As part of the Paris Wave programme, supporting boxers, coaches and clubs in the post-Paris 2024 Olympic Games period, High Performance Coaches will be holding seminars throughout the Association in September and October.

These coaching seminars will include three key elements:

1. Road to Paris 2024 and Lessons Learned: presentation and Q&A

2. Practical coaching session: led by Head Coach Zauri Antia and the HPU coaches
3. Session/weekly planning workshop: fundamentals of designing a daily programme, building a training week and competition campaign.

Paris Wave: High Performance Coaching Seminars are open to adult members of clubs successfully affiliated for the 2024/2025 season. Attendees must be over 18 , and registered as members in their club’s Blocworx portal.

Paris Wave High Performance Coaching Seminar Calendar – Please note that dates and locations for each seminar are in collaboration with the respective provincial unit. Dates and locations for seminars in Leinster and Ulster will be published in due course.

Castlerea: Castlerea Boxing Club, The Hub, Co. Roscommon, September 17th, 6pm to 9pm – register here: https://shout.com/s/reb057qd

Cork, Mitchelstown Leisure Centre, Wednesday September 18th, 6pm to 9pm – register here: https://shout.com/s/RSEntXIq

Dublin: The National Stadium, September 23rd, 6pm to 9pm – register here: https://shout.com/s/VtO4MiKu

Paris Wave also includes:

Paris Wave – NextGen  This programme will support clubs, financially, in responding to growth in member numbers. IABA will provide support for the provision of 4 training sessions for new members over a 6-week period, beginning in September. All clubs offer training to multiple age groups and clubs are welcome to make Paris Wave – NextGen applications for several training groups. IABA will also be supplying programme-specific materials to each participating club.

Paris Wave – Women in Sport – WIS Conference, August 31^st, encompassing workshops on Coaching Teenage Girls, S&C for Female Combat Athletes, and Safeguarding Essentials – a practical session on managing and reporting concerns. This also marks the beginning of a 6-month long arc of WIS learning at in-person events in every province. Paris Wave – Women in Sport will culminate with a conference on International Women’s Day, 2025.

Paris Wave – Coaching: IABA is making 8 additional coaching courses available in this pillar. Four Fundamentals: Assistant Coach courses will enable 80 people to begin their coaching careers in Q4, and Four Level One: Club Coach courses will enable 80 coaches to take the next step in their coaching journeys.

Paris Wave – Safeguarding augments IABA’s existing 2024 Safeguarding learning programme. IABA is providing 20 Safeguarding 1 workshops throughout 2024, and under Paris Wave, has added Safeguarding 2 learning in Q4. These are online events, and open to all Ulster clubs and their members.

IABA, a Community Employment Scheme sponsor, is seeking participants for the following CE Scheme roles:

Maintenance workers – Dublin 8

Office Admin Assistants – Dublin 8

Hygiene Support workers – Dublin 8

Boxing Ring/Event Assistant – Dublin 8

What is a CE Scheme?

The Community Employment (CE) programme (more commonly known as the ‘CE Scheme’) is designed to help people who are long-term unemployed (or otherwise disadvantaged) to get back to work by offering part-time and temporary placements in jobs based within local communities.

If you are a participant in the CE scheme, you can take up other part-time work during your placement. This includes self-employment, as long as it does not interfere with your 19.5 hours, and you declare all your income to Revenue.

After the placement, you are encouraged to look for permanent jobs elsewhere, based on the experience and new skills you have gained while on a Community Employment scheme.

Full details on qualification criteria are available here

Rates:

CE Scheme participants are paid at the following rates, for 19.5 hours of work per week:

Jobseekers Allowance for those aged 21-24 and not living independently: €141.70 per week

Community Employment training and part-time work: €259.50 per week

Google Community Employment: €259.50 per week

More Information:

To confirm eligibility for CE contact your local INTREO Office .

