As you are aware, the Volunteer in Sport Awards are back for 2019!

We are delighted to be able to reinstate the awards with the support of EBS this year and recognise the hard work of the hundreds of thousands of volunteers that keep sport and physical activity running in Ireland. The nominations are coming in fast and our esteemed judging panel will be announced in the coming weeks.

As volunteerism reaches all corners of Ireland and all levels of sport we need your help to recognise and reward those who deserve it most. We’d appreciate if you could share the information below with your clubs, members and social media audiences over the next couple of weeks to ensure everyone knows how and where to nominate!

Do you know someone who is the backbone of their club, team or sport? Someone who deserves to have all their hard work recognised?

The Volunteers in Sport Awards are back and nominations are open!

To nominate go to www.volunteersinsport.com

 

 

The National Men’s and Women’s Elite Championships will be run for a second time this year to facilitate Ireland’s boxers going into the European qualifiers for Tokyo 2020.

Dominic O’Rourke, President of the IABA, today confirmed that the second (2019) edition of the Championships is pencilled in for five days inclusive between Monday, November 18 and Friday, November 22 at the National Stadium in Dublin.

The European qualifiers for Tokyo 2020 will be hosted at an exact date and venue to be confirmed in London next February.

77 Olympic places – 50 for men and 27 for women – are up for grabs in the English capital.

There will be one final World qualifier for men and women at a date and venue to be confirmed in Japan early next summer.

286 boxers – 186 males and 100 females – will compete across eights weights for men and five for women at the 32nd Olympiad.

Six Tokyo 2020 places, four for males and two for females, go to the host nation and 8 Olympic invitation berths will be distributed through the Tripartite Commission, leaving 272 places to be claimed through the qualification process.

 

The European Boxing Confederation (EUBC) has congratulated Ireland’s young boxers, pictured above, on their performances at the European Schoolboy/girl Championships in Georgia earlier this month.

A record 18 medals – two gold, six silver and 10 bronze – were claimed by the Boys and Girls in Green in Tbilisi.

“With great pleasure that I would like to send my warm congratulations for your performance in the EUBC Schoolboys & Schoolgirls European Boxing Championships Tbilisi 2019, said EUBC President Franco Falcinelli.

Your successful performance is a result of your hard training, discipline, dedication and boxing abilities, but also of a great work done by your coaches, medical staff, showing the efficiency of your Boxing National Federation. Wishing you all the best and a lot of future bright performances.”

Please see below attachment for EUBC letter.

 

IRL Congratulatory Letter – EUBC Schoolboys & Schoolgirls 2019

 

Please scroll down for details of Sunday’s (August 18) Ulster Boxing Council (UBC) AGM in Belfast.

The UBC Officer Board was returned unopposed except for the election of Donegal native James McCarrion as Vice President at the Balmoral Hotel.

Dom O’Rourke, President of the Irish Athletic Boxing Association, attended yesterday’s conference and described proceedings as very positive.

High-Performance coach John Conlan and Sean O’ Hare, the new Ulster Operations manager, also attended the meeting which attracted over 60 attendees.

The UBC discussed several exciting plans for the new season including the hosting of the Ulster Elite Championships at the Ulster Hall for a third successive year.

The Elite Championships were held at the iconic Belfast venue for the last two seasons and both tournaments were highly successful.

 

Ulster Boxing Council 2019 AGM 

August 18

Officer Board

President: Kevin Duffy

Vice President: James McCarron (Donegal)

Secretary: Charlie Toland

Treasurer: Jim Knox

Medical Registrar: Eamon Henry

Registrar: Eugene Duffy

Child Protection Officer: Liam Corr

Medical Officer: Dr. Michael McKenna.

Members

Christy Fullerton, Gary McGillion, Eugenie O’Kane Jnr, John Gallagher, Marty Toland, Gerry McCarthy, Michael O’Neill, Peter O’Donnell

 

 

 

 

A seven-strong Irish squad has been confirmed for the 2019 AIBA World Elite Men’s Championships in Ekaterinburg, Russia.

Boxing2019 – AIBA World Boxing Championships – Team Delegations Handbook

The 20th edition of the tournament since Havana 1974 runs from September 7 to September 21 in Ekaterinburg.

The squad, which includes current European Elite champion Kurt Walker, depart for a final training camp at the German Olympic Centre in Kienbaum next Sunday under coaches John Conlan and Eoin Pluck.

The host nation, the Cuban No. 1 side, two Thailand squads and Ireland will take part in the camp with Ireland travelling straight to Ekaterinburg from Germany.

Ireland trained in Kienbaum last March in the lead up to the Chemistry Cup.

Germany coach Eddie Bolger said they’re looking forward to a world-class training and sparring camp with Ireland, Thailand and Cuba who topped the medals table at the previous World Championships in Hamburg in 2017.

Meantime, boxing begins on September 9 in Ekaterinburg.

The tournament will be contested across the eight Olympic weights for men.

 

 

20th World Elite Men’s Championships Ekaterinburg, Russia September 7/21

52kg: Regan Buckley (St Teresa’s)
57kg: Kurt Walker (Canal)
63kg: Wayne Kelly (Portlaoise)
69kg: Aidan Walsh (Monkstown)
75kg: Michael Nevin (Portlaoise)
81kg: Kane Tucker (Emerald)
91kg: Kiril Afanasev (Smithfield)