IATBA Championships 2023 Final Weekend Schedule

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The 2023 IATBA intervarsity championships concludes this weekend, 31 March and 01 April at the National Stadium, South Circular Road, Dublin 8.

There are four semi-finals in the Junior Novice category on Friday evening, 31 March. Please note that no weigh-ins are require for these semi-finals.

The finals will take place at the same venue on Saturday, April 01. All boxers and winners by walkover must weigh-in.

2023 IATBA CHAMPIONSHIPS WINNERS BY WALKOVER

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IATBA Championships 2023, winners of uncontested categories are as follows:

JN 54KG Kaya Tezgel MU

JN 60KG Eoin Lyons UU

JN 91KG Darragh Cooney MTUC

SN 91KG Garyn McAllister BMC

MY 56KG Liam McCloskey BMC

MY 64KG Drew Geraghty BMC

MY 69KG Damon Critchley BMC

MY 81KG Anthony Taggart BMC

MS 57 KG Patryk Adamus NCI

MS 60KG Ryan Downey UL

MS 75KG Evan Kirwan TUDC

FN 57KG Claire O’Connor UCC

FI 60KG Keelyn Mangan UL

FI 75KG Erin Corrigan ATUG

FI 81 Eireann McGrath ATUM

FS 57KG Kellie McLoughlin TUDT

FS 63KG Niamh McNamara UL

FS 75KG Bethany Doocey ATUM

All boxers must weigh-in on finals day, Saturday April 01, between 8:00 – 09:30 to receive their winner’s certificate.

IATBA Championships 2023 Draw

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Draw for the championships took place on 12 March.

Irish Athletic Third-level Boxing Association (IATBA) Championships 2023 for third level students.

Venue: National Boxing Stadium Complex, 145 South Circular Road, Dublin 8 

Weigh-in and box at the National Boxing Stadium Complex

Weigh-in on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th takes place from 08:00 – 09:30 in the High Performance Gym at the National Boxing Stadium, South Circular Road, Dublin 8.

Only boxers competing on the day need to weigh in that day. 

You only weigh-in on the day you are boxing. 

Please note weight check criteria for Novice Boxers:

All novice boxers weigh-in on their first day of boxing in the championships and again on day of their final. 

All Intermediate and Senior boxers weigh-in each day they compete.

Boxing commences at 11.30 both days.

Entry fee for spectators is €10.

Day 1: Saturday, March 18th 2023.

Day 2: Sunday, March 19th 2023.

Day 3: March 31st

Boxing at the National Boxing Stadium Complex. No weigh-in checks required. Boxing starts at 19:30.

Day 4: April 1st

Weigh-in and box at the National Boxing Stadium Complex. Weigh-in for all finalists from 08:00 – 09:30. Boxing starts at 11:30.

Entries for 2023 IATBA Student Boxing Championships Open

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Entries are now open for the 2023 IATBA Championships until 23:59 10 March 2023.

Each college entering boxers must also pay an annual college membership fee of €100 to take part.

The championships draw will be performed on 12 March in advance of the first day of competition on 18 March 2023 at the National Stadium Complex. Full draw will be made available here at http://www.iatba.ie.

Entries are submitted via the Google form below. Boxers must choose how they will make their entry fee payment in their entry submission, either College/University will pay or personal payment.

If your college team would like to pay all boxer entry fees and college membership fee by bank transfer, please submit this request by email to us at iatba.2010@gmail.com

Any further questions regarding entries should be made by email to iatba.2010@gmail.com.

Personal entry fee payments are made at the Clubforce paywall. Click on the icon below.

2023 IATBA Championships Circular

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Irish Athletic Third-level Boxing Association (IATBA) Championships 2023 for third level students.

