The Dublin County Board ran an International Schoolboy Boxing Tournament over weekend 22nd to 24th November. A very strong Russian team from Moscow & Central Region, along with selections from Kilkenny & West Meath came to take on the Dubs over two days in Dun Laoghaire, Dublin.

Schoolboys Tri Nations Dublin 2019 – Programs

All 82 bouts (some exhibitions) were boxed with lots of skills, talent & courage well beyond their years shown by all boys aged 11 to 13. The Dublin Committee would sincerely like to thank Garry Kehoe (Mable City Kilkenny BC), JJ Joyce (Olympic Mullingar BC) and Ken Quinn (Achill BC) for stepping late and supplying great boxers to compete against the Dubs for Kilkenny & West Meath.

Two awards were made to two ‘Dublin & Irish Boxing Coaching Legends Brendan Dunne & Greg Ormond’. Both men have coached boxers from Schoolboy Level to Irish Elite Champions, Major Internationals and then onto the World Championship stage in the Professional Game. Three boxers to name but a few ‘Bernard Dunne, Stephen Ormond & Ian Tims’ were coached by the two iconic men. Both of them are still coaching future champions to this today with Palmerstown BC. “Thanks for your hard work and dedication lads”.

We would like to thank some key people with the running & support to this tournament:

Pat White – Smackwear.ie – Sponsorship of Medals

Will Clarke & St. Josephs Boys FC Committee – Sponsorship of Boxing Venue

DJ Mark Byrne – Sponsorship of PA & Music System

All our Referee’s & Judges – All Voluntary

All our Volunteers who provide meals throughout the weekend

(Images and copy courtesy of JP Kinsella)

Congratulations to all those who attended and completed Safeguarding level 1 training in FirgroveHotel Mitchelstown last night.
The course was delivered by the National Operations & Safeguarding Manager David Britton and IABA Safeguarding Denise Simpson. Special thanks goes to the Munster Boxing Council for arranging the event which saw 25 participants successfully complete the training. 🥊

Current European Elite champions Aoife O’Rourke and Kurt Walker have been longlisted for the RTE Sportsperson of the Year Award.

Roscommon middleweight O’Rourke claimed gold at the European Women’s Elites in Madrid last August to become the only Irish female boxer besides Katie Taylor to secure a title at this level.

Antrim bantam Walker topped the 56kg podium at the European Men’s Elites in Minsk, Belarus in June.

(The European Men’s Elites was run in conjunction with the European Games in the Belarussian capital).

Olympic champion Katie Taylor has also been nominated. The Bray woman and ex Irish Elite titlist unified the lightweight division in 2019 and became a two-weight champion in the pro ranks.

Click here  for nominees

The winner will be announced on the awards programme on RTÉ One on Saturday, 14 December at 9.30 pm.

Elite Schoolgirl Squad training for Girl 1 and Girl 2 Champions from 2019 , plus any Girl 2 Cadet Champions in 2019, will take place Sunday the 1st of December from 11am to 3.30pm at the High-Performance Gym at the National Stadium.

Elite Schoolgirl squad training takes place every second week.

All boxers taking part are asked to bring their full training gear including good quality 16oz sparring gloves, bag gloves, head guard, 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) 9493 451

Contact can be made also to Anna Moore or Tara Mari.

Nine bouts will be decided at the inaugural Elite Open Leagues at Dublin’s National Stadium on Friday evening.

One female light welter contest, three male middleweight bouts, two light-heavy clashes, welter, heavy and super-heavy three-rounders are pencilled in for decision.

This year’s (February) Elite finalist Tommy Hyde meets Brian Kennedy at light-heavy.

Hyde’s great-granduncle, also Tommy Hyde, claimed a first Senior (Elite) belt for Cork’s Sunnyside BC at the Stadium in 1946.

Clodagh Greene and Renee Roach got head-to-head in the opening bout of the session on Friday.

Note – All boxers should bring their record books with them on Friday.

Clubs with boxers willing to partake in the Open Elite Leagues are asked to send details to the National Secretary, Paddy Gallagher at paddythegaa59@gmail.com.

Please include boxers name, weight, club, year of birth and club coach contact details.

Boxing begins at 7.30 pm on Friday.

Entry (payable at the door): Adults €10 and Children €5.

Open Elite Leagues National Stadium Dublin

Friday, November 29 (7.30 pm)

F64KG Clodagh Greene (Crumlin) v Renee Roach (DCU)
75KG John Joe Nevin (Crumlin) v Jack Lawlor (Templemore)
75KG Shane Dooley (St.Ibars) v Keelyn Cassidy (Saviours Crystal)
75KG Thomas Myers (Sligo City) v Glory Carlos Lmuala (Maynooth)
69KG Michael Bustard (Dockers) v Terry McEntee (DCU)
81KG Larry Redmond (Ballybrack) v Simon Bangu (Dunboyne)
81KG Tommy Hyde (Athy) v Brian Kennedy (Daingain)
91KG Brian Mullin (St.Annes) v Wayne Rafferty (St.Ciannians)
91+KG Thomas Carty (Crumlin) v Dean Scullion (Loughshore)