Amended programmes for all three days of competition in the 2022 Junior 2 Championship Finals have been issued.

Schedule of boxing:

Quarter Finals: Friday, March 25^th from 6pm

Semi Finals: Saturday, March 26^th from 11am

Finals: Sunday, March 27^th from 2.30pm.

Weigh-ins: Daily, on the day of boxing, between 8am and 9am and 12pm and 1pm. Please note that boxers with walkovers in the finals must weigh in on the day of the final.

Rounds:  Boxing will be 3 x 2-minute rounds for Junior 1 and Junior 2

Entries: Only those sent by the Secretaries of the Provincial Councils and of the Antrim and Dublin County Boards shall be accepted. Entries must be submitted by 5pm on Friday 4th March.

At the conclusion of the Unit Championships, details of names, club, age (B4/G4/J1/J2) and weights for the Irish Championships must be sent by email to sally@iaba.ie and to Stephen Connolly at s.connolly1961@yahoo.com If any boxer is moving up in weight from the Unit Championships, the boxers club must notify the Unit Secretary of same before entries are sent. As there was no Championship in 2021, there will be no current champions entering.

Entry Fee: A €10 entry fee applies. This fee will be collected from all boxers at the weigh-in on their first day of boxing. Boxers must also give their Boxing Record Book to National Registrar and Chief Official Stephen Connolly at their initial weigh-in.

Anti-Doping: Boxers must provide details of any medication they are taking or have taken in the preceding 4 weeks. Anti-Doping may be carried out at any stage of the competition.

Attention is called to the stipulation in the IABA Rule book that each boxer presented by his/her club shall be fit to box. This is the responsibility of the club.

Attire: Coaches must wear tracksuits and runners in their corners at all sessions and endeavour to set a high standard of hygiene. Only qualified coaches are permitted in corners.

N.B. It is a condition of entry that all boxers and their clubs have signed and submitted the Members Acknowledgement Form and it is the responsibility of the entering unit that this stipulation is complied with. 

Gumshields: Red/Orange/Pink or variations of these colours are not allowed.

Any boxer who is participating in other contact sports (see www.iba.sport) shall be removed from these Championships.

Quarter Finals

Semi Finals

Finals

Team Ireland return from the European U22 Championships today, with 7 medals: 3 gold medals, 1 silver and 3 bronze medals.

Team Co-Captains, heavyweight Jack Marley and light middleweight, Lisa O’Rourke, both claimed gold over Italian and Polish opponents, respectively.

54kg Niamh Fay also comes home with gold, following her unanimous decision victory over Italy.

Team Ireland’s silver medal came courtesy of middleweight, Aoibhe Carabine, and followed her final against Ukrainian Karolina Makhno, and a 5-0 decision in favour of her opponent.

Bantamweight, Dylan Eagleson, lightweight, Paul Loonam.

The women’s team finished joint 2^nd in the tournament’s medals rankings and 3^rd out of 24 countries in the team rankings. Turkey and Italy were in first and second, respectively.

The men’s team finished 7th out of 33 nations – Turkey and Ukraine, with 13 boxers apiece, finished in first and second, respectively.

Team Ireland will land at Dublin Airport on Thursday evening at circa 7.30pm and is expected in the Terminal 1 Arrivals Hall between 7.45pm and 8pm.

The Team Ireland 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: Gold medallist

57kg Zara Breslin

63kg Eve Woods

66kg Kaci Rock: Bronze medallist

70kg Lisa O’Rourke: Gold medallist

75kg Aoibhe Carabine: Silver medallist

Men

48kg Padraig Downey

51kg Clepson De Santos

54kg Dylan Eagleson: Bronze medallist

57kg Jake Mc Mahon

60kg Paul Loonam: Bronze medallist

63kg Shamie Mc Donagh

67kg Barry O Connor

71kg Darragh Gilroy

92kg Jack Marley: Gold medallist

The competition schedule and draw sheets for every Irish boxer are available here

Day One session results are here

Day Two session results are here

Day Three session results are here

Day Four session results are here

Day Five session results are here

Day Six session results are here

Day Seven session results are here

Day 8 session results are here

Women’s Final results are here

Men’s Final result, afternoon session

Men’s Finals, evening session

Men’s Team Rankings

Men’s Rankings by weight

Team Ireland’s European U22 Championship Squad will return to Ireland from Croatia with 7 medals. That includes 3 gold medals, 1 silver and 3 bronze medals.

Team Ireland capped off a highly successful European U22 Championship campaign in Porec, Croatia, this evening with a gold medal for 19-year-old heavyweight and now two-time European medallist, Dublin’s Jack Marley.

Jack’s victory over Italy’s Roberto Lizzi was a unanimous one in the last bout of the tournament. Jack is a team Co-Captain.

Bronze medals were today also bestowed on bantamweight, Dylan Eagleson, and lightweight, Paul Loonam.

Today’s Men’s Finals followed the Women’s Finals on Tuesday, in which the team claimed 2 gold medals and a silver.

Team Co-Captain, light middleweight Lisa O’Rourke, sister of Olympian and Strandja champion Aoife, won a 4-1 split decision in her final with Daria Parada of Poland. Ireland’s second women’s gold came courtesy of former European Youth champion, 54kg Niamh Fay. She claimed a 5-0 win over Italy’s Sharon Prisco.