Venue: National Boxing Stadium Complex, 145 South Circular Road, Dublin 8

Day 1: March 18th 

Weigh-in and box at the National Boxing Stadium Complex

Day 2: March 19th

Weigh-in and box at the National Boxing Stadium Complex

Day 3: March 31st

Weigh-in and box at the National Boxing Stadium Complex

Day 4: April 1st

Weigh-in and box at the National Boxing Stadium Complex

Entries: Entry form will go live on http://www.iatba.ie on or before 17 Feb 2023.

  • IATBAs Competitor entry fee is €35
  • Championships entry is pre-paid and non-refundable
  • Competitors must produce their Boxing Medical Book and their valid Student Identification Card for the current academic year.
  • Entries are subject to vetting and it is a condition of entry that all competitors and officials shall have signed the IABA Waiver / Members Acknowledgement Form.
  • Closing date for entries is Friday 10th March at 11:59..

In addition, all third-level institutions entering Competitors for this Championships must pay an IATBA membership fee of €100 for 2023. Sport Officers / Club Officials are requested to contact IATBA at iatba.2010@gmail.com to organize this payment as soon as possible, in order to facilitate the administration of the Championships.

Important – Entries will only be accepted once approved by the third-level institutions’ Sports Officers / Students Services Staff member. Boxers can only compete with the permission of their academic institutions’ sports officer or equivalent. No boxer will be entered into the draw until payment is received by IATBA.

Registration

The championships are by pre-entry only. The draw will be done a week in advance of the first day of competition based on the given weights in the entry forms. Boxers must make their entered weight. Any boxer who fails to make their weight on their first day of boxing (or any subsequent day) is eliminated from the competition.

Novices weigh in on first day they compete and again on Finals day.

Boxers in all other categories weigh-in any day they box.

Draw: Will take place on Sunday 12th March. Draw will be made available at http://www.iatba.ie.

Boxing: Starts 18th March 2023.

Remaining sessions contingent on entries, details to be announced after the competition draw.

Classifications:

Note: The term “Elite” refers to age classification only and is not related to the ability or experience of the Boxer.

Elite: Male and Female Competitors aged 19 – 40 years old in 2023.

Youth: Male and Female Competitors aged 17-18 years old in 2023.

Qualifying Criteria:

  1. Competitors must be Elite Boxers: born between 01 January 1983 – 31 December 2004, or Youth Boxers: born between 1st January 2005 – 15th January 2006.
  2. Competitors must be fully registered, and hold a student card for the institution with which they are internally registered for the current academic year.
  3. Competitors must have successfully completed second-level education (Leaving Cert or equivalent), and be currently pursuing a course of study that leads to an award ranked at a minimum of Level 6 up to Level 10 on Quality and Qualifications Ireland’s (QQI) National Framework of Qualifications, or minimum Level 4 up to Level 8 on the Northern Ireland National Qualifications Framework.
  4. Individuals undertaking courses at third-level institutions as part of an apprenticeship programme are not eligible to compete.
  5. Competitors must be currently registered members of the IABA, and members of a currently affiliated Boxing Club of the IABA.

Categories & Weights for Elite Male Competitors are:

Junior Novice (0 – 3 bouts and first registered to IABA from 26th February 2022)

3 x 2 minutes rounds

51 – 54 Kg
57 Kg
60 Kg
63 Kg
66 Kg
69 Kg
72 Kg
75 Kg
78 Kg
81 Kg
86 Kg
91 Kg
91+ Kg

Senior Novice (4 – 10 bouts and first registered to IABA from 01 January 2019 and not having competed in any National Championships other than National Novices)

3 x 2 minutes rounds

51 – 54 Kg
57 Kg
60 Kg
64 Kg
67 Kg
71 Kg
75 Kg
81 Kg
86 Kg
91 Kg
91+ Kg

Intermediate (11 – 25 bouts, or 0 – 25 bouts and registered to IABA prior to 01 January 2019)

3 x 3 minutes rounds

49 – 52 Kg
56 Kg
60 Kg
64 Kg
69 Kg
75 Kg
81 Kg
91 Kg
91+ Kg

Senior (> 25 bouts)

