Former Irish intermediate boxing champion Maeve Clarke has been appointed as the sport’s new Development Officer for Sligo.
Clarke, who’s 43 and from Cartron in Sligo, boxed competitively at 48kg for many years with Ballinacarrow Boxing Club.
Trained by the Reynolds brothers (Stephen & Alan) she was a two-time Connacht champion, Intermediate Irish champion and three-time elite silver medallist.
Maeve’s professional background is in business and she has been a club coach with Ballinacarrow BC for several years.
She specialises in business relations and coaching teenage girls.
Maeve’s role, a collaboration with the Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA) and Sligo Sports Partnership, includes the delivery of all locally based school, community and club programmes in the Sligo area.
She will also facilitate training and capacity building within clubs and communities, thereby developing sustainable local leadership for boxing within communities in Sligo.
Her appointment is one of two new Development Officer appointments by the IABA – the other is in Cork.
