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Mid-Ulster novice champion 13/2/2010
The club added another new champion to it long list in the Mid Ulster novice championships. Matty McCabe
won the 63 kilo Youth 2 division stopping his opponent in the 2nd round. Matty is proving to be a hard hitter!!
Sean Flynn was narrowly beaten in the Youth 1 52 kilo final.
JUNIOR OLYMPIC GAMES 2010 (Boys born in either 1992 or 1993)
For the first time boxing is included in the programme for the Junior Olympic Games which will
beheld in Singapore from the 14th - 26th August 2010.
The only qualification tournament is the World Youth Championships which will be held in Baku,
Azerbaijan from 12th - 25th of April 2010, with no Country permitted to qualify more than 3 boxers.
To help select a panel for the World Youth Championships for boys born in 1992 or 1993 will be
held in January 2010, details as under.
Venue: National Stadium
Dates: January 15th, 16th,
22nd, 23rd and 29th.
Weigh-in: January 15th
8.30am to 10.00am and 12 noon to 1.00pm. All subsequent weigh-ins 8.30 am to 9.30am.
Age requirements: Boys
born in either 1992 or 1993.
Draw: Draw will take place
at 1.30pm on Friday 15th.
Weight Categories: KG. 48,
51, 54, 57, 60, 64, 69, 75, 81, 91, 91+.
Entries: Entry fee is €10
payable at scales. Entries giving details of club, date of birth and weightdevision to the undersigned not later than FRIDAY JANUARY 8TH.
Boxing: On Friday January
15th at 7.00pm. Other times are contingent on entries and will beannounced at the draw. Boxing will be over 4 x 2 minute rounds.
Boxers must present themselves clean shaven and advise details of any medication they are taking
or have taken in the proceeding 4 weeks.
Attention is called to the stipulation in the IABA Ltd Rule Book that each boxer presented by his
club for the competition shall be fit to box. This is the responsibility of his club. It is a condition
of entry that all competitors and officials have signed the Members Acknowledgement Form or will not be allowed to participate.
Boxers shall have one Blue and one Red vest. Coaches must wear tracksuits and runners at all sessions and endeavour to set a high standard of hygiene in the corners.
NB: GUMSHIELDS RED, ORANGE OR GREEN, WHITE AND ORANGE ARE STRICTLY PROHIBITED.
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Ireland V England 28/11/2009
Smithboro boxing club welcomed members of St. Pauls boxing club & Yorkshire for a evening of quality
boxing at McDermot park, Threemilehouse.
Taking on an "Ireland V England" format, the visiting fighters put on a impressive display. There were 14
fights in all and proved to be a great night of boxing.
This was the first time a English team had ever visited Monaghan and it was a night not to have disappointed
the home fans with boxing at its very best.
Special thanks to Mike Bromby (St. Pauls team coach) for helping put the event together and also to
coaches Paul Kershaw, Frank Aitchison and Jimmy Stevenson
Click here for photos
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Another win for Smithboro ABC
Adrian Cawley pulled out all the stops to win the Ulster 9 county championship on the weekend of November 14th. On route
to the final he beat the highly fancied Darran Pollock from the St Agnes ABC Belfast (3 times all Ireland champion) In his
third and final fight he outboxed Donal McIlroy from the Poleglass club Belfast. Adrain never droped a point in all of his
three fights. This is a great result for Adrain, he put a lot of hard work in preparing for the championship training
up to 8 times a week. Well done Adrain!!
22/10/2009
Kevin McBrides makes a visit to his old club
Ulster Novice Intermediate Champion
A very proud and happy boxer pictured below, Aaron McCann of Smithboro ABC wins a Ulster Intermediate title on the 2nd
of Oct at the famous Dockworkers club Belfast in the 54 kilo division. Aaron had to fight 3 opponents to win the title, in
the final he beat Christopher Smith of Canal boxing club Befast RSC3.
The club is very proud of Aaron since it was nearly 20 years ago from Smithboro ABC last picked up this title that being
Kevin McBride. Well done Aaron!!
Barry McGuigan visits Smithboro ABC August 2009
Barry McGuigan and two sons Shane & Jake paid a welcome visit to Smithboro ABC recently. Barry spent time
taking the Smithboro Lads on the pads and working on technical boxing and tactics. It was a great training session from the
former world champion!
New world champion for Smithboro ABC August 2009
Smithboro boxers, Gary & Stephen Mckenna, Shane & Declan murphy along with club coach Fergal Mckenna
pictured at the ringside world championships in Kansas.
This was a very successfull tournament for the Smithboro boxers with Shane Murphy being crowned the 178
lb ringside world champion!
Holy Trinity visit July 2009
Smithboro boxers were recently pictured with world champion Bernard Dunne in the famous holy Trinity club Belfast, they
were preparing for the ringside world championships in Kansas. Also seen in the picture are top Coaches Michael Hawkins (left)
& Harry Hawkins
Four Smithboro boxers picked for Kansas world championships
Pictured below are four Smithboro boxers that were picked to compete in the ringside world championships in Kansas,
they are Stephen Mckenna, Gary Mckenna, Shane Murphy and Declan Murphy.
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