3 x 3 minutes rounds

46 – 48 Kg
51 Kg
54 Kg
57 Kg
60 Kg
63.5 Kg
67 Kg
71 Kg
75 Kg
80 Kg
86 Kg
92 Kg
92+ Kg

Categories for Elite Female Competitors are:

Novice (0 -3 bouts)

3 x 2 minutes rounds

45 – 48 Kg
51 Kg
54 Kg
57 Kg
60 Kg
63 Kg
66 Kg
70 Kg
75 Kg
80 Kg
86 Kg

Intermediate (4-12 bouts)

3 x 3 minutes rounds

45 – 48 Kg
51 Kg
54 Kg
57 Kg
60 Kg
64 Kg
69 Kg
75 Kg
81 Kg
81+ Kg

Senior (> 12 bouts)

3 x 3 minutes rounds

45 – 48 Kg
50 Kg
52 Kg
54 Kg
57 Kg
60 Kg
63 Kg
66 Kg
70 Kg
75 Kg
81 Kg
81+ Kg

Youth Categories are:

Open class (any experience level)

Male Youth

3 x 3 minutes rounds

46 – 49 Kg
52 Kg
56 Kg
60 Kg
64 Kg
69 Kg
75 Kg
81 Kg
91 Kg
91+ Kg

Female Youth

3 x 3 minutes rounds

45 – 48 Kg
51 Kg
54 Kg
57 Kg
60 Kg
64 Kg
69 Kg
75 Kg
81 Kg
81+ Kg

Note: Boxers who have won an IATBA championship at a certain category automatically move up a category class, regardless of their number of bouts.

Note: Boxers may move up one experience level for reasons of competition on request to the organizing committee. However, boxers who choose to exercise this option may not move back down an experience class for future IATBA events.

Note: The Junior Novice Category is intended for Competitors that are in their first year of boxing. Competitors registered to IABA earlier than 26th February 2022, and having not more than 3 bouts must compete in the Senior Novice category regardless of the number of bouts on their record book. This is to ensure that Boxers with more sparring experience do not obtain an unfair advantage over less experienced Boxers.

All Novice Competitors must include their date of registration on the Competition Entry Form. The organizing committee will check all boxing cards at registration.

Irish Athletic Third-level Boxing Association Boxing competitions are governed in accordance with the rules and regulations of the International Boxing Association (IBA). The Official in Charge of the competition will follow the IBA Open Boxing Competition Rules. Please note that, under IBA rules, boxers who are engaged in ’Other Physical Contact Sports’ are not eligible to compete. Refer to www.aiba.org for more information.

Each Competitor presented by his or her Club shall be fit to box. This is the responsibility of the Club.

Non-Pregnancy Declaration forms must be signed for female athletes.

Attire: Competitors must have one Red and one Blue Vest. 

Coaches must wear tracksuits and trainers at all sessions, and endeavour to set a high standard of hygiene in the corners. No caps/hats allowed. Only qualified coaches will be allowed in the corners.

Novice Males, Youths, Intermediates and all Female competitors must wear headguards. Females put their head-guard on in the ring. Competitors with long hair must keep it contained within the headguard with a hairnet, cloth swim cap or bandana.

Boxers presenting with beards must not exceed 10cm beard length for weigh-ins and bouts, and advise details of any medication they are taking, or have taken in the preceding 4 weeks. All body piercings must be removed before attending the weigh-in. Hair clips cannot be used.

Gum shields: Red, Orange or Pink coloured gum shields are forbidden. Any competitor entering the ring with either colour gum shield will not be allowed to box and a walkover to their opponent will be called.

Sportsmanship: All decisions must be accepted in a sporting manner. Respect shall be shown to the ringside officials at all times.

IATBA CHAMPIONSHIPS 2022 – FINALS RESULTS

See attached the results from the 2022 IATBA Championships. Another successful event following a fallow period due to Covid.

