IRVINE WAITES ON TJ AT ELITE CHAMPIONSHIPS

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TJ Waite celebrates victory in the 2015 Elite semi-final

TJ Waite celebrates victory at the 2015 Elite Championships.

“Maybe he developed or matured a wee bit quicker than me. He has plenty of experience, he qualified for Rio and did a lot of good things at youth level that I didn’t do, but at senior level it’s different.”

Waite predicts that Friday’s rematch won’t be much different than the 2015 clash – and admitted he had a wry laugh at the bookies last time out.

He added: “I’ll try to land more strikes myself instead of him landing more.

“It’ll not be much different, we both know each other, we’ve spent the year together in Dublin sparring and training together. I know what he brings, he knows what I bring so it’s going to be a good fight no matter what.

“I was the second worst odds (2015 Championships) in the competition, I thought it was a bit funny at the time. You’d have thought I didn’t have a chance in hell, so hopefully, I can change that and at least get a wee bit of recognition.”

Admission Prices

February 10th/11th – Adults: €20 and €5 for children (U/14)

Finals: Friday, February 17th

Ringside: €40

Angles: €30

Gallery: €25

Gallery: €10 for children (U/14)

National Elite Championships National Stadium Dublin

February 10th

S/Finals (7pm)

48kg Carol Coughlan (Monkstown D) V Kristina O’Hara (St John Bosco A)
49kg Blaine Dobbins (St Josephs Derry) V Connor Jordan (St Aidans)
52kg Brendan Irvine (St Pauls Antrim) V TJ Waite (Ormeau Road)
57kg Dervla Duffy (Mulhuddart) V Tiegan Russell (Fr Horgans)
57kg Amanda Coughlan (Paulstown) V Moira McElligot (St Michaels Athy)
56kg Kurt Walker (Canal) V Evan Metcalfe (Crumlin)
60kg George Bates (St Marys Dublin) V Gary McKenna (Old School)
64kg Sidhbh Greene (St Brigids Eden) V Emma Agnew (Delagan)
64kg Sean McComb (Holy Trinity) V Patrick Linehan (St Marys Dublin)
69kg Dean Walsh (St Ibars) V Tiernan Bradley (Sacred Heart O)
75kg Emmett Brennan (Glasnevin) V Fearghus Quinn (Camlough)
81kg Joe Ward (Moate) V Michael Frayne (St Marys)
91kg Darren O’Neill (Paulstown) V John Joe McDonagh (Crumlin)
91+kg Damien Sullivan (Emerald Antrim) V Martin Keenan (Rathkeale)

February 11th

S/Finals (7pm)

52kg Thomas McCarthy (Mayfield) V Adam Courtney (St Marys Dublin)
56kg Myles Casey (St Francis) V Stephen McKenna (Old School)
60kg Shauna O’Keeffe (Clonmel) V Amy Broadhurst (Delgean)
60kg Gerard Matthews (St Pauls Antrim) V Patrick Mongan (Olympic)
64kg Cheyanne O’Neill (Ahtlone) V Ciara Ginty (Geesala)
64kg Benaldo Marime (Holy Trinity) V Wayne Kelly (Ballynacargy)
69kg Tina Donnelly (Corinthians) V Grainne Walsh (Spartacus)
69kg Peter Carr (Crumlin) V Brett McGinty (Oakleaf)
75kg Stephen Broadhurst (Delagan) V Caoimhin Hynes (Holy Trinity)
81kg Anthony Browne (St Michaels Dub) V Sean Allen (Arlow)
91kg Cormac Long (Rathkeale) V Kenneth Okungbowa (Athlone)
91+kg Bernard O’Reilly (Portlaoise) v Thomas Carty (Glasnevin)

February 17th

Finals (7:30pm)

48kg Shannon Sweeney (St Annes) V Winner
49kg Darryl Moran (Illies GG) V Winner
51kg Carly McNaul (Ormeau Road) W/O
52kg Winner V Winner
54kg Terry Mullarney (Ballyhaunis) W/O
57kg Winner V Winner~
56kg Winner V Winner
60kg Kelly Harrington (Glasnevin) V Winner
60kg Winner V Winner
64kg Winner V Winne
64kg Winner V Winner
69kg Gillian Duffy (Bray) V Winner
69kg Winner V Winner
75kg Christina Desmond (Fr Horgans) W/O
75kg Winner V Winner
81kg Caroline Connolly (Mourne GG) V Leona Houlihan (Crumlin)
81kg Winner V Winner
81+kg Maeve McCarron (Carrigart) W/O
91kg Winner V Winner
91+kg Winner V Winner

