IABA has 5 new Coach Developers-in-training, following their completion of Stage One of Sport Ireland Certificate in Sports Coach Development course.
Dino Dallat, Ballymote Boxing Club, Seamus McCann, Glengormley ABC, Rio & Tokyo Olympian Brendan Irvine, National Development Manager, James Geraghty and Workforce Development Officer Bridget Scott have completed 11 days of training and assignments over a 5 month period, and passed all evaluations to attain their CDC41. This is a Sport Ireland qualification which enables those who graduate from the course to deliver Coach Education in their respective sports.
Whilst these Coach Developers have completed the learning element of their qualification, Sport Ireland requires that all CDs complete a 6-12 month apprenticeship, assisting existing Coach Developers in delivering coach education in their respective sports. This is Stage Two learning.
This means that these 5 Coach Developers will assist the existing community of Boxing Coach Developers in delivery Fundamentals: Assistant Coach and Level One: Club Coach learning over the next 6-12 months, before graduating as full Coach Developers, before leading in coach education delivery in their own right.
More information on Sport Ireland’s Coach Developer training programme is available here
There are 7 days remaining for the 2024 National Junior Cadet Championship, for boxers born in 2010 and 2011.
Entries are via clubs’ Blocworx portal. Entries and fees payments are accepted until 5pm on Friday, May 24th.
Competition Arrangements:
Venue: National Stadium, Dublin.
Dates: May 31st, June 01st ,07th,8th, 9th,14th, 15th.
Entries: A non–refundable entry fee of €20 applies, including in the event of a boxer withdrawal. Online entry, via the Blocworx portal, is open until 5pm sharp, on Friday, May 24th. Entries will not be accepted without the payment of entry fees. All fees must be paid by 5pm on May 24th. Only boxers for whom entries have been completed and entry fees have been received will be allowed to box.
As the Cadet 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) parents/guardians 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.
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 2022/2023 season can contact IABA staff, Sally Ann Kinch sally@iaba.ie, James Geraghty, James@iaba.ie or Ciara Plunkett, ciara@iaba.ie
Draws: Tuesday, 28th May, 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 Junior Cadet championships affirms that the entrant is not a member of any other club, in any jurisdiction.
Weigh-in and Medical: Boxers will weigh only on the 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: Friday in National Stadium 8:00 to 9:00am and 12:00 to 1:00pm. Further weigh-in times will be announced after the draw.
Boxing: Times will be contingent on entries and shall be announced after the draw.
Duration: Duration of rounds: Boys & Girls 3 x 1.5 Minutes
Additional Boys weights, outside the weight categories being boxed in the applicable international competition: 29kg, 31kg, 33kg, 36kg, 38kg and 90+kg.
Additional Girls weights, outside the weight categories being boxed in the applicable international competition: 29kg, 31kg, 33kg, 36kg, and 70+kg.
Clubs with boxers in the 90+kg or 70+kg category must make contact with National Registrar Philip Rooney boxing.referee@hotmail.com to specify their boxer’s weights.
Age Requirements: Boxers born between 2010 to 2011 inclusive.
Waiver & Code of Conduct: It is a condition of entry/participation that the parents/guardians of all competitors completed the online Waiver/Code of Conduct process, which includes key safeguarding elements for competitions.
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. 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.
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 are 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
Waiver/Code of Conduct
Completion, by parents/guardians, of the waiver and code of conduct process is a requirement of entry.
IABA’s revised Complaints and Disciplinary Code, and Social Media Policy, are now in effect. This follows the adoption of the documents by the Board of Directors.
These policies have been reviewed and/or developed with the assistance of law firm, Ogier, and are designed to bring protections and clarity for members.
Club leaders are asked to ensure that these policies are accessible to all of your club members, and to the parents/guardians of underage members.
IABA is proud to support clean sport with the release of the iBoxClean programme – this is designed to raise awareness of anti-doping in our sport, and provide learning and education opportunities for boxers, coaches, club support staff and parent/guardians.
Doping is contrary to the spirit of our sport. Every boxer, coach, club administrator, bout official, elected official, clubs and unit has a responsibility to ensure Boxing is free of doping. Members are bound by this policy, and by the provisions of Rule 7.5 of IABA’s Rulebook
There are 11 anti-doping rule violations, of which almost half also apply to coaches, so it is vital that coaches go on the anti-doping learning journey with their boxers. More information on Anti-Doping regulations is available through Sport Ireland, here, and through WADA, here
IABA Anti-Doping Tutor, Bee O’Callaghan, shares an over-view of anti-doping
iBoxClean learning
Boxers, parents/guardians, coaches and club support staff can register for any one of the 13 iBoxClean anti doping workshops running in 2024 here
Month
Workshop 1
Location
Time
Workshop 2
Location
Target Group
Time
March
25th
Zoom
1pm
6th
Zoom
Coaches
7.30pm
April
29th
Zoom
1pm
17th
Zoom
Parents
7.30pm
May
27th
Zoom
1pm
8th
Zoom
Boxers
7.30pm
June
24th
Zoom
1pm
12th
Zoom
Coaches
7.30pm
July
29th
Zoom
1pm
10th
Zoom
Parents
7.30pm
August
25th
Zoom
1pm
September
30th
Zoom
1pm
October
28th
Zoom
1pm
November
25th
Zoom
1pm
December
Whilst some of the workshops have a particular focus on either boxers, parents or coaches, any member of any IABA affiliated club can attend any of the workshops.
iBoxClean Ambassador, Jack Marley, shares his experience of in-competition Anti-Doping testing
Independent Anti-Doping learning
IABA recognises that the iBoxClean calendar may not align with everyone’s schedules, and is sharing this suite of independent learning resources, provided by Sport Ireland and WADA, the World Anti-Doping Agency:
The Prohibited List is a mandatory International Standard as part of the World Anti-Doping Program. The List is updated annually following an extensive consultation process facilitated by WADA. The effective date of the List is 01 January 2024, also available here
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.
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.
