(Please note that draw was revised at 2pm today, October 16)

Please scroll down for draws for the 2019 National Senior Championships at Dublin’s National Stadium.

Boxing begins this Saturday at 12pm and 32 bouts will be decided.

Saturday’s weigh-ins – 8am to 9am and 12pm to 1pm at the National Stadium.

All subsequent weigh-ins are from 8am to 9am and 12pm to 1pm at the National Stadium on the day of each session.

 

 

National Men’s and Women’s Senior Championships National Stadium Dublin

Saturday, October 19

Preliminaries (12pm)

64kg Cameron Bennett (Swords) V Aaron O’Donohue (Fr Horgans)
64kg Derek Murray (Muskerry) V Jordan Morrissey (Athlone)
64kg Caoimhin Ferguson (Emerald) V Craig Kavanagh (Crumlin)
64kg Callum Walsh (Riverstown) V Ryan McCarthy (Togher)
64kg Evan Fitzgerald (Esker) V Dillon McDonagh (Docklands)
64kg Daniel McCarthy (Crumlin) V Gavin Bradshaw (Drimnagh)
69kg Matthew McCole (Illies GG) V Christian Preston (Docklands)
69kg Conor Reneghan (Keady) V Brandon Mulligan (Clann Naofa)
69kg Sean Butler (Riverstown) V Jack Prenderville (St Saviours OBA)
69kg Antoine Manin (Celtic Eagles) V Darren Shannen (Muskerry)
75kg Michael Kinsella (St Anthonys) V Jason Harty (Rathkeale)
75kg Jack Brady (Crumlin) V John Joe Nevin (Crumlin)
75kg Jack Lawlor (Templemore) V Shane O’Brien (St Francis)
75kg Shane Dooley (St Ibars/Josephs) V Daniel O’Sullivan (Lucan)
75kg Owen Bergin (Portlaoise) V Martin Sweeney (St Catherines)
75kg Adam Farrell (Fr Flanagans) V Oran Shields (Illies GG)
75kg Rokas Balrukoni (Clane) V Bob Hall (Crumlin)
81kg Jordan Donoghue (Drimnagh) V Faolan Rahill (DCU)
91kg Marcin Skalski (Athlone) V Michael McConigley (Illies GG)
91kg Thomas Moran (Ballinacarrow) V Shane Cunningham (Fr Horgans)
91kg Eamon Tighe (Ballinacarrow) V Thomas Maughan (Cavan)

Q/Finals

52kg Sean Kavanagh (Monkstown D) V Jude Gallagher (Two Castles)
52kg Ben Nelson (Townland) V John Cowman (St Paul’s W)
57kg Jennifer Lehan (DCU) V Tiffany O’Reilly (Curragh)
57kg Catherine Blaney (Navan) V Kellie McLoughlin (Drimnagh)
60kg Brandon McCarthy (St Michaels) V John Paul Hale (Star)
60kg Martin Noonan (Riverstown) V Teo Alin (Cookstown)
60kg Andrei Alexander (Crumlin) V Jack McGivern (St Georges)

 

Friday, October 25

Q/Finals (6.30pm)

64kg Michael O’Donnell (Celtic Eagles) V Jack Higgins (Crumlin)
64kg Winner V Winner
64kg Winner V Winner
64kg Winner V Winner
69kg Senan Dwyer (Crumlin) V Martin Sammon (Olympic G)
69kg Matthew McDonagh (Geesala) V Krystian Kowalski (Celtic Eagles)
69kg Winner V Winner
69kg Winner V Winner
75kg Diarmuid Mazarire (St Georges) V Winner
75kg Winner V Winner
75kg Winner V Winner
75kg Winner V Winner
81kg Thomas Myers (Sligo City) V Adam Mooney (St Marys Daingean)
81kg Sean Crowley (Arklow) V Philip Hickey (Paulstown)
81kg Daniel Houlihan (Kilcullen) V Conor Tighe (Ballinacarrow)
81kg Michael Frayne (Clonard L) V Winner
91kg Brian Mullen (St Annes) V Martin Mongans (Rathkeale)
91kg Michel Rudolf (Crumlin) V Joseph Farrell (Esker)
91kg Johnny Sheridan (Crumlin) V Winner
91kg Winner V Winner

 

Friday, November 1

S/Finals (6.30pm)

