Geesala Boxing Club’s Gerry Coyle was joined by friends and family when he was inducted into the Mayo Boxing Hall of Fame at the Mayo Boxing Awards night recently. Gerry was credited on the night for all the work he has done for the Geesala Boxing Club including his involvement in hosting some of the biggest boxing events in Mayo. Gerry has been involved in bringing Barry McGuigan, Katie Taylor and Henry Coyle’s world title fights to Mayo.
Geesala Boxers are renowned around the country for winning every title from juvenile to senior in male and female divisions. It is the hard work of Gerry and the Geesala Boxing Officials that make this possible.
Five medals coming home to Mayo from EU Championships
Five of the six female Mayo boxers who were in Hungary this week for the EU Championships will be bringing medals back home with them this weekend.
On Thursday afternoon Jacqui Lynch (Golden Gloves ), Ciara Sheedy (Swinford BC ), Grainne Gavin (Castlebar BC ), and Ciara Ginty (Geesala BC ) were all in semi-final action, having guaranteed themselves at least a bronze medal from the championships.
Earlier in the week Cathy Higgins (Ardnaree BC ) lost out in her semi-final to Polish boxer Elizabeta Woyclick, but was able to console herself with her bronze medal for her efforts. The other Mayo boxer in the team Lycia Heneghan was unfortunate to lose out at the quarter-final stages of her division.