For further information please contact Lisa Doyle, IABA CE Supervisor, on 01 4533371 or email lisa@iaba.ie

Entries are now being accepted to the 2024 National Intermediate Championships.

Clubs can submit entries via their Blocworx portal: https://boxing.blocworx.com/auth

Venue:                                    National Stadium, Dublin.

No International competition kits to be worn by any boxers; boxers may      wear club kit, only.

Dates:                                     October 4th to 6^th, 11^th to 13^th.

Entries:                                  An entry fee of €30 applies. (Non-Refundable).  Entrants must be 19 years of age. Any boxer who has previously won a National Intermediate (Senior) title is not eligible to compete. Any boxer who has boxed in the National Elites is not eligible to compete in the Intermediates.

Entry Form:                          Online entry, via the Blocworx portal, is open until 5pm sharp, on Friday, September 27th. Entries will not be accepted without the payment of entry fees. Only boxers for whom entries have been completed and entry fees have been received will be allowed box. No late entries will be accepted. Affiliated clubs wishing to enter boxers into the championships must log-in to their Blocworx portal, using their unique username and password. Clubs who have not retained their username or password following the completion of their affiliation for the 2024/2025 season can contact IABA staff, Sally Ann Kinch sally@iaba.ie, James Geraghty, James@iaba.ie or Ciara Plunkett, ciara@iaba.ie

Draws:                                    Tuesday, 02 October, 1pm in the National Stadium.

The draw is being conducted on a pre-entry basis only.

Attention is drawn to the following IABA rule –

(A club shall not include in its list of members the name of any person who is a member of any other club.)

Accordingly, any club making an entry to the National Intermediate championships affirms that the entrant is not a member of any other club, in any jurisdiction.

Weigh-in and Medical: Boxers will weigh in each day they box. Individual weigh-in times may be given to participants, but this will be decided and made known prior to the event. Boxing Record books to be presented by the boxer at their initial weigh-in.

Weigh-in dates: National Stadium   8.00am – 9.00am 12pm – 1pm 

Boxing: Friday, October 04^th Other times will be contingent on entries and shall be announced after the draw.

Duration: Duration of rounds: Men & Women 3×3 Minutes

Weights:        

Men: 46kg-48kg, 51kg, 54kg, 57kg, 60kg, 63.5kg, 67kg, 71kg, 75kg, 80kg, 86kg,92kg,92+kg

Women: 45kg-48kg, 50kg, 52kg, 54kg, 57kg, 60kg, 63kg, 66kg, 70kg, 75kg, 81kg, 81+kg

Age Requirements:  Boxers born between 1984 to 2005 inclusive. Age 19 to 40 for both male and  female.

It is a condition of entry that all competitors and officials have a signed Waiver/Members Acknowledgement Form and adhere to any agreement made with the Association sponsors.

Anti-Doping may be carried out at any stage of the championships and all boxers must advise the doctor of any medication they are taking or have taken in the preceding 4 weeks. It is imperative that all boxers adhere to the Anti-Doping Rules and Regulations. For any queries regarding this matter, boxers/coaches should contact Mr Larry Morrison, IBA Anti-Doping Officer on 086-0292476.

Non Pregnancy Declaration forms must be signed.

Attire: Boxers shall have one red and one blue vest. In accordance the IBA Technical and Competition Rule 48.7, boxers may wear form-fitting arm and/or leg coverings. Head guards are put on prior to entering the ring. Hair must be tied back, and swimming hats or hairnets should be worn under the headgear for boxers with long hair. No red, orange or pink gum shields are allowed A Boxer can have a beard and moustache, but either must not cover the neck and must not be longer that 10cms, in accordance with the IBA Technical and Competition Rule 4.2.5.2.2

Coaches: They must wear track suitsandrunners at all sessions and endeavour to set a high standard of hygiene in the corners. No shorts, caps or hats are allowed. Only qualified coaches permitted in corners.

