Boxer from Offaly club departs for European U23 Championships
Budapest was the scene of a famous Irish victory on the football pitch last Sunday, and now the country's best young boxers will be bidding for more glory in the Hungarian capital as it hosts the European U23 Championships.
Portarlington's Rachel Lawless, a member of the Defence Forces who boxes out of St Brigid's Boxing Club in Edenderry, is among the Irish team which departed for the championships today (Friday).
Rachel is competing at 51kg. The draw, which sets out the path to the podium for each boxer in a given weight category, will take place tomorrow (Saturday) evening at around 8pm Irish time.
Two rings will be in operation at Bok Sports Hall until the semi-final stage.
Preliminary rounds, including the quarter finals, will be boxed from Sunday, November 23 to Wednesday, November 26.
Thursday, November 27, is a rest day. The semi finals will take place on November 28 and all finals will take place from 2pm on Saturday, November 29. It is expected that the championships will be live-streamed.
Team Ireland will return home on Sunday, November 30.
The Irish team is as follows:
48kg Tiffany Spencer, Jobstown BC, Dublin
51kg Rachel Lawless, St. Brigid’s BC, Offaly
54kg Robyn Kelly, Ballynacargy Boxing Club, Westmeath
57kg Natalia Fascizewska, Castlebar BC, Mayo
60kg Rebecca Kavanagh, Mulhuddart BC, Dublin
65kg Ava Henry, Dublin Docklands BC
80+kg Cliona D’Arcy, Tobar Pheadair BC, Galway
50kg Louis Rooney, Star ABC, Belfast
55kg Pasty Joyce, Olympic BC, Westmeath
60kg Gavin Ryan, Ratoath BC, Meath
65kg Roy Colgan, Avona BC, Dublin
70kg Ryan Jenkins, Jobstown BC, Dublin
75kg Tadgh O’Donnell, Jobstown BC, Dublin
80kg James Whelan, Dublin Docklands BC
85kg Sean Mackay Trant, Monkstown BC, Dublin
90kg Garyn McAllister, North Down BC, Down