The Last Mile is Never Crowded: Kellie Harrington on mental health.

Kellie Harrington is days away from becoming one of a handful of Irish Boxing double Olympians.

Kellie, after her semi-final in Tokyo, said “The last mile is never crowded and that’s the way it does feel sometimes. It does feel very lonely, but I suppose that’s the difference to be able to hold on in there and keep it going.” It is that instinct, that perseverance and drive, that brought her gold. And, she added before her Olympic final “I’ve had heartbreak. I know what it is to fail and I know how hard it is to pick yourself back up after that. This is why I am who I am, and why I am here today, because I’m not afraid of failure. I know what it is. I’m Kellie Harrington. I’m myself and I make my own pathway.”

Kellie became a double Olympian during the 2023 European Games – where she qualified for Paris and came home with lightweight gold. Throughout this series, as Kellie prepares for the Paris Games, she will share the habits she has built, in the ring, in training and in life, that set her apart.

This includes how she stays motivated, how she uses nutrition, S&C and roadwork to make the most of her boxing skills, how she plans her training within the High Performance framework, supported by Sport Ireland, how she balances a demanding training schedule, her self-care and mental health practices.

In this latest episode, she shares the mental health tools that help her to decompress, post-competition.

“Normally we’ll go through a very, very intense block of training. We’ll go to a tournament, and we’ll come back. When you come back from a tournament and you have a bit of time off, you don’t really know what to do with yourself. It’s kind of like finding who you are, again.

You’ve a lot of time to start thinking, and stuff…sometimes, you can find yourself down in the dumps. It can be hard. I always find reaching out, talking to y friends, going for a cup of tea or coffee – sometimes, actually, going to see a professional and just chatting, chatting about anything. If you have anything on your chest – especially if you’ve gone through an intense couple of weeks or months with training. You might need to go and talk to someone. Personally, I actually do that myself, and it is beneficial for me”

Photo by David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

Motivation

In the first episode of The Last Mile, Kellie shared how she finds her motivation at this stage in her career “My motivation comes from the fact I have a target on my back at the moment – and I really need to work hard, as I am the target. I just wanna be better, every day. Not by a long mile, but by a very, very small percent; not even one percent, smaller than that. And, as long as I keep making those little small adjustments, then, I’ll be happy – but, if I can’t make the adjustments, then we have to go back and we have to wonder why and try and fix that problem but my motivation is that I am the target and I’ll have to keep getting better, keep improving. Bit by bit. Day by day.”

Roadwork

And in the second episode, Kellie shared her experience of roadwork, an element of her training she finds difficult Honestly, roadwork, its not my cup of tea, at all. But, I know – actually, before I have a running session; if we have a running session on Wednesday, before on Tuesday, the night before, I’ll be tossing and turning with the anxiety of having roadwork on a Wednesday morning. It really isn’t my cup of tea. I’m not the worst at it but I get so – I get a knot in my tummy before I do it. But I also know that it’s so beneficial and I feel if I’m doing roadwork, it’s specific roadwork – I’m not going out and pounding the pavements. Everything is specific to what we are doing. Our (S&C) Coach, John Cleary, he would have our running programme sorted for us before we even turn up. So, it could be three 3 minutes – and you’ve to, not go all out because it’s impossible to do that, but go fast, maybe 90% of your pace for the three minutes. Other times, then, we’ll do 3 800s. So, we should be getting them under 3 minutes by the time it comes around to doing 3 800s. So, when I’m finished, after all that anxiety the night before and turning up and absolutely dreading it, I’m just so happy and relieved that it’s been and its done. But I also use it when I’m running – it’s a mindset thing, because running, for me, is extremely hard. So, I feel like, if I’m able to get up, drag myself to the running track and do that session then I can totally get up, drag myself to that ring and fight anyone in the world.”

