#ThanksToYou #NationalLottery 🤞🏼

The National Lottery raises £30million every week for good causes, including giving our young boxers the chance to chase their dreams and change their lives.

@TNLUK

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#ThanksToYou #NationalLottery 🤞🏼

From entry level of our Performance Pathway to those that represent our country at the Olympic Games, it’s all made possible by The National Lottery.

@TNLUK

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NEW APPOINTMENT – HEAD OF PERFORMANCE

Following a review of the staff structure, Welsh Boxing is delighted to announce the appointment of a new Head of Performance.

Adam Park will move from his current role as Head of Pathways to this newly created role on 3 April 2023.

Update from Dana Posniakas Tournament, Lithuania.

Mickey O'Sullivan Won 5-0
Axel Hegarty Won 5-0

All four boxers in the semi finals tomorrow! 🥊

Team Wales - ready to box! 🥊

Best of luck to all our boxers against England today.

Pob lwc!

🚨 WADA 2023 Prohibited List 🚨

Click on the link ⬇️

wada-ama.org/sites/default/…

Sustaining Grass Roots 🥊

It was a busy Welsh Boxing weekend this weekend as over 60 new coaches joined the coaching pathway and 9 new judges started their journey on the officials pathway. We are looking forward to welcoming the 9 new judges back in the new year for Day 2

Congratulations to Phil Parry, who passed his 3 Star IBA Referee course in Maribor, Slovenia in October.
This is the highest possible rank of international referee - and we are thrilled to have Phil join our list of 3 Star R&Js within Wales.

Llongyfarchiadau Phil!

Development Programme 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🥊

While some of the team were in Belfast competing the rest of the squad were in Cardiff putting the hard work in ready for the Ireland international in December. The squad were joined by a few new faces on Talent Identification assessments.

Day 2 results from Ireland - another very strong performance from Wales, winning the night again 7 - 2!

Axel Hegarty also won Boxer of the Tournament.

Huge congratulations to everyone!
🥊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Day 1 results from Ireland - a very strong performance from Wales, winning the first night 7 bouts to 2.

All boxers will be boxing again today at 6pm, Corpus Christi Boxing Club.

Best of luck to everyone!
🥊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Congratulations to Lauren Price, who received her MBE today from King Charles for her Services to Boxing.

Congratulations to Owain Harris Allan, who won a gold medal an the Tammer Tournament in Finland today.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🥊

WABA Novice Championships

Entry to the Novice Championships is now open. Please enter all boxers through the link below ⬇️

welshboxing.org/waba-novice-ch…

Boxers must have had 0-5 bouts to enter the competition.

Please see all dates in this thread

Wednesday night saw the launch of WABA’s Disability Inclusion Training.

A massive thank you to the three clubs that attended, Welsh Boxing is looking forward to collaborating with you moving forward to make boxing in Wales more inclusive.

Congratulations to the 4 boxers selected for the Tammer Tournament in Finland this weekend.

Haaris Khan (80kg)
Orlando Holley Sotomi (75kg)
Owain Harris Allan (54kg)
Zoe Andrews (54kg)

Results:
Day 1:
Zoe Andrews v Brazil (lost on points)
Haaris Khan v Estonia (won on points)

Tune in to @JonathanS4C tomorrow at 21:00 on S4C to see @IoanCroft & @garan_croft talk all about their recent success

A massive thanks to our hard working coaches Connor Gething, Martin Anthony and Mike Smyth for making it all run smoothly.

📸 Clive Wood Photography

Development Programme in the Lions Den 🦁🥊

Members of the Development Programme travelled to the home of GB Boxing this weekend to take part in a training camp with the England Talent Programme.

The boxers had a fantastic time and trained well.

.@Rosie_Eccles96 is into the European Championship Quarter Final after a dominant display 🔥

WABA Refereeing Course 🥊

EIGHT new referees have been trained ready for the new season. These officials will help ensure the sustainability of grass roots boxing (cont.)

🥊 | Join us in the fight to #𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗯𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗰. With boxing not on the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic program for the first time in history, its Olympic future is in grave danger.
👉🏼 | Follow the movement on Instagram @keepboxingolympic like, share and unite!

DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🥊

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VACANCY: Performance Programme Boxing Session Coach

For information on the role and the application process click on the link below:
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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Rosie Eccles selected as the Team Wales Flagbearer for the Closing Ceremony 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Amazing Rosie, we are all so incredibly proud!

