There is 1 day remaining to register to attend the IABA’s EGM:

Time: 5.30pm, or shortly thereafter

Date: August 13th

Location: The National Stadium, Dublin

Eligibility: All clubs who have submitted affiliations for the 2022/2023 season by June 30th are eligible to attend

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 2022/2023 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.  

Registration:  here

Please note, the registration system will issue a confirmation email, indicating that “1 X ticket” has been secured. This single email confirms registration of the voting delegate, and the non-voting delegate, if a club elects to send two members to the EGM. Clubs don’t need to undertake separate registrations for each of their delegates.

Closing date for registration: 12:00 (noon), Thursday, August 11^th

The purpose of this EGM is to consider the following motion:

Motion 1:

“That Articles 5 and 73(e) of the Articles of Association of the Company Constitution be amended to replace the word “State” with “Island of Ireland.”

Passing of this proposed motion by members will not mean that all AGM and EGM will take place in in Antrim, Armagh, Derry, Down, Tyrone and Fermanagh. Passing of the motion means that AGM and EGM may take place in these locations. Should the motion be passed by members, the custom and practice of holding such meetings in Provincial Units on a rotating basis is intended to continue.

Any questions which your club might wish to raise at the EGM concerning the proposed 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 info@iaba.ie no later than Monday, 8th August at 17:00 pm. This will facilitate us in providing the fullest response to any queries at the EGM.

There are 2 days remaining to register to attend the IABA’s EGM:

Time: 5.30pm, or shortly thereafter

Date: August 13th

Location: The National Stadium, Dublin

Eligibility: All clubs who have submitted affiliations for the 2022/2023 season by June 30th are eligible to attend

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 2022/2023 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.  

Registration:  here

Please note, the registration system will issue a confirmation email, indicating that “1 X ticket” has been secured. This single email confirms registration of the voting delegate, and the non-voting delegate, if a club elects to send two members to the EGM. Clubs don’t need to undertake separate registrations for each of their delegates.

Closing date for registration: 12:00 (noon), Thursday, August 11^th

The purpose of this EGM is to consider the following motion:

Motion 1:

“That Articles 5 and 73(e) of the Articles of Association of the Company Constitution be amended to replace the word “State” with “Island of Ireland.”

Passing of this proposed motion by members will not mean that all AGM and EGM will take place in in Antrim, Armagh, Derry, Down, Tyrone and Fermanagh. Passing of the motion means that AGM and EGM may take place in these locations. Should the motion be passed by members, the custom and practice of holding such meetings in Provincial Units on a rotating basis is intended to continue.

Any questions which your club might wish to raise at the EGM concerning the proposed 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 info@iaba.ie no later than Monday, 8th August at 17:00 pm. This will facilitate us in providing the fullest response to any queries at the EGM.

August 8th is a red letter day in the annals of Irish Olympic boxing.

Today marks the 30th anniversary of Michael Carruth’s Barcelona gold, the 30th anniversary of Wayne McCullough’s silver, the first anniversary of Kellie Harrington’s Tokyo gold and the 10th anniversary of Paddy Barnes London bronze.

Olympic games are traditionally staged at any point during the 6 week window from early July to late August, and finals are usually held across two days. Olympic results from all games since Athens, 1896, are available here

Ireland won two medals at the Barcelona Olympics, Gold on August 8th when welterweight Michael Carruth defeated Juan Hernandez Sierra:

• Round of 32: bye
• Round of 16: Defeated Mikaele Masoe (American Samoa) on points, 11-2
• Quarter-final: Defeated Andreas Otto (Germany) on points, 35-22
• Semi-final: Defeated Arkhom Chenglai (Thailand) on points, 11-4
• Final: Defeated Juan Hernández Sierra (Cuba) on points, 13-10

The second medal of the day, a silver went to Wayne McCullough, who battled battled against Hernandez Sierra’s countryman, Joel Casamayor:

• Defeated Fred Mutuweta  – Points
• Defeated Ahmed Abbood  – Points
• Defeated Mohammed Sabo  – Points
• Defeated Gwang-Sik Li  – Points
• Lost to Joel Casamayor  – Points

Today also marks the first anniversary of Kellie Harrington’s Tokyo gold, which she claimed following a battle against Brazil’s Beatriz Ferreirra.

Round of 16 – defeated Rebecca Nicoli (Italy)

Quarter Final – defeated Imane Khelif (Algeria)

Semi Final – defeated Sudaport Seesondee (Thailand)

Final-defeated Beatriz Ferreirra (Brazil)

Paddy Barnes, on this day, became Ireland’s only boxing double Olympic medallist. He claimed his first bronze in Beijing in 2008, and his second at London 2012, contesting against Zou Shiming of China:

• Round of 16 – defeated Thomas Essomba  Cameroon 15–10
• Quarter final – defeated Devendro Singh  India 23–18
• Semi-final – lost to Zou Shiming  China 15–15 / 44–45 (CB)

Earlier this month, on August 2nd, Irish Boxing celebrated the 70th anniversary of the first Olympic medal. It was claimed by Belfast’s John McNally. He came to the bantamweight silver medal on August 2nd, 1952 at the Helsinki Games, by split decision in his final against home boxer, Pentti Hamalainen of Finland. His route to the final included unanimous decision wins over a Filipino boxer, an Italian boxer and a South Korean boxer.