48kg Ciara Walsh (Smithfield) V Daina Moorehouse (Enniskerry)
52kg Jason Smith (Fr Flanagans)  V Nathan Horrigan (Hyland Academy)
52kg Winner V  Winner
57kg Kelsey Leonard (Curragh) V Dearbhla Rooney (Sean McDermott)
57kg Winner V Winner
56kg Terry Donohue (St Michaels) V Jamie Griffin (Riverstown)
60kg Renee Roach (DCU) V Rivers McCormack (St Saviours OBA)
60kg Killian Geraghty (Crumlin) V Winner
60kg Winner V Winner
64kg Winner V Winner
64kg Winner V Winner
69kg Karolina Jaglowska (Celtic Eagles)V Caroline Gallagher (Illies GG)
69kg Winner V Winner
69kg Winner V Winner
75kg Winner V Winner
75kg Winner V Winner
81kg Winner V Winner
81kg Winner V Winner
91kg Winner V Winner
91kg Winner V Winner
91+kg Martin Mongan (Corpus Christi) V Patrick Lavery (Tredagh)
91+kg Patrick Rogers (St Johns Derry) V Ciaran O’Griofa (Celtic Eagles)

 

Friday, November 8

Finals (6.30pm)

48kg Emma Feeney (Virginia) V Winner
49kg Sean Mari (Monkstown D) V Ricky Nesbitt (Holy Family Drogheda)
51kg Kirsten Cresham (Castlebar) V Kate Radomska (St Pauls Waterford)
52kg Winner V Winner
54kg Zara Breslin (Tramore) V Siobhan McKenna (Holy Family GG)
57kg Winner V Winner
56kg Dean Clancy (Sean McDermott) V Winner
60kg Isabella Hughes (Maynooth) V Winner
60kg Winner V Winner
64kg Evelyn Igharo (Clann Naofa) V Jaide Gibbons (Crumlin)
64kg Winner V Winner
69kg Rosie Doherty (St Francis) V Winner
69kg Winner V Winner
75kg Winner V Winner
81kg Winner V Winner
81+kg Naoise Finney (Ballybrack) V Winner
91kg Winner V Winner
91+kg Winner V Winner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commandant Adrian Watson has admitted that the qualification process for the World Military (CISM) Games in China wasn’t an easy one.

The multi-sport event featuring over 10,000 athletes from 110 nations starts Friday in Wuhan. The Army will represent Ireland in boxing, football and shooting.

Click here for the boxing schedule.

Ross Hickey, a multiple Irish Elite champion, Danny O’Brien, Irish Senior champion and Boxer of the Year, and national titlist Leona Houlihan, the first female boxer to represent Ireland at the Games, are included on a formidable-looking seven-strong panel.

 

Watson hailed the support of IABA CEO Fergal Carruth and High-Performance Director Bernard Dunne in the build-up to the 7th edition of the Games.

“At the minute we are in the CISM Olympic Village here in Wuhan where the anticipation for this famous world event is amazing. The Chinese love and worship their sport and this is highly reflective in the setup, said the Roscommon native.

“Overall, in our history, we have only won 6 military medals including four at boxing, the latest from Willie Egan, brother of Kenny, in the CISM in Rome 1995. It is nó coincidence our boxers have performed the most successful in these prestigious Olympic World Level Games.

“Over the last number of years, in collaboration with Comdt John Moody (Clare) and Comdt Brian Donagh (Kildare), we went about creating an environment of finding the best talent within the organisation and developing it, culminating in the most exciting and notable All Army finals where the top athletes were brought into High-Performance training camps obviously covering Military duties in their dual role as Soldiers and Elite Sportsmen consecutively.

Watson persuaded Hickey, who claimed bronze at the 2008 Europeans in Liverpool, to give it another shot.

He continued: “It has to be noted that our most successful recruitment tool is our athletes and boxing has done a lot to encourage this.

“Danny O’Brien was one of our first success stories winning a coveted National Senior Title in 2018 and he subsequently won Irish Senior Boxer of the Year. Ross Hickey is a former four-time National Elite champion and a former European bronze medalist. He returned to training after I sought him out in Cookstown Gym last year asking him would he like to try to finish his career bowing out at this Olympic level event having narrowly missed out on London Olympic qualification in 2012.

“Brian Kennedy from Offaly is a former National U/22 champion and also a top prospect at the Games having comprehensively fought the last amateur to beat Joe Ward in a recent training camp in the German Elite Sports Academy where Col Tom Callaghan with Gen Peter O’Halloran ensured we got the best preparation leading into these major Championships.

