A stalwart of Irish boxing, Peter Mullen, of St. Anne’s Boxing Club, Mayo, has been honoured for his many decades of dedication to the sport.

Peter has been named the Mayo winner of the 2021 Federation of Irish Sport Volunteers in Sport Awards, supported by EBS.

A stalwart of Irish boxing, Peter Mullen, of St. Anne’s Boxing Club, Mayo, has been honoured for his decades of dedication to the sport.

He is the Mayo winner of the 2021 @federationirish Volunteers in Sport Awards.

Congratulations, Peter! pic.twitter.com/prQapqxjiJ

— IABA (@IABABOXING) November 30, 2021

Peter was among the founders of St. Anne’s, in 1967. As a boxer, Peter won numerous Mayo and Connacht titles before winning his first Irish Junior Heavyweight title in 1971. He has represented St. Anne’s around the world and led out an Irish boxing team at a parade in Madison Square Garden in New York. Peter is also a highly regarded judge, judging matches at county, provincial and national level. He is a dedicated coach and leader at St. Anne’s and continues to commit his time and effort to the club today.

St. Anne’s, which has won more than 102 national titles, celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2018. Peter claimed the club’s first title and has been followed by boxers including Ray Moylette and Shannon Sweeney, who won