IABA EXTENDS DEEP SYMPATHIES TO Uí CHONAIRE FAMILY

25/06/2016IABA NewsBernard O'Neill

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The Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA) extends its deepest condolences to the Uí Chonaire family following the death of Rhóda Uí Chonaire.

Rhóda, wife of former IABA President Breandán Uí Chonaire, peacfully passed away Thursday surrounded by her loving family.

Rhóda Uí Chonaire will be very sadly missed by her devoted husband Breandán, her loving children Aisling, Ciarán, Cormac and Aonghus, sister Patricia, brothers-in-law John, Kevin and Francis, sister-in-law Ann, nieces and nephews, extended family and friends.

May she rest in eternal peace.

“Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam dílis”

Funeral Arrangements

Reposing at home on Sunday afternoon from 5pm until 8pm. Removal on Monday morning next (27th June) to St. Anne’s Church, Portmarnock arriving for 11am Funeral Mass followed immediately thereafter by burial in Fingal Cemetery. Family flowers only please – Donations, if desired, to St. Francis Hospice. Enquiries to Stafford`s Portmarnock – 01 8462620.

GARDINER LOSES OUT IN FIGHT FOR RIO 2016

25/06/2016IABA NewsBernard O'Neill

Dean Gardiner

Tipperary super-heavyweight Dean Gardiner lost out in his bid to qualify for Rio 2016 at the World Olympic qualifiers in Baku, Azerbaijan today.

The Clonmel BC man was beaten by Italy’s Guido Vianello on a unanimous decision in the 91kg+ final. Only the gold medal winner in the super-heavy class in the Azeri capital qualifies for August’s Olympics.

The Italian, who was beaten by Gardiner in the European Games in Baku last year, employed his jab to greater effect – although Gardiner’s shots were cleaner in the first – to take the first two rounds to lead 20-18 on all cards going into the final frame.

Gardiner won the last stanza 10-9 on all cards, but the Irish champion needed a TKO, KO or 10-7 round to reverse the deficit, and while he rocked Vianello with a big right close to the final bell the Azzurri super-heavy saw out the fight.

Michael O’Reilly won gold without throwing a punch this morning. The Portlaoise BC middleweight, who qualified for Rio courtesy of finishing in the top five in the 75kg class, claimed the top prize on a walkover at the expense Turkmenistan’s Arslan Achilov.

O’Reilly, ranked No.2 in the World at 75kg, was probably glad of the break this morning as he won four fights since last Monday – and only dropped one round in twelves frames of boxing – en route to the decider.

The walkover also qualifies Azerbaijan’s Kamran Shakhsuvarly, who O’Reilly beat in the quarter-finals, for Rio as the top five middleweights – the semi-finalists and the quarter-finalists who lost to the eventual gold medallist – go through.

Michael O'Reilly after winning gold at European Games in Baku last year - he'll be aiming for a Baku double tomorrow

Eight Irish boxers – O’Reilly, Katie Taylor, Paddy Barnes, Brendan Irvine, Michael Conlan, David Oliver Joyce, Steven Donnelly and Joe Ward have qualified for Rio.

Thirteen – ten men and three women – is the maximum amount of boxers a nation can qualify for each Olympics.

Ireland will be aiming to improve to nine qualified in Vargas, Venezuela next month. Mayo light-welter Ray Moylette lines out in Latin America. A top three finish will suffice in the light-welter class in the final qualifier.

Team Ireland is due to arrive home at 9.50am on Sunday morning, June 26th, via Dublin Airport. – Flight TK 1975 via Istanbul (Terminal 1).

All media are invited to attend Sunday’s homecoming.

