Archive for the ‘Youth/Junior Boxing’ Category
WALKER INTO SEMI-FINALS BUT MCDONAGH BOWS OUT
Kurt Walker advanced to the last-four of the World Youths today, but John Joe McDonagh lost out. Kurt Walker is guaranteed at least a bronze medal at the 2012 AIBA World Youth Championships following a magnificent win over Ian Clarke Bautista of the Philippines in Armenia today. The Canal BC (Lisburn, Co. Antrim) flyweight dominated every round of …
by Bernard O'Neill on December 4th, 2012 Comments Off
ELITE SCHOOLBOYS AWARDS NIGHT
Ireland’s Elite Schoolboys will celebrate an outstanding year in Kildare on December this month. The Elite Schoolboy Awards night will take place in the Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth, Co.Kildare on Friday night, December 14th, 2012. This is the first time that an awards night has ever been run which caters specifically for Schoolboys. All last seasons Irish Champions at Boy …
by Bernard O'Neill on December 3rd, 2012 Comments Off
WALKER AND MCDONAGH THROUGH TO Q/FINALS AT WORLD YOUTHS
Kurt Walker and John John McDonagh are through to the quarter-finals at World Youth C’Ships… Kurt Walker and John Joe McDonagh are just one win apiece away from claiming at least a bronze medal each at the AIBA World Youth Championships following last-16 wins in Armenia today. Walker, who boxes out of the Canal BC in Lisburn, came from …
by Bernard O'Neill on December 3rd, 2012 Comments Off
LOTTO RESULTS
The IABA Schoolboys Lotto Draw Results: Draw on 25/11/2012 Numbers Drawn 1, 8, 12, 15. No jackpot winner. Two €20 winners – Barry McReynolds, Antrim and Stan Blanch, Wexford. Draw on 02/12/2012 Numbers Drawn 3, 17, 20, 26. No jackpot winner. Two €20 winners – Michael Langan, Foxford, Mayo and Mary Maughan, Blanchardstown, Dublin.
by Bernard O'Neill on December 3rd, 2012 Comments Off
HUGHIE NEVIN AND KURT WALKER PROGRESS IN YEREVAN
Hughie Nevin and Kurt Walker impressed en route to victory at the AIBA World Youth Championships…. It’s going to be a busy day for Ireland at the AIBA World Youth Championships in Armenia on Monday. Hughie Nevin and Kurt Walker joined team captain Keith Flavin, Chris Nevin and John Joe McDonagh in the last-16 with wins over Mongolia and …
by Bernard O'Neill on December 2nd, 2012 Comments Off
FLAVIN/NEVIN DOMINATE IN ARMENIA
Ireland’s boxers recorded two wins out of three at the AIBA World Youth Championships in Yerevan, Armenia today. Keith Flavin scored a landslide victory over Russian champion Pavel Gunchenko to book his ticket into the last-16 of the AIBA World Youth Championships in Armenia today. The Kilkenny light-flyweight, who is Irish Team captain at the 71-nation tournament, dominated every …
by Bernard O'Neill on December 1st, 2012 Comments Off
WALKER AND MCDONAGH ADVANCE AT WORLD YOUTHS
Kurt Walker and John Joe McDonagh did the double for Ireland in Yerevan, Armenia this afternoon. Ireland’s boxers recorded two wins from two at the 2012 AIBA World Youth Championships in Yerevan today, Kurt Walker and John Joe McDonagh advancing in the Armenian capital. Boxing2012 – AIBA Youth World Championships Session8 Results Walker, from the Canal BC in Lisburn, …
by Bernard O'Neill on November 30th, 2012 Comments Off
NEVIN WINS BUT WAITES BOWS OUT AT WORLD YOUTHS
Ireland experienced mixed fortunes on Day 1 of the 2012 AIBA World Youth Championships in Yerevan, Armenia. Thomas Waites bowed out of the AIBA World Youth Championships following a preliminary round reversal to Eimantas Stanionis in Armenia today. The Lithuanian, a gold medal winner at the 2012 Brandenburg Youth Cup in Germany – he beat Cork’s David Roche en …
by Bernard O'Neill on November 29th, 2012 Comments Off
AIBA WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS DRAW
Ireland has been handed a competitive looking draw at the AIBA World Youth Championships in Armenia. Chris Nevin and Thomas Waites will get Ireland’s AIBA 2012 World Youth Championships campaign underway with preliminary rounds bouts against Croatia and Lithuania tomorrow. The 71-nation tournament begins at the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex (pictured above) in Yerevan, Armenia on Thursday. …
by Bernard O'Neill on November 28th, 2012 Comments Off
AIBA WORLD YOUTHS TO BEGIN THURSDAY
Ireland’s Youth boxers are gearing themselves up for the start of the 2012 AIBA World Youth C’ships… Proceedings on the Tsitsernakaberd Hill overlooking the historic city of Yerevan in Armenia will be the focus of attention for Irish boxing this week. The Irish Youth squad are in situ in Yerevan and counting down to the opening bell of the …
by Bernard O'Neill on November 26th, 2012 Comments Off