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Galway Finals B1 / B2 / B3

   The remaining Galway finals take place on Sunday 24th March in the Westside Gym, first bout is at 11.00, any official free in morning please be there as we were short of officials today.

1	B1 38.5K	Edward Ward	Olympic	V	Gerard McDonagh	Galway
2	B1 41.5K	Dylan Delaney	Olympic	V	Liam Stapleton	Celtic Eagles
3	B2 40K	Callum Flaherty	Conamara	V	Cian Folan	Conamara
4	B2 50K	Calaun Lavelle	Olympic	V	Joshua Barrett	Titans

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Galway Squad Training

      At last weeks Galway county board meeting, Eddie McDonagh has been appointed the new Galway county coach, Eddie will hold his first training session next Sunday February 24th at 11.00 in the Westside Gym, all clubs are asked to bring along their boxers and also coaches to help out on the day.

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Big Night for Galway Boxing

   Galway will have it's biggest ever representation at an Elite finals on Saturday next at the home of Irish boxing when four Galway boxers fight for the biggest prize in Irish boxing. These are unprecedented times for Galway boxing with this bunch of young talented boxers.

First Galway boxer in the ring is Adam Hession Monivea in the Flyweight decider where he takes on the teak tough Evan Metcalf from Dublin. In the semi-final Adam used all his skills to win comfortably against Ricky Nesbitt from Holy Family Drogheda, this young man is improving every time he boxes and will need to use all his slick moving and hitting skills to keep Metcalf at bay in the final, this will be the classic clash of styles.

Next contest sees Gabriel Dossen from the Olympic club, the powerhouse of Galway boxing, where he takes on the Emmett Brennan Glasnevin in the Middleweight decider. Gabriel has been one the best prospects in the country for the last few years and has been handled well by his coach Mike Mongan to get him here. This has been a great championships for Gabriel, he defeated the favourite and reigning champion Michael Nevin in a master class of technical boxing in the quarter final, a more straightforward 5-0 decision over Brett McGinty in the semi leaves him just 9 minutes away from the top prize.

The light heavyweight final will be contested by Conamara man Thomas O'Toole boxing out of the Celtic Eagles club in the city and the Cork fighter Tommy Hyde. Hyde comes with a big reputation and boxing ancestry, this will account for little when they go toe to toe on Saturday. Thomas has always been one of the cleverest boxers in Galway with his elusive style of countering, he had a tough semi final bout with the non stop aggression of David Bicevis (St Saviours OBA), if Thomas is able to impose his fight plan on Saturday he is in with a great chance.

Last of the four Galway boxers in action is the reigning welterweight champion Kieran Molloy Oughterard. Kieran has had a great year since winning his first Elite belt last year, he has gained great experience on international duty, competing at championships and multi nation tournaments. He had comfortable wins in the quarter and semi final bouts over boxers from Castlebar and Dublin. The final will need a huge step up in performance if he is to retain his title. His opponent is Patrick Donovan from the Our Lady of Lourdes club in Limerick. Donovan came through what was seen as the tougher side of the draw and has national titles at every level except Elite, it will be a cagey affair but if Kieran can bring his A game to the ring it should be enough and set him up on the difficult path to Toyko.

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Bright Future for Galway Boxing

(Photo courtesy of Celtic Eagles)

              

Three National Senior Champions

    Congratulations to the the three National Senior champions from Galway clubs, Gabriel Dossen Olympic, Gytis Lisinskas (Celtic Eagles) and Adam Hession Monivea, a bright future ahead for these rising stars of Irish boxing. Well done also to the Kyne brothers Daniel and Jason, their improvement in the last year at Celtic Eagles has been outstanding.

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Five Galway Boxers in National Senior Finals

    Boxers from Galway will contest five finals at the National Stadium this Friday. This is the largest Galway representation for many years in the finals of this competition. Celtic Eagles have the largest representation from any club in the country with the Kyne brothers Daniel and Jason along with Gytis Lisinskas. Olympic are represented by Gabriel Dossen with Adam Hession flying the flag for Monivea. Best of luck to all the lads.

