A Leinster girls training camp will take place this Sunday, December 9th, in Ryston Boxing Club, Co.Kildare. Boxers are advised to be present at 10am (weigh-in for all boxers before commencement of the session) for a 10:30am start. Only one session will take place on the day and boxers will be finished at 12:30pm.

All enquiries should be directed to Luke Connors 086-8804867 or David Molloy 087-9865224.

The National Stadium in the 1940s

Please see below attachments for Friday’s and Saturday’s National Intermediate Championships semi-final pairings.

Boxing begins at 6pm Friday and 2pm Saturday at Dublin’s National Stadium.

The weigh-in for both tournaments will be held between 8.30am and 9.30am at the National Stadium.

semis saturday 2pm

programme semis 7th

Sean Higginson (red) and Ian Fleming

John Cassidy beat his own Illies GG team-mate Leigh Moran to advance to the semi-finals of the National Intermediate Championships at Dublin’s National Stadium tonight.

Cassidy emerged with a hard-fought 11-8 decision from the all Donegal 48kg clash.

Meanwhile, Sean Higginson will fancy his chances of going all the way at the home of Irish boxing. The St John Bosco BC stand out produced an impressive performance to convincingly beat Ian Fleming this evening.

Ryan Peake, Carl McDonald, Gary McKenna, John Nevin and Joel Scullion also progressed, while Graham Keating had seven points to spare over Jason Kirwan.

The lightweight duels went the way of Jason Conroy, Patrick Nevin, Martin Noonan and Dean Walsh, who was involved in a 49-point three-rounder with Sean Flynn.

Noonan staged one of the comebacks of the year last weekend, but there were no outstanding third round reversal of fortune tonight as the Leesider posted a less dramatic 14-10 victory over Orin McDermot.

Paul McArdle, Sean Magee and Sean Duffy booked their tickets into the last-four in the final three bouts of the session.

Please see below attachments for Saturday’s draw.

Weigh-in between 8.30am and 9.30am Saturday.

Click on Live Boxing on front page of www.iaba.ie for live streaming of the 2012 Championships.

QUARTERS SAT 10AM

Quarters Sat 2pm

National Intermediate C’hips Q/Finals National Stadium Dublin Nov 30th

48kg: John Cassidy (Illies GG) beat Leigh Moran (Illies GG) 11-8

54kg: Gary McKenna (Old School) beat Scott Hanway (St Saviours OBA) 19-8

54kg: Sean Higginson (St John Bosco) beat Ian Fleming (Crumlin) 20-4

54kg: Carl McDonald (Golden Cobra) beat Jason Smith (Blessington) RSC2

57kg: Ryan Peake (Ballyhaunis) beat Gerard Matthews (St Pauls Antrim) 10-4

57kg: John Nevin (Cavan) beat Barry Walsh (St Colmans) 9-4

57kg: Graham Keating (St Saviours OBA) beat Jason Kirwan (Ballagh) 21-14

57kg: Joel Scullion (All Saints) beat Alan O’Connor (Palmerstown) RSC3

60kg: Jason Conroy (Crumlin) beat Daryl Fitzgerald (St Pauls) 20-17

60kg: Patrick Nevin (Spartacus) beat Jefferson O’Sullivan (Mulhuddart) W/O

60kg: Martin Noonan (Riverstown) beat Orin McDermott (Finn Valley) 14-10

60kg: Dean Walsh (St Ibars) beat Sean Flynn (Old School) 27-22

64kg: Paul McArdle (Dealgan) beat Stephen Fennessy (Clonmel) 20-7

64kg: Sean Magee (Ligoniel) beat Richard Hadderman (Bray) 24-8

64kg: John Stokes (Mulhuddart) beat Eamon Finnegan (Clonard) W/O

64kg: Sean Duffy (Holy Trinity) beat Leroy Dick (Navan) RSC2

The 2012 National Intermediate Championships resume on Friday and Saturday  at Dublin’s National Stadium.