“There’s something about an Irish soldier fighting for his honour and representing his country that captures the imagination. Sgt John Molloy is Head Coach from Offaly bringing a wealth of experience from his GAA /Boxing background.

“Cpl Leona Houlihan will represent Crumlin Boxing Club and Phil Sutcliffe, a two-time Olympian and European medallist, at the Games having successfully won two Elite National titles and will be the first lady stepping into the ring for the Irish Army as this is the first year female boxers are allowed participate in the CISM Olympics.

“The road to qualifying has not been easy, and to do this one has to beat the best laid before one at the All-Army finals and fight at Elite level as well as top national tournaments. Fergal Carruth and Bernard Dunne have been immensely supportive from the IABA”.

The draw will be held this Friday with boxing slated to begin 24 hours later.

Watson added: “A life less ordinary in the Irish Military, not only signifies the opportunity to serve your country overseas in a robust environment, but it also includes the ability to compete at the highest level against the best athletes in the World at a Military Olympics.

“There is no doubt that the Irish boxers will bring the stadium to their feet with their bravery and physical courage, virtues significant and reflective of the Irish Army soldier,” he concluded.

The Irish Army has played a notable role in the evolution of boxing as Ireland’s most successful sport.

Six of the seven-strong Irish boxing team for Paris 1924, Ireland’s first Olympiad as an independent nation, were Irish army men.

Meanwhile, Wuhan is seven hours ahead of Ireland.

Images: Squad, Ross Hickey with Team Manager Adrian Watson, head coach Sgt John Molloy and training shot.

Irish squad

Team Manager Comdt: Adrian Watson (Roscommon)
Head coach: Sgt John Molloy (7th Batt) (Offaly)

80kg: Cpl Leona Houlihan (Dublin)
64kg: Pte Stephen Lockhart (7th Dublin)
69kg: Pte, Ross Hickey (Kildare)
75kg: Lt Mike Connelly (Galway)
81kg: Tpr Brian Kennedy (Offaly)
91kg: Pte Danny O’Brien (Dublin)
91kg+: Pte Antoine O Gríofa (Galway)

 

Commandant Adrian Watson has admitted that the qualification process for the World Military (CISM) Games in China wasn’t an easy one.

The multi-sport event featuring over 10,000 athletes from 110 nations starts Friday in Wuhan. The Army will represent Ireland in boxing, football and shooting.

Click here for the boxing schedule.

Ross Hickey, a multiple Irish Elite champion, Danny O’Brien, Irish Senior champion and Boxer of the Year, and national titlist Leona Houlihan, the first female boxer to represent Ireland at the Games, are included on a formidable-looking seven-strong panel.

Watson hailed the support of IABA CEO Fergal Carruth and High-Performance Director Bernard Dunne in the build-up to the 7th edition of the Games.

“At the minute we are in the CISM Olympic Village here in Wuhan where the anticipation for this famous world event is amazing. The Chinese love and worship their sport and this is highly reflective in the setup, said the Roscommon native.

“Overall, in our history, we have only won 6 military medals including four at boxing, the latest from Willie Egan, brother of Kenny, in the CISM in Rome 1995. It is nó coincidence our boxers have performed the most successful in these prestigious Olympic World Level Games.

“Over the last number of years, in collaboration with Comdt John Moody (Clare) and Comdt Brian Donagh (Kildare), we went about creating an environment of finding the best talent within the organisation and developing it, culminating in the most exciting and notable All Army finals where the top athletes were brought into High-Performance training camps obviously covering Military duties in their dual role as Soldiers and Elite Sportsmen consecutively.

Watson persuaded Hickey, who claimed bronze at the 2008 Europeans in Liverpool, to give it another shot.

He continued: “It has to be noted that our most successful recruitment tool is our athletes and boxing has done a lot to encourage this.

“Danny O’Brien was one of our first success stories winning a coveted National Senior Title in 2018 and he subsequently won Irish Senior Boxer of the Year. Ross Hickey is a former four-time National Elite champion and a former European bronze medalist. He returned to training after I sought him out in Cookstown Gym last year asking him would he like to try to finish his career bowing out at this Olympic level event having narrowly missed out on London Olympic qualification in 2012.

“Brian Kennedy from Offaly is a former National U/22 champion and also a top prospect at the Games having comprehensively fought the last amateur to beat Joe Ward in a recent training camp in the German Elite Sports Academy where Col Tom Callaghan with Gen Peter O’Halloran ensured we got the best preparation leading into these major Championships.

