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The first of three days of boxing in the IATBA 2022 Championship took place at the National Stadium today.

24 bouts were contested:
Quarter Finals

1. 69KG JN Daniel Vaughan MTU BC/MTUC 3 v 0 Adam Brophy Omagh B&G BC/QUB
2. 69KG JN Samuel O’Donnell GMIT BC W/O v Brian Hughes DCU BC/DCU
3. 69KG JN Patrick Hughes Belfast Met BC/BMC v RSC1 Justin Cannon Monkstown BC/TUDC
4. 75KG SN Sean Mawhinney Bangor Abbey/UU v RSC3 David Brolly St.Canices/UU
5. 81KG SN Ben Patton Belfast Met BC/BMC v W/O Christopher O’Neill ClanNaofa/DKIT
6. 81KG SN Tiarnan Holland DCU BC/DCU 0 v 3 Josh Slevin NUIG BC/NUIG
7. 81KG SN Patrick Pigott WIT BC/WIT RSC3 v Dylan Gibbons GMIT BC/GMIT
8. 66KG FS Linda Desmond Rylane BC/MTUC W/O
9. 67KG MS Cahan Hallinan Olympc BC/NUIG W/O v Jon McConnell Holy Trinity BC/UU
10. 67KG MS Ryan Cullen Ballagh BC/UL v RSC2 Matthew McCole Illies GG BC/LYIT

Semi Finals

11. 86KG SN John Cawley Monkstown BC/TCD W/O
12. 86KG SN Niall Doherty St.Pauls BC/WIT 0 v 3 Favor Ezeobi Dealgan BC/DKIT
13. 60KG JN Max Jeannoit Olympic BC/NCI W/O v Shahrukh Mohammad Drimn/TUDT
14. 60KG JN Lucas Gonzalez Olympic BC/NUIG 0 v 3 Theo Bertrand IT Carlow BC/ITC
15. 63KG JN Stephen Cooney St.Savrs BC/DCU RSC2 v Artur Orheov Belfast Met BC/BMC
16. 63KG JN John Gilligan Ballinacarow BC/ITS W/O v Dylan Bell Belfast Met BC/BMC
17. 75KG JN Conor Finnerty GMIT BC/GMIT RSC1 v Ben Majury Belfast Met BC/BMC
18. 75KG JN Billy DermtKelly Sprtn BC/MTUC RSC2 v Clinton Bates Ashbourne BC/MU
19. 81KG JN James Donaldson Belfast Met BC/BMC v AB2 Torin Finnerty GMIT BC/GMIT
20. 91KG JN Peter Kyselica MTU BC/MTUC W/O v Michael Agbo Olympic BC/GMIT
21. 64KG MI Ruairi O’Donnell Gldn Gloves/GMIT 0 v 3 Dean Buckley St.Carthages/TUSM
22. 64KG MI James Tobin Monkstown BC/TUDT 1 v 2 Jacob Marar Monkstown BC/IADT
23. 91KG MY Jake Boyd Belfast Met BC/BMC v W/O Garyn McAllister Belfast Met/BMC

Boxing resumes at 11am on Sunday morning:

Semi Finals

1. 69KG JN Conor Brennan St.Pauls ABC/QUB v Adam Brophy Omagh B&G BC/QUB
2. 69KG JN Samuel O’Donnell GMIT BC/GMIT v Justin Cannon Monkstown BC/TUDC
3. 75KG SN Israel Bamba IT Carlow BC/ITC v David Brolly St.Canices BC/UU
4. 75KG SN John Cregan Trojan BC/UL v Sam Malone Drimnagh BC/TUDC
5. 81KG SN Eoin O’Connor Maynooth BC/GSC v Christopher O’Neill Clan Naofa/DKIT
6. 81KG SN Josh Slevin NUIG BC/NUIG v Patrick Pigott WIT BC/WIT
7. 81KG MI Niall Clinton Immaculata BC/BMC v Jamie McVeigh Trojan BC/NUIG
8. 57KG MS Partyk Adamus Drimnagh BC/NCI W/O
9. 60KG FS Isabella Hughes St.Marys BC/MU v Kellie McLoughlin Drimnagh BC/TUDT
10. 63.5 MS Jason Butler Ballinrobe BC/TUSMW W/O
11. 63.5 MS Darren O’Connor Loughrea BC/NUIG W/O
12. 66KG FS Leanne Murphy Togher BC/UL v Linda Desmond Rylane BC/MTUC
13. 66KG FS Shantelle Ritchie Gilford BC/SRC W/O
14. 67KG MS Damien Creavin Olympic BC/GMIT v Cahan Hallinan Olympic BC/NUIG
15. 67KG MS Matthew McCole Illies GG BC/LYIT v Aodhan Byrne Kilcullen BC/TUSMW

The competition continues on Saturday, March 5th:

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Olympian, Aoife O’Rourke, has been crowned the middleweight champion of the 73rd Strandja International Tournament.