Weigh-ins  will be held between 8.30am and 9.30am at the National Stadium.

Boxing begins at 6pm on Friday.

Please see below attachments.

Friday Programme

QUARTERS SAT 10AM

Quarters Sat 2pm

Irish squad taking part in the opening ceremony

Ireland’s boxers finished in 5th place in the Medals Tables and in 5th place in the Team Standings in the Junior event at the 2012 European Women’s Youth and Junior Championships in Poland.

European featherweight champion Amy Broadhurst leads out the Irish squad at Dublin Airport last night

The Irish European Women’s Youth and Junior Championships team arrived home to the red carpet treatment at Dublin Airport last night.

Amy Broadhurst, Niamh Folan and Sally Carrig took home one gold and two bronze medals from the Junior event in Poland.

Dealgan BC (Dundalk) southpaw Broadhurst came from behind to beat Russia’s Svetlana Khilchenko 16-15 in a 31-point thriller on Friday.

Pictures courtesy of Michael Hade (IABA).

Irish squad

Irish team manager Maura Campbell, Niamh Folan, Amy Broadhurst, Sally Carrig and IABA President Tommy Murphy

Irish sqaud

The IABA held their Annual Awards Night at the Green Isle Hotel in Dublin last evening. 

Photographs courtesy of Michael Hade (IABA). For more images, please click here

Katie Taylor

The Irish London 2012 Olympic team were honoured, and Olympic, World and European champion Katie Taylor scooped the Boxer of the Year Award at the Irish Amateur Boxing Association’s Annual Awards Night at the Green Isle Hotel in Dublin this evening.

Taylor, John Joe Nevin, Michael Conlan, Paddy Barnes, team captain Darren O’Neill and Adam Nolan represented Ireland at the 30th Olympiad at the ExCel Arena in England’s capital.

Paddy Barnes

Belfast-light-flyweight Barnes, who won bronze at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing before becoming the first Irish boxer in the 101-year history of the IABA to win a second Olympic medal at London 2012, received the Outstanding Achievement Award tonight and Joe Ward took home the Best Elite Boxer Award.

Ward, the current European light-heavyweight champion, claimed his second Elite title earlier this year and was also presented with the Boxer of the Tournament Award at Dublin’s National Stadium.

Irish coaches Billy Walsh, Zuar Antia and Pete Taylor and Des Donnelly and Michael Gallagher were also honoured.

Walsh, Antia and Taylor worked Ireland’s corner at London 2012 and Donnelly was Irish team manager. Gallagher was presented with the best Referee & Judge Award at London 2012.

Joe Ward

The Schoolboy Achievements Awards went to Oliver McCarty, James McGivern and Michael Nevin. The Irish trio claimed three gold medals at the 2012 European Schoolboy Championships to help secure ten medals – a record haul for Ireland at this level – in total in Anapa, Russia this year.

The Ryston BC from Newbridge, Kildare won the Best Club and Coaches Award, while IABA historian Joe Kirwan collected the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Eight-time Elite champion Neil Gough and Mick Darby were inducted into the IABA Hall of Fame.

Members of the Irish 2012 European Schoolboy Championships squad

Reflecting on another outstanding year for Ireland’s most successful Olympic sport, IABA President Tommy Murphy hailed the performances of Ireland’s boxers in international and domestic competition.

“The Olympic Games in London earlier this year were a fantastic occasion.The tremendous atmosphere, the performances of our squad against the best in the world. It was a truly momentous occasion and our Olympic team were a credit to the nation, he said.

“Our teams are now winning medals at all levels internationally and are a consistent source of pride to the Association. This week alone our boxers have won three medals at the European Women’s Youth and Junior Championships in Poland.

“Our coaches and staff and the clubs and coaches throughout the country play a crucial and integral part in the ongoing success of Irish amateur boxing internationally and domestically and they deserve enormous credit for what has been another magnificent year.”

