The first of a series of Cuts, Wraps & Corner Care provided by IABA Education and Training Officer, Nikki Foley, has taken place.
There was a full house at Saturday’s course, delivered by Joe Clifford the “Minute Medicine Man” and kindly hosted by Corpus Christi Boxing Club, Limerick.
This is a full-day (9am to 5pm) course, which includes 10 key modules:
1. A Brief History of an Age-Old Profession 2. Our Role 3. Communication & Critical Decision Making 4. Hand Wrapping 5. Tools of the Trade 6. Pathogens 7. Facial Anatomy & Danger Zones 8. Sequences of Treatments 9. Feedback & Performance Analysis 10. Concussion & ERPs
Course Dates, & Locations
*All courses run from 9am to 5pm.
September 20th: Curadh Boxing Club, Y14 W894
November 1st: Monkstown Boxing Club, Fitzgerald Park, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, A96 A0TY
Booking
Clubs can book this course, which is €25 per participant, through the “Workshop” section of their Blocworx portal
On the Day
All participants will need to bring a blunt end scissors, tape and gauze.
For more information, please contact Nikki Foley via nicola@iaba.ie
Swinford BoxCon
An half day cuts, wraps and corner care course is also taking place on September 12th as part of Swinford BoxCon. More here
Entries are being accepted, through clubs’ Blocworx portals, to the 2025 National U17 Championships.
This tournament is for boxers born in 2009 and 2010. Entries will close at 5pm on September 5th, and the draw will take place on Tuesday, September 9th.
Boxing will take place on September 12th, 13th, 14th, 19th and 20th. The venue for the preliminaries and quarter finals will be confirmed shortly; however, the championship’s semi finals and finals will be boxed in the National Stadium.
Team Ireland’s Team Co-Captains for the World Boxing World Championships have been named and are Adam Hession of Monivea BC, Galway, and Aoife O’Rourke of Castlerea BC, Roscommon.
Aoife is a four-time continental champion and a double Olympian; while Adam is a former Olympic Federation of Ireland Paris Scholar. Adam is no stranger to Team Captaincy, having held the role at the 76th Strandja Memorial Tournament in February – coming home with bronze, to boot. Adam and Aoife will represent Ireland at the World Boxing Championship Opening Ceremony.
The Co-Captains were collectively by the 17 boxers gearing-up to contest the championships. They are among 144 boxers from 18 federations putting the finishing touches to their preparations at a training camp at GB Boxing’s Olympic Training Centre in Sheffield. Federations taking part include: USA, Kazakhstan, India, Germany, England, France, Poland, Canada, Korea, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Philippines, Lithuania, Saudi Arabia, Kosovo and Slovakia.
While Team Ireland Patsy Joyce, of Olympic BC Mullingar, says he can’t wait for these World Boxing Championships. Patsy, representing Ireland at 55kg, is fresh from winning a 2025 National U23 Championship title.
World Boxing Championships Schedule
500 boxers from 60 federations will contest these championships, taking place at the M&S Arena, Liverpool.
The draw, which will lay out the path to the podium for each boxer, their opponents, and boxing schedules, will take place on September 3rd. The draw will be published HERE.
Boxing will begin on September 4th, with preliminaries and quarter finals concluding on September 10th. September 11th is a rest day at the tournament. Two sessions of semi-finals will take place on September 12th – while the first session on September 13th will see the completion of the semi-finals stage.
Finals will be boxed in the evening session on September 13th, and across both sessions on September 14th.
** Session times are liable to change. Session end times can be earlier or later than published.
Tickets and Live-Stream
The championships will be live-streamed by World Boxing HERE
The championship website is HERE; tickets are available for purchase.
Team Ireland
51kg Daina Moorehouse, of Enniskerry BC, Wicklow. Daina is from Bray, Co. Wicklow.
54kg Jenny Lehane of DCU Boxing Club, Dublin. Jenny is from Ashbourne, Co. Meath
57kg Michaela Walsh of Holy Family Golden Gloves BC Belfast.
60kg Zara Breslin of Tramore BC, Waterford.