February 4th

Q/Finals

60kg Gary McKenna (Old School) beat Alan O’Connor (Bawnogue) 5-0
64kg Patrick Linehan (St Marys Dublin) beat Colm Quinn (Castlebar) 4-1
69kg Dean Walsh (St Ibars) beat Mark McCole (Dungloe) 5-0
69kg Tiernan Bradley (Sacred Heart O) beat Gerard French (Clonard U) 4-1
69kg Peter Carr (Crumlin) beat Nathan Watson (Saints) 5-0
69kg Brett McGinty (Oakleaf) beat Ross Boyle (Mourne GG) 3-2
91+kg Martin Keenan (Rathkeale) beat Patrick Nevin (St Michaels Dublin) 5-0
91+kg Bernard O’Reilly (Portlaoise) beat James Clarke (Kilnamanagh) 5-0
91+kg Thomas Carty (Glasnevin) beat John McDonnell (Crumlin) 4-1

Q/Finals: February 3rd

52kg TJ Waite (Ormeau Road) beat Tommy Casey (St Francis) 5-0
56kg Evan Metcalfe (Crumlin) beat Frankie Cleary (Ballina) 5-0
56kg Myles Casey (St Francis) beat Eamon McNally (St Michaels Antrim) 5-0
69kg Mark McCole (Dungloe) beat Fergal Redmond (Arklow) 5-0
75kg Emmett Brennan (Glasnevin) beat John Joyce (St Michaels Athy) 5-0
75kg Fearghus Quinn (Camlough) beat Glory Carlos Lumuala (Maynooth) 5-0
75kg Stephen Broadhurst (Delagan) beat David Bicevas (St Saviours OBA) 5-0
75kg Caoimhin Hynes (Holy Trinity) beat Conor Doherty (Emerald Antrim) 5-0
81kg Michael Frayne (St Marys Dublin) beat Robert Burke (Glasnevin) 5-0
81kg Anthony Browne (St Michaels Dub) beat Sean Conroy (Ballina) 3-2
91kg John Joe McDonagh (Crumlin) beat Kiril Afanasev (Smithfield) 3-2
91kg Cormac Long (Rathkeale) beat Geoffrey Kavanagh (Glasnevin) 4-1

NATIONAL ELITE SEMI-FINALS

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Joe Ward

London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympians Darren O’Neill, Joe Ward and Brendan Irvine will be in action at the National Elite Men’s and Women’s Championships at Dublin’s National Stadium on Friday evening.

O’Neill meets John Joe McDonagh and Ward is in against Michael Frayne on the penultimate weekend of the Championships.

Carol Coughlan faces Kristina O’Hara in the light-fly class in Friday’s curtain-raiser in the first women’s Elite bout over three, three-minute rounds at the home of Irish boxing.

Darren O’Neill and Irish head coach Zaur Antia

The International Boxing Association announced recently that women, who previously competed over four, two minute rounds, would now box over three, three-minute rounds, the same duration as a men’s contests.

Shannon Sweeney awaits the winner of the Coughlan versus O’Hara clash in the final.

Please scroll down for results so far and draws.

Twenty six semi-final bouts will be decided on Friday and Saturday to complete the line up for the finals on February 17th.

Admission Prices

February 10th/11th – Adults: €20 and €5 for children (U/14)

Finals: Friday, February 17th

Ringside: €40

Angles: €30

Gallery: €25

Gallery: €10 for children (U/14)

National Elite Championships National Stadium Dublin

February 10th

S/Finals (7pm)

February 11th

S/Finals (7pm)

February 17th

Finals (7:30pm)

February 4th

Q/Finals (7pm)

Q/Finals: February 3rd

DAY 2 RESULTS – NATIONAL ELITE CHAMPIONSHIPS

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Brett McGinty with IABA President Pat Ryan.

Please scroll down for Session 2 results from the National Elite Men’s and Women’s Championships at Dublin’s National Stadium.

European Elite bronze medallist Dean Walsh, aiming for his fourth successive title in two different weights, beat Mark McCole, who won last night.

Walsh, who secured his three previous titles at light-welter, claimed a unanimous decision in the welter class.

Gary McKenna also impressed, along with Peter Carr, Bernard O’Reilly and Martin Keenan. Brett McGinty and Ross Boyle were involved in the closest tussle of the evening, McGinty winning on a 3-2 split. and four of the five judges leant toward Tiernan Bradley, Patrick Linehan and Thomas Carthy in the final session of quarter-finals.

The tournament resumes next Friday evening at the National Stadium in Dublin.

Admission Prices

February 10th/11th – Adults: €20 and €5 for children (U/14)

Finals: Friday, February 17th

Ringside: €40

Angles: €30

Gallery: €25

Gallery: €10 for children (U/14)

National Elite Championships National Stadium Dublin

February 4th

Q/Finals (7pm)

Q/Finals: February 3rd

February 10th

S/Finals (7pm)

February 11th

S/Finals (7pm)

February 17th

Finals (7:30pm)

NATIONAL ELITES – DAY 2

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A 2nd session of quarter-finals bouts will be decided at the National Elite Championships at the National Stadium in Dublin tonight.

European Elite bronze medallist Dean Walsh, who has moved up from light-welter to welter, is in action versus Mark McCole who got his tournament off to an excellent start with a win over Fergal Redmond last evening.

Alan O’Connor meets Gary McKenna in the opening bout of the session in the lightweight class. Nine bouts will be decided with boxing scheduled to commence at 7pm.

