Byrne and Kelly Names Captains for European U19 Championships
Kayleigh Byrne and Patrick Kelly have been confirmed as the Team Captains for the Team Ireland team contesting the European U19 Championships.
Byrne, who contests at 51kg, is of Gorey BC, Co. Wexford and Kelly, a 70kg boxer, is of St. Abban’s/Kilmyshall BC, also in Wexford. The 13 strong team concluded their formal squad training at the High Performance Unit, Abbotstown, over a week ago and departed for the tournament on Sunday.
The team’s preparations have included a 6 week bloc of squad training, and a mulit-day sparring camp with the England Boxing U19 squad at the GB Olympic Training Centre in Sheffield.
The team includes 4 boxers from Dublin, 2 boxers from Louth, 2 boxers from Wexford, and 1 boxer apiece from Cork, Galway, Kildare, Waterford and Westmeath – all of whom are reigning national U19 champions.
2025 National U19 Championships
The tournament, the first ever European U19 benchmark competition, will take place at the Černá Louka Arena in Ostrava, in the Czech Republic/Czechia from September 30th to October 9th.
The draw and technical meeting will take place on Monday, September 29th. Preliminaries and quarter finals will be boxed September 30th to October 5th. Monday, October 6th will be a rest day, and all semi-finals will be boxed across the 7th and 8th. Finals will take place from 3pm on Sunday, October 9th.
All afternoon sessions will begin at 10am, Irish time, and all evening sessions will get underway at 3pm.
Team Ireland
48kg Chloe Cox, Setanta BC, Co. Kildare
50kg Kurt Kinsella, Monkstown BC Dublin
51kg Kayleigh Byrne, Gorey BC, Co. Wexford
55kg Michael Reilly. St. Paul’s BC, Co. Waterford
57kg Grace Conway, Tredagh BC, Co. Louth
60kg Sean McCusker, Dealgan BC, Co. Louth
65kg John Donoghue, Olympic BC, Co. Westmeath
70kg Katelyn Butler, St. Colman’s BC Co. Cork
70kg Patrick Kelly, St. Abban’s/Kilmyshall BC Co. Wexford
75kg Nessa Tabachuk, Celtic Eagles BC, Co. Galway
75kg Jason Whelan, Dublin Docklands BC
85kg Chulainn McDonnell, Whitechurch BC, Dublin
90kg Shay O’Dowd, Swords BC Dublin
Support staff:
Team Manager: Jennifer O’Sullivan, Sliabh Luachra BC, Kerry
Coaches: Liam Cunningham, Saints ABC, Belfast; Ralph McKay, St. Paul’s BC, Belfast; Aoife Hennigan. Swinford BC, Co. Mayo; Garry Keogh, Marble City BC, Co. Kilkenny