Sportsmanship: All decisions must be accepted in a sporting manner. Any complaints must be addressed to the Chief Official, Mr. Philip Rooney. Please show respect to all Ringside Officials. A document stipulating requirement in relation to conduct and the use of social media must be signed by all boxers and coaches at their initial weigh-in.

As part of the European Week of Sport, Sport Ireland Coaching, in partnership with the LSP (Local Sports Partnerships) Network and the Sport Ireland Participation Unit is hosting a series of ICOACHKIDS Regional Coaching Conferences for coaches of children and teenagers. The aim of the ICOACHKIDS Regional Coaching Conferences is to bring current best practice and specific information to coaches at local level that will support them when coaching children and teenagers. Coaches who attend will be provided with specific directed learning on the day of the conference, as well as being signposted to self-directed learning opportunities through Sport Ireland and the ICOACHKIDS website.

Date:                  Monday 23^rd September

Time:                  18:30 to 22:00

Venue:               Radisson Blu St Helens Hotel, Stillorgan, Dublin

Register here: ICOACHKIDS Regional Coaching Conference 2024 Tickets, Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 6:30 PM | Eventbrite

Date:                  Friday 27^th September

Time:                  18:30 to 22:00

Venue                Carlton Hotel, Old Airport Road, Cloghran, Dublin

Register here: ICOACHKIDS Regional Coaching Conference 2024 Tickets, Fri, Sep 27, 2024 at 6:00 PM | Eventbrite

Date:                  Saturday 28^th September

Time:                  10:00 am – 13:00

Venue:               Bridge House Hotel, Tullamore

Register here: ICOACHKIDS Midlands Conference 2024 Tickets, Sat, Sep 28, 2024 at 9:30 AM | Eventbrite

The aim of the ICOACHKIDS Regional Coaching Conferences is to bring current best practice and specific information to coaches at local level that will support them when coaching children and teenagers. Coaches who attend will be provided with specific directed learning on the day of the conference, as well as being signposted to self-directed learning opportunities through Sport Ireland and the ICOACHKIDS website. 

Name of Conference: ICOACH KIDS Regional Coaching Conference 2024

Who should attend: Coaches of Children and Teenagers 

If you answer YES to any of these questions the ICOACHKIDS Regional Coaching Conference is for YOU! 

1. Are you a coach of children U12? 
2. Do you coach teenage girls? 
3. Do you coach teenage boys? 
4. Would you like to know more about being child/teen centred in your coaching? 
5. What coaching skills do you need to improve/develop to put the needs of children/teenagers first? 
6. Would you like to develop an inclusive culture and environment where you coach? 
7. Are you concerned with dropout from your sport? 

This ICOACHKIDS Regional Coaching Conference 2024 will provide a clear set of practical tips and tools to create positive meaningful movement experiences for each and every child/teenager in your session. The conference presenters will provide supports to create child centred sessions, tips on how to manage fun and skills development while empowering the children participating in your sport.  

Keynote Speakers

Sheelagh Quinn – Biography 

Coaching Children and Physical Literacy Lead Officer at Sport Ireland  

Sheelagh has worked with Sport Ireland for 25 years, and currently leads the development of the Coaching Children and Coaching Teenagers Programmes in Ireland and Physical Literacy within Sport Ireland. As part of her role Sheelagh leads on the iCoadhKids Projects- a multi-agency global movement aiming to support the development of a Specialist Children and Youth Coaching Workforce (including ICoachKids, ICoachKids+ and iCoachGirls). Sheelagh is currently the Chair of the iCoachKids Global committee, and a member of the steering group of Sport Coaching Europe (The International Council for Coaching Excellence (ICCE) continental body for Europe) 

Declan O’Leary – Biography 

Coaching Development Manager for Sport Ireland 

After spending much of his career in supporting NGBs (National Governing Bodies of Sport) in the development of their coach development systems, Declan has worked more recently on the support of coaches in their practice. This has included coaching people with disabilities, coaching children and coaching young people.  As well as investigating the needs for coaches in their practice, Declan has contributed to the development of the Sport Ireland coaching and the ICOACHKIDS resources. He is a founding member of ICOACHKIDS. 