@TeamWales

Post tournament reaction with Ioan Croft 🏆🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🥊

Commonwealth Games Gold Medallist - Ioan Croft 🥊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏆

It's Finals Time...

Finally today for Wales we have Ioan Croft, boxing in red against Stephen Zimba from Zambia at approximately 7.45pm.

We are all behind you Ioan! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Watch live here:
bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

📸 Hugh Talfryn Walters

Post tournament reaction with Garan Croft 🥊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Your Commonwealth Games Bronze Medallist, Garan Croft 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🥊

Da Iawn Garan!

Post tournament reaction with Owain Harris-Allan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🥊

Commonwealth Games Bronze Medallist, Owain Harris-Allan 🥊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Not to be for Taylor Bevan today, but what a tournament he has had. 5 bouts and he is going home as the Commonwealth Games Silver Medallist. The whole team is so proud of you Taylor.

📸 @SheffieldSport @TeamWales

Post tournament reaction with Rosie Eccles 🥊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏆

Your Commonwealth Games Gold Medallist, Rosie Eccles 🏆🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🥊

Post tournament reaction from Jake 🥊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Bronze for Jake Dodd, what a Games experience! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🥊

GOLD FOR ROSIE ECCLES!

It's Finals Time...

First up today for Wales we have Rosie Eccles, boxing in blue against Kaye Frances Scott from Australia at approximately 11.15am.

We are all behind you Rosie! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Watch live here: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

📸 Hugh Talfryn Walters @huwcamera

That moment when...

Your twin brother makes the Commonwealth Games final. 🏆

You can't miss Garan Croft's celebration in the crowd 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Spotted by our eagle-eyed analyst, Jen. What a moment!

@TeamWales

🏆🏆🏆 Our Three Finalists 🏆🏆🏆

Boxing tomorrow:

Rosie Eccles v Kaye Frances Scott AUS approx. 11.15

Taylor Bevan v Sean Lazzerini SCO approx. 12.15

Ioan Croft v Stephen Zimba ZAM approx. 19.45

History will be made.

🥊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
📸 @SheffieldSport

Post bout reaction with Ioan Croft 🥊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Sound warning for this, the arena was bouncing 👀

Ioan Croft with the split decision win!

That takes us to 3 in the Final tomorrow! 🥊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Our sixth (!) semi-finalist of the day is Ioan Croft, who will be boxing in red against Tyler Jolly SCO at 8pm.

Let's go Ioan 🥊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Watch live here:

bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

#CommonwealthGames #TeamWales #TimCymru
📸 Andy Chubb, @SheffieldSport

Garan Croft will be taking home the Bronze.

A tough opponent in Aidan Walsh from Northern Ireland sees Garan exit the competition at the Semi Final stage.

Da Iawn Garan, what a Games experience 🥊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Our fifth semi-finalist of the day is Garan Croft, who will be boxing in blue against Aidan Walsh NIR at 4.30pm.
Let's go Garan 🥊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Watch live here:
bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

#CommonwealthGames #TeamWales #TimCymru

📸 Andy Chubb @SheffieldSport

Owain Harris-Allan leaves the competition with a bronze medal, after losing out on a split decision in the semi finals.

An excellent display of boxing, Owain left it all in the ring.

We are all so proud of you Owain, what a Games!

Our fourth semi-finalist of the day is Owain Harris-Allan, who will be boxing in blue against Abraham Mensah GHA at 3.15pm.

Let's go Owain 🥊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Watch live here:
bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

#CommonwealthGames #TeamWales #TimCymru
📸 Team Wales, Sporting Wales

Post bout reaction with Taylor Bevan 🥊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Taylor Bevan booking his place in the final with a unanimous win against England's Aaron Bowen. What a bout! 🥊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

#CommonwealthGames @TeamWales @mizuno

Post bout reaction with Rosie Eccles 🥊 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

#CommonwealthGames @TeamWales

Our third semi-finalist of the day is Taylor Bevan, who will be boxing in blue against v Aaron Bowen ENG next.

Let's go Taylor 🥊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Watch live here:
bbc.co.uk/sport/live/com…

#CommonwealthGames #TeamWales #TimCymru

Our first Commonwealth Finalist is Rosie Eccles - what a performance! A unanimous win sees her progress to the final. Da Iawn Rosie!

#CommonwealthGames #TeamWales #TimCymru @TeamWales @Mizuno

Our second semi-finalist of the day is Rosie Eccles, who will be boxing in blue against v Eireann Cathlin Nugent NIR next.