52kg Adam Hession (Monivea) V Terry Donohue (St Michaels Athy) 64kg Daniel Kyne (Celtic Eagles) V Senan Kelly (Crumlin) 69kg Jason Kyne (Celtic Eagles) V Patrick Donovan (OLOL) 75kg Christopher Mulligan (Clann Naofa) V Gabriel Dossen (Olympic) 91+kg Gytis Lisinskas (Celtic Eagles) V Dean Scullion (Loughshore)

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Ireland V England Cadets

See report and Photos

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Tom Molineaux

The mayor of Galway Niall Mc Neala's, Galway coaches Jim Sweeney Galway County secretary, Patrick Sweeney Olympic Boxing Club, Joe Hernon Galway Boxing Club,  Ferdy Whelan Loughrea Boxing Club, Edward McDonagh Lumpini Boxing Club, Coleman Flaherty Connemara Boxing Club, Danny Butler Monivea Boxing Club, Padraig Flaherty Conamara Boxing Club pictured at the unveiling of the Tom Molineaux commemoration plaque 200 years after his death .

See report

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2017 - 2018 Season

Galway Championships Finals

The finals of the Galway boxing championships take place in the Westside Gym on Sunday 18th February, first bout in the ring at 11.00am sharp. All boxers and officials must be there at 10.45am to check in.

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Finals

RED CORNER                                                          BLUE CORNER

1	B11 33K	Marcus Barrett	Olympic	V	Callum Flaherty	Conamara
2	B11 35K	Daniel Harty	Olympic	V	Thomas J Ward	Olympic
3	B11 37K	Martin Donovan	Olympic	V	Colin McDonagh	Conamara
4	B11 38.5	Edward Barrett	Olympic	V	Michael Ward	Lumpini
5	B11 40K	Martin Barrett	Olympic	V	Ronan Geoghegan	Conamara
6	B11 44.5	Joshua Barrett	Olympic	V	Padraic Gannon	Conamara
7	B12 35K	Owen Cleary	Olympic	V	Paddy Ward	Loughrea
8	B12 38.5	Cian Dolan	Monivea	V	Joseph Kilmartin	Conamara
9	B12 44.5	Orin Burke	Celtic Eagles	V	Daniel Aherne	T Pheadar
10	B12 50K	Gerry Donoghue	Olympic	V	Eoghan O Connaile	Conamara
11	B13 41.5	Michael Cleary	Olympic	V	James Loughlin	Olympic
12	B13 43K	Colm Folan	Conamara	V	Dean Myres	Olympic
13	B13 48K	Patrick J Ward	Olympic	V	David McDonagh	Lumpini
14	B13 50K	Jarleth McDonagh	Lumpini	V	John Donoghue	Olympic
15	B13 54K	David McDonagh	Olympic	V	Patrick J Sweeney	Lumpini
16	B13 59K	William Delaney	Olympic	V	Jimmy Ahearne	T Pheadar
17	B13 65K	Cyrus Patterson	Olympic	V	Jamie Hoey	T Pheadar
18	B13 76+	Colman Barrett	Corrib	V	Nathan Ward	Monivea
19	B14 57K	Patrick Donovan	Olympic	V	Eoin Mannion	Conamara
20	B15 50K	Josh Ruffley	Oard	V	Ml McDonagh	Corrib
21	B15 66K	Thomas McDonagh	Lumpini	V	Torin Finnerty	Monivea
22	B16 60K	Ciaran Whyte	Monivea	V	Bim Conroy	T Pheadar
23	B16 63K	Jordan Enofe	Olympic	V	Padraic McDonagh	Conamara
24	B16 75K	Leon Ward	Lumpini	V	Tom Savage	Oard

 

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Galway Championships 2018 Update

Due to the date of Connacht B14/15/16 being brought forward by a week, changes have to be made to the Galway championships.

Weigh ins and medicals for Boys 11/12/13/14/15/16/ U18 and U18 Girls now take place in the Westside Gym on Sat 17th of Feb from 9:00 to 11.00 am.
Draws will take place immediatialy after the weigh in and medicals. Boxing to commence at 1.00pm.

If there are not more than 4 boxers in any weight division for the Boys 14/15/16 we will have them finished on the following day Sunday 18th Feb. The quarter and semi finals of the Boy 11/12/13 will be held on the Saturday and Sunday with the finals on the following Saturday24th February.

