Black Panther chief instructor Norman Kelly is really pleased with the progress Rebecca Dillon and Richard Kiely are making as they continue their preparations for Sunday’s Ireland v Italy international contest at the Green Isle Hotel. Rebecca and Richard were busy sparring at the Black Panther’s gym in Brookfield, Tallaght tonight (Wednesday, 19 May) and […]
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Richard Kiely won again in Shannon tonight (Saturday, 15 May). Fighting at the Oakwood Arms hotel in Shannon at an event hosted by Shannon Kickboxing Club, Richard beat Tom Sullivan on a unanimous points’ decision in the 86kg contest. Sullivan, an MMA fighter from the Mike Allen Gym in Tralee, proved a tough nut to […]
The Irish Open website has been updated and is well worth a look. Results and pictures from this year’s event have been added, plus details of next year’s schedule at the CityWest Conference Centre in Dublin, which will run from 4-6 March 2011. And it’s planned to add lots more pictures over this weekend. If […]
Richard Kiely, fresh from his win in a light-contact contest in Norway last weekend, is back in action this Saturday (15 May) when he takes part in a tournament run by Shannon Kickboxing in County Clare. As usual, it’s an 86kg contest for Richard, and the venue is the Oakwood Arms hotel in Shannon, starting […]
Rebecca Dillon and Richard Kiely both won in Norway tonight (Saturday, 8 May). Rebecca beat Julia Jakko of Sverige Kickboxingklubb (Sweden) in a 52kg contest on a unanimous verdict. Rebecca, fresh from her impressive victory over Camilla Johansen at the Green Isle Hotel in Dublin last Sunday (2 May), had too much for her opponent […]
We’ve been asked to bring a new local initiative to your attention, and to appeal to you to pledge your support to it. While we would never dream of telling you what to do, we, as a club deeply embedded in the local community in Tallaght, believe it makes perfect sense. What’s good for the […]
Top marks to our junior club fighters who put on a five-star show at the Green Isle Hotel last Sunday (2 May). Evan Cheevers and Mark McSherry got proceedings under way at 7.15pm with a 2×1.5-min demo on the night of the event – and what a performance they gave. It was a display laced […]
There is the possibility of a rematch between Rebecca Dillon and Camilla Johansen in Oslo this Saturday (8 May). Johansen expressed her desire to meet Rebecca again this weekend immediately after the Norwegian lost to the Black Panther world champion at the Green Isle Hotel in Dublin on Sunday (2 May). As things stand, however, […]
Top marks to Black Panther club member Riyadh Abdelkader, or ‘Rio’ as he is known to his family and friends, for the magnificent programme he produced for our annual kickboxing show at the Green Isle Hotel on Sunday (2 May). As programmes go it was top-notch stuff Rio, and everyone at the club would like […]