The ’56 Games in Melbourne (4 medals), the ’92 Games in Barcelona (2 medals), the ’08 Games in Beijing (3 medals) the ’12 Games in London (4 medals) and the Tokyo Games ( 2 medals) are all notable in that Ireland came home with multiple medals

Boxing remains Ireland’s most successful Olympic sport, winning 18 of Ireland’s 35 medals at the Games – half of Ireland’s boxing Olympic medals have been won since the 2008 Games in Beijing.

Ireland’s Olympic Medal Winners:

John McNally, Silver, men’s bantamweight, 1952, Helsinki

Fred Tiedt: Silver, men’s welterweight, 1956, Melbourne

Tony Byrne: Bronze, men’s lightweight, 1956, Melbourne

John Caldwell: Bronze, men’s flyweight, 1956, Melbourne

Freddie Gilroy: Bronze, men’s bantamweight, 1956, Melbourne

Jim McCourt: Bronze, men’s lightweight, 1964, Tokyo

Hugh Russell: Bronze, men’s flyweight, 1980, Moscow

Michael Carruth: Gold, men’s welterweight, 1992, Barcelona

Wayne McCullough: Silver, men’s bantamweight, 1992, Barcelona

Kenny Egan: Silver, men’s light heavyweight, 2008, Beijing

Darren Sutherland: Bronze, men’s middleweight, 2008, Beijing

Paddy Barnes: Bronze, men’s light flyweight, 2008, Beijing; Bronze, men’s light flyweight, 2012, London

Katie Taylor: Gold, women’s lightweight, 2012, London

John Joe Nevin: Silver, men’s bantamweight, 2012, London

Michael Conlan: Bronze, men’s flyweight, 2012, London

Aidan Walsh: Bronze, men’s middleweight, 2021, Tokyo

Kellie Harrington: Gold, women’s lightweight, 2021, Tokyo

Team NI have topped the medal standings at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, taking home 5 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medal.

Boxing is Northern Ireland’s most successful sport at the Commonwealths with 61 medals, including 13 golds, 19 silvers and 29 bronze medal bronze, prior to the 2022 games. That tally has risen to 18 golds, 20 silver and 30 bronze, respectively.

Team NI’s golds came from European U22 bronze medallist and European silver medallist, Dylan Eagleson, World no. 5 and now 3 time CWG medallist, Michaela Walsh, 57kg Jude Gallagher, 63kg World Champion Amy Broadhurst, contesting at 60kg, Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist and now double CWG medallist, Aidan Walsh. The team’s silver came through 50kg Carly McNaul, and bronze through 70kg Eireann Nugent.

Wales Rosie Eccles, who got the win over Eireann Nugent, went on today to claim 70kg gold – so, too, did Nihat Nihat of India, who got the decision over Nicole Clyde in the 48kg quarter final.

N.I Commonwealth Team:

48kg Nicole Clyde, Antrim BC – Quarter Finalist

50kg Carly McNaul, Ormeau Rd BC – Silver medallist

51kg Clepson Paiva, Holy Trinity BC– Quarter Finalist

54kg Dylan Eagleson, St. Paul’s BC– Gold medallist

57kg Michaela Walsh, Emerald BC- Gold medallist

57kg Jude Gallagher, Two Castles BC– Gold medallist

60kg Amy Broadhurst, St. Bronagh’s BC– Gold medallist

63.5kg JP Hale, Star ABC

67kg Eugene McKeever, Holy Family BC, Drogheda

70kg Eireann Nugent, Immaculata BC– Bronze medallist

71kg Aidan Walsh, Emerald BC– Gold medallist

75kg Jake Tucker, Emerald BC

Performance Lead: John Conlan

Head Coach: Damian Kennedy

Coaches:

Liam Corr

Rory McShane

Jay Delaney

Support Team

Damian Martin

Lorcan McGee

There are 3 days remaining to register to attend the IABA’s EGM:

Time: 5.30pm, or shortly thereafter

Date: August 13th

Location: The National Stadium, Dublin

Eligibility: All clubs who have submitted affiliations for the 2022/2023 season by June 30th are eligible to attend

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 2022/2023 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.  

Registration:  here

Please note, the registration system will issue a confirmation email, indicating that “1 X ticket” has been secured. This single email confirms registration of the voting delegate, and the non-voting delegate, if a club elects to send two members to the EGM. Clubs don’t need to undertake separate registrations for each of their delegates.

Closing date for registration: 12:00 (noon), Thursday, August 11^th

The purpose of this EGM is to consider the following motion:

Motion 1:

“That Articles 5 and 73(e) of the Articles of Association of the Company Constitution be amended to replace the word “State” with “Island of Ireland.”

Passing of this proposed motion by members will not mean that all AGM and EGM will take place in in Antrim, Armagh, Derry, Down, Tyrone and Fermanagh. Passing of the motion means that AGM and EGM may take place in these locations. Should the motion be passed by members, the custom and practice of holding such meetings in Provincial Units on a rotating basis is intended to continue.

Any questions which your club might wish to raise at the EGM concerning the proposed 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 info@iaba.ie no later than Monday, 8th August at 17:00 pm. This will facilitate us in providing the fullest response to any queries at the EGM.