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The west of Ireland is gearing itself up for further boxing success next month when Mayo's own Henry ‘The Western Warrior’ Coyle takes on Italy's Elio Cotena for the WBF Light Middleweight title at the Royal Theatre, Castlebar on Friday August 12.

Mayo could be welcoming home a gold medal from the European Senior Boxing Championships this weekend. Islandeady man Ray Moylette who boxes for the St Anne’s Club in Westport beat Hajiliyev Hebatulla from Azerbaijan in the semi-final of the 64kg competition on Thursday afternoon in Ankara.

Irish team captain and Paulstown native Darren O'Neill, a silver medal winner at the 2010 European Championships, was knocked out of this year’s European Championships in Turkey after dropping a 17-10 decision to Dmytro Mytrofanov of Ukraine in the middleweight class on Tuesday last.

Mayo people at home and abroad will be able to see the 2011 election results from the Castlebar count centre as they are broadcast live to a worldwide audience on Mayo TV tomorrow. Broadcasting live over the internet, Mayotv.ie will feature regular count updates as the ballot boxes are opened, analysis and discussion on the early tally counts, interviews with the election candidates, and reaction from the parties as the outcome of the 2011 election unfolds in Mayo.

Paulstown boxer Darren O’Neill makes a return to the ring, moving up a division to light-heavyweight for the Ostrava Grand Prix in the Czech Republic this month.

Ray Moylette added another feather to his cap on Saturday night in the National Stadium in Dublin. The Islandeady man who boxes for St Anne’s in Westport picked up his first national senior men’s title at the 64kg weight after a 10-3 win over Stephen Donnelly from All Saints in the final.

Two years ago, years of determination, pain and preparation all paid off for Ray Moylette when he became a World Youth’s boxing champion in Mexico. Next Saturday night the young St Anne’s boxer will be looking to take the next step on the road to even greater things, when he steps into the ring aiming to add the Irish Elite Championship to his already bulging trophy cabinet at home.

The countdown is well and truly on to one of the biggest nights of the year. On Friday, March 5 The TF Royal Theatre in Castlebar will host an event that’s sure to entertain, enthral and excite, while also raising much-needed funds for the Irish Motor Neuron Disease Association. The Spar in Castlebar will pit well-known locals against one another in an evening of white-collar boxing that’ll push back the boundaries of fun and fund-raising.

St Anne’s Boxing Club in Westport will be hoping that they will be toasting at least silver medalist in the World Youth Boxing Championships in Mexico later on today. Club man Ray Moylette has already secured himself a bronze medal in the championship thanks to a 10-2 win over Cuban Juan Garcia in the quarter final to book a semi-final spot. In the semi-final he will face off against Belarussian Aliaski Haletsich for a place in Sunday’s final. This will be Moylette’s fourth fight in the championship after coming through the previous three rounds unscathed.

Have you ever wondered about the effect a manager can have on a group of footballers? Let me highlight just one example of how a single individual has transformed the fortunes and the mood of a club in the space of a week. We are witnessing an astonishing turnaround in the fortunes of Spurs in a matter of days, since the arrival of new manager, Harry Redknapp. I take a casual interest in the fortunes of this particular team as my wife Audrey is a lifelong supporter of the Spurs. In the last few months we witnessed one of the biggest clubs in England with big star players struggling in the relegation zone of the Premier League and facing relegation if the fortunes of the club didn’t improve immediately. Harry arrives on the scene and within days these underperforming stars are like men inspired. They grabbed their second thrilling comeback in five days last weekend, this time against table toppers Liverpool. I am perplexed and slightly intrigued as to how Harry has got them into a team of believers, with the mood of the club changed considerably in the space of a few days. People within the club have suggested that the fun has returned to the training ground and now everyone feels part of the team. Another suggested that they are now treated with respect. Harry apparently told them they were good players! This would suggest that previous management didn’t tell them that! Under previous manager Ramos a number of first team regulars were banished to the reserves without explanation, in the process undermining the morale and camaraderie within the whole group. There is a lesson here for all managers. If you lose the dressing room, in other words the very people you are expected to inspire and develop into a winning team, they will lose confidence in your ability to lead them. This should be the signal for you to walk.