“There’s something about an Irish soldier fighting for his honour and representing his country that captures the imagination. Sgt John Molloy is Head Coach from Offaly bringing a wealth of experience from his GAA /Boxing background.

“Cpl Leona Houlihan will represent Crumlin Boxing Club and Phil Sutcliffe, a two-time Olympian and European medallist, at the Games having successfully won two Elite National titles and will be the first lady stepping into the ring for the Irish Army as this is the first year female boxers are allowed participate in the CISM Olympics.

“The road to qualifying has not been easy, and to do this one has to beat the best laid before one at the All-Army finals and fight at Elite level as well as top national tournaments. Fergal Carruth and Bernard Dunne have been immensely supportive from the IABA”.

The draw will be held this Friday with boxing slated to begin 24 hours later.

Watson added: “A life less ordinary in the Irish Military, not only signifies the opportunity to serve your country overseas in a robust environment, but it also includes the ability to compete at the highest level against the best athletes in the World at a Military Olympics.

“There is no doubt that the Irish boxers will bring the stadium to their feet with their bravery and physical courage, virtues significant and reflective of the Irish Army soldier,” he concluded.

The Irish Army has played a notable role in the evolution of boxing as Ireland’s most successful sport.

Six of the seven-strong Irish boxing team for Paris 1924, Ireland’s first Olympiad as an independent nation, were Irish army men.

Meanwhile, Wuhan is seven hours ahead of Ireland.

Images: Squad, Ross Hickey with Team Manager Adrian Watson, head coach Sgt John Molloy and training shot. 

 

 

Irish squad

Team Manager Comdt: Adrian Watson (Roscommon)
Head coach: Sgt John Molloy (7th Batt) (Offaly)

80kg: Cpl Leona Houlihan (Dublin)
64kg: Pte Stephen Lockhart (7th Dublin)
69kg: Pte, Ross Hickey (Kildare)
75kg: Lt Mike Connelly (Galway)
81kg: Tpr Brian Kennedy (Offaly)
91kg: Pte Danny O’Brien (Dublin)
91kg+: Pte Antoine O Gríofa (Galway)

The IABA extends its deep condolences to the Quinlan family following the recent death of Billy Quinlan.

The late Mr Quinlan, pictured above, represented Ireland versus England at the National Stadium in the 1960s and boxed for UCD in the Irish and Leinster Junior Championships in 1961, winning a Leinster title and reaching the finals at the Nationals.

May he rest in eternal peace.

The Irish team, pictured below, versus England in 1963. L to R: Tony Brogan (heavy), Ivan Christie (light-heavy), Billy Quinlan (middle), Henry Turkington (light-middle), Des Leahy (welter), Brian Spain (light-welter), Jack O’Rourke (light-heavy), Pat Fitzsimons (feather), Jim Fitzsimons (bantam).

 

 

 

The 2019 World Elite Women’s Championships concluded in Ulan-Ude, Siberia last evening.

Ireland’s four-strong squad finished in 15th spot in the rankings table after recording six wins out of ten bouts in eastern Russia.

Russia topped the medals table with three gold, silver and two bronze. Russia claimed three gold and bronze at the Men’s World Elites in Ekaterinburg, Russia last month and finished second in the medals table.

The host nation, which did not bank any gold at Hamburg 2017 (Men’s) and New Delhi 2018 (Women’s), won 30% of the male and female World titles available in the last two months.

All the Irish panel were beaten by medallists in the last 16 and quarter-finals in Siberia, with Cork welter Christina Desmond losing out to Turkey’s eventual 69kg champion Busenaz Surmeneli.

Wales’ Lauren Price won the middleweight title after a successful appeal on the last day of competition.

Price initially lost on a 3-2 split to Rio 2016 finalist Nouchka Fontijn of the Netherlands, who Desmond has beaten in the past, but Team GB appealed and the decision was overturned.

Russia, Philippines, Brazil, Turkey and Wales won titles in the five Olympics weights – fly, feather, light, welter and middle – for women at the 11th edition of the tournament.

Europe won nine of the 20 gold, silver and bronze medals on offer in the five Olympic female limits in Ulan-Ude ahead of the European qualifiers for Tokyo 2020 in London next March.

The Irish squad and staff are scheduled to arrive home from Siberia via Dublin Airport at 11.30pm tonight (October 14, Terminal 2 via Berlin).

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