Team Ireland’s silver medal came courtesy of middleweight, Aoibhe Carabine, and followed her final against Ukrainian Karolina Makhno, and a 5-0 decision in favour of her opponent.

The women’s team finished joint 2^nd in the tournament’s medals rankings and 3^rd out of 24 countries in the team rankings. Turkey and Italy were in first and second, respectively.

Men’s medal rankings and team standings have yet to be released.

Team Ireland will land at Dublin Airport on Thursday evening at circa 7.30pm and is expected in the Terminal 1 Arrivals Hall between 7.45pm and 8pm.

The Team Ireland 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: Gold medallist

57kg Zara Breslin

63kg Eve Woods

66kg Kaci Rock: Bronze medallist

70kg Lisa O’Rourke: Gold medallist

75kg Aoibhe Carabine: Silver medallist

Men

48kg Padraig Downey

51kg Clepson De Santos

54kg Dylan Eagleson: Bronze medallist

57kg Jake Mc Mahon

60kg Paul Loonam: Bronze medallist

63kg Shamie Mc Donagh

67kg Barry O Connor

71kg Darragh Gilroy

92kg Jack Marley: Gold medallist

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— IABA (@IABABOXING) March 23, 2022

The competition schedule and draw sheets for every Irish boxer are available here

Day One session results are here

Day Two session results are here

Day Three session results are here

Day Four session results are here

Day Five session results are here

Day Six session results are here

Day Seven session results are here

Day 8 session results are here

Women’s Final results are here

Up-dated programmes have been issued for the 2022 Junior 2 National Championships, which will be boxed at the National Stadium, Dublin, across three days beginning on Friday.

Schedule of boxing:

Quarter Finals: Friday, March 25^th from 6pm

Semi Finals: Saturday, March 26^th from 11am

Finals: Sunday, March 27^th from 2.30pm.

Programmes are below.

Weigh-ins: Daily, on the day of boxing, between 8am and 9am and 12pm and 1pm. Please note that boxers with walkovers in the finals must weigh in on the day of the final.

Rounds:  Boxing will be 3 x 2-minute rounds for Junior 1 and Junior 2

Entries: Only those sent by the Secretaries of the Provincial Councils and of the Antrim and Dublin County Boards shall be accepted. Entries must be submitted by 5pm on Friday 4th March.

At the conclusion of the Unit Championships, details of names, club, age (B4/G4/J1/J2) and weights for the Irish Championships must be sent by email to sally@iaba.ie and to Stephen Connolly at s.connolly1961@yahoo.com If any boxer is moving up in weight from the Unit Championships, the boxers club must notify the Unit Secretary of same before entries are sent. As there was no Championship in 2021, there will be no current champions entering.

Entry Fee: A €10 entry fee applies. This fee will be collected from all boxers at the weigh-in on their first day of boxing. Boxers must also give their Boxing Record Book to National Registrar and Chief Official Stephen Connolly at their initial weigh-in.

Anti-Doping: Boxers must provide details of any medication they are taking or have taken in the preceding 4 weeks. Anti-Doping may be carried out at any stage of the competition.

Attention is called to the stipulation in the IABA Rule book that each boxer presented by his/her club shall be fit to box. This is the responsibility of the club.

Attire: Coaches must wear tracksuits and runners in their corners at all sessions and endeavour to set a high standard of hygiene. Only qualified coaches are permitted in corners.

N.B. It is a condition of entry that all boxers and their clubs have signed and submitted the Members Acknowledgement Form and it is the responsibility of the entering unit that this stipulation is complied with. 

Gumshields: Red/Orange/Pink or variations of these colours are not allowed.

Any boxer who is participating in other contact sports (see www.iba.sport) shall be removed from these Championships.

Quarter Finals

Semi Finals

Finals

The deadline for returning the ‘IABA Special Equipment Grant’ form is fast approaching.

So far, over 180 clubs have successfully completed and submitted applications to receive equipment worth €1,000 through the IABA Special Equipment Grant. A list of the clubs who have submitted these applications is attached.

Every successfully affiliated club in the Republic of Ireland for season 2021/22 can receive this gifted equipment. To receive this equipment, the attached form must be completed in full, signed (original signatures) and returned to info@iaba.ie by 5pm on Friday, March 31^st.

The equipment includes:

• Ergo Club Jumbo Kit Holdalls x 2 per club
• 8 x Ergo Leather Skipping Ropes
• 4 x Ergo Leather Training Headguards
• 4 x 16oz Ergo Leather Gym Sparring Gloves
• 1 x Set of Marker Cones (x 50)
• 2 x Leather Focus Pads
• Inclusive of delivery  

This allocation is possible through IABA’s successful application to Sport Ireland Targeted Equipment (SITE) 2021 grant. The award was made following an application submitted by the IABA staff team.

The funding is designed to enable clubs to rebuild their equipment stores and to facilitate growing clubs in providing training to new members. 

The equipment will be delivered to an appropriate delivery address provided by your club, by Ergo and may only be used in by club members participating in boxing training. It is envisioned that Ergo will begin distributing equipment on IABA’s behalf in the second quarter of 2022.