She won a unanimous decision against her opponent in the final, Atheyna Bylon of Panama, showing her dominance over the taller southpaw. Bylon, a former AIBA Women’s World Champion, was given a standing count in the second round.

The judges final scores: 30-27, 29-28, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27.

🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇

Olympian Aoife O’Rourke is the middleweight champion of the 73rd Strandja International Tournament, following a unanimous decision win over Atheyna Bylon of 🇵🇦 pic.twitter.com/BO2NqvizvS

— IABA (@IABABOXING) February 26, 2022

In the afternoon session, Kellie Harrington claimed the lightweight gold.

The 32 year old Dublin woman, the Tokyo Olympic champion, put in a strong, dominant performance against Serbia’s Natalia Shadrina in a strongly contested bout.

The final judges scores were: 29-28, 29-28, 29-28, 30-27, 30-27 .

Kellie Harrington: Strandja 2022 Champ 🥇 https://t.co/TlneuVOlz6 pic.twitter.com/N33LaFvDJ6

— IABA (@IABABOXING) February 26, 2022

The Strandja Memorial is Europe’s oldest international boxing tournament and, having first been staged in Sofia in 1950. This year, podium finishers earn prize money, and can earn new world ranking points.

The tournament continues on Sunday, although Irish interest is ended. It is being streamed by the IBA on its YouTube channel:

Team Ireland Squad:

F48kg Shannon Sweeney

F50kg Caitlin Fryers

F52kg Carly McNaul

F57kg Michaela Walsh

F60kg Kellie Harrington

F70kg Christina Desmond

F75kg Aoife O’Rourke

57kg Adam Hession

60kg JP Hale

63.5kg Dean Clancy

67kg Eugene McKeever

71kg Luke Maguire

80kg Kelyn Cassidy

92kg+ Thomas Maughan

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Day One results are here

Day Two results are here

Day Three results are here

Day Four results are here

Day Five results are here

Day Six results are here

Day Seven, session 25 A results:

Day Seven session 26 B results

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Kellie Harrington has claimed the lightweight gold at the 73rd Strandja International Tournament.

The 32 year old Dublin woman, the Tokyo Olympic champion, but in a strong, dominant performance against Serbia’s Natalia Shadrina in a strongly contested bout.

The final judges scores were: 29-28, 29-28, 29-28, 30-27, 30-27 .

🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇

Tokyo Olympic lightweight champ, Kellie Harrington wins 🥇 at the 73rd Strandja International Tournament in a unanimous decision over Natalia Shadrina of 🇷🇸 pic.twitter.com/bxTbOsEZgw

— IABA (@IABABOXING) February 26, 2022

Roscommon’s Aoife O’Rourke is between the ropes to contest the middleweight final in the evening session, which begins at 4pm, Irish time.

Aoife will meet Panama’s Atheyna Bylon, in Bout 5. The evening session will be streamed here:

Team Ireland Squad:

F48kg Shannon Sweeney

F50kg Caitlin Fryers

F52kg Carly McNaul

F57kg Michaela Walsh

F60kg Kellie Harrington

F70kg Christina Desmond

F75kg Aoife O’Rourke

57kg Adam Hession

60kg JP Hale

63.5kg Dean Clancy

67kg Eugene McKeever

71kg Luke Maguire

80kg Kelyn Cassidy

92kg+ Thomas Maughan

Day One results are here

Day Two results are here

Day Three results are here

Day Four results are here

Day Five results are here

Day Six results are here

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The Team Ireland Squad to contest the European U22 Championships has been named.

The tournament is being hosted by the Croatian Boxing Federation and will take place in at the Intersport Sport Hall,  Poreč from March 11^th to 24^th.

The squad is comprised of 18 boxers – 9 men and 9 women, and includes reigning 2022 IABA U22 Champions

Women

48kg Nicole Clyde

50kg Caitlin Fryers

52kg Daina Moorehouse

54kg Niamh Fay

57kg Zara Breslin

63kg Eve Woods

66kg Kaci Rock

70kg Lisa O’Rourke

75kg Aoibhe Carabine

Men

48kg Padraig Downey

51kg Clepson De Santos

54kg Dylan Eagleson

57kg Jake Mc Mahon

60kg Paul Loonam

63kg Shamie Mc Donagh

67kg Barry O Connor

71kg Darragh Gilroy

92kg Jack Marley

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Tournament Schedule

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The tournament arrangements are available here:

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Over 130 boxers will contest the 2022 IATBA Championships, which will take place at the National Stadium, Dublin.

Boxing begins on Saturday, when there are 24 bouts down for decision.

Day One – Quarter Finals and Semi Finals: Saturday, February 26th.