Medicals only for girls 11 to 16 years old also on Saturday Feb 17th at 11.00 am immediately after boys, all girls 11-16 must have a medical on this date. 

Note to clubs: medical slip provided by Connacht Council must be complete except for Doctors signature and Stamp. Please ensure to have this completed before medical as this will greatly speed up the process.

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Olympic B.C. Awards

Congrats to all in Olympic on awards received at IABA annual awards. see report

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Galway Championships 2018

Boy 14/15/16

Weigh ins and medicals take place in the Westside Gym on Sat 17th of Feb from 9:00 to 10:00 am. Boxing to commence at 11.30am, boxing again the following day Sunday the 18th Feb and a day during following week if more than 4 boxers in any weight division. Entry €10 per boxer.

Medicals only for girls 11 to 16 years old also on Saturday Feb 17th at 10.00 am immediately after boys, all girls 11-16 must have a medical on this date. 

Note to clubs: medical slip provided by Connacht Council must be complete except for Doctors signature and Stamp. Please ensure to have this completed before medical as this will greatly speed up the process.

Boy 11/12/13/U18 and Girls U18

Weigh ins and medicals for Boy 11/12/13 U18 boys are on Sat 24th of Feb 9:00 to 10:00  boxing to commence at 11.30. Boxing for championships Feb 24th  and 25th. Entry 10 euro per boxers.

Girls U18 weigh in and medical takes place at 10.00 immediately after boys, boxing later with boys.

Note to clubs: medical slip provided by Connacht Council must be complete except for Doctors signature and Stamp. Please ensure to have this completed before medical as this will greatly speed up the process.

Girls 11 - 16 Championships

Girls 11 - 16 Championships take place on Saturday 7th April in Westside, Weigh in at 9.00 followed by draws and boxing, Entry €10 per boxer.

Best of luck to all boxers coaches and officials from the County Board

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Connacht Championships

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Animate Funding

see details

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Cash For Clubs Link  _______________________________________________________ Keep in contact with Club Development News, funding, course's & club information on  Club Development Facebook Page Facebook Page link   IABA | Phone: 01 4533371 | Email | Website Visit our club development facebook page     Galway Finals The remaining finals for the boy 1/2/3 Galway championships will be held this Wednesday the 22nd march in Westside gym from 7.30 sharp can we ask all  boxers , coaches and officials to be in the gym from 7 pm .... B2 37kg colm folan c/mara v  james o loughlin Olympic  B241.5kg john donaghue Olympic v owen flaherty c/mara B244.5kg Thomas mcdonagh lumpini v Patrick ward Olympic B350kg Christopher stokes Olympic v Patrick donovan Olympic Gabriel Wins Silver   Galway's Gabriel Dossen, Aaron McKenna and Eamer Coughlan proudlky display their medals today in Anapa Ireland’s top prospects experienced mixed fortunes in the Pavlyukov Youth Memorial finals in Anapa, Russia this morning. Irish captain Aaron McKenna capped a magnificent tournament after convincingly beating Russia’s Rashid Yangazie in the light-welter final on a unanimous decision. But World Youth bronze medallist Gabriel Dossen, who was down in the second, had to settle for silver against Yangazie’s compatriot, Danis Gabdrafikov, in the welter class. Irish coach Billy McClean hailed the performances of the Irish pair versus top class opposition at the “mini-World Championships.” “Aaron was absolutely magnificent today and dominated his final against a quality opponent. It was a comprehensive win against the current Russian champion and let us not forget that Aaron beat a current World Junior champion in the semi-finals. We cannot commend his performances highly enough, said Irish coach Billy McClean. “Gabriel finished very strong against his Russian opponent, a top class boxer. It was a big performance from Gabriel and he will be taking home a silver medal. All our squad performed magnificently here this week in a quality tournament.” McClean also hailed coach Fergal McKenna, while Irish team manager Robbie Redmond praised the performances of the Irish team who have been in training camp in Anapa since earlier this month. McKenna (gold), Dossen (silver) and Eamer Coughlan (bronze) finished in podium positions at the Black Sea Port. Team Ireland are due to arrive home at 10.30pm tomorrow night via Dublin Airport. Galway Championships for 11 / 12 / 13        The Galway championships for Boys & Girls aged 11, 12 and 13 takes place in the Westside Gym on Saturday 18th of March, weigh in and medicals take place from 9.00 - 10.00 with the draw immediately after at 10.15, boxing will commence after draws, boxing on Sunday and during the following week will depend on entries, entry fee of €10 and record books must be produced at the scales. 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Congrats to all involved in the club especially Mike and John Mongan the driving force behind the club.          Gabriel Dossen lost out to his Russian opponent on the tightest of margins a 3-2 split decision in the semi final of the AIBA World Youth Championships in St Petersburg, Russia and brings a much deserved bronze medal back home to Galway. At the national senior championships in Dublin Frankie Cleary claimed another national title in the 60Kg division getting a 3-0 decision over Dylan Duffy (Pegasus), the club has certainly come a long way from the humble beginnings at the Holy Family centre in Renmore under their founder and coach Chick Gillen. Gabriel Medals at Worlds       Olympic BC ace Dossen emerged from a cagey 64kg contest with Dominican Republic Rohan Polanco in the in the quarter-finals of the AIBA World Youth Championships in St Petersburg, Russia. 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Galway Finals