The IATBA committee would like to thank all the boxers who entered and participated, the third-level institution Sports Officers who ensured a smooth and easy access to the event for their boxers, the coaches who do trojan work to prepare their boxers and not forgetting all the referees and judges who facilitated an excellent championship. A massive thanks must also go to the National Stadium Manager Dave McCartney, without his help and assistance, events like these would never take place.

REVISED 2022 IATBA CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHEDULE

Please be advised that following a few recent withdrawals, the schedules attached are the only programme schedules to use for the 2022 IATBA Championships. All previous programmes are voided and should now be disregarded. 

All updated programmes will be made available on the Third-Level website www.iatba.ie

Boxers only weigh in on the days they box. 

It should also be noted that all boxers who received a walkover must attend on finals day to register their championship weight.

Any other withdrawals from the championships must be made known to IATBA by email to iatba.2010@gmail.com

2022 IATBA Championships Draw

The draw for the 2022 IATBA Championships was held at 15:30 on 20 February 2022.

The pre-entry numbers were just over 130 boxers. An extraordinary number considering the novice boxers numbers were lower that typical levels after the COVID-19 induced boxing hiatus we’ve experienced.

The draw sheets and schedule are below.

Be advised that the final version (with clubs included and categories) will be made available as soon as possible.

Daily weigh-ins are 8am – 9am. Boxers ONLY weigh in on the day on which they are boxing! They do not need to arrive on day one if they are not boxing until day three (finals day).

Entries Open for 2022 IATBA Student Boxing Championships

Entries are now open for the 2022 IATBA Championships.

Note: Two forms MUST be submitted online to confirm your entry.

First complete the entry form below.

Data required for the registration is listed below (# 1 – 20).

Data required for the Entry form:

  1. Boxer’s name
  2. Boxer’s Gender
  3. Boxer’s Third-level Education Institution
  4. Boxer’s Student Registration No. / Student ID No.
  5. Award Level of Boxer’s Course of Study (Rep. of Ireland or NI)
  6. Third-level Institution’s Sports Officer/Student Services Officer Email Address
  7. Boxer’s Club
  8. Boxer’s Club’s Email Address
  9. Boxer’s Club Coach(es)
  10. Boxer’s Club Coach Phone Number
  11. Date of First Registration to IABA
  12. Boxing Card Number
  13. Number of Bouts
  14. Number of Bout Wins
  15. Other Fight Sport Experience
  16. Titles Won
  17. Email Address of College/University Boxing Team
  18. College/University Boxing Team Coach(es)
  19. College/University Boxing Team Coach’s Phone Number
  20. Competition Category & Weight Class

COMPLETION OF THE ENTRY PROCESS

Click on the logo below to open the link to the payment page hosted by Clubforce. There are options to pay the €32 entry fee personally online by card or choose the “College Will Pay My Entry” (€0) if that applies.

Click on the logo to enter

Entries for the championships will close on Friday 18 February. The draw shall take place on Sunday 20th February and will be made available at http://www.iatba.ie.

2022 IATBA Championships for Student Boxers

Irish Athletic Third-level Boxing Association (IATBA) Championships 2022 for third level students.

Venue: National Boxing Stadium Complex, 145 South Circular Road, Dublin 8

Day 1: February 26th

Weigh-in and box at the National Boxing Stadium Complex

Day 2: February 27th

Weigh-in and box at the National Boxing Stadium Complex

Day 3: March 4th

Weigh-in and box at the National Boxing Stadium Complex

Day 4: March 5th

Weigh-in and box at the National Boxing Stadium Complex

Day 5: March 6th (if required)

Weigh-in and box at the National Boxing Stadium Complex

Entries:

IATBA Athlete Membership fee is €7
Competitor entry fee is €25
Championships entry is pre-paid and non-refundable
Competitors must produce their Boxing Medical Book and their valid Student Identification Card for the current academic year.
Entries are subject to vetting and it is a condition of entry that all competitors and officials shall have signed the IABA Waiver / Members Acknowledgement Form.
Closing date for entries is Friday 18th Feb at 1pm.
In addition, all third-level institutions entering Competitors for this Championships must pay an IATBA membership fee of €100 for 2022. Sport Officers / Club Officials are requested to contact IATBA at iatba.2010@gmail.com to organize this payment as soon as possible, in order to facilitate the administration of the Championships.

