Ireland are approaching 100 medals at  European Schoolboy Championship – 11 of which are gold – since the inaugural tournament in Rome in 2003.

Team Ireland added to the tally at the 14th edition of the tournament in Zagreb, Croatia this week.

David Joyce claimed our first gold in the Eternal City in 2003 and current WBA World pro champion Carl Frampton took home silver.

Four Irish Olympians – John Joe Joyce, David Oliver Joyce, Michael O’Reilly and Joe Ward – have medalled at this level over the last 13 years.

The Irish 2012 squad claimed the most silverware – 3 Gold, 1 Silver and 6 Bronze – from Anapa, Russia to command second spot in the medals table behind the host nation.

Two Irish boxers have won three Best Boxers Award at the European Schoolboys. John Joyce 2010/11 and Jordan Myers 2013.

 

Irish European Schoolboy Championship Medallists

Rome 2003

Gold
70kg David Joyce

Silver
50kg Carl Frampton

Bronze
52kg John Joe Joyce
54kg David Oliver Joyce
57kg John McDonagh
66kg Keith Boyle

(1 Gold, 1 Silver, 4 Bronze)

Siofok, Hungary 2004

Gold
40kg Willie O’Reilly
68kg Stephen O’Reilly

Silver
65kg Darren Cruise

Bronze
38.5kg Ryan Brady
52kg Paul Broadhurst

(2 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)

Tver, Russia 2005

Silver
52kg Darragh Power

Bronze
48kg David Joe Joyce
56kg David Joyce
59kg Bernard Roe
68kg Tommy McCarthy

(1 Silver, 4 Bronze)

Nokolayev, Ukraine 2006

Bronze
43kg Anthony Upton
54kg Tommy Kiely
56kg Fergal McRory

(3 Bronze)

Portsmouth, England 2007

Gold
44.5kg Michael O’Reilly
48kg Michael McDonagh

Silver
56kg Joe Ward

Bronze
40kg George Bates
52kg Chriss Mullaly
50kg Christy Joyce
62kg Ray Ginley
68kg Dan O’Brien

(2 Gold, 1 Silver, 5 Bronze)

Novi Sad, Serbia 2008

Bronze
54kg Dylan Carr

(1 Bronze)

Anapa, Russia 2009

Bronze
56kg Victor Medvediuc
59kg Gerard Whitehouse

(2 Bronze)

Yambol, Bulgaria 2010

Bronze
41.5kg John Joyce
50kg Wayne Kelly
72kg Michael Gallagher

(3 Bronze)

Grozny, Russia 2011

Gold
48kg John Joyce

Silver
44.5kg James Cleary
76kg Matthew Burke

Bronze
52kg Tiernan Bradley
54kg Craig Bonney
49kg Lewis Crocker
65kg Sean Conroy
68kg Keelan Sexton

(1 Gold, 2 Silver, 5 Bronze)

Anapa, Russia 2012

Gold
46kg Oliver McCarthy
48kg James McGivern
52kg Michael Nevin

Silver
50kg John Sweeney

Bronze
40kg Francie Stokes
56kg Kieran Molloy
59kg Brett McGinty
65kg Darragh Murray
72kg Nevan Fannon
76+kg James Clarke

(3 Gold, 1 Silver, 6 Bronze)

Dublin, Ireland (City West Hotel) 2013

Gold
46kg Aaron McKenna
59kg Jordan Myres

Silver

40kg Barry McReynolds
43kg Sean Whelan
54kg Paul Ryan
48kg Jamie Harty
50kg Jason Harty

Bronze
41.5kg Tiernan Bradley
65k Leon Gallagher
68kg Jordan Joyce

(2 Gold, 4 Silver, 3 Bronze)

Keszthely, Hungary 2014

Silver
41.5kg Brandon O’Brien
46kg Barry McReynolds

Bronze
40kg Luke Hurley
48kg Michael Delaney
63kg Kane Tucker
76kg Michael Walsh
76+kg Tom Gavin

(2 Silver, 5 Bronze)

Anapa, Russia 2015

Silver
40kg Steve Cairns
43kg Brandon McCarthy
65kg Ethan McGuckin
76kg Michael McDonald

Bronze
68kg Francis Quinn

(4 Silver, 1 Bronze)

Zagreb, Croatia 2016

Gold

65KG William Hayden
68KG Jason Myers

Bronze
48KG Cian Lewis
54KG Francis Maughan
56KG Patrick Collins
59KG Jason Irwin

(2 Gold, 4 bronze)

 

 

 

 

 

The Gormanston Summer Camp which runs from Sunday, August 7th until Friday August 12th inclusive, is requiring all perspective boxers and clubs to have the remainder of their monies paid by the deadline of August 1st.