Phil Kearney – Biography 

Course Leader for the MSc Applied Sports Coaching at the University of Limerick. A Fellow of the Higher Education Authority, his teaching, and research centres on the domain of skill acquisition, particularly as it relates to youth sport. A regular contributor to RTÉ Brainstorm, Phil chairs the Skill Acquisition and Biomechanics subgroup of the Gaelic Athletic Association’s Sport Science Working Group, is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Motor Learning and Development, and is the Irish representative on the Teaching Games for Understanding Special Interest Group of the International Association for Physical Education in Higher Education. Phil is a co-founder of Movement and Skill Acquisition Ireland

Team Ireland Boxing was welcomed to two Paris 2024 Homecoming events today. The first was at Áras an an Uachtarain by President Higgins this morning, and in the afternoon to a special reception at Dublin Castle, hosted by the Olympic Federation of Ireland.

An Taoiseach, Simon Harris, and the First Minister of Northern Ireland, Michelle O’Neill recognised the athletes’ performances at the event, which included over 70 Olympians.

Team Ireland Boxing were accompanied by Team Ireland Support Staff, including Performance Analyst Alan Swanton and Nutritionist, Dr. Sharon Madigan.

Before the Games, the number of athletes named by Ireland for the Olympic Games was 133, the final number of Olympians who competed for Team Ireland in the Paris Olympics rose to 136.  Team Ireland Boxing was the largest since 1960, at 10 boxers – Kellie Harrington made history by defending her Tokyo lightweight title, and bringing home a second gold from Paris.

Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD

“It was a pleasure to enjoy the performances of our athletes in Paris this summer. Over the past number of years we have increased the level of funding into our high performance sports, and this summer our athletes made everyone so proud of their achievements. Not only was it the most successful Games for Ireland in terms of Olympic medals, athletes across a wide range of sports enjoyed more personal best performances, and top ten results than ever before.”

Minister of State for Sport, Physical Education, and the Gaeltacht, Thomas Byrne TD “This summer drove home the importance of having role models. The Olympics, and Paralympics, have captured the imagination of people around the country, in particular young people. I have no doubt that we will start to see the benefits of the performances of the Olympic Games on children inspired by their role models in the coming years.”

Peter Sherrard, CEO of the Olympic Federation of Ireland “Today was a special day where the Team Ireland Olympians were recognised for their achievements in Paris. What they achieved inspired and moved people right around the country, and they should be hugely proud of themselves.

“For the LA 2028 Olympic cycle, we intend to build on a very well-executed Games in Paris this summer. We look forward to using our many learnings as we prepare for ten multi-sport Games events between now and LA, nurturing another generation of athletes for Olympic success.”

Gavin Noble, Team Ireland Chef de Mission for Paris 2024 “It was really great to reflect on a successful summer today, both in the Áras and Dublin Castle. 100 years ago Team Ireland walked into the Olympic Games arena for the first time, also in Paris. This summer it was fitting that we enjoyed a centenary celebration that included many firsts, many personal bests, our largest ever Olympic team, and our most successful medal haul.

“It was an opportunity for us to celebrate the Team Behind the Team today, as well as the athletes. The role that the Performance Directors, coaches and wider support team play in the success of the athletes cannot be understated.”

Dr. Una May, CEO of Sport Ireland said, “We are incredibly proud of Team Ireland’s achievements at the Olympic Games. Their success highlights the vital importance of collaboration between the Government, Sport Ireland, and the OFI. We extend our sincere thanks to the Government for its unwavering support and commitment to Irish sport. Their additional funding commitment is vital in creating future success.

“For our part, we were delighted to see our partnership with the OFI, with the Sport Ireland Institute operating as the Performance Support Delivery Partner to Team Ireland, reap such dividends.  It’s great to see how, together, we are building a bright future for Irish athletes on the world stage.”