2022 World, European and Commonwealth champion, Amy Broadhurst, has been nominated as RTE Sportsperson of the Year.

Amy was also named Best Boxer at any extraordinary Women’s European Championships, where Team Ireland was named No. 1 team, and she and her teammates brought home 3 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals.

Amy is shortlisted alongside Rachel Blackmore (2021 winner, Horse Racing), David Clifford, (Men’s Football), Ronan Grimes (Paracycling), Ciara Mageean (Athletics), Katie McCabe (Soccer), Rhys McClenaghan (Gymnastics), Rory McIlroy (Golf), Katie Taylor (nominated as a Pro Boxer, but Katie is a Team Ireland Olympic champion and multi-World titlist), Josh Van Der Flier (Rugby)

After an incredible year, In which she won World 🥇 European 🥇, boxer of the tournament at the Women’s Europeans, and Commonwealth 🥇, Amy Broadhurst has been shortlisted for the RTE Sportsperson of the Year Award 🥊 pic.twitter.com/R5CTTlHG76

— IABA (@IABABOXING) December 11, 2022

Amy is the third 2022 Team Ireland nominee – 2022 light middleweight World Champion, Lisa O’Rourke, is nominated in the Young Sportsperson of the Year category, alongside Rhasidat Adeleke, James Culhane, Eve McMahon and Israel Olatunde.

While Head Coach, Zauri Antia, is nominated in a year in which Team Ireland have won 2 senior elite World titles, 2 Strandja golds, 16 multinations medals, 4 European gold, 2 European silver and 2 bronze, and, for the first time, the Women’s Team were named No. 1 in Europe.

This is Zauri’s second time to be nominated for the RTE Sport accolade – he is shortlised alongside Stephen Bradley (Soccer), Brian Dowling (Camogie), Dominic Casey (Rowing), Andy Farrell (Rugby), John Kiely (Hurling), Willie Mullins (Horse Racing), Eamonn Murray (Womens Football), Ronan O’Gara (Rugby), Jack O’Connor (Men’s Football) and Vera Pauw (Soccer)

Zauri is the only nominee representing a solely individual sport, or a combat sport.

The winners will be announced live on RTÉ One on Saturday night, 17 December, in an awards show presented by Jacqui Hurley, Evanne Ní Chuilinn and Ruby Walsh.

IABA’s National Secretary, Antoinette Fay McClean, has issued a reminder to clubs, county boards and provincial units on the procedures around permission to travel abroad for competition.

“Any team traveling abroad must first email details requesting permission from their County Board. The County Board Secretary will then forward to their Provincial Council Secretary.  The Provincial Council will email the Office and myself.  Permissions will then be sent back to the Provincial Council Secretary to be sent on to the County Board and or club.

Clubs are advised to seek permission of their county board 3 weeks before they intend to travel.  

In instances where clubs are bringing a team including boxers from other clubs abroad, each club with a boxer on the team is not required to apply for permission to travel. The lead club should apply for permission to travel to their county board three weeks before departure, including the names and clubs of all boxers on the team.”

IABA is seeking a talented and ambitious person to lead our National Safeguarding Unit.

The National Safeguarding Manager will be responsible for education and awareness raising of safeguarding matters in over 360 boxing clubs on the island of Ireland, in addition to managing Garda and Access NI vetting applications.

Among the NSM’s duties are:

1. Familiarisation with IABA Safeguarding & Child Protection policy, Children First and Our Duty
   to Care to ensure the successful applicant can act as an information source to other
   members of the organisation
2. Circulation of all relevant information and resource materials, on children’s sport to clubs and
   affiliates IABA bodies
3. Become an authorised signatory for all Garda Vetting Applications and ensure that an up to
   date register is maintained at IABA Headquarters which details all Safeguarding/Child
   Protection Training and Garda/Access NI Vetting carried out by the sport
4. Assisting in the development of a system of record keeping (including all Garda & Access NI
   Vetting applications) which maintains confidentiality while allowing for appropriate information
   to be passed to relevant authorities where necessary
5. Manage the running of relevant national safeguarding committees within the IABA
6. Work closely with relevant stakeholders including Sport Ireland and Sport Northern Ireland
7. Work with relevant statutory bodies including An Garda Siochana, PSNI, National Vetting
   Bureau, Access NI, Tulsa and NI social services
8. Communicating with Club Secretaries and Clubs Children’s Officers to ensure the
   communication and implementation of the IABA policy and Safeguarding Procedures for Young
   and Vulnerable members http://iaba.ie/safe-guarding-and-child-protection-section/ and the
   promotion of related education programmes, materials, events and governing body related
   documents
9. To co-ordinate the development of a Safeguarding/Child Protection strategy which is in line with
   best practice, expresses the values and aims of the IABA and develop/maintain such policies and
   procedures as are required to meet current legislative requirements and the needs of the IABA
   12.To monitor and feedback on clubs’ implementation of required safeguarding practices
10. To liaise with clubs to ensure drop-out rates and transfers are monitored so that unusual
    developments or trends can be addressed

A full list of role responsibilities and requirements is attached – applications, including CV and cover letter, are invited to hr@iaba.ie by 5pm on January 6th.