Mindset

In the third episode, Kellie spoke about mindset “Mindset is a really, really big thing in boxing because, at the end of the day, when you step in between those ropes, it’s just you and your opponent. The way I work with getting my mind right, and set, and straight before I get in in between the ropes – for instance, I spoke about running there and, I’m not gonna say I don’t like it, but how it really isn’t my cup of tea, and I use that, when I’m getting in to the ring. I’m like – I’ve done that, I’ve done the hard work; I’ve gone on to the running track when I know it’s something I struggle with and that isn’t my cup of tea. And, I wasn’t actually too bad on the track when I did it, so that’s money in the bank for my mindset. It’s about being in the gym, and doing the uncomfortable things to make yourself feel comfortable. Then mindset, then, is really really strong when it needs to be strong. When you need that to be strong and at its finest is just before you step in those ropes. 45 minutes before you get in there, you need to have a really solid mindset – and I find that my training backs up my mindset”

Strength and Conditioning

In the fourth episode, Kellie shared her love of Strength and Conditioning – “S&C has played a massive role in my journey – we do S&C all year round, but, particularly before a big tournament, we will start a bloc, staring 9 or 10 weeks out. And what I really like about it is that you start to see the difference in your body and the impact that strength and conditioning is having on your body and on your performances. There is strength work, which makes you stronger, and there is conditioning work which gives you better endurance. And then you also have explosive work, as well, which you also do in your strength and conditioning sessions, and that’s just making you more. The sessions aren’t overly long or anything like that, but it is smart training. They are compacted, get in, get out, get it done…And I LOVE strength and conditioning”. Kellie’s S&C programmes are designed, delivered and monitored by Sport Ireland Sport Institute S&C Specialist, John Cleary, who has over 20 years experience in working with Elite boxers.

Nutrition

In the fifth episode, Kellie focused on nutrition – “Nutrition plays a massive role in every athlete’s sporting career, especially with boxing having to make weight and maintain the weight over a period of days in the competition” – Olympic champion and double Olympian, Kellie Harrington, is highlighting the vital role nutrition will play in her #RoadToParis.

“I always find the better food that you eat, the more energy you have. It’s not that I always find that – it’s true. It’s the actual truth. The better food that you eat – if you’re snacking on chocolates and biscuits and stuff; it’s just a quick release energy and then you crash. Whereas, if you have a longer period of cutting weight and eating correctly, then your energy levels start to restore themselves and get better. It makes it a lot better for you, making weight when you need to make weight. You’re not doing that three weeks before a competition, trying to lose four or five kilos, which is absolutely crazy”

Kellie’s nutrition programmes are designed, delivered and monitored by Sport Ireland Sport Institute Dr. Sharon Madigan, who has over 20 years experience in working with Elite boxers.

“I always take advice from the Nutritionists out in the Institute and Sharon Madigan – I’ve worked with Sharon for many years now at this stage. She has always given me good sound advice, and I believe in what she is telling me. And it works. “

Planning

In the sixth episode, Kellie talked about the vital importance of planning, by the High Performance Unit, Kellie and her club

“Most of the time, at the start of the year, there will be a plan done out for the High Performance Unit and for the boxers. We kind of gauge ourselves off that plan. I’m smart enough now – I know meself, I know my own body and I know what I can put myself through.

“Sometimes the plan may not work for me, but it may work for others in the gym. The reason why the (over-aching plan) may not work for me is because I’m a little bit older – so, I mind what I’m doing. Its trying to keep meself right for the big competitions. But that’s all done way in advance. Planning gets done by myself, my coach, the High Performance Coaches and the High Performance Director. We all sit down and go over it all together. After that, I go away on my own and I sit down and look at it and say right, I’m gonna tweak this, this and this. I bring it back, and everyone talks about it again – when everyone is happy, that’s the plan and we move forward.”

Planning is absolutely crucial to what you’re gonna do for the year. It’s not just for what’s going to happen in the year …every week, I’ll make a plan out of I’m gonna do. Every week, I will make a plan out of what I’m gonna to do. On the Sunday, I’ll make out what my week is going to look like from the next Monday to the next Sunday and I’ll have that planned out way ahead of the week that’s coming because you don’t want to be overtraining or undercooked, so you gotta think smart. Sometimes, less is more.”

