Jobstown secure titles

JOBSTOWN boxing club had a hugely successful weekend at the Emerald boxing Cup and the U18 National Championships.

Adam Olanyian won the 92kg U18 Irish title, Tiffany Spencer won the 48kg u18 national title, her second of the year, while Ava McCabe won the 44kg Irish national bout At the prestigious Emerald Box Cup, Olanyian won the 92kg title after a walkover, and will now head to Montenegro in October as part of the u18 Irish World Championship team.

Josh Olanyian will head to Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of the U22 Irish World Championship squad after he defeated his English opponent to capture the 75kg title.

The D24 boxing club had four other winners at the tournament which was held in the Tallaght Leisure Centre, Brodric Abudoire won the 63.5kg title, Luke Mulhall captured the 52kg title, Siena Fitzpatrick won the 60kg bout while Brandon Geoghegan captured the 60kg title after defeating his English opponent.

Geoghegan had three bouts across the weekend and also picked up the best male youth individual boxer award at the tournament.

Preparations for both the u18 national bouts and the Emerald Cup had been ongoing for eight weeks prior to both events.

Three U18s champions Ava McCabe, Adam Olanyian and Tiffany Spencer

Seven coaches volunteer at the boxing club, Head Coach James Gray, Amanda Spencer, Carl Gray, Colm Fitzpatrick, Robbie Williams, Stephen Kavanagh and Vinnie Mulhall.

Jobstown boxing club has 45 national titles and 5 European medallists in the past 10 years, a fantastic achievement for the club.

The success the boxing club achieved certainly wouldn’t be possible without the hard work of the coaches, and also Performance 24 gym which sponsored both Adam Olanyian and Brandon Geoghegan for their strength and conditioning in the build up to both boxer’s respective bouts.