Important – Entries will only be accepted once approved by the third-level institutions’ Sports Officers / Students Services Staff member. Boxers can only compete with the permission of their academic institutions’ sports officer or equivalent. No entry will be official until payment is received by IATBA.

Registration

The championships are by pre-entry only. The draw will be done a week in advance of the first day of competition based on the given weights in the entry forms. Boxers must make their entered weight. Any boxer who fails to make their weight on their first day of boxing (or any subsequent day) is eliminated from the competition.

Novices weigh in on first day they compete and again on Finals day.

Boxers in all other categories weigh-in any day they box.

Draw: Shall take place on Sunday 20th Feb. Draw will be made available at http://www.iatba.ie.

Boxing: Starts 26th February 2022.

Remaining sessions contingent on entries, details to be announced after the competition draw.

Classifications:

Note: The term “Elite” refers to age classification only and is not related to the ability or experience of the Boxer.

Elite: Male and Female Competitors aged 19 – 40 years old in 2022.

Youth: Male and Female Competitors aged 17-18 years old in 2022.

Qualifying Criteria:

Competitors must be Elite Boxers: born between 01 January 1982 – 31 December 2003, or Youth Boxers: Born between 1st January 2004 – 15th January 2005.
Competitors must be fully registered, and hold a student card for the institution with which they are internally registered for the current academic year.
Competitors must have successfully completed second-level education (Leaving Cert or equivalent), and be currently pursuing a course of study that leads to an award ranked at a minimum of Level 6 up to Level 10 on Quality and Qualifications Ireland’s (QQI) National Framework of Qualifications, or minimum Level 4 up to Level 8 on the Northern Ireland National Qualifications Framework.
Individuals undertaking courses at third-level institutions as part of an apprenticeship programme are not eligible to compete.
Competitors must be currently registered members of the IABA, and members of an affiliated Boxing Club of the IABA.


Categories & Weights for Elite Male Competitors are:

Junior Novice (0 – 3 bouts and first registered to IABA from 14 March 2020)

3 x 2 minutes rounds

51 – 54 Kg
57 Kg
60 Kg
63 Kg
66 Kg
69 Kg
72 Kg
75 Kg
78 Kg
81 Kg
86 Kg
91 Kg
91+ Kg


Senior Novice (4 – 10 bouts and first registered to IABA from 01 January 2017 and not having competed in any National Championships other than National Novices)

3 x 2 minutes rounds

51 – 54 Kg
57 Kg
60 Kg
64 Kg
67 Kg
71 Kg
75 Kg
81 Kg
86 Kg
91 Kg
91+ Kg


Intermediate (11 – 25 bouts, or 0 – 25 bouts and registered to IABA prior to 01 January 2017)

3 x 3 minutes rounds

49 – 52 Kg
56 Kg
60 Kg
64 Kg
69 Kg
75 Kg
81 Kg
91 Kg
91+ Kg


Senior (> 25 bouts)

3 x 3 minutes rounds

46 – 48 Kg
51 Kg, 54 Kg, 57 Kg
60 Kg, 63.5 Kg, 67 Kg
71 Kg, 75 Kg
80 Kg, 86 Kg
92 Kg
92+ Kg
13 Male weights


Categories for Elite Female Competitors are:

Novice (0 -3 bouts)

3 x 2 minutes rounds

45 – 48 Kg
51 Kg
54 Kg
57 Kg
60 Kg
63 Kg
66 Kg
70 Kg
75 Kg
80 Kg
86 Kg


Intermediate (4-12 bouts)