Self-Care

Kellie training is intense. In episode seven, she shares the vital role self-care plays in striking the balance that best benefits her and her boxing.

“I actually started up a walking group just after Covid, there. And there’s a group of people from all over, all over Dublin, really, and sometimes they come from different counties. We’ll all meet up and go for a hike somewhere. Sometimes we don’t even go for a hike, we just meet up and have breakfast and just chat about anything, really. And I find that that’s is actually really helpful because they’re not people that you see every day. They’re not strangers, either, but it’s actually easier to talk to people who you don’t see every day. So it’s really nice – a nice way of letting off a bit of steam. And I also bring the dogs with me – they’re getting a walk in, as well. And, you know, going home and having me dogs there all the time, it’s the best thing in the world, because they listen to you all the time.”

Boxing at Paris 2024: all you need to know.

Team Ireland’s Paris 2024 boxing camp will begin on Saturday – and the all-important draw will take place on Thursday evening at around 6pm, Irish time.

This team is the largest Team Ireland Boxing Team since Rome of 1960. Only Australia (12) & Uzbekistan (11) will have more boxers in Paris. Team Ireland is one of only 3 countries to have qualified a woman at all weights – an extraordinary achievement, given Paris is only the fourth Olympic cycle at which women may box.

The team arrived at the Olympic Village on Monday, and are in the midst of taper camp. Sport Entries Check took place this morning, and the scene is set for a scintillating fortnight of boxing.

Here’s all you need to know:

Accepted Quotas

Draw

The draw takes place on Thursday evening, at 6pm, Irish time. Draw sheets, programmes and results will be published here

Three Team Ireland boxers, all of whom qualified through continental qualifiers, have been seeded:

60kg Kellie Harrington, 3rd Seed
75kg Aoife O’Rourke, 2nd Seed
92kg Jack Marley, 7th Seed

The full seeding draw is here:

Boxing Schedule

Boxing from July 27th to August 3rd takes place at the North Paris Arena. Boxing from August 4th to 10th takes place at Roland Garros. August 5th is a rest day at the tournament.

Morning sessions begin at 10am, Irish time.

Afternoon sessions begin at 2.30pm, Irish time

Evening sessions begin at 7pm, Irish time.

July 27th Round of 32: W54kg, W60kg, M63.5kg & M80kg.

July 28th Round of 32: W50kg, W66kg, M57kg, M71kg, M92kg % M92+kg.

July 29th Last 16 in M63.5, 92 & 92+kg, and W60kg

July 30th Last 16 in M51 & M80kg, and W54 & W57kg

July 31st Last 16 M57 & 71kg, and W75kg, plus QF of W60kg

August 1st QF of M63.5 & 92kg, last 16 W50 & 66kg, QF of W54kg

August 2nd QF of M51, 80 & +92kg, and last 16 W57kg

August 3rd QF of M57 & 71kg, and W50 & 66kg, SF of W60kg

August 4th SF of M51, 63.5, 80 & 92kg,QF W57 & 75kg, SF of W54kg

August 5th rest day

August 6th SF of M71kg, SF W50 & 66kg, and W60kg final

August 7th SF M92+kg & W57kg, Finals of M63.5 & 80kg

August 8th SF M57kg & W75kg, Finals M51kg and W54kg

August 9th Finals of M71 & 92kg, Finals of W50 & 66kg

August 10th Finals of M57 & 92+kg, Finals of  W57 & 75kg

Watch

RTE will have significant coverage of the Games on RTE 2, RTE Player, online, on Radio and through the RTE app. Full details are available here

The full Games streaming service for all sports is here – free account set up is required:

https://www.discoveryplus.com/ie/olympics/sport/boxing

Team Ireland Boxing

Athletes:

Kellie Harrington (Dublin) Women’s 60kg

Aidan Walsh (Belfast) Men’s 71kg

Aoife O’Rourke (Castlerea) Women’s -75kg

Daina Moorehouse (Bray) Women’s -50kg

Dean Clancy (Sligo) Men’s 63.5kg

Grainne Walsh (Tullamore) Women’s -66kg

Jude Gallagher (Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone) Men’s -57kg

Jennifer Lehane (Ashbourne, Co. Meath) Women’s -54kg

Jack Marley (Sallynoggin, Dublin) Men’s -92kg

Michaela Walsh (Belfast) Women’s -57kg

Staff:

Tricia Heberle – Performance Director & Team Leader

Zauri Antia – Head Coach

Damian Kennedy – Coach

Lynne McEnery – Coach

James Doyle – Coach

Jim Clover – Doctor

Lorcan McGee – Physio

Paula Fitzpatrick – Physiologist


IABA Safeguarding One workshop calendar.

IABA is re-platforming the calendar of Safeguarding One workshops for 2024. All adults – coaches, committee members and non-coaching volunteers – in every club who have contact with children are required to have undertaken Safeguarding 1.

Two courses will take place every month, March to November. Acknowledging that club members have a variety of schedules and that no one time will be best for all, a percentage of courses will take place in the evenings, a percentage during weekday lunchtimes and a percentage on Saturdays. Workshops on Safeguarding 2 and Safeguarding 3 will be made available later in 2024.

Book your place here

In keeping with Sport Ireland best practice in Safeguarding training, workshops will be limited to 16 participants. In keeping with norms across the sporting community, the cost for this workshop is E15. Registration for each course will close 2 days before the date, and those who’ve registered will be sent payment information. The participation reservation will expire if payment is not received by 5pm on the scheduled day of the workshop.

Refresher

For all club members who have completed Safeguarding 1 training, but who wish to refresh their knowledge, the online Sport Ireland Safeguarding 1 refresher course is available here

Additional Information: For any additional information, please contact IABA’s National Safeguarding Manager, Stephen Flynn, at stephen@iaba.ie

100 years of Irish Olympic boxing: the team of Beijing, 2008.

There are just four days to go until the first bell of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games – and the advent of Irish Boxing’s Olympic Centenary

We’re celebrating every Team Ireland boxing team and today, we honour the team of Beijing 2008. This Olympic boxing squad touched down at Dublin Airport from China with three medals, Irish boxing’s biggest haul since the 1956 Games in Melbourne. Ken Egan claimed silver and the late Darren Sutherland and Paddy Barnes took home bronze, while John Joe Nevin and John Joe Joyce made the last-16.

In a stand out statistic, all five Irish boxers were only beaten by the eventual gold medalists in their respective weight categories in Beijing.

Egan met China’s Zhang Xiaoping in the light-heavyweight final, but the Asian fighter, who was born in Inner Mongolia, was handed a controversial 11-7 decision and Egan’s dreams of landing gold and joining an illustrious light-heavyweight cast which included Muhammad Ali, who claimed light-heavyweight gold at the 1960 Olympics in Rome, were dashed.

Many boxing pundits believe that the final score to Xiaoping, who had been well beaten by Irish 2012 Olympian Darren O’Neill in a Multi Nations tournament prior to Beijing, did not reflect Egan’s performance, that the judges had failed to register some of the Dublin southpaw’s clear cut shots, particularly in the second and third rounds. Egan dropped to his knees after the final bell, as did Xiaoping, in celebration. The 81kg gold medal would not be leaving China. “I genuinely thought that I won that fight by two or three points, said Egan. “Everyone says to me I went to the Olympics and I won the silver. I lost the gold in the final; that’s how I look at it. Okay, I came home with the silver medal, an amazing achievement. If I was offered that at the start of it, I would have taken it with both hands. It was a close final and he came out on top but it is behind me now and it’s history and it’s great to have been part of it.”