Jimmy Magee was Master of Ceremonies this evening.

IABA 2012 ANNUAL AWARDS GREEN ISLE HOTEL DUBLIN NOVEMBER 9TH

Olympic Achievers Award

Katie Taylor (Bray BC)

John Joe Nevin (Cavan BC)

Paddy Barnes (Holy Family BC)

Michael Conlan (St John Bosco BC)

Darren O’Neill (Paulstown BC)

Adam Nolan (Bray BC)

Olympic Achievers Back Up Team Award

Billy Walsh

Zuar Antia

Pete Taylor

Des Donnelly

Michael Gallagher

Boxer of the Year

Katie Taylor (Bray BC)

Best Elite Boxer

Joe Ward (Moate BC)

Outstanding Achievement Award

Paddy Barnes (Holy Family)

Schoolboy Awards

Oliver McCarthy (Brian Dillons BC)

James McGivern (Oakleaf BC)

Michael Nevin (Portlaoise BC)

Junior Awards

Jason McKay (Canal BC)

Brian Wall (Cashen BC)

Youth Award

David Roche (Riverstown BC)

Intermediate Award

Hughie Myres (Ryston)

Best Club and Coaches Award

Ryston BC, Kildare

Ladies Achievers Award

Ciara Smith (Cavan BC )

Claire Grace (Callan BC)

Michelle Lynch (Geesala BC)

Referee & Judges Awards

International – Eddie Cummings

National – John Casey

Services to Boxing

Ollie Nesbitt

Mick Devane

Peter Mullen

Jack Monaghan

Seamus Dorrington

Special Lifetime Service to the Sport Award

Joe Kirwan

Hall of Fame

Administration – Mick Darby

Boxing – Niall Gough (St Pauls Waterford)

Amy Broadhurst (blue) in action

Amy Broadhurst was crowned European Junior featherweight champion following an edge-of-the-seat win over Russia’s Svetlana Khilchenko in Poland today.

The Dundalk southpaw (Dealgan BC) was trailing by one point going into the third and final round but turned it around to finish on top of the 57kg podium following a 16-15 win in Wladyslawowo.

Broadhurst is now the only Irish female boxer – besides World number one Katie Taylor – to win gold in European competition.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2012/1110/1224326410971.html  – by IABA web

Broadhurst, whose brother Stephen and Paul have won bronze medals at European Schoolboy and Youth level, and Khilchenko, an orthodox puncher, shared the frist round 5-5, the Russian doing good work on the inside, Broadhurst winging home some big lefts.

Khilchenko upped the pace in the second and started getting inside Broadhurst’s guard to pick up points, but Broadhurst, roared on by the Irish squad at ringside, held her ground and continued to pick off her shots with her left and also managed to find the target with a solid right close to the bell.

The Russian champion edged that frame and held a one-point advantage going into the third and final stanza. However, Broadhurst, upping her work rate, secured that round by a two-point margin to seal what Irish team manager Maura Campbell described as a brilliant victory.

“It was a fantastic victory and performance. The win is another great boost for women’s boxing in Ireland. It was a tough final and it was very close, but Amy performed magnificently,” said IABA Director of Boxing Dominic O’Rourke from Poland.

European 57kg Junior champion Amy Broadhurst

 

Broadhurst is trained by her dad Tony, Jim O’Connor and Anto Donnelly at the Dealgan BC – who now have the distinction of having won three European medals by three members of the same family.

Commentating after today’s win, Anto Donnelly said that it was another proud moment for the club.

“We’re absolutely delighted with the victory and it was a great performance by Amy. It is fantastic to have three European medals won by boxers in our club. Amy gave it everything and she totally deserved her win,” he said.

Sally Carrig and Niamh Folan claimed bronze for Ireland at the 20-nation tournament. The Irish squad are due to arrive home via Dublin Airport at 1pm tomorrow evening (Saturday, November 10th).

John McCormack and Damien Walsh were working Ireland’s corner in Poland.