The arrangements of the Boy/Girl 1 & 2 National Championships have been published this evening.

Boxing will take place in Drimnagh Boxing Club, Keeper Road, Dublin.

Dates: December 3^rd – December 18^th (Fri/Sat/Sun are provisional days set aside)

Entries: An entry fee of €10 applies. Boxers will be pre-entered by their Units from the weights they won at in their Unit Championships. Any boxer wishing to move up in weight must contact Chief Official Stephen Connolly s.connolly1961@yahoo.com by 11am on Tuesday 30^th November.

Draws: Tuesday, 30^th November, 2pm in the National Stadium.

The draw is being conducted on the basis of pre-entry only.

Weigh-in and Medical: Boxers will weigh only on the day they box.

Boxing Record books to be presented by the boxer at their initial weigh-in (if not previously given to the IABA).

Weigh-in times: In Drimnagh BC from 8.00am – 9.00am & 12.00pm – 1.00pm

Boxing: Friday, December 3^rd at 6.00pm. Other times will be contingent on entries and shall be announced after the draw.

Duration: Duration of rounds: Boys & Girls 3 x 1.5 Minutes

Age Requirements: Boxers born between 2008 and 2009.

It is a condition of entry that all competitors and officials have a signed Waiver/Members Acknowledgement Form.

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, IABA Anti-Doping Officer on 086-0292476.

Non Pregnancy Declaration forms must be signed.

Attire: Boxers shall have one red and one blue vest. Boxers must not wear long sleeved shirts under their vests. 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 suits and runners at all sessions and endeavour to set a high standard of hygiene in the corners. No shorts, caps or hats are allowed.

Sportsmanship: All decisions must be accepted in a sporting manner. Any complaints must be addressed to the Chief Official, Mr Stephen Connolly. Please show respect to all Ringside Officials. Please note that, under AIBA rules, boxers who are engaged in ‘Other Physical Contact Sports’ are not eligible to compete. For more information please visit www.aiba.org.

Covid-19 Precautions: For the duration of this Championships, Covid-19 protocols will be in place and all boxers, coaches, officials must abide by these. The exact protocols that will apply will be made known closer to the event as government guidelines will dictate. Any boxer, coach or official who fails to follow the protocols and directives issued, will be removed from the Championships and may have his/her membership of the IABA revoked.

All persons entering the venue must wear face masks. Coaches and officials must wear these throughout the event whilst boxers remove their masks for their warm-up and bouts. Coaches should wear nitrile gloves in the corners and should not remove the gumshield from a boxer’s mouth between rounds.

Fully vaccinated parents may attend the event with their child. No other spectators may attend. Two coaches may attend with the boxer.

IABA will hold an AGM on company matters, only, on Monday, December 20th at 7pm

The holding of an AGM before December 31st is a requirement of the Companies Act, is permitted by means of electronic communications in the Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions (Covid-19) Act 2020 Section 174A (3),(5).

No elections to any office will be held at this meeting.

As advised on November 22nd, the deferral of the election element of the AGM is to allow candidates in the elections to Central Council affected by the recent determination of the Independent Membership Panel to exercise their right to an external appeal of that decision, using the mechanisms of Sports Dispute Service Ireland, SDSI.

AGM Agenda:
1. Chairperson’s welcome address
2. Adoption of minutes of the 2020 AGM
3. Safeguarding report
4. Anti-doping report
5. 2020 audited financial statements and directors report
6. Re-appointment of auditors, by ballot of club voting delegates.

Attendance
This event is being held online, only. All attendees need to register for tickets through Eventbrite and also set up a Zoom Account with a matching email address, per attendee. Affiliated clubs can register here

Affiliated clubs can register two attendees – a club voting delegate and a non-voting delegate.

Registration through Eventbrite will include an option for club voting delegates (1 per affiliated club) to vote on Item 6, the re-appointment of auditors. Club voting delegates can vote on Item 6 during the Eventbrite registration process. The result of the vote on re-appointment of auditors will be announced at the AGM.

In order to confirm numbers, registration will close on Wednesday 15th December at 12pm. Only registered and affiliated IABA members will be permitted to attend the AGM.

Questions on company matters can be submitted to Company Secretary, John Nangle, via info@iaba.ie by Wednesday 15th December at 12pm, marked for the attention of the Company Secretary.

Annual Report & Financial Statement:
BKRM Corporate Services, have prepared an Annual Report and Financial Statement for the financial year ended December 31st, 2020. The report and statement were emailed to clubs on November 19th, and are available on the IABA website, here. Signed and scanned version is attached.

The remaining items on the originally scheduled agenda: elections, CEO up-date and the President’s closing address, will take place at a meeting to be announced in due course.

Notes:
All clubs attending remotely are advised to set up a Zoom account well before the AGM. IABA has published a how-to guide on setting up a Zoom account, is attached

( 1 ) NATIONAL UNDER 22 CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR BOXERS BORN IN 2000 / 2003 

JANUARY 2022  

14th / 15th / 16th / 21st / 22nd / 23rd 

FEBRUARY 2022 

04th / 05th / 11th /12th 

( 2 ) NATIONAL UNDER 18 COMPETITION FOR BOXERS BORN IN 2004 / 2005 

JANUARY 2022 

14th / 15th / 16th / 21st / 22nd / 23rd 

FEBRUARY 2022

04th / 05th / 11th / 12th 

Kind Regards 

Stephen Connolly 

National Registrar 

I.A.B.A.

The Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA) partnership with An Garda Siochana is being highlighted, nationally, as a powerful tool of cross-community engagement.
Gardai have visited local boxing clubs across Ireland to deepen existing ties between our sport and the wider community.

The most recent Hi Garda event took place at Golden Gloves Boxing Club in Churchfield in Cork, and featured prominently in the Irish Independent and in The Sunday World.

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The initiative has been spear-headed by IABA National Treasurer, Larry Morrision Garda Boxing Club and Arbour Hill, Dublin’s Brian Sutton, both former serving members of An Garda Siochana. Larry and Brian are building on the rich tradition of partnership between IABA, boxing, and An Garda Siochana, which began with the association’s inception in 1911. The IABA would like to thank both Brian and Larry for all their hard work in helping to develop and drive this fantastic initiative.

In the 1920s, General Eoin O’Duffy placed recognised our sport as a gateway for integrating Gardai with their local communicates, and they assisted in the establishment of boxing clubs throughout the country. The IABA is also proud to boast a long history of competitive Garda boxing members, including Willie “Boy” Murphy, Dick Hearns and Jim Brannigan, and more recently, Niall Kennedy, Olympian Adam Nolan and Christina Desmond. The IABA also counts the Garda Boxing Club as one of its affiliated units.

Fantastic piece on our Hi, Garda programme, in partnership with @gardainfo, by Ken Foy in @sundayworld

This countrywide programme involves community Gardai visiting their local boxing clubs to speak with the boxers and volunteers.

More here:https://t.co/TaPVmN47yk

— IABA (@IABABOXING) November 25, 2021

IABA CEO Fergal Carruth says “The success of Hi Garda highlights the importance of each and every boxing club to their local community. One of the IABA core values has always been inclusivity. Our clubs and coaches across the country work, every day, with boxers of all abilities and all walks of life. That’s the spirit of our sport, and that spirit is well captured in Hi Garda”

Speaking to the Irish Independent, Superintendent Michael Corbett of the Garda National Community Engagement Bureau, says “These clubs are brilliant sporting organisations for young people who have an interest in this sport either to keep themselves fit or to box competitively…There is brilliant work being done across the country by the Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA) and An Garda Síochána is delighted to support this work in any way that we can”
Clubs who have hosted Hi Garda events include Holy Family Boxing Club in Ballsgrove, Drogheda Nutgrove Boxing Club in Rathfarnham, Dublin, Charleville Boxing Club in Co Cork and Celtic Eagles club in Briarhill, Co Galway.

Clubs are encouraged to make contact with their local Garda Station as part of the Hi Garda programme – a full list of station contact details is here.

ENDS.

The IABA AGM, scheduled to take place on November 28th in Belfast, has been deferred.

This deferral is to allow candidates in the elections to Central Council affected by the recent determination of Independent Membership Panel to exercise their right to an external appeal of that decision, using the mechanisms of Sports Dispute Service Ireland (SDSI).

A rescheduled date for the AGM will be issued at the earliest opportunity.

The AGM scheduled for November 28th was to have been a dual in-person and online meeting. Given the changing Covid 19 situation, it is likely that the event will take place online, only. An advisory will issue when the date for the AGM is re-set.

ENDS.