Meanwhile, Sutherland stopped Algerian middleweight Nabil Kassel in his opening bout and was then drawn against the powerful Venezuelan, Alfonso Blanco, in the last-16. Blanco had beaten the St Saviours OBA (Dublin) man at AIBA World Championships and Olympic qualifiers in Chicago en route to silver in the Windy City. But Sutherland produced a fantastic performance to exact revenge in Beijing to guarantee himself at least bronze. That set up a semi-final clash with Great Britain’s James DeGale, a duel which the London-born middleweight won 10-3.

Barnes, who qualified for Beijing from the AIBA World Championships in Chicago, a tournament at which the great Muhammad Ali made a guest appearance, registered impressive 14-8 and 11-5 verdicts over Ecuador’s Jose Luis Meza and Poland’s Lukasz Maszcyk to assure himself of at least bronze in Beijing.

Zou Shiming, who had beaten the Irish Elite champion in the quarter-finals in Chicago, awaited, and once again there was controversy over the scoring after the Chinese light-flyweight was awarded a 15-0 verdict. There is no questioning the fact that Shiming deserved his win. However, Barnes found the target at least six times in that clash and Shiming’s margin of victory was outrageously flattering.

Nevin, at 18 the youngest member of the Irish squad, booked his ticket for Beijing at the Olympic qualifiers in Pescara, Italy. Gary Keegan, the then Director of the Irish Amateur Boxing Association’s High-Performance Unit, had brought Nevin to Pescara, the second last Olympic qualifier for European boxers, for the experience. However, Nevin, who also qualified for the 2012 Olympics, took his opportunity with both hands and made the Irish team for Beijing, where he beat Abdelhalim Ouarradi of Algeria before going out to eventual Olympic champion, Badar-Uugan Enkhbat of Mongolia.

Nevin put his Olympic disappointment behind him to become the first Irish male boxer in the 101-year history of the IABA to win two medals at World Championships level in Milan and Baku in 2009 and 2011.

Meanwhile, John Joe Joyce had lost on three occasions to Gyula Kate of Hungary prior to Beijing, but the St Michael’s Athy man put the record straight on the biggest stage of them all with a 9-5 decision in his opening bout. The then IABA President Dominic O’Rourke, Joyce’s club coach, was at ringside. Joyce was then ahead by a single point going down the final stretch of his last-16 meeting with Felix Diaz, but the Dominican Republic light-welterweight found the target in the final few seconds to tie the bout at 11-11 before getting the nod a countback. Joyce, who would go on to win bronze for Ireland at the European Championships in Liverpool later that year, was the second Irish boxer after Andy Lee in 2004 to exit the Olympic Games on a countback.

Billy Walsh and Zuar Antia worked Ireland’s corner in Beijing. Jim Walsh was the Irish team manager.

China finished on top of the medals table in Beijing. Ireland was in 12th spot, two places adrift of Cuba. Ireland finished in 11th position in the rankings table, two places above the USA.

The 2008 Olympic Games was the last Olympiad to exclude female boxers, which was a good omen for Ireland as certain female lightweight from Bray was poised to bridge the 20-year gap since Michael Carruth stood on top of an Olympic podium at Barcelona 1992.

Team Ireland: Beijing 2008

Light-flyweight: Paddy Barnes (Holy Family) – Bronze

Beat Jose Luis Meza (Ecuador) 14-8
Beat Lukasz Maszczyk (Poland) 11-5
Lost to eventual gold medalist  Zou Shiming (China) 0-15

Bantamweight: John Joe Nevin (Cavan)

Beat Abdelhalim Ouarradi (Algeria) 904
Lost to eventual gold medalist Badar-Uugan Enkhbat (Mongolia) 2-9

Light-welterweight: John Joe Joyce (St Michael’s Athy)

Beat Gyula Kate  (Hungary) 9-5
Lost to eventual gold medalist Felix Diaz (Dominican  Republic) 11-11 (countback)

