{"id":817668,"date":"2026-07-23T00:50:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T00:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/817668\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T00:50:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T00:50:01","slug":"draw-commonwealth-games-boxing-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/817668\/","title":{"rendered":"Draw: Commonwealth Games \u2013 Boxing Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"

The path to the podium has been set for Team NI at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, following today\u2019s draw.<\/p>\n

Team NI Boxing has departed for Glasgow and the Commonwealth Games.<\/p>\n

Boxing is Team NI\u2019s most successful sport, having won 61 CWG medals, of which 13 are gold. Team NI topped the medal table in the ring four years ago in Birmingham with 5 golds and silver and a bronze.<\/p>\n

The team was announced in\u00a0May<\/a>\u00a0and since then, has been in training at the Ulster High Performance Unit, supported by Sport NI, and Sport NI sport science medicine practitioners. There preparations have included a 10 week bloc of training, contesting the Eindhoven Box Cup, the 34th Ahmet Comert Bosporus International in Turkey and against a Scotland select.<\/p>\n

Preparation culminated in the largest sparring camp ever held on the island of Ireland \u2013 a 16 nation camp in Belfast from July 6th to 16th, including Team NI Boxing; Team Ireland; Australia; Canada; Fiji; France; Ghana; GB; India; Mauritius, Nigeria, New Zealand; Scotland; Soloman Islands, Switzerland; Tonga; Tuvalu; Zambia. In all, over 200 boxers, coaches and support staff participated in the camp, which included 300 spars and 7 school combat sessions.<\/p>\n

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Caitlin Fryers, contesting at 51kg, opens her account at Last 16 stage.The Immaculata BC boxer takes on Zinnat Ferdous of Bangladesh on Monday.<\/p>\n

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55kg Louis Rooney is among the first boxers in action in Glasgow. The Star BC boxer takes on Lesotho\u2019s Mathealira Seholoholo in an L32 bout on Friday<\/p>\n

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Nicole Clyde is in a 54kg category of 17 boxers, but benefits from a bye to the Last 16. The Antrim BC boxer opens her account on Sunday against Ghana\u2019s Nancy Bamfo.<\/p>\n

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Defending champion Michaela Walsh benefits from a bye to the Quarter Finals.The Holy Family boxer takes on effective home boxer, Lara Brown of Scotland.<\/p>\n

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Birmingham 57kg champ, Team NI\u2019s Jude Gallagher returns at lightweight.The Two Castles team co-captain benefits from an L16 bye and meets either Ghana or Pakistan.<\/p>\n

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JP Hale begins his Games on Tuesday.The 65kg Star BC boxer has a bye to the Last 16 and takes on AP Yadav of India .<\/p>\n

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Kaci Rock is a win away from the podium.The draw has given her a quarter final start Niue\u2019s Karen Te Ruki Pasene<\/p>\n

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Jon McConnell begins his Commonwealth Games campaign on Monday.The 70kg boxer has a bye to the Last 16, and will meet India\u2019s Sumit<\/p>\n

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Jansseen Hill makes her debut at Quarter Final stage, one win away from a medal. The 70kg boxer takes on England\u2019s Chantelle Reid on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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Eoghan Quinn benefits from a bye to the Last 16. The 80kg boxer opens his account on Monday against the winner of the meeting of the Seychelles & Solomon Islands.<\/p>\n

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Heavyweight Garyn McAllister opens his account on Tuesday.He has a bye to the Last 16, and meets Ghana\u2019s Jibril Muntari.<\/p>\n

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Superheavy Willie John McCartan begins his Commonwealth Games 1 win away from a medal. He boxes a quarter final against Ghana\u2019s Daniel Plange on Wednesday<\/p>\n

The Games<\/p>\n

Boxing at the SEC Centre on the Scottish Event Campus will take place from Friday July 24th to Saturday, August 1st,: July 30th is a rest day.<\/p>\n

Afternoon Sessions will, typically, begin at 11am and Evening Sessions at 6pm. The complete Games schedule is available\u00a0here<\/a><\/p>\n

How to Watch<\/p>\n

Every event will be available exclusively live across all subscription plans, including TNT Sports 2 (The Commonwealth Games 360) and all live event streams. Further details on plans and pricing can be\u00a0found here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

EE TV:\u00a0Customers can enjoy all the action via TNT Sports on HBO Max dependent on their subscription type.<\/p>\n

Sky:\u00a0Customers can enjoy the full Commonwealth Games experience on TNT Sports and HBO Max,\u00a0depending on their subscription.<\/p>\n

NOW:\u00a0Customers can access the Commonwealth Games 360 channel via TNT Sports 2 with a Now Entertainment & HBO Max Membership, and in Ireland via TNT Sports<\/p>\n

Virgin Media TV UK and Ireland: TNT Sports customers can watch the coverage via their set-top box (as well as via HBO Max in the U.K).<\/p>\n

Prime Video:\u00a0In the UK, coverage is available via a TNT Sports subscription. TNT Sports 2 and all live event streams are also available on any HBO Max subscription.<\/p>\n

Team NI<\/p>\n

51kg Caitlin Fryers, Immaculata BC<\/p>\n

54kg Nicole Clyde, Antrim BC.<\/p>\n

55kg Louis Rooney, Star BC<\/p>\n

57kg Michaela Walsh, Holy Family BC<\/p>\n

60kg Jude Gallagher Two Castles OBA<\/p>\n

65kg JP Hale, Star BC<\/p>\n

65kg Kaci Rock, Holy Trinity BC<\/p>\n

70kg Jon McConnell, Holy Trinity BC<\/p>\n

70kg Janssen Hill, Holy Trinity BC<\/p>\n

80kg Eoghan Quinn, St John\u2019s, Swatragh<\/p>\n

90kg Garyn McAllister, North Down BC<\/p>\n

90+kg Willie Jon McCartan, Gilford BC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The path to the podium has been set for Team NI at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, following today\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":817669,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-817668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=817668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/817669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}