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The IABA and the Olympic Federation of Ireland are holding an open training session with boxers qualified for Paris 2024, and is inviting club boxers to participate, and club members to spectate.
This Open Day will take place at the National Indoor Arena, on the Sport Ireland Campus on Tuesday, July 2nd from 11am to 12:15pm.
Boxers
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Places are extremely limited. Please note that parents/guardians must complete the Expression of Interest for boxers aged 11-15. Boxers in this age group must also be accompanied on the day by a parent/guardian
The boxer must be a registered member of a successfully affiliated IABA
The boxer must be registered in their club’s Blocworx portal
The boxer must be aged between 11 years and 18 years – B/G1 to Youth
The boxer must be a competitive athlete, at any level, with a box card
The boxer must be available to attend the National Indoor Arena, Sport Ireland Campus, Blanchardstown, Dublin, between 10:30am and 12:30pm on July 2nd
This Expression of Interest for boxers aged 11-15 must be completed by a parent/guardian
A parent/guardian must accompany boxers aged 11-15 to the event.
The Expression of Interest closes at midday on Thursday, June 20th. IABA will communicate with successful applicants.
Spectators
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Please note that parents/guardians must complete the Expression of Interest for intending spectators aged 11-15. Intending spectators in this age group must also be accompanied on the day by a parent/guardian
Spectators:
Must be a registered member of a successfully affiliated IABA
Must be registered in their club’s Blocworx portal
Must be available to attend the National Indoor Arena, Sport Ireland Campus, Blanchardstown, Dublin, between 10.45am and 12.15pm on July 2nd
This Expression of Interest for members aged 11-15 must be completed by a parent/guardian
A parent/guardian must accompany members aged 11-15 to the event.
36 2024 National Junior Cadet Champions were crowned at the National Stadium, Dublin today, following 3 week long tournament in which over 200 boxers participated.
31kg Pat John Nevin (Mullingar Elite) beat Oscar Mordarski (Sacre Coeur), 5-0
33kg Kyia Ledwidge (St Pappins) W/O
33kg Tomas Carroll (Setanta) beat Callum Brennan (Mulhuddart), 5-0
36kg Danielle Smithers (Swords) beat Ella Conway (Ratoath), 3-2
Today is the deadline for affiliation for the 2024/2025 season. Clubs are reminded that they must be affiliated in order to vote in national elections (Rule 6.11). The deadline by which all fees are due through your club’s Blocworx portal is midnight on June 15th.
Cost
The total cost of affiliation is €765 per club; however, IABA is in a position to contribute to the fees of every club which is re-affiliating this season. The co-funding amount is 10% of the total. This IABA co-funding reduces the cost for each club to €695.
In the 2020/2021 season, IABA paid all affiliation costs for all clubs, to the value of circa €700 per club.
In the 2021/2022 season, IABA paid 60% of the affiliation fees for all clubs, to the value of circa €450 per club
In the 2022/2023 season, IABA paid all affiliation costs for all re-affiliating clubs, to the value of circa €700 per club. Newly affiliating clubs paid a nominal fee of €250
In the 2023/2024 season, IABA contributed €355 to the affiliation fees of all clubs.
In the 2024/2025 season, IABA is contributing €70 to the affiliation fees of all clubs.
This is a total contribution by IABA to the insurance costs of all clubs of €2,275, per club.
2024/2025 Affiliation & Insurance Fee Breakdown
Proportion of affiliation fee going to insurance costs: 97.8%
Insurance cover, including travel insurance, personal accident, approved club events and public liability cover: €680
Every year, we endeavour to ensure the best possible deal for our members. As part of membership of the Irish Athletic Boxing Association, successfully affiliated clubs receive the benefit of the association’s comprehensive insurance package, including Public Liability and Travel. This cover applies solely to activities controlled, sponsored, recognised and/or authorised by IABA (e.g. training of boxers, permitted shows). It is not a substitute for club’s own insurance arrangements.
Fees due:
Midnight, June 15th: Fees must be paid, in full, through your club’s Blocworx portal. In completing affiliation for the 2024/2025 season, clubs must review:
Main contact email:
This is the email address that IABA uses to send correspondence to your club. Please check that:
This is the email address your club wants to use to receive all of its correspondence
This is a functioning email addresses, with no typos or errors
This email address is able to receive emails.
