Castlerea boxer named as Irish co-captain for World Championships
Aoife O’Rourke has been named co-captain for Team Ireland ahead of next month's World Boxing Championships Picture: INPHO/Aleksandar Djorovic
Castlerea boxer Aoife O’Rourke has been named as a co-captain for the Irish team that will compete at the World Championships.
Aoife and Monivea BC’s Adam Hession have been selected as co-captains for the World Boxing Championships which will be held on Liverpool from September 4-14.
The Castlerea boxer is a four-time continental champion and a double Olympian; while Adam is a former Olympic Federation of Ireland Paris Scholar.
Adam and Aoife will represent Ireland at the World Boxing Championship Opening Ceremony.
The co-captains were picked collectively by the 17 boxers gearing-up to contest the championships.
They are among 144 boxers from 18 federations putting the finishing touches to their preparations at a training camp at GB Boxing’s Olympic Training Centre in Sheffield.
Federations taking part include: USA, Kazakhstan, India, Germany, England, France, Poland, Canada, Korea, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Philippines, Lithuania, Saudi Arabia, Kosovo and Slovakia.