65kg Grainne Walsh of St. Mary’s BC, Tallaght, Dublin. Grainne is from Tullamore, Co. Offaly
70kg Lisa O’Rourke of Castlerea BC, Co. Roscommon
75kg Aoife O’Rourke of Castlerea BC, Co. Roscommon
50kg Louis Rooney of Star BC, Belfast
55kg Patsy Joyce of Olympic BC, Mullingar Co. Westmeath
6okg Adam Hession of Monivea BC, Co. Galway
65kg Dean Clancy of Sean McDermott BC, Co. Leitrim. Dean is from Co. Sligo
70kg Matthew McCole of Illies Golden Glove BC Co. Donegal
75kg Gavin Rafferty of Dublin Docklands Boxing Club
80kg Kelyn Cassidy of Saviours Crystal BC, Co. Waterford
85kg Brian Kennedy of St. Brigid’s BC Edenderry Co. Offaly
90kg Jack Marley of Monkstown BC, Dublin
90+kg Martin McDonagh of Galway BC
Support Staff
Team Manager: Jon Mackey, National Performance Director
Head Coach: Zauri Antia
Coaches: Damain Kennedy, Lynne McEnery, Eoin Pluck, James Doyle and JP Delaney
Doctor: Jim Clover
Lead Physio: Rob Tuomey
Logistics Support: Sean Crowley, High Performance Manager
In a first for Irish Boxing, a 3-day series of coaching, youth mental health first aid, sports psychology, cuts & wraps, youth leadership and coaching teenage girls workshops.
BoxCon will take place in Swinford Co. Mayo, in collaboration with Swinford Boxing Club, from September 12th to 14th.
Swinford BoxCon is open to all – please note, however, that places on each workshop are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
Calendar
Cuts & Wraps Course with Ian Gatt
Taking place at Swinford Boxing Club on Friday September 12th from 6pm to 10pm, this course has been shaped to combine effective methods of being an effective Wrap-person and Cut-person in both training and competition settings. It is delivered by Ian Gatt, GB Boxing’s Head of Performance Support. Ian has been a sports physiotherapist for over 25 years, leading the medical and science services for the Great Britain Boxing program. The course curriculum is attached. Booking is via your club’s Blocworx portal and costs €10 per person.
Level One: Club Coach course takes place at Swinford Boxing Club on September 13th between 9am and 5pm. This is available for booking via your club’s Blocworx portal. Please note that Level One is a 22-hour long course, and will include online workshops on September 9th and 16th, and a second in-person day at the same location on September 20th. A 70% discount is available for women participants, using the code WS284
Sports Psychology Workshop
Taking place at Swinford Boxing Club on Sunday September 14th between 1pm and 3pm, this workshop is hosted by Sports Psychologist, Richard Shanahan, who worked alongside the Boxing High Performance Unit in preparation for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. This workshop is free of charge, and can be booked HERE: https://shout.com/s/CzLHcwkN
This is a two-day course, in partnership with Mental Health First Aid Ireland, taking place at Cruinniu, Main Street Swinford F12 AN25 from 9am to 4pm on Saturday September 13th and Sunday September 14th. This course is free of charge.
This course teaches participants how to assist a young person who may be experiencing a mental health problem or mental health crisis until appropriate professional help is received or the crisis resolves, using a practical, evidence-based action plan. This an evidence-based training programme.
Youth Leadership
This one day program on Saturday, September 13th takes place at Swinford Court Digital Hub . It focuses on enhancing leadership skills, communication, teamwork, and problem-solving abilities in participants aged 14-21. It aims to develop effective leaders within boxing clubs and communities. This course is free to attend, and booking is HERE: https://shout.com/s/oUkqc0l4
Coaching Teenage Girls
This in-person workshop will take place on Sunday, September 14th at Swinford Boxing Club between 9.30am and 12.30pm. It is open to all coaches and focusses on retention of teenage girls, the psycho-social needs of teenage girls in sport, practical strategies to foster the coach/athlete relationship and the affect puberty has on the mind and body of teenage girls and how can coaches support this. The workshop has four sections:
What we know about teenage girls in sport and the role of the coach
Team Ireland has departed for Sheffield, and a multi-nations camp ahead of the World Boxing Championships in September.