3 x 3 minutes rounds

45 – 48 Kg
51 Kg
54 Kg
57 Kg
60 Kg
64 Kg
69 Kg
75 Kg
81 Kg
81+ Kg


Senior (> 12 bouts)

3 x 3 minutes rounds

45 – 48 Kg
50 Kg, 52 Kg, 54 Kg
57 Kg,
60 Kg
63 Kg
66 Kg
70 Kg
75 Kg
81 Kg
81+ Kg.

12 Female weights

Youth Categories are:

Open class (any experience level)

Male Youth

3 x 3 minutes rounds

46 – 49 Kg
52 Kg
56 Kg
60 Kg
64 Kg
69 Kg
75 Kg
81 Kg
91 Kg
91+ Kg


Female Youth

3 x 3 minutes rounds

45 – 48 Kg
51 Kg
54 Kg
57 Kg
60 Kg
64 Kg
69 Kg
75 Kg
81 Kg
81+ Kg


Note: Boxers who have won an IATBA championship at a certain category automatically move up a category class, regardless of their number of bouts.

Note: Boxers may move up one experience level for reasons of competition on request to the organizing committee. However, boxers who choose to exercise this option may not move back down an experience class for future IATBA events.

Note: The Junior Novice Category is intended for Competitors that are in their first year of boxing. Competitors registered to IABA earlier than 14th March 2020, and having not more than 3 bouts must compete in the Senior Novice category regardless of the number of bouts on their record book. This is to ensure that Boxers with more sparring experience do not obtain an unfair advantage over less experienced Boxers.

All Novice Competitors must include their date of registration on the Competition Entry Form. The organizing committee will check all boxing cards at registration.

Irish Athletic Third-level Boxing Association Boxing competitions are governed in accordance with the rules and regulations of the International Boxing Association (IBA). The Official in Charge of the competition will follow the IBA Open Boxing Competition Rules. Please note that, under IBA rules, boxers who are engaged in ’Other Physical Contact Sports’ are not eligible to compete. Refer to http://www.aiba.org for more information.

Each Competitor presented by his or her Club shall be fit to box. This is the responsibility of the Club.

Non-Pregnancy Declaration forms must be signed for female athletes.

Attire: Competitors must have one Red and one Blue Vest.

Coaches must wear tracksuits and trainers at all sessions, and endeavour to set a high standard of hygiene in the corners. No caps/hats allowed. Only qualified coaches will be allowed in the corners.

Novice Males, Youths and all Female competitors must wear headguards. Females put their head-guard on in the ring. Competitors with long hair must keep it contained within the headguard with a hairnet, cloth swim cap or bandana.

Boxers must present themselves clean-shaven for weigh-ins and bouts, and advise details of any medication they are taking, or have taken in the preceding 4 weeks. All body piercings must be removed before attending the weigh-in. Hair clips cannot be used.

Gum shields: Red, Orange or Pink coloured gum shields are forbidden. Any competitor entering the ring with either colour gum shield will not be allowed to box and a walkover to their opponent will be called.

Sportsmanship: All decisions must be accepted in a sporting manner. Respect shall be shown to the ringside officials at all times.

2020 World University Boxing Championships Cancelled

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FISU have informed all member national associations that the FISU World University Boxing Championships scheduled for 10 -15 October 2020 have been cancelled due to the on–going COVID-19 pandemic.

The communication can be read here: 20200617_Cancellations WUC_NUSFs

It is expected that the next world level event scheduled for student boxers will be the 2022 World University Championships for Combat Sports, to be held in the city of Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation. The sports included are Boxing, Karate, Muaythai, Sambo, Wrestling and Wushu.