Admission Prices

February 3rd/4th – Adults: €15 and €5 for children (U/14)

February 10th/11th – Adults: €20 and €5 for children (U/14)

Finals: Friday, February 17th

Ringside: €40

Angles: €30

Gallery: €25

Gallery: €10 for children (U/14)

National Elite Championships National Stadium Dublin

February 4th

Q/Finals (7pm)

60kg Alan O’Connor (Bawnogue) V Gary McKenna (Old School)
64kg Colm Quinn (Castlebar) V Patrick Linehan (St Marys Dublin)
69kg Dean Walsh (St Ibars) V Mark McCole (Dungloe)
69kg Tiernan Bradley (Sacred Heart O) V Gerard French (Clonard U)
69kg Nathan Watson (Saints) V Peter Carr (Crumlin)
69kg Ross Boyle (Mourne GG) V Brett McGinty (Oakleaf)
91+kg Martin Keenan (Rathkeale) V Patrick Nevin (St Michaels Dublin)
91+kg James Clarke (Kilnamanagh) V Bernard O’Reilly (Portlaoise)
91+kg Thomas Carty (Glasnevin) V John McDonnell (Crumlin)

Q/Finals: February 3rd

February 10th

S/Finals (7pm)

48kg Carol Coughlan (Monkstown D) V Kristina O’Hara (St John Bosco A)
49kg Blaine Dobbins (St Josephs Derry) V Connor Jordan (St Aidans)
52kg Brendan Irvine (St Pauls Antrim) V Winner
57kg Dervla Duffy (Mulhuddart) V Tiegan Russell (Fr Horgans)
57kg Amanda Coughlan (Paulstown) V Moira McElligot (St Michaels Athy)
56kg Kurt Walker (Canal) V Winner
60kg George Bates (St Marys Dublin) V Winner
64kg Sidhbh Greene (St Brigids Eden) V Emma Agnew (Delagan)
64kg Sean McComb (Holy Trinity) V Winner
69kg Winner V Winner
75kg Winner V Winner
81kg Joe Ward (Moate) V Winner
91kg Darren O’Neill (Paulstown) V Winner
91+kg Damien Sullivan (Emerald Antrim) V Winner

February 11th

S/Finals (7pm)

52kg Thomas McCarthy (Mayfield) V Adam Courtney (St Marys Dublin)
56kg Winner V Stephen McKenna (Old School)
60kg Shauna O’Keeffe (Clonmel) V Amy Broadhurst (Delgean)
60kg Gerard Matthews (St Pauls Antrim) V Patrick Mongan (Olympic)
64kg Cheyanne O’Neill (Ahtlone) V Ciara Ginty (Geesala)
64kg Benaldo Marime (Holy Trinity) V Wayne Kelly (Ballynacargy)
69kg Tina Donnelly (Corinthians) V Grainne Walsh (Spartacus)
69kg Winner V Winner
75kg Winner V Winner
81kg Winner V Sean Allen (Arlow)
91kg Winner V Kenneth Okungbowa (Athlone)
91+kg Winner V Winner

February 17th

Finals (7:30pm)

DAY 1 RESULTS – NATIONAL ELITES

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The 2017 National Elite Championships got underway tonight with nine unanimous and three split decisions at the National Stadium in Dublin.

Please scroll down for results.

Former Elite champion Myles Casey, pictured, beat Eamon McNally, but his St Francis BC team-mate Tommy Casey lost to TJ Waite, who was beaten by Rio Olympian Brendan Irvine in the 2015 Irish final.

St Francis BC chief seconds Ken Moore praised the performance of both men in an emotional week for the Treaty City unit following the death of club President Noel Griffin.

“Both of our lads performed well. It will be hard for us to say goodbye to Noel at tomorrow’s funeral. He has given sixty years service to Limerick and Irish boxing and is irreplaceable,” said Moore, former club coach to Irish Olympian and ex-WBO World middleweight champion Andy Lee.

Mark McCole also won tonight to set up Saturday’s clash with European Elite bronze medallist Dean Walsh, who claimed the light-welter Elite last time out but who has moved up to welter.

Evan Metcalfe, Emmet Brennan, Fearghus Quinn, Stephen Broadhurst, Caoimhin Hynes, Michael Frayne, John Joe McDonagh, Anthony Brown and Cormac Long also had their hands raised in victory.

Long beat Geoffrey Kavanagh in a repeat of the recent National U/22 final with Kavanagh won.

The tournament resumes tomorrow evening at 7pm. Saturday’s weigh-ins – 8am to 9am at the National Stadium.

*The IABA are using all five judges to score bouts in line with new AIBA directives. Five judges did score bouts prior to the Rio 2016 Olympics but only three scores were used.*

National Elite Championships National Stadium Dublin

Q/Finals: February 3rd (7pm)

February 4th

Q/Finals (7pm)

February 10th

S/Finals (7pm)

February 11th

S/Finals (7pm)

February 17th

Finals (7:30pm)