Today is a red letter day for Irish boxing, which has gained two World Champions.
63kg Amy Broadhurst, of St. Bronagh’s ABC, Rostrevor, and 70kg Lisa O’Rourke of Olympic, Galway, overcame opponents from Algeria and Mozambique, respectively, at today’s finals in Istanbul, Turkey.
This is the first time that two Team Ireland boxers have contested finals at the same Women’s World Championships, and a first ever double gold for Ireland.
A 10 strong team departed Dublin Airport this morning, en route to the Men’s European Championships, taking place in Yerevan, Armenia.
The team includes European U22 gold medallist, Jack Marley, silver medallist, Adam Hession, and bronze medallist, Dylan Eagleson
Also included are Golden Belt gold medallist, Brandon McCarthy, and bronze medallists Ricky Nesbitt and Gabriel Dossen
Team Ireland’s Amy Broadhurst and Lisa O’Rourke will make history on Thursday, becoming the first team mates to contest finals in the same Women’s World Championships.
Amy, of St. Bronagh’s ABC Rostrevor contests at light welterweight (63kg) and met Parveen of India in today’s semi-finals. She was the split decision (4-1) winner. Judges scored Amy’s bout 29:28 28:29 30:27 29:28 30:27
There are under two weeks remaining to complete the affiliation process for the forthcoming season. Clubs are reminded that there are no affiliation fees for the 2022/2023 season
Unique usernames and passwords for affiliation via the Blocworx portal were issued on Friday, April 29th, along with resources to support completion of the affiliation process.
Some places remain on additional coach education workshops made available part of the #FollowHerLead2022 series. This includes a second Menstrual Cycle and Nutrition Workshop – the first, in March, was extremely well attended and this second online workshop is being hosted to meet demand. Registration for both workshops opens at 10am on Tuesday morning: