Monkstown Boxing Club recognised for it's record year by scooping Irish-Boxing.com "Best Club Award 2016". The club finished 2016 with a whopping TEN Irish Champions (beating 2015 feat of Nine).
http://www.irish-boxing.com/winner-the-2016-irish-boxing-com-awards/

Club Chairman Tommy Rapple had this to say about the club's record year "this is an unbelievable achievement, 2016 was very good to us. Our boxers have trained extremely hard & got themselves in great physical condition for the whole year and I am delighted for them, our coaches deserve huge credit - all volunteers and give huge dedication and commitment to coaching our boys/girls to the highest standard, a well done all round"

The club will find out soon is it has made the same achievement with in the Irish Athletic Boxing Association, which holds it awards in February/March.

The club will embark on a 3 day training camp for 40 of it's boxers to London on Friday 20th January, before the upcoming Dublin and Ireland championships in Feb/Mar. The club will visit 3 of London's best boxing clubs for Training & Sparring including English top clubs West Ham BC, The Ring Bracknell BC and Repton BC.   


MONKSTOWN BOXING CLUB
ACHIEVEMENTS 2016

Inside the Ring

•    10 x All Ireland Champions (Including 4 Girls)
•    15 Leinster ‘Michael Andrews’ Champions (Including 4 Girls)
•    12 Dublin Leagues Champions (boys aged 11 to 16)
•    10 Louth Open Champions
•    5 Dublin Youth Champions
•    5 Dublin Schoolboys Champions
•    4 Dublin Schoolgirls/youth Female Champions
•    Took on New York State Selection in Gleason’s Gym NY and won overall 8-7.

Outside the Ring

•    Club trip to Liverpool – we visited 2 different boxing clubs in 3 days (Our party
      consisted of 12 Coaches/Officials and 41 Boxers aged from 9 to 21)
•     Club trip to New York - we visited one of the most famous Boxing Gym's in the world Gleason's Gym
      were we competed against NY State. We also visited boxing club in Queens NY for 
     Training/Sparring/Relationship Building.
•    Monkstown International Box Cup 2016 – has its highest number of entries
        with 900 from 12 Different Countries. We reckon approx. 2000 people came
        to Dun Laoghaire from outside Ireland to compete or support this event. Dun
        Laoghaire town and surrounding areas received huge benefits from this. Every
        Hotel in DLR and surrounding area was booked up for the weekend
•    6 Schoolboy/Youth Boxers added to IABA High Performance Program
•    Tommy Rapple added to IABA R&J (Referee & Judges) register
•    Club Development Coach James Doyle successfully produces Boxing
         Program for Dun Laoghaire Tivoli Centre Probation Services
•    JP Kinsella received IABA Lifetime Achievement Award
•    2 Successful ‘8 Weeks Beginners Boxing Courses’ completed for Schoolboys
        & Schoolgirls
•    James Doyle added to Dublin Coaching Team
•    5 New Coaches added and fully completed IABA Coaching Course Level 1
•    Today FM award Club Development Coach James Doyle with a ‘Mentor’s
         Award’
•    JP Kinsella completes AIBA Level 1 Coaching Course – which now means he
      can coach at the world’s biggest tournaments including Olympic Qualifiers & European Championships
•    Equipment Grant of €2000 received from the Dublin Bus Awards
•    JP Kinsella coaches at European Schoolboy Championships in Croatia – Ireland return with best ever medal
      haul. 2 Golds & 4 Bronze Medals
•    Club trips - we travelled to St. John BC Derry, Olympic BC Galway and Bantry BC Cork for relationship
      building and stayed overnight at each city

Monkstown Boxing Club will be running an 8 Week Beginners Boxing Course for Boys & Girls born in 2006 & 2007 every Thursday from 12th January 2017 from 6pm to 6.45pm.

This course is for 45mins per week for 8 weeks & cost is just €2 per class. On completion each boy/girl will receive a Certificate & a Medal and invited to join our boxing classes every week.

Many boys & girls who have already completed this course in the past have gone on to represent the club in Dublin Leagues, Dublin Championships, All-Ireland's and International Competitions.


To Register please Text - Name & Date of Birth to 087-7849437 (James Doyle - Development Coach)

Monkstown Boxing Club’s 15 boxers, coaches & officials returned home this morning from a fantastic boxing trip to New York.

On Friday 7th October they boxed against a New York State Selection in Gleason’s Gym, after 13 hard fought bouts Monkstown BC came out on top winning the overall matchup by 7-6, a phenomenal achievement. Unfortunately for one of the Monkstown girls who was due to compete – she injured her hand in the week leading up to the trip, also we had 10 year old Girl Iman Edris compete in a skills exhibition bout (no decision). Results of the boxing show below.
On Sunday 9th we were back in Gleason’s Gym – this time for training & sparring. Our 2 senior boys Niall O’Connor (age 20) and Kenneth Doyle (age 17) got to spar 5 rounds with Professional World Champion Contender Leon Moore (record W32 L3), a really brilliant experience for our 2 up and coming champions. Leon’s legendary coach Darius Forde was very impressed with both boys and commented that both have big future’s in Boxing, he would be very interested in training them both if either ever decided to head stateside.
On Monday 10th we took the boxers to Woodside Boxing Academy, Queens, New York. Here they got to train & spar with some locals. Again gym owner Alex Serna who was at the boxing show in Gleason’s on Friday was very impressed with the standard of all our boxers. He was in shock when we reminded him that we have another 30 boxers at home who could of made the trip.
On the days away from training the team took in many of the sites of New York – including a Boat trip to Staten Island, attending an open air concert in Times Square featuring Alicia Keys, Twin Tower memorial, Grand Central Station, Madison Square Garden, shopping at Woodbury Common outlets, Central Park, Chelsea Piers and many more.
Team manager Tony Brien had this to say about the trip: “This was a fantastic opportunity for our boxers, with many of them travelling to America for the very first time.
“The boxing was briliant with all the boxers giving their all in the ring and coming away with a top class win against really good American kids. Outside the ring the kids were impecably behaved, they all had great fun.”
Photo
1.    MBC at Dublin Airport
2.    MBC Arrive in NYC and are ready
3.    MBC ready for action against NYC State, Gleason’s Gym 07/10/2016
4.    Some of the New York State Boxers at ring parade
5.    Kenneth Doyle & Niall O’Connor with World Title Contender Leon Moore
6.    Kenneth Doyle after some hard rounds sparring with World Title Contender Leon Moore
7.    MBC after a hard training session at Woodlands Boxing Gym, Queens, New York
8.    Some of MBC at Grand Central Station

Results
1 Jesslyn Silva NYC State Skills Only 81 Iman Edris Monkstown BC
2 Ruben Miranda NYC State Beat 2/1 92 John Connors Monkstown BC
3 Diego Bengochea NYC State Beat 2/1 92 Jake Rapple Monkstown BC
4 Magnificent Mosher NYC State Lost to 3/0 95 Sean Mari Monkstown BC
5 Bob Pettigrew NYC State Beat 2/1 97 Suffie Edris Monkstown BC
6 Jason Askri NYC State Lost to 3/0 101 Liam Kearns Monkstown BC
7 Will Heaney NYC State Lost to Tko 2 106 Adam Kenny Monkstown BC
8 Arjen Iseni NYC State Lost to 2/1 130 Jack Marley Monkstown BC
9 Ricardo Cartagenia NYC State Lost to 3/0 112 Dylan Doyle Monkstown BC
10 Natalie Dove NYC State Beat Tko2 101 Saoirse Kearns Monkstown BC
11 Arveontae Dukes NYC State Beat Tko2 139 James Fell Monkstown BC
12 Ralph Clemente NYC State Beat 2/1 154 Adam Matthews Monkstown BC
13 Brandon Browne NYC State Lost to 3/0 136 Kenneth Doyle Monkstown BC
14 Christian Otero NYC State Lost to 3/0 145 Niall O’Connor Monkstown BC
15 Faiva Feifilmia NYC State OFF 110 Sara Edris Monkstown BC