Caroline Rodrigues – Women in Sport Officer

Caroline Rodrigues has been employed as Women in Sport Officer for the IABA in Dublin.

Caroline has been involved in Sports, Events and Venue Management for many years having organised sporting events such as Olympic and Paralympic Games as a Venue Manager in the venue that held Judo, Wrestling and Boccia, the American Cup (Soccer tournament) as a Marketing Coordinator, the Wheelchair Fencing World Cup as the Event Coordinator and many others.

Caroline has vast experience working in the sports administration area in public and private Brazilian sporting bodies such as Brazilian Ministry of Sports as an Anti-doping Operations Coordinator and Brazilian Paralympic Committee leading the anti-doping, classification, health and the disciplinary court areas in that body.

She is a former professional volleyball player. She played for about 18 years in Brazilian and abroad teams and she has won numerous Brazilian championships and South American and World medals representing Brazil on the world stage in the youth and university tournaments.

Caroline is post graduate in project management and has Advanced Sports Management, Sports Events Organisation and Multipurpose Arenas Management courses in well know education providers in sports field such as Olympic Solidarity.

She will be committed to increase women’s sustained involvement in boxing as coaches, volunteers, club members, officials, leaders and participants from grassroots to elite performance.

The Monkstown boxing club claimed a total of seven medals at the Odivelas Box Cup in Lisbon, Portugal last weekend.

A total of 350 boxers took part in the international tournament, with Monkstown winning three golds, three silvers and one bronze in a superb tally for their eight-strong squad.

The haule helped the Dublin unit finish 3rd in the medals table; an incredible feat considering there were 70 different teams from 12 different countries taking part, including the national teams of France, Belgium and Spain.

First through the ropes for Monkstown on finals day was Paddy Stapleton. After wins against England and Scotland in the previous rounds, the high volume puncher made no mistake with a unanimous points decision to claim gold.

Next up was the unlucky Thomas Tobin, who, after a great victory in his semi-final against Portugal, had to settle for silver with his corner retiring the southpaw due to an elbow injury in the 2nd round.

The hard-hitting Sean Trant came into his final on the back of a TKO win over Portugal but had to settle for silver after a points reversal against his Italian opponent.

Irish U18 heavyweight champion Jack Marley, who has caught the eye after some big wins in the previous 12 months, claimed gold in style after stopping his loud English opponent in the 2nd round, his 2nd stoppage win in as many days.

Irish Elite champion Sean Mari, unfortunately, got a walkover at 49kgs and stepped up to 52kgs.

Waiting for Sean was a name familiar to Irish boxing in Spanish champion Martin Malina Salvador who once shared the ring with Irish boxing legend Paddy Barnes. After three very close technical rounds – with both boxers having success – it was the Spaniard who edged a 3/2 split.

Kenneth Doyle was the last Monkstown boxer into the ring. With wins against Italy and France in the quarters and semis, the young Irishman capped off an excellent competition for Monkstown, winning the Elite 64kg belt with a 5/0 win over Karim Saboundji of the Belgium national team.

Malo Davis and Jacob Marrer were the other two Monkstown punchers in action.

Jacob was unlucky not to get his hand raised against his Scottish opponent after an excellent performance but it was the Scot who got the decision on a 3:2 split decision.

Davis claimed bronze after a big win against his Spanish foe in the quarters, and despite having success in his semi-final, it was his Scottish opponent who deservedly got the decision.

“We were very happy with all the boxers performances throughout the tournament, and these international tournaments are a vital part of their development and progression to become top elite boxers,” said Monkstown coach James Doyle.

Click here for international results.

(Images and copy from Portugal courtesy of James Doyle)

ELITE SCHOOLGIRL TRAINING 

Elite Schoolgirl Squad training for Girl 1 and Girl 2 Champions from 2019, plus any Girl 2 Cadet Champions in 2019,

Last session before Christmas.

Will take place Sunday the 15th of December from 11am to 3.30pm. Training takes place every second week.

Venue : High Performance Gym National Stadium .

All boxers taking part are asked to bring their full training gear including good quality 16oz sparring gloves, bag gloves, headguard, wraps, gumshield, skipping rope, water for two sessions and a change of clothes.

Any boxer unable to attend squad training should contact Secretary Jennifer on jenniferosullivan@newkd.ie or (087) 949 3451

Contact can be made also to Anna Moore or Tara Mari

Season tickets for 2020 are now on sale.

Call Sally at the National Stadium on (01) 453 3371 and choose Option 1.

Tickets can be purchased over the phone and posted out. Cost €100.

Click here for 2020 fixtures.

Entries are now being accepted for the Golden Girl Championships in Boras, Sweden.

The 3-day tournament begins on January 31 and runs until February 2.

Please click here for further information.

In recent years, more than 20 nations have competed. Currently, the number of registered boxers is 121 for the 2020 edition of the competition.

Ireland’s top female boxers have enjoyed plenty of success at this tournament in recent years.

Last year, the Golden Girl three-rounder between Panpatchara Somneck of Thailand and Ireland’s Lauren Dempsey was declared the fight of the year.