Let's go Rosie! 🥊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Watch live here: bbc.co.uk/sport/live/com…

#CommonwealthGames #TeamWales #TimCymru
📸 SheffieldSport

Our first semi-finalist of the day is Jake Dodd, who will be boxing in red against Kairan McDonald ENG at approximately 11.15am.
Let's go Jake! 🥊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Watch live here: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

#CommonwealthGames #TeamWales #TimCymru @TeamWales @gbboxing @Mizuno

Super 6 on Super Saturday!

Jake Dodd v Kairan McDonald ENG (11.15)
Rosie Eccles v Eireann Nugent NIR (11.45)
Taylor Bevan v Aaron Bowen ENG (12.45)
Owain Harris-Allan v Abraham Mensah, GHA (15.15)
Garan Croft v Aidan Walsh NIR (16.30)
Ioan Croft v Tyler Jolly SCO (20.00)

Post bout reaction with Owain Harris-Allan 🥊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Owain Harris rounds off an amazing day for Welsh Boxing, with 4/4 boxers progressing to the semi-finals. An incredible performance by Owain with a unanimous decision win rounds off an incredible day here. 🥊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Guaranteed 6 medals, we will return on Saturday for the semi-finals.

Post bout reaction from Jake Dodd 🥊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

#CommonwealthGames #TeamWales @TeamWales @gbboxing

Jake makes it 5!! A stunning 3rd round display from Jake Dodd makes it 5 guaranteed medals. What a day so far for Welsh Boxing! 🥊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

It is Jake and Owain Time ⏰

First up we have Jake Dodd v Clepson Antonio Dos Santos Paiva NIR at 6pm.

We then have Owain Harris-Allan v Jamie Chang PNG, at approximately 6.45pm.

Go well 🥊

Watch live here: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

#CommonwealthGames #TeamWales

Post bout reaction with Garan Croft 🥊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

#CommonwealthGames #TeamWales @TeamWales @gbboxing

An impressive performance from Garan Croft to win his bout by unanimous decision. He now joins Rosie Eccles, Taylor Bevan and his twin brother, Ioan Croft, in the semi-finals on Saturday.

Da iawn Garan! 🥊

#CommonwealthGames #TeamWales

Winning is better with a twin..

2 from 2 for the Croft twins, into the Semi Finals! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🥊

#CommonwealthGames #TeamWales @gbboxing @TeamWales

Up next, Garan Croft 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 v Merven Clair MRI 🇲🇺

Garan will be boxing in red.

Pob lwc Garan!

#CommonWealthGames #TeamWales

Post bout reaction with Ioan Croft 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🥊

#CommonwealthGames #TeamWales @TeamWales @gbboxing

Impressive 2nd round stoppage for Ioan Croft making him our 3rd guaranteed medal of the Games! 🏅

#CommonwealthGames #TeamWales

Next up: Ioan Croft 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 in his quarter final against Luwis Zakeyu Mbewe 🇲🇼

Ioan will be boxing in red. 🥊

Pob lwc Ioan!

#CommonwealthGames #TeamWales
📸 Steve Pope, @sportingwales

Good twins come to those who wait... 🥊

Tune in at 2pm to see Ioan Croft 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 v Luwis Zakeyu Mbewe MAW 🇲🇼

Followed by Garan Croft 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 v Merven Clair MRI 🇲🇺 at 2.45pm.

Watch it here:
bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

#CommonwealthGames #TeamWales #TimCymru

📸 Steve Pope Photography

Good morning from Birmingham!

4 boxers in action today 🥊

First:
Ioan Croft v Luwis Zakeyu Mbewe MAW 🇲🇼, 14:00.

Garan Croft v Merven Clair MRI 🇲🇺 14:45.

Evening session:

Jake Dodd v Clepson Antonio Dos Santos Paiva NIR, 18.00.

Owain Harris-Allan v Jamie Chang PNG 🇵🇬 18.45

Post bout reaction with Taylor Bevan 🥊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

#CommonwealthGames #TeamWales #TimCymru @TeamWales @gbboxing

After a busy evening session here in Birmingham, Taylor Bevan will be up next, in his 3rd bout of the Commonwealth Games. 🥊

He will be facing Jerone Ennis from Jamaica 🇯🇲, and Taylor will boxing in Blue.