Entries are now open for the 2023 National Elite Championships.

The 2023 National Elite Championships are the de facto beginning of selection for the Paris 2024 Olympics. All boxers wishing to be considered for the selection pool for any Olympic Games qualifiers must enter these Elite championships  

The Competition Circular

Weights:

Weights: Men	Weights: Women
48kg	48kg
51kg	50kg
54kg	52kg
57kg	54kg
60kg	57kg
63.5kg	60kg
67kg	63kg
71kg	66kg
75kg	70kg
80kg	75kg
86kg	81kg
92kg	81+kg
92+kg

Schedule:

December 6^th: Entries open

January 6^th:  Entries close

January 6^th: Club review period opens

January 8^th: Club review period closes

January 10^th: Open Draw, 1pm.

January 12^th: Preliminaries

January 13^th: Preliminaries

January 14^th: Preliminaries

January 15^th: Quarter Finals

January 20^th: Semi Finals

January 21^st: Finals

Entry Format

• Entry to the 2023 National Elite Championships is online, through your club’s Blocworx affiliation portal. Please log in using the same username and password your club used for the 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 affiliation. If your username or password are no longer available to you, please contact Sally sally@iaba.ie, James james@iaba.ie or Ciara ciara@iaba.ie and your username and password will be reissued to you.
• A video guide the entry process and payment process is attached. It will shortly be up-loaded on to IABA’s YouTube channel and the IABA website.
• Entries open at 5pm on Tuesday, December 6^th and close at 5pm on Friday, January 6^th
• Entries will only be accepted between these dates and through the Blocworx affiliation portal

Entry Fees:

€40, per boxer. Entry must be paid, online, at the point of entry or boxers cannot be included in the draw. Fees are non-refundable, including in instances where boxers withdraw. All fees must be paid by 5pm on January 6^th.

Club review period

Once entries close at 5pm on Friday, January 6^th, every club which has entered boxer(s) in to the 2023 National Elite Championships will have the opportunity to check and review their boxer’s information, including name and spelling of name, weight and gender category. Clubs will not be able to enter additional boxers during this period. This 48-hour window will close at 5pm on Sunday, January 8^th. Clubs will be notified, directly, of the opening and closing of the review period.

Weigh-ins:

January 12^th – 15^{th :} 8.00am – 10.00am & 11.00am – 1.00pm

January 20th and 21st: 8.00am – 9.00am & 12.00pm – 1.00pm

Team Ireland Head Coach, Zauri Antia, has been nominated as Manager of the Year in the RTE Sport Awards.

Team Ireland boxers have had an incredible year, winning 51 medals at all age categories on the international stage. These include two senior World golds, 4 senior European golds, 3 silver and 2 bronze. For the first time, the Women’s Team was named best in Europe. Zauri joined the Irish High Performance Team as Technical/Tactical Coach in 2003. He was named Head Coach in 2015.

Boxing is Ireland’s most successful Olympic sport, winning 18 of Ireland’s 35 medals. 9 boxing medals have been won since 2008.

This is Zauri’s second time to be nominated for the RTE Sport accolade – he is shortlised alongside Stephen Bradley (Soccer), Brian Dowling (Camogie), Dominic Casey (Rowing), Andy Farrell (Rugby), John Kiely (Hurling), Willie Mullins (Horse Racing), Eamonn Murray (Womens Football), Ronan O’Gara (Rugby), Jack O’Connor (Men’s Football) and Vera Pauw (Soccer)

Zauri is the only nominee representing a solely individual sport, or a combat sport.

After a year which included 2 World Championship titles, 4 European 🥇, 3 🥈 and 2 🥉 and the historic crowning of the Womens Team as champions of Europe, Team Ireland Head Coach Zauri Antia has been nominated for the RTE Sport Manager of the Year Award 🥊 pic.twitter.com/lndjMXuTHR

— IABA (@IABABOXING) December 7, 2022

Zauri’s is boxing’s second nomination this year. 2022 light middleweight World Champion, Lisa O’Rourke, is nominated in the Young Sportsperson of the Year category, alongside Rhasidat Adeleke, James Culhane, Eve McMahon and Israel Olatunde.

The winners will be announced live on RTÉ One on Saturday night, 17 December, in an awards show presented by Jacqui Hurley, Evanne Ní Chuilinn and Ruby Walsh.