Any boxer who still wishes to be considered for this excellent opportunity to develop their technical and tactical ability and improve as a boxer needs to get their name and money in to Sally at sally@iaba.ie or 01-4543525 as soon as possible.

The camp fee is €400 for a single room or €360 for a dormitory room which sleeps up to 6 boxers. This fee includes transport to and from Gormanston from the National Boxing Stadium and breakfast, lunch and dinner along with full use of all the facilities and the coaching!

Former attendees include World Silver medalist Eamer Coughlan (pictured), World Silver medalist Paddy Donovan (pictured with his brother Edward and father Martin), European Champions Jordan Myers, Aaron McKenna, Edward Donovan (pictured with brother Paddy and dad Martin), European Silver Medalists Brandon McCarthy (pictured) and Stephen Cairns (pictured – and hoping to claim gold in Croatia next week) and National Elite Champion Stephen McKenna. Another Gormanston attendee is 5 times Irish Champion William Hayden (pictured) who is going to his second European Championships this week in search of a European Title.

The Irish male Olympic squad arrived in Rio,host city for the 2016 Olympics, in the early hours of this morning after a long journey from Dublin.

Irish head coach Zaur Antia confirmed that the panel will have a light session amongst themselves today and begin a training camp with the host nation and the USA tomorrow before moving into the Olympic village on July 29. Male boxing begins on August 6.

Click here for schedule.

Katie Taylor joins the squad on August 2nd. Women’s boxing is not scheduled to begin until August 12.

286 boxers – 250 males and 36 females – compete at each Olympics.

Three professional boxers have also qualified for Rio, marking the first time that pro fighters will compete at the Olympics, whch debuted as an Olympic event in 1904 in St Louis, in the history of the sport.

Rio is four hours behind Ireland.

 

Irish 2016 Olympic Boxing Squad

49kg Paddy Barnes (Holy Family)
52kg Brendan Irvine (St Paul’s)
56kg Michael Conlan (Clonard)
60kg Katie Taylor (Bray)
60kg David Oliver Joyce (St Michael’s Athy & AIBA Pro Boxing)
69kg Steven Donnelly (All Saints)
75kg Michael O’Reilly (Portlaoise)
81kg Joe Ward (Moate & AIBA Pro Boxing)

Team manager: Joe Hennigan
Coaches: Zaur Antia, Eddie Bolger, John Conlan
Physio: Julianne Ryan

Ireland’s (Boxing) flag bearers at the Olympics

2016 Paddy Barnes
2012 Katie Taylor
1996 Francie Barrett
1988 Wayne McCullough
1968 Jim McCourt
1956 Tony Byrne
1928 Matt Flanagan

 

 

Please note weigh-in details for National Women’s U/18 and Senior Cadet Championships at Dublin’s National Stadium.

Boxing begins Friday evening. Click here for draws.

Weigh-ins

No weigh-ins on Friday 22nd

Weigh-in for Under 18’s on Sat 23rd July – 8am to 9am

Weigh in for Finals (Senior Cadets) on Friday 29th – 8am to 9am and 12pm to 1pm

 

 

 

The European Schoolboys Championship  Squad finished up their penultimate days training in the High Performance Gym at the National Boxing Stadium today.

They also saw off Olympic bound boxers Joe Ward, David Oliver Joyce and Head Coach Zaur Antia – pictured above with the Schoolboy squad at the National Stadium – as they left for their own pre-olympic training camp in Rio.

The schoolboys complete their training at 12:30pm on Wednesday before heading home and they will meet up again on Friday morning at 9:30am in Terminal 1, at Dublin Airport.

Boxers are advised to limit their suitcase to 15kg and have a small carry on bag with their essential boxing gear – boots, groinguard, wraps, 16oz sparring gloves, a headguard and gumshield.

The 2016 European Schoolboy Championships begin Sunday in Zagreb, Croatia.