European Olympic Boxing Qualifier

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The European Olympic Boxing qualifier – which runs from 14-24 March – will see around 342 men and women compete from around 45 countries. It is one of several qualifiers held around the world as numbers are whittled down to 186 men and 100 women who will be at Tokyo 2020.

Ireland has a team of 8 male and 5 female boxers at the event seeking Olympic qualification.

The qualifiers can be watched online at the Olympic Channel: https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/events/detail/tokyo-2020-boxing-olympic-qualification-tournaments/

2020 IATBA Champions

The 2020 IATBA Championships concluded Sunday 08 March at the National Stadium with 56 new IATBA champions crowned. This was the 10th anniversary IATBA championships since the association was founded in 2010.

Belfast Metropolitan College Boxing Academy and NUI Galway Boxing Club both emerged with nine IATBA titles and three silver medals. However, NUI Galway was the most successful team as they won six gold medals through in-ring competition and Belfast met won five gold medals.

NUI Galway succeed their (friendly) city rivals GMIT Boxing Club, who were 2019’s outstanding student boxing club.

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NUI Galway Boxing Club

 

Belfast Met

Belfast Met Boxing Club

 

Full List of Champions and Medallists

IATBA 2020 FINAL Results

The Irish Athletic Third-level Boxing Association wish to thank all the officials who volunteered their services over the weekend and all the coaches for their dedication to the sport.

Special thanks to all the student boxers for their commitment and dedication to boxing whilst undertaking academic courses.

 

IATBA Championships 2020 Session 2

Weigh in for Saturday 07 March from 8 – 9am.

All boxers competing for the first time in the championships must weigh in.

All Seniors and Intermediates must weigh in.

All finalists must weigh in.

All male boxers must be clean shaven at weigh in and for contests.

Boxers must present their student ID card and boxing record book at the weigh in.

Only Novices competing in their second contest of the championships, in semi finals do not have to weigh in.

There are 9 finals starting from bout 52.

IATBA QUARTER FINALS

Boxing is underway.

Bouts 3, 4, 5 and 8 are walkovers. All other contests as per program.

Bout 1 Patrick Graham WIT beat Colin Koyce UCC 2-1

Bout 2 Blaine Keenan Bel. Met beat Shane Hurley UCC RSC 3

Bout 6 Jack Butler Finlay NUIG beat Aaron Lyons UCC 2-1

Bout 7 Samuel Adebayo UCC beat Daniel Griffin UCC 3-0

Bout 9 Aaron Cosgrove NUIG beat Colm O Gadhra UCC 3-0

Bout 10 Rory Trainor Belfast Met beat Jamiu Adio TUD 3-0

Bout 11 Luke Burke WIT beat Eoin Collins IT Carlow 2 – 1

Bout 12 Cullen McDonagh GMIT beat Alexander Carpenter DCU 2-1

Bout 13 Conor Reneghan SRC beat Harrison Jameson DKIT 3-0

Bout 14 Matthew McCole LYIT beat Derek Murray CIT ABD2

Bout 15 Aaron Tuke UL beat Michael Kinsella UL 2-0

Bout 16 Terry McEntee DCU beat Fearghal de Faoite UL ABD1

IATBA Championships Q-Finals

The IATBA Intervarsity Boxing Championships will commence at the National Stadium on Friday evening, 06 March, with 16 quarter-finals contests down for decision.

Friday 06 March Schedule:
Weigh-in: 8am – 9am (Boxers must indicate if they are using this option – no weight allowance at morning weigh-in)
5pm – 6pm (Boxers have an allowance of exactly 1Kg due to an evening weigh-in)

Boxers are requested to state which weigh-in they will attend by email to iatba.2020@gmail.com. If no email is forthcoming then the 5pm – 6pm weigh-in is assumed.

Capture

Boxers must present their boxing record book at the weigh-in.

Their student ID card must also be presented for checking.