Middleweight: Darren Sutherland (St Saviours) – Bronze

Beat Nabil Kassel  (Algeria) RSC4
Beat Alfonso Blanco (Venezuela) 11-1
Lost to eventual gold medalist James DeGale (Britain) 10-3  

Light-heavyweight: Ken Egan (Neilstown) – Silver

Beat Julius Jackson (Virgin Islands) 22-2
Beat Muzafer Bahram (Turkey) 10-2
Beat Washington Silva (Brazil)
Beat Tony Jefferies (Great Britain) 10-3)

Final: Lost to Zhang Xiaoping (China) 7-11

Check out Beijing’s opening ceremony:

Beijing was the Games of records and superlatives. Several hundred million watched worldwide on TV as more than 40 world records and over 130 Olympic records were broken.

Modern and Ancient

The National Stadium, nick-named the “Bird’s Nest”, and the National Swimming Centre, known as the “Water Cube”, were both stunning symbols of the new Beijing. In cycling, the road race followed the Great Wall and passed in front of the “Forbidden City”—two symbols of the thousand-year-old history of the city.

First Medals

A record 204 National Olympic Committees took part in the Games. Some 87 of them celebrated their medal-winning athletes. Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Mauritius and Togo all experienced podium finishes for the first time. Tajikistan won its first medals thanks to Rasul Boqiev in judo and Yusup Abdusalomov in wrestling; Afghanistan stepped up on to the podium thanks to Rohullah Nikpai in taekwondo.

Entries open: 2024 National U18 Competition

Entries are now being accepted for the 2024 National U18 Competition. This competition will be used as part of the process for possible selection for the 2024IBA World Youth Championships.

Competition Arrangements

Venue:                                    National Stadium, Dublin.

                                                (The U18s Competition will be used as part of the process for possible

                                                Selection for the IBA World Youth Championships.

                                                (October 20th to November 06th.

Dates:                                     August 16th,17th,23rd,24th and 30th, 31st.    

Entries:                                  A non–refundable entry fee of €30 applies, including in the event of a boxer withdrawal.  Online entry, via the Blocworx portal, is open until 5pm sharp, on Friday, August 09th. Entries will not be accepted without the payment of entry fees. All fees must be paid by 5pm on August 09th. Only boxers for whom entries have been completed and entry fees have been received will be allowed box. No late entries will be accepted.

Entry Form:                          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.

As the U18 National Competition form a basis for team selection to international competition, please be aware that all boxers entering this competition must: (1) be members of an IABA affiliated club, (2) must be explicitly named in their club’s Blocworx portal, (3) be eligible to represent IABA under IBA eligibility regulations {4.2}, holding an applicable in-date passport, (4) boxers must have completed the applicable waiver/code of conduct process

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

Draws:                                    Tuesday, 13th August, 1pm in the National Stadium.

Only boxers entered through the Blocworx portal for whom fees are fully paid will be included in the draw.

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 U18 competition 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.  A medical examination will be performed on each boxer on their first day of competition.

Boxing Record books and Irish passports to be presented by the boxer at their initial weigh-in.  No data will be retained from Irish passports

Weigh-in dates:

August 17th – 18th : 8:00am – 11:00am

August 23rd – 24th: 8:00am – 11:00am.

August 30th – 31st: 8:00am 11:00am

Boxing:           Thursday, Thursday 11th at 7.00pm. 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: 48kg, 51kg, 54kg, 57kg, 60kg, 63.5kg, 67kg, 71kg, 75kg, 80kg, 86kg, 92kg,  92+kg

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

Age Requirements:  Boxers born between 2006 to 2007 inclusive.

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. 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 requirements in relation to conduct and the use of social media must be signed by all boxers and coaches at their initial weigh-in.

Please note: 

  • Referees & Judges for the U18s Competition will not be allowed enter the field of play as a coach with their club boxer.
  • All Referee & Judges must bring their record books.

Circular: