The Annual General Meeting of the IABA has been scheduled and registration is now open to all clubs which successfully affiliated by November 1st. Registration will close at midday on Thursday, December 1st.

Time: 2.30pm

Date: Sunday, December 4^th

Location: The National Stadium, Dublin.

The following two motions will be proposed, considered and voted upon by Members:

Motion 1:

“That the Company Constitution and the Company Rulebook 2019 be amended to reflect the change of name of the Association Internationale de Boxe Amateur (otherwise “AIBA”), to the International Boxing Association (otherwise, the “IBA”).”

Motion 1 explained:

On the 22^nd November 2007, as part of a programme of reform, the name of the Association Internationale de Boxe Amateur was changed to the International Boxing Association, however the abbreviation of the name remained as the AIBA. In December 2021, the acronym “AIBA” was officially changed to the “IBA.” This was done to rebrand the organisation and to distance itself from the prior administration. The motion before Members today is to amend the IABA Constitution and Rulebook to reflect the acronymic changes to the International Boxing Association. The amendments to the IABA Constitution have been highlighted for ease of reference by Members.

Motion 2:

“That Article 80 be amended with the insertion of sub-paragraph (c) which states that:

The Board may resolve to affiliate, or disaffiliate, the Company with some other association, company or other body where it appears to the Board appropriate to do so and the Board may accept affiliations from associations, companies or other bodies who have an interest in, or association with, boxing on terms set by the Board .”

Motion 2 explained:

In accordance with the main objectives of the Company, which are to foster and develop boxing in Ireland, this addition to the Company Constitution will empower the IABA to affiliate, or disaffiliate, to such other organisations and/or associations, which will assist the Board to promote the main objectives of the Company.

NOTE: The above motion entails an amendment to the Rules of the Association and, accordingly, in accordance with Article 17 of the Company Constitution requires a quorum of 60 affiliated Member Clubs present represented in person by their delegates.

Please find attached:

1. AGM Agenda
2. Notice of Motion, including explanation
3. IABA Draft Constitution
4. IABA Draft Rulebook
5. IABA Audit

Eligibility: All clubs who have submitted affiliations for the 2022/2023 season up to November 1^st are eligible to attend

Attendees: Eligible clubs may nominate any two adult members to attend as delegates – one to be a voting delegate, one to be a non-voting delegate. Delegates nominated by clubs must verified members – this means they must be included in the club’s affiliation application, through Blocworx, for the 2022/2023 season as members and be over the age of 18. *Please note, delegates will be required to present photographic identification (passport, drivers’ licence, etc) on the day of the EGM.  

Registration: available here

Elections: Non-Executive members of the Board of Directors

No. of candidates: 3

No. of seats: 2

Voting: 

These ballots have been posted to the club postal address your club included in your Blocworx portal as part of your affiliation for the 2022/2023. They must be returned, with the enclosed signed slip, to 31 Grange Ter, Kill of the Grange, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, A94 A3E7, by midday on November 30th. Ballots arriving after this date and time will not be counted.

For guidance, please note:

1. Place a tick or an X in the box beside the name of the person(s) you wish to elect to the Board of Directors
2. There are two seats available – your club may vote for 2 people
3. When your club has completed voting, please place this ballot paper in the envelop provided and post.
4. Your ballot must arrive before 12pm on 30/11/2022 in order to be counted and included in the final result
5. Results of this election will be made known at the IABA’s AGM in the National Stadium Dublin at 3pm on Sunday, December 4th, 2022.

For guidance, please also note

• Ballots which contain any marks, writing or annotation outside of the relevant boxes will be adjudged spoiled and will not be counted.
• Ballots which include a vote for all candidates will be adjudged spoiled and will not be counted.

IABA has an exciting vacancy working directly with High Performance boxers in Ireland’s most successful Olympic sport.

Our High Performance Unit is seeking a HP Administrator to provide logistics, planning and admin support to boxers including Olympic, World and European Championships.

The post is based at the Institute of Sport, Sport Ireland Campus, Abbotstown. Applications should be made to hr@iaba.ie by 5pm on November 24th.

Job particulars and application information is available here:

IABA is recruiting a Safeguarding Officer to develop and implement a Safeguarding Project Plan.

This one-year, temporary position will work with IABA’s National Safeguarding Manager as a key member of the IABA Child Welfare and Safeguarding Team.

To apply for this role, email your CV along with a covering letter to hr@iaba.ie. The closing date for application is 5pm on November 25th.

Job Description:

Team Ireland’s Cliona D’Arcy has won through to the heavyweight final of the World Youth Championships in La Nucia, Spain.

The Tobar Pheadair, Galway, boxer renewed rivalry against  Poland’s Weronika Maja Bochen. The two last met at the same stage in the European Youth Championships in Bulgaria in April. D’arcy was the victor then, and history repeated today – the judges scored the 5-0 bout 30:27, 30:26, 30:27, 30:26, 29:28.

There are two days of finals, on Friday and Saturday. Cliona steps between the ropes to box for gold in the second last bout of the tournament – Ring B’s bout 12 on Saturday – an evening session, beginning at 5pm. She’ll box out of the red corner when she contests against India’s Kirti Kirti.

5 Team Ireland boxers come home with bronze, and invaluable international experience. In Ring A’s afternoon session, light heavy, Team Co-Captain Dearbhla Tinnelly boxed England’s Amber Birch. Judges awarded the 5-0 win to the English boxer: 30:26, 30:25, 30:27, 30:27, 29:28. Dearbhla ends an incredible year as a 2022 World and European medalist.

Lightweight Lee McEvoy boxed against Georgia’s Gocha Gordulava in the same ring and session, and returns to his club, Avona, with bronze hardware. The 5-0 decision went to the Georgian – 27:30
26:30, 26:30, 27:30, 26:30

In Ring B’s afternoon session, light middle Laura Moran took on Uzbekistan’s Aziza Zokirova; the UD went to the Uzbek boxer – 27:30, 27:30, 28:29, 27:30, 28:29. Laura joins Cliona and Dearbhla in being a 2022 World and Youth medalist.

Team Co-Captain, welter Jim Donovan, met Kazakhstan’s Nurkeb Mursal. He lost out on the narrowest of margins – a 3-2 split: 29:28, 28:29, 28:29, 29:28, 28:28. Two bouts later, in bout 12, cruiserweight Nathan Ojo contested against Ronny Noa of Cuba. He came out the wrong side of a 4-1 split: 27:30, 28:29, 29:28
27:30, 27:30.

Jim, Nathan, Laura and Dearbhla will receive their medals on Saturday; Lee’s will be bestowed on Friday.

History-Makers

This team has made history – they are now the most sucessful ever Irish World Youth Championship team. The previous Team Ireland record-setters at the tournament was the 2008 squad. The tournament in that year took place in Mexico, and Ireland came home with four medals:

60kg Ray Moylette Gold
64kg Jamie Kavanagh Silver
69kg David Joe Joyce Bronze
81kg Tommy McCarthy Bronze

Team Ireland Squad

Men:

48kg Thady Patsy Joyce, Olympic L, Westmeath

51kg Jack Harkin, Oakleaf BC, Derry

54kg Gavin Ryan, Ratoath BC, Meath

57kg Roy Farrelly, Avona BC, Dublin

60kg Lee McEvoy, Avona BC, Dublin

63.5kg Conor McCrory, Townland ABC.

67kg James Donovan, OLOL, Limerick

71kg Bobbi Flood, Cabra BC, Dublin

75kg TJ King, Phoenix of Ballyboughal, Dublin

80kg Ryan Murphy, Neilstown, Dublin

86kg Nathan Ojo, Esker, Dublin

92kg David McDonagh, Olympic BC, Galway

92+ Bernard Cawley, St. David’s BC, Naas

Women:

48kg Georgia McGovern, Setanta L, Kildare

50kg Caoimhe Kinsella, St Anthony’s/Pats, Wexford

52kg Esther Lambe, Setanta L, Kildare

54kg Shakira Donoghue, Templemore, Tipperary

57kg Rebecca Kavanagh, Mulhuddart,

60kg Yasmin Meredith, Corinthians BC, Dublin

63kg Rebecca Collins, Baldoyle, Dublin

66kg Gabrielle Mongan, Whitechurch, Dublin

70kg Laura Moran, St Anne’s, Mayo

81kg Dearbhla Tinnelly, Clann Naofa, Louth

81+kg Cliona D’Arcy, Tobar Pheadair, Galway

Team Manager: Francis Keeling

Team Manager: Bernadette Lannon

Coach: Lynne McEnery

Coach: Michael Mongan

Coach: Liam Cunningham

Draw sheets after Day 8:

Day One results are available here

Day Two results are available here

Day Three results are available here

Day Four results are available here

Day Five results are available here

Day Six results are available here

Days Seven results are available here

Day Eight results are available here

Session 23A results

Session 23B results

Session 24A results

Session 24B results

The Board of Directors is seeking feedback and observations on the Governance Review of IABA, conducted by Brian McNeice. The review, which covered all aspects of the association and issued over 60 recommendations, is attached.

The IABA commissioned two workshops on the report, which were open to all adult members of all affiliated clubs.

Watch Workshop One

Watch Workshop Two

All adult members of your club are invited to take part in the survey, which is available here.

All views are welcome, and the survey includes the facility to suggest reforms which may not have been included in the survey, as well as the facility to state which reforms you feel IABA should act on, and which reforms IABA should not act on. The survey will remain open until December 14^th