Competition

  1. Target start time for boxing is 7.30pm.
  2. All Novice class boxers  must wear headguards
  3. Boxers with long hair must keep it contained within the headguard with a hair net or bandanna.
  4. Boxers must present themselves clean shaven for weigh-ins and bouts, and advise details of any medication they are taking, or have taken in the preceding 4 weeks.
  5. Coaches must wear tracksuits and trainers at all sessions, and endeavour to set a high standard of hygiene in the corners.
  6. All decisions must be accepted in a sporting manner.
  7. Seconds must collect their boxer’s record book from the top table right after the boxer has lost and the bout has been logged in their record book.
  8. Questions to the Supervisor’s table are not permitted unless absolutely essential – the top table must be able to concentrate fully on the field of play at all times.
  9. Checking of boxers’ record books by coaches or other boxers is prohibited – record books of boxers will be thoroughly checked by the organising committee to ensure that mismatches do not occur. Safety of all competitors is paramount.

2020 IATBA Championships

All boxers entered in the IATBA Championships not featured in the published draw sheets were unopposed in their weight categories, and won their championships by walkover. Those boxers are in the list below.

Category Weight (Kg) Name College
FY 64 Hollie Weir BMC
MY 81 Carter Harbinson BMC
75 Joseph Burke NWRC
JN 54 Mubarak Ahmed BMC
92 Jonathon Carey CIT
FN 60 Filumena Flanagan NUIG
57 Kirsty Moran NUIG
70 Mary Elizabeth Taylor CIT
66 Chloe Collins GMIT
86 Cara Cleary GMIT
75 Taryn Tanton ITC
SN 92 Israel Akinniranye DCU
54 Matthew McConachie SERC
57 Cian O’Reilly UCD
FI 69 Rachel Buchanan GMIT
51 Olivia Grant QUB
57 Dearbhla Snow UCC
60 Lauryn Walsh UCC
MS 52 Rickey Nesbitt DKIT
91 Thomas O’Toole GMIT
FS 80 Aoibhe Carabine GMIT

 

2020 IATBA Championships Draw

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The IATBA Intervarsity Boxing Championships will commence at the National Stadium on Friday evening, 06 March, with 16 quarter-finals contests down for decision. 145 student boxers entered the championships.

Semi-finals will be held on Saturday 07 March.

Finals will be held on Sunday 08 March.

Draw Sheets are available at the links below.

Boxers not listed on the draw sheets won their categories by walkover. These boxers are not required to weigh in to claim their championships.

Quarter Finals_SESSION1 06.03.2020

Semi-finals Day 2

Sunday Finals IATBA Championships

Schedule of the Championships
Important: All Intermediate and Senior boxers have to weigh-in on the day(s) they compete.
Novice boxers weigh-in on the first day they compete and on finals day.

Friday:
Weigh-in: 8am – 9am (Boxers must indicate if they are using this option – no weight allowance at morning weigh-in)
5pm – 6pm (Boxers have an allowance of exactly 1KG due to an evening weigh-in)

Boxing: 7:30pm in the National Boxing Stadium

Saturday:
Weigh-in: 8am – 9am (For all boxers except novice boxers having their second contest of the championships. All finalists must weigh in)

Boxing: 11am in the National Boxing Stadium
34 semi-finals followed by 11 finals.

Sunday:
Weigh-in: 8am – 9am (For all boxers)

Boxing: 11am in the H.P. Gym at the National Boxing Stadium.

Important to note that any boxer who fails to make their designated championship weight is automatically out of the championships. It is imperative that coaches make sure their boxers are on or below their weight to avoid disappointment.

Any boxers intending on doing the Friday morning weigh-in must notify the IATBA by email at iatba.2010@gmail.com before 5pm on Thursday 05 March. Otherwise, they will be expected at the evening weigh-in.

Male boxers must be clean shaven at the scales and upon entering the ring.

All novice boxers and all female boxers must wear headguards. Intermediate and Senior male boxers do not wear headguards.

Note: All colleges must have paid all the relevant entry fees in order for their students to compete.