If the club is using the personal email address of a club member, please ensure this person consents to the inclusion of their email address as the club’s main contact email
Please do not use email addresses linked to your employment as your main contact email address. Doing so means that sensitive information which belongs to your club is being stored on the email server used by your employer, and that information is accessible by your employer. It also means that, should you move to a different role with a new employer, your club has lost all access to all of its emails and all of this sensitive information.
IABA strongly advises that clubs set up a club email address, so that, in the event that officers change, all club information is stored in the same place, and not spread across several email accounts in the event that officers change within your club.
Secretary’s Address
Please review and up-date your secretary’s home address. This is the address to which any and all postal ballots will be sent. Please ensure that a relevant Eircode or Postcode is included
Boxers
All boxers, whether they are competitive or not, must be included in your Blocworx portal so that they are insured. If you haven’t already done so, please now review the details of every boxer in your club in your portal, and add any boxers in your club who are not present. Please remove any boxers who are no longer members of your club, including boxers who may have transferred to another club.
Coaches and R&Js
A significant number of club members have qualified as coaches, Judges and Referees since clubs affiliated for the current season. Please make sure that all of your club’s new coaches are included in the coaching section of your affiliation portal, and that any members who have qualified as Judges or Referees are named in the relevant section of your portal, including their qualification.
Officers
If your officers (President/Chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer, Child Protection Officer) have changed, or changed elected roles within your club since your last affiliation, please up-date those records in Blocworx. Note: No one person in a club can hold two elected offices – for example, the Secretary cannot also be the President/Chair, Treasurer or Child Protection Officer. However, an officer can hold an elected role and act as a coach or other form of volunteer, for example.
Affiliation timeline:
Your affiliation goes through several steps before it is approved. Once your club has completed the review and up-date of affiliation information, then:
Your county board has a two-week period from the time your club submits its application to review that application; this will not begin until June 29th
Your provincial unit has a two-week from the time your county board has completed its review to, in turn, review your application; this won’t begin until July 13th
Your application will be reviewed by National Stadium staff
Usernames and passwords issued to clubs for this season’s affiliation process have not changed. IABA has already re-issue username and log-in details to clubs in recent weeks.
If you have any questions or require any assistance in preparing for your 2023/2024 affiliation, please contact any member of staff. The sooner you contact a member of staff with your difficulty, the sooner it can be resolved. Please do not wait until the final day for affiliation to ask for staff assistance.
Important Notice
Clubs should be advised that if their affiliation actions, including all Garda/Access NI matters are not addressed during the applicable period, clubs will not be able to undertake the following:
Vote in any AGM or EGM
Vote in any Central Council or Provincial Council elections
Enter any boxers in any National Championships
Submit any club members for participation in Fundamentals: Assistant coach courses
Submit any club members for participation in Level One: Club Coach courses
Submit any members for participation in IABA Safeguarding workshops
Submit any member for participation in IABA iBoxClean anti-doping learning
Submit any member for participation in IABA 360 Degrees: Diversity & Inclusion learning
Submit any member for any Women in Sport, Diversity & Inclusion or Club Development programme.
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, July 5th . Entries will not be accepted without the payment of entry fees. All fees must be paid by 5pm on July 5th. Only boxers for whom entries have been completed and entry fees have been received will be allowed box.
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 2023/2024 season can contact IABA staff, Sally Ann Kinch sally@iaba.ie, James Geraghty, James@iaba.ie or Ciara Plunkett, ciara@iaba.ie
As the U22 National Championships 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, 09th July, 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 U22 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. A medical will be performed on every boxer on Tuesday 09th July from 8am to 12pm at the National Stadium.
Boxing Record books to be presented by the boxer at their initial weigh-in.
Age Requirements: Boxers born between 2002 and 2005 inclusive.
Waiver & Code of Conduct:
It is a condition of entry/participation that entrants completed the online Waiver/Code of Conduct process.
It is a condition of participation that all officials have completed the Waiver/Members acknowledgement form 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:
The U22 Championship will be run under IBA Technical & Competition rules, as adopted on September 1st, 2022.
Referee & Judges for the U22 Championships will not be allowed enter the field of play as a coach with their club boxer.
All Referee & Judges must bring their record books.