144 boxers from 18 nations are participating in this camp, taking place at GB Boxing’s headquarters in Sheffield. In addition to Ireland, nations include: USA, Kazakhstan, India, Germany, England, France, Poland, Canada, Korea, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Philippines, Lithuania, Saudi Arabia, Kosovo and Slovakia.
High Performance Director, Jon Mackey, says “Our preparations for the World Boxing Championships have so far included a 7 week bloc of training in the High Performance Unit, a domestic sparring camp with Hungary and Norway, and attending a multi-nations sparring camp in Germany. This 10 day Sheffield camp is the final part of our preparations, and the quality of sparring there will be superb – steel sharpens steel. I’ve been impressed by the professionalism, discipline and commitment shown by all 17 members of the team. They are where they need to be in terms of their readiness.”
Team Ireland will be supported in this camp by Physiotherapist, Rob Tuomey, Sport Ireland Nutritionist, Dr. Sharon Madigan, and Sport Ireland S&C Specialist, John Cleary.
More than 500 boxers from over 60 countries are expected to take part in the World Boxing Championships, which will be the first Elite-level global championships hosted by World Boxing, the new International Federation for Olympic style boxing. It will be the biggest Olympic-style boxing event to take place in Britain since the London 2012 Olympic Games. The action will feature competition in 10 weight classes for both men and women and be the first time ever that male and female boxers have competed in Olympic-style boxing for the title of World Boxing Champion at the same event.
Contesting this Championships is made possible by IABA clubs’ decision in April to also affiliate to World Boxing, on a dual member basis. World Boxing, which will run boxing at the LA28 Olympic Games, affirmed IABA as a member in May.
World Boxing Championships Schedule
The draw, which will lay out the path to the podium for each boxer, their opponents, and boxing schedules, will take place on September 3rd. The draw will be published HERE.
Boxing will begin on September 4th, with preliminaries and quarter finals concluding on September 10th. September 11th is a rest day at the tournament. Two sessions of semi-finals will take place on September 12th – while the first session on September 13th will see the completion of the semi-finals stage.
Finals will be boxed in the evening session on September 13th, and across both sessions on September 14th.
** Session times are liable to change. Session end times can be earlier or later than published.
Tickets and Live-Stream
The championships will be live-streamed by World Boxing HERE
The championship website is HERE; tickets are available for purchase.
Team Ireland
51kg Daina Moorehouse, of Enniskerry BC, Wicklow. Daina is from Bray, Co. Wicklow.
54kg Jenny Lehane of DCU Boxing Club, Dublin. Jenny is from Ashbourne, Co. Meath
57kg Michaela Walsh of Holy Family Golden Gloves BC Belfast.
60kg Zara Breslin of Tramore BC, Waterford.
65kg Grainne Walsh of St. Mary’s BC, Tallaght, Dublin. Grainne is from Tullamore, Co. Offaly
70kg Lisa O’Rourke of Castlerea BC, Co. Roscommon
75kg Aoife O’Rourke of Castlerea BC, Co. Roscommon
50kg Louis Rooney of Star BC, Belfast
55kg Patsy Joyce of Olympic BC, Mullingar Co. Westmeath
6okg Adam Hession of Monivea BC, Co. Galway
65kg Dean Clancy of Sean McDermott BC, Co. Leitrim. Dean is from Co. Sligo
70kg Matthew McCole of Illies Golden Glove BC Co. Donegal
75kg Gavin Rafferty of Dublin Docklands Boxing Club
80kg Kelyn Cassidy of Saviours Crystal BC, Co. Waterford
85kg Brian Kennedy of St. Brigid’s BC Edenderry Co. Offaly
90kg Jack Marley of Monkstown BC, Dublin
90+kg Martin McDonagh of Galway BC
Support Staff
Team Manager: Jon Mackey, National Performance Director
Head Coach: Zauri Antia
Coaches: Damain Kennedy, Lynne McEnery, Eoin Pluck, James Doyle and JP Delaney
Doctor: Jim Clover
Lead Physio: Rob Tuomey
Logistics Support: Sean Crowley, High Performance Manager
