Barney-Smith of Englandin and won gold – so too did 50kg Brandon Geoghegan, Sacred Heart, Dublin against Georgia’s Akaki Basaria.
6 Team Ireland boxers come home with bronze medals: 42kg Abbey Molloy, Sacred Heart BC, Dublin, 70kg Chloe Louise Poleon, Dunboyne BC, Co. Meath, 44kg Daniel Joyce, Elite Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, 63kg Broderick Adbuire, Jobstown BC, Dublin, 80kg Richard Daniel Kiely, Midleton BC, Co. Cork and 90kg Jordie Cooke, Gleann BC, Co. Antrim.
8 Team Ireland boxers will contest European Schools Championship finals in Turkey today.
Girls finals will be boxed in the afternoon session, beginning at midday, Irish time. The Boys finals will be boxed in the evening session, beginning at 4pm, Irish time.
34-36kg Ellen Winnie Joyce, of Olympic L, Co. Westmeath, opens the finals, contesting against England’s Leah Paylor in Bout 1. 38kg Carley O’Herron, Rochfordbridge BC, Co. Westmeath is in action in Bout 2, against home boxer, Asli Donmezoglu. This will be followed by the meeting in Bout 3 40kg Elma Barry, Setanta L, Co. Kildare and England’s Layla Straughan. 44kg Lauren Doherty Crinnion, Fr. Horgan’s, Co. Cork goes toe-to-toe with Ukraine’s Khrystina Semeniv in Bout 5. 46kg Alanna O’Brien, Setanta L, Co. Kildare contests against Ukraine’s Uliana Ovsepian in Bout 6.
Three Team Ireland boxers are in action in the Evening Session. 46kg Jamesie Casey, Sliabh Luchra BC, Co. Kerry, boxes Jacob Naismith in Bout 4. 48kg Christian Doyle, Olympic L, Co. Westmeath takes on Noah Barney-Smith of Englandin Bout 5. In Bout 6, 50kg Brandon Geoghegan, Sacred Heart, Dublin meets Georgia’s Akaki Basaria.
6 Team Ireland boxers will come home with bronze medals: 42kg Abbey Molloy, Sacred Heart BC, Dublin, 70kg Chloe Louise Poleon, Dunboyne BC, Co. Meath, 44kg Daniel Joyce, Elite Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, 63kg Broderick Adbuire, Jobstown BC, Dublin, 80kg Richard Daniel Kiely, Midleton BC, Co. Cork and 90kg Jordie Cooke, Gleann BC, Co. Antrim.