🥊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

#CWG2022 #CommonwealthGames #TeamWales #TimCymru

📸 Steve Pope

Post bout reaction with Rosie Eccles 🥊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

#CWG2022 #CommonwealthGames #teamWales #TimCymru @TeamWales @gbboxing @BBCSportWales

Final preparations are underway - this is your 20 minute warning that Rosie Eccles will be on shortly.

Boxing in blue, Rosie will be taking on Lovlina Borgohain from India. 🇮🇳

Watch her in action here: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

🥊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Helen Jones will be entering the ring at 18.45.

Let's go Helen! 🥊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Watch here: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

#CWG2022 #TeamWales #TimCymru

Quarter Final time is nearly here...

50kg Helen Jones (BLUE) v Zaheen Nikhat IND (RED) 18.45.
70kg Rosie Eccles (BLUE) v Lovlina Borgohain IND (RED), 20.15.
80kg Taylor Bevan (BLUE) v Jerone Ennis JAM (RED), 21.45

Watch it live: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…
📸 @sportingwales

Our final Boxing Profile is a special one. Rosie Eccles is our only returning squad member from the 2018 Commonwealth Games Team, where she won a silver medal. We are thrilled to see her back in the ring in Birmingham!

Name:
Rosie Eccles

Events:
Boxing, 70kg Female
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Schedule today:

50kg Helen Jones v Zaheen Nikhat IND, evening session, approx. 18.45.
70kg Rosie Eccles v Lovlina Borgohain IND, evening session, approx. 20.15.
80kg Taylor Bevan v Jerone Ennis JAM, evening session, approx. 21.45.
We will share the link here once it is live.

Boxing Profile No. 8:

Name:
Helen Jones

Events:
Boxing, 50kg Female

Bio:
Helen has a family full of boxers, so at the age of 15 she thought she would give it a go! She started boxing for fitness but soon enjoyed it so much she carried on.
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Super 7!

We have 7 boxers into the QF's of the 2022 Commonwealth Games!

Boxing today:
Helen Jones
Rosie Eccles
Taylor Bevan

Boxing tomorrow:
Ioan Croft
Garan Croft
Jake Dodd
Owain Harris-Allan
Keep an eye on our social media for times
#CWG2022 #TeamWales #TimCymru
🥊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Post Bout reaction from Owain Harris-Allan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🥊

#CWG2022 #TeamWales #TimCymru

She left it all in the ring, but sadly wasn't to be for Zoe Andrews. An impressive performance on the big stage from the 19 year old from Port Talbot. We are all so proud of you Zoe 🥊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Entering the ring now: Zoe Andrews 🥊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Let's Go Zoe!

3/3! He's done it! Owain Harris-Allan with an amazing Commonwealth Games debut, getting the win!🥊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

#CWG2022 #TeamWales #TimCymru

Owain Harris-Allan is about to take the ring, we are all behind you Owain! Let's go 🥊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Watch it here:
bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

#CWG2022 #TeamWales #TimCymru

Final preparations for our boxers are underway in Birmingham.

1st bout will be:
54kg Owain Harris-Allan (BLUE) v Phomolo Daniel Lengola LES (RED), 18:30.

3rd bout will be:
57kg Zoe Andrews (BLUE) v Sameenah Toussaint ENG (RED), 19.00.
🥊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

#CWG2022 #TeamWales #TimCymru

It's a family affair here at NEC Hall 4, with Garan and Ioan Croft securing the wins in the afternoon session!

#CWG2022 #TeamWales #TimCymru @TeamWales @gbboxing

A fantastic and composed performance from Garan Croft makes it 2 from 2 wins for the identical twins from Crymych!

Da Iawn Garan 🥊

A fantastic and composed performance from Garan Croft makes it 2 from 2 wins for the identical twins from Crymych!

Da Iawn Garan 🥊

Next bout:

71kg Garan Croft (RED) v Abdul-Afeez Osoba NGR (BLUE)

Watch here: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

#CWG2022 #TeamWales #TimCymru

The schedule is a busy one today!

Less than an hour until Garan Croft makes his Commonwealth Games debut.. 🥊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

#CWG2022 #TeamWales #TimCymru

Post bout reaction with Ioan Croft 🥊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

#CWG2022 #TeamWales #TimCymru @TeamWales @gbboxing

What a start to the day! A unanimous win for Ioan Croft with a dominant performance. 🥊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

#CWG2022 #TeamWales #TimCymru @TeamWales