Irish Draw Baku Olympic qualifiers

June 18th

(Last 32)

91kg Darren O’Neill (Ireland) beat Mustafa El Molla (Sweden) 3-0

June 19th

(Last 32)

64kg Dean Walsh (Ireland) lost to Smetov Ismetov (Bulgaria) 0-3

(Last 16)

91kg+ Dean Gardiner beat Satish Kumar (India) 2-1

June 20th

75kg Michael O’Reilly (Ireland) beat Vitalia Bandarenka (Belarus) 3-0 (last 32)

91kg Darren O’Neill (Ireland) lost to Wesley Apochi (Nigeria) 0-3 (last 16)

June 21st

Last 16

75kg Michael O’Reilly (Ireland) beat Shinebayor Narmandakh (Mongolia) 3-0

Q/Finals

91+kg Dean Gardiner (Ireland) beat Viktor Vychryst (Ukraine) 3-0

July 23rd

Q/Finals

75kg Michael O’Reilly (Ireland) beat Kamran Shakhsuvarly (Azerbaijan) 3-0

June 24th

S/Finals

75kg Michael O’Reilly (Ireland) beat Waheed Abdulridha Waheed (Iraq) W/O

91kg+ Dean Gardiner (Ireland) lost to Alexei Zavatin (Moldova) 0-3

June 25th

Finals

75kg Michael O’Reilly (Ireland) beat Arslan Achilov (Turkmenistan) W/O

91kg+ Dean Gardiner (Ireland) lost to Guido Vianello (Italy) 0-3

Irish Squad

64kg (Light-welter) Dean Walsh (St Josephs/St Ibars)

75kg (Middleweight) Michael O’Reilly (Portlaoise) (Qualified for Rio 2016 and Gold)

91kg (Heavyweight) Darren O’Neill (Paulstown)

91kg + (Super-heavy) Dean Gardiner (Clonmel) (Silver).

Team manager Joe Hennigan

Coaches: Zaur Antia and Eddie Bolger

Performance Analyst Alan Swanton

Sports Psychologist: Gerry Hussey

ELITE SCHOOLBOY TRAINING

24/06/2016IABA NewsBernard O'Neill

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Elite Schoolboys Squad Training will commence on Sunday week (July 3rd) in the High Performance Gym at the National Boxing Stadium from 11am – 3:30pm.

All boxers are advised to have full training gear with them including good quality 16oz sparring gloves, bag gloves, water for two sessions and headguards, groinguards plus other essential equipment.

Boxers are also asked to present with one passport sized photo and ensure that their current passport has been sent to the National Stadium.

Could they also email a photo of themselves, head and shoulders only, against a white background, to sally@iaba.ie stating their name and club. This photo is required immediately to get accreditation for the Championships. The deadline for receipt of same is Monday, 4pm. (The photo can be taken with a camera phone and emailed directly during the weekend).

HOMECOMING – TWO IRISH SQUADS

24/06/2016IABA NewsBernard O'Neill

Two Irish teams are scheduled to arrive home from international competition this Sunday, June 26th, via Dublin Airport.

The Irish Elite squad is due in at 9.50am on Sunday morning from the World Olympic qualifiers in Baku, Azerbaijan – Flight TK 1975 via Istanbul (Terminal 1).

The Irish Junior side is due in at 7.30pm on Sunday evening from the European Junior Championships in Hungary via Budapest – Flight T2B (BUD) (Terminal 1)

Both teams are guaranteed six medals from international competition and at last one place at the Rio 2016 Olympics.

The finals of both tournaments will be completed tomorrow.

All media are invited to attend Sunday’s homecomings.

THREE INTO FINALS AT EUROPEAN JUNIORS

24/06/2016IABA NewsBernard O'Neill

Irish boxers and staff in Hungary

Finals program – Boxing2016 – EUBC European Confederation Junior Boxing Championships Day6 Finals Schedule

Terry Donoghue, Jack Conroy and Edward Donovan upgraded their bronze medals to at least silver at the European Junior Championships in Hungary today.

The Irish trio produced big performances to beat Armenian, Georgian and French opponents to book their tickets into Saturday’s finals in Kaposvar.

Martin McDonagh had to settle from bronze this afternoon after losing out to Russia’s Ilia Popov.

But the Cork flyweight asked some serious questions of the current AIBA World Junior champion over three rounds in one of the fights of the tournament.

The Irish coaching staff and management hailed the performances of all four Irish athletes in action today,

Saturday’s finals begin at 2pm (Irish time).

