Postal ballots, for election to Central Council, issued on November 5th, and there are 5 days remaining for clubs to return their ballots. Voting is by postal ballot, only.

All clubs were requested, between September 21^st and October 14^th, to review their Secretary’s address in Blocworx and up-date, if required. These ballots have been posted to the address listed for Club Secretaries in clubs’ Blocworx portals as at 5pm on 14^th October. The candidates are as follows:

For the Office of President

Donnelly, Anto

Rooney, Philip

White, Nicky

For the Office of Vice President

Brereton, Liam

Duffy, Eugene

Farrell, Gus

For the Office of National Secretary

Robins Mari, Tara

For the Office of National Registrar

Connolly, Stephen

For the Office of Treasurer

Morrison, Larry

For the Eight Ordinary Members

Gallagher, John

Joyce, Johnny

Kelly, Seamus

Keogh, Philip

McGavin, Darren

McGillion, Garry

Moore, Anna

O’Neill, Jim

Osbourne, Paddy

Peake, Sue

White, Anto

The deadline for return of postal ballots to Nexus Accounting, in the enclosed envelope, is 5pm on Monday, November 25^th. Ballots returned after this date and time will not be counted. Clubs in Ulster have the option of returning their ballots to a PO Box address. Ulster clubs will find enclosed in their ballot packages two envelopes: one bearing the postal address of IABA’s Auditors, Nexus Accounting, and a second, bearing the PO Box number.

If you have not received your postal ballots by 5pm on Thursday, November 14^th, please make contact with info@iaba.ie. We cannot guarantee that re-issued ballots received after this date will arrive at the specified address in sufficient time to allow voting, and return by post.

IABA is inviting clubs, who may be in a position to host in-person events to express their interest.

Events may include courses, workshops and seminars:

Coaching courses

Safeguarding courses

Coaching Teenage Girls workshops

S&C workshops

High Performance seminars

The space requirements vary, depending on the event type. For example, more floorspace is required for coaching courses and High Performance seminars than would be needed for Safeguarding courses or Coaching Teenage Girls workshops.

Clubs which have hosted in-person events in recent months include: Castlerea, Corpus Christi Limerick, Enniscorthy, Holy Trinity, Belfast, Holy Family, Drogheda, Mitchelstown, Northside, Oakleaf, Sacre Coeur, St. Catherine’s, St. Paul’s Waterford, Tralee and Tramore.

Any club which wishes to express an interest in hosting in-person events is invited to to do so here: https://shout.com/s/F4IEjwpo

The closing date for expressions of interest is 5pm on Friday, November 22nd.

Any club which requires additional information is invited to contact IABA Education and Training Officer, Nikki Foley via nicola@iaba.ie

The IABA is in the process of conducting a review of the High Five Boxing Academy, an inclusive boxing training initiative designed for children with disabilities and additional needs, three years after its inception in four Dublin boxing clubs: Drimnagh, Crumlin, St. Catherine’s, and Palmerstown, alongside an expression of interest for new participant clubs.

Thanks to Paddy Dingle, the Chair of the High Five Programme, members of the Steering Committee, all participating clubs, boxers, parents, and all those who contributed to its successful implementation.

In addition to the four founder clubs, the below clubs also formally adopted the High Five programme in 2022:

Club	County
Duke’s Boxing Club	Tyrone
Gateway Boxing Club	Sligo
Greenhills Boxing Club	Dublin
Ledley Hall Boxing Club	Antrim
Oughterard Boxing Club	Galway
Tralee Boxing Club	Kerry
Templemore Boxing Club	Tipperary

Alongside fine tuning of the technical guidelines as they relate to training and development, information on buddies, volunteers and reporting, the review will also assist IABA to assess and understand the needs of individual clubs.

The survey is here: https://shout.com/s/iTj5BtC7

The closing date is 5pm on Friday, November 22nd, 2024. Any club requiring additional information is invited to contact IABA’s Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Officer, Patrick Adejayan via patrick.ad@iaba.ie

Irish Tatler magazine has bestowed its Special Recognition Award on two time Olympic boxing champion, Kellie Harrington.

The magazine says the accolade “peaks to a significant event in the year, where an individual’s story has lifted Irish society and made history.”

Kellie Harrington’ “skill and dedication is now the stuff of legends, thanks to her historic and groundbreaking second Olympic gold medal win at this year’s Paris Olympics, cementing her status as one of Ireland’s greatest athletes. Her successive Olympic victories, marked by tactical precision and resilience, have elevated her to iconic status in Irish sports.’

Harrington’s career reached a new pinnacle at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where she claimed the gold medal in the women’s lightweight division, becoming only the second Irish female boxer, after Katie Taylor, to win Olympic gold.

“Beyond her achievements in the ring, Harrington is known for her humility and commitment to her community. Harrington’s journey from Dublin’s north inner city to the top of the boxing world serves as a powerful testament to her determination and strength, and an inspiration to so many others for generations to come as she hangs up her boxing gloves for the final time this year.’

The AGM of the Irish Athletic Boxing Association will take place at midday, or shortly thereafter, on Saturday, December 7th at the National Stadium, Dublin.

Agenda

1. Opening of the Meeting & Chair’s Address.
2. Anti-Doping Report
3. Safeguarding Report
4. Auditor’s Report
5. Appointment of Auditors
6. Ordinary Resolution on adoption of IABA Rulebook
7. Election of Officers and retirement of officers
8. Meeting closes.

Financial Information

Ordinary Resolution

As pledged at the IABA EGM on 12 October, a third phase of consultation on the IABA Rulebook has taken place. A two- phase formal consultation on the revision of the rulebook took place in November-December 2023 and June-July 2024. A 10-month information consultation was open between November 2023 and September 2024.

Over the course of the year-long consultation, contributors have included: the Defences Forces, Dom Robinson of South East Boxing Club/Wexford County Board; Philip Maguire of St. Brigid’s BC Kildare; Paddy Gallagher of Maynooth BC; Brian Sutton of Arbour Hill; Larry Morrison of Garda BC; Sean Allen of Arklow BC/Garda BC; David O’Brien of Kilcullen BC/Garda BC; Neil Gough of St. Paul’s BC Waterford; Gerard Fleming of Neilstown BC; Ronan Malone of Defence Forces BC; John King of Furbo BC; Ken Moore of St. Francis BC, Limerick; and James Reynolds of East Down ABC;

The revised rulebook was adopted by the Board of Directors on September 20th. At the IABA’s AGM on December 7th, clubs will be asked to vote on the Ordinary Resolution:

“Does your club approve the adoption of the IABA rulebook, as adopted by the Board of Directors on 20 September 2024, and it’s revisions, arising from a 3^rd phase of consultation”

Registration

All clubs successfully affiliated for the 2024/2025 season are entitled to attend the AGM, and may send two delegates – one to be voting, and one non-voting delegate.  Delegates nominated by clubs must verified members – this means they must be included in the club’s affiliation application, through Blocworx, for the 2024/2025 season as members and be over the age of 18. *Please note, delegates will be required to present photographic identification (passport, drivers’ licence, etc) on the day of the AGM.

Clubs may register here: https://shout.com/s/tZ3qUkHK

Registration will close at 2pm on Thursday, December 5th.