The remaining finals for the boy 1/2/3 Galway championships will be held this Wednesday the 22nd march in Westside gym from 7.30 sharp can we ask all  boxers , coaches and officials to be in the gym from 7 pm ....

B2 37kg colm folan c/mara v  james o loughlin Olympic 

B241.5kg john donaghue Olympic v owen flaherty c/mara

B244.5kg Thomas mcdonagh lumpini v Patrick ward Olympic

B350kg Christopher stokes Olympic v Patrick donovan Olympic

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Gabriel Wins Silver   Galway's Gabriel Dossen, Aaron McKenna and Eamer Coughlan proudlky display their medals today in Anapa Ireland’s top prospects experienced mixed fortunes in the Pavlyukov Youth Memorial finals in Anapa, Russia this morning. Irish captain Aaron McKenna capped a magnificent tournament after convincingly beating Russia’s Rashid Yangazie in the light-welter final on a unanimous decision.

But World Youth bronze medallist Gabriel Dossen, who was down in the second, had to settle for silver against Yangazie’s compatriot, Danis Gabdrafikov, in the welter class. Irish coach Billy McClean hailed the performances of the Irish pair versus top class opposition at the “mini-World Championships.” “Aaron was absolutely magnificent today and dominated his final against a quality opponent. It was a comprehensive win against the current Russian champion and let us not forget that Aaron beat a current World Junior champion in the semi-finals. We cannot commend his performances highly enough, said Irish coach Billy McClean. “Gabriel finished very strong against his Russian opponent, a top class boxer. It was a big performance from Gabriel and he will be taking home a silver medal. All our squad performed magnificently here this week in a quality tournament.” McClean also hailed coach Fergal McKenna, while Irish team manager Robbie Redmond praised the performances of the Irish team who have been in training camp in Anapa since earlier this month. McKenna (gold), Dossen (silver) and Eamer Coughlan (bronze) finished in podium positions at the Black Sea Port. Team Ireland are due to arrive home at 10.30pm tomorrow night via Dublin Airport.

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Galway Championships for 11 / 12 / 13

       The Galway championships for Boys & Girls aged 11, 12 and 13 takes place in the Westside Gym on Saturday 18th of March, weigh in and medicals take place from 9.00 - 10.00 with the draw immediately after at 10.15, boxing will commence after draws, boxing on Sunday and during the following week will depend on entries, entry fee of €10 and record books must be produced at the scales.

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Galway Championships

       The Galway championships for Boy 14, Youth 1 and Youth 2, Girls 4, 5, & 6, and U18's takes place in the Westside Gym on February 18th and 19th, weigh in is on Saturday 18th at the earlier time of 9.00-10.00, draw immediately after with boxing commencing after draws, boxing on Sunday at 10.00, any extra bouts will be fixed for the following week, entry fee of €10 and record books must be produced at the scales.

    All the above dates and times are subject to change if dates change for Connacht and All-Ireland championships.

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Club Development - Grants and Funding