Team Ireland are due home on Sunday evening at 7.30pm via Budapest – Flight T2B (BUD) (Terminal 1)

European Junior Championships Kaposvar, Hungary

June 19th

Prelims

57kg Edward Donovan (Ireland) beat Deievdas Bogbanovicus (Lithuania) 3-0

63kg Pierce O’Leary (Ireland) beat Genuri Jgerenai (Georgia) TKO1

75kg Adam Dempsey (Ireland) beat Fillip Knor (Czech Republic) 2-1

June 20th

Last 16

46kg Terry Donoghue (Ireland) beat Aleks Karamani (Serbia) 3-0

48kg Brandon McCarthy (Ireland) beat Jean Christi (Romania) 3-0

54Kg Barry McReynolds (Ireland) lost to Anzor Gapuev (Russia) 1-2

57kg Edward Donovan (Ireland) beat Terteryan Semastian (Denmark) 3-0

60kg Michael Delaney (Ireland) lost to Pavel Chazov (Russia) 1-2

63kg Pierce O’Leary (Ireland) lost to Oleg Zharkov (Russia) 1-2

June 21st

(Last 16)

50kg Callum Walsh (Ireland) lost to Tegor Ade (Ukraine) 1-2

52kg Martin McDonagh (Ireland) beat Christ Esabe (France) 3-0

66kg Jack Conroy (Ireland) beat Aliaksandr Filipovich (Belarus) 3-0

70kg Kane Tucker (Ireland) beat Dmitris Christos (Cyprus) TKO2

75kg Adam Dempsey (Ireland) beat Edmunds Lindermanis (Latvia) 2-1

80kg Michael Walsh (Ireland) lost to Lewis Johnston (Scotland) 0-3

80kg+ Zenja Jelisejenkovs (Ireland) lost to Pavlo Mykolaichuk (Ukraine) RET1

June 22nd

Q/Finals

46kg Terry Donoghue (Ireland) beat Richard Bernath (Hungary) 2-1

48kg Brandon McCarthy (Ireland) lost to Magomed Shamsaev (Russia) 1-2

52kg Martin McDonagh (Ireland) beat Norbert Berecz (Hungary) 3-0

57kg Edward Donovan (Ireland) beat Milan Orsos (Hungary) 3-0

66kg Jack Conroy (Ireland) beat Turan Sadikov (Azerbaijan) 3-0

0kg Kane Tucker (Ireland) lost to Edgard Tcambov (Russia) 0-3

75kg Adam Dempsey (Ireland) lost to Danil Teterev (Russia) 0-3

June 24th

S/Finals

46kg Terry Donoghue (Ireland) beat Artur Shakhpazyan (Armenia) 3-0

52kg Martin McDonagh (Ireland) lost to Ilia Popov (Russia) 0-3

57kg Edward Donovan (Ireland) beat Jeremy Dupetitmagneux (France) 2-1

66kg Jack Conroy (Ireland) beat Zuarab Menabaushvili (Georgia) 2-1

June 25th

Finals

46kg Terry Donoghue (Ireland) v Ivan Price (England)

57kg Edward Donovan (Ireland) v Ursa Constantin (Moldova)

66kg Jack Conroy (Ireland) v Ivan Stupin (Russia)

Irish squad

46kg Terry Donoghue (St Michaels Athy) (Silver, at least)
48kg Brandon McCarthy (St Michaels Athy)
50kg Callum Walsh (Riverstown)
52kg Martin McDonagh (Glen) (Bronze)
54kg Barry McReynolds (Holy Trinity)
57kg Edward Donovan (OLOL) (Silver, at least)
60kg Michael Delaney (Olympic)
63kg Pierce O’Leary (Dublin Docklands)
66kg Jack Conroy (Mullingar Elite) (Silver, at least)
70kg Kane Tuker (Holy Trinity)
75kg Adam Dempsey (Achill)
80kg Michael Walsh (Holy Family D)
80+kg Zenja Jelisejenkovs (Castlebar)

Team manager: Peter Brady (Holy Trinity)

Coaches: Billy McClean, Philip Keogh, Tony Davis

R&J: Paul McMahon