Quarter Finals

1. 69KG JN Daniel Vaughan MTU BC/MTUC v Adam Brophy Omagh B&G BC/QUB
2. 69KG JN Samuel O’Donnell GMIT BC/GMIT v Brian Hughes DCU BC/DCU
3. 69KG JN Patrick Hughes Belfast Met BC/BMC v Justin Cannon Monkstown BC/TUDC
4. 75KG SN Sean Mawhinney Bangor Abbey/UU v David Brolly St.Canices/UU
5. 81KG SN Ben Patton Belfast Met BC/BMC v Christopher O’Neill Clan Naofa/DKIT
6. 81KG SN Tiarnan Holland DCU BC/DCU v Josh Slevin NUIG BC/NUIG
7. 81KG SN Patrick Pigott WIT BC/WIT v Dylan Gibbons GMIT BC/GMIT
8. 66KG FS Linda Desmond Rylane BC/MTUC W/O
9. 67KG MS Cahan Hallinan Olympic BC/NUIG v Jon McConnell Holy Trinity BC/UU
10. 67KG MS Ryan Cullen Ballagh BC/UL v Matthew McCole Illies GG BC/LYIT

Semi Finals:

12. 86KG SN John Cawley Monkstown BC/TCD W/O

13. 86KG SN Niall Doherty St.Pauls BC/WIT v Favor Ezeobi Dealgan BC/DKIT

14. 60KG JN Max Jeannoit Olympic BC/NCI v Shahrukh Mohammad Drimn/TUDT

15. 60KG JN Lucas Gonzalez Olympic BC/NUIG v Theo Bertrand IT Carlow BC/ITC

16. 63KG JN Stephen Cooney St.Saviours BC/DCU v Artur Orheov Belfast Met BC/BMC

17. 63KG JN John Gilligan Ballinacarrow BC/ITS v Dylan Bell Belfast Met BC/BMC

18. 75KG JN Conor Finnerty GMIT BC/GMIT v Ben Majury Belfast Met BC/BMC

19. 75KG JN Billy Dermot O’Kelly Spartan BC/MTUC v Clinton Bates Ashbourne BC/MU

20. 81KG JN James Donaldson Belfast Met BC/BMC v Torin Finnerty GMIT BC/GMIT

21. 91KG JN Peter Kyselica MTU BC/MTUC v Michael Agbo Olympic BC/GMIT

22. 64KG MI Ruairi O’Donnell Golden Gloves/GMIT v Dean Buckley St.Carthages/TUSM

23. 64KG MI James Tobin Monkstown BC/TUDT v Jacob Marrar Monkstown BC/IADT

24. 91KG MY Jake Boyd Belfast Met BC/BMC v Garyn McAllister Belfast Met/BMC

Day Two – Semi Finals, Sunday, February 27th.

Day Three – Finals: Saturday, March 5th.

Boxing begins at 11am on each day.

Weigh-ins: Daily, on the day of boxing, between 8am and 9am. There is no preliminary weigh-in.

Champion by Walkover

Female Novice
51KG Decla Irwin St.Canice’s BC/NWRC
57KG Sinead McEvoy Portlaoise BC/MU
60KG Chloe O’Leary Murphy St.Munchin’s BC/TUSM
70KG Erin Corrigan Achill BC/GMIT
86KG Judy Bobbett Liberty BC/TUDB

Female Intermediate
48KG Nicole Buckley St.Carthage’s BC/DCU
54KG Nicole Scallon Na Fianna BC/WIT
60KG Aoife O’Callaghan Glen BC/MTUC
64KG Kellie O’Gorman Spartan BC/MTUK
69KG Mary Enright Setanta
82KG Caoimhe Moran Drumsna BC/ITS

Female Youth
54KG Aaliyah Butler Monivea BC/GMIT
60KG Breda Collins Dunree BC/LYIT

Female Senior
52KG Chloe Gabrielle Mulhuddart BC
63KG Niamh McNamara Castletrea BC/UL
75KG Aoibhe Carabine Geesala BC/GMIT
81KG Bethany Doocey Castlebar BC/GMIT

Male Junior Novice
66KG Morgan Heaney Celtic Eagles BC/GMIT
72KG Fuad Ayomide Derrick Mudashiru Drimnagh/TUDT
92KG George St. Leger Duhallow BC/MTUC

Male Senior Novice
64KG Tyrone Cronin Hub BC/TUSM
67KG Sebastian Ladosz Monivea BC/TUSM

Male Intermediate
91KG Gary Kilcullen Arbour Hill BC/GSC

Male Youth
56KG Leon McMahon Glengormley ABC/BMC
69KG Criostoir Browne Oliver Plunkett ABC/BMC
75KG Evan Kirwan Drimnagh BC/TUDC

Male Senior
71KG James Cullen WIT BC/WIT
86KG Harrison-Eghosa Igharo Clann Naofa BC/DKIT

All boxers who received a walkover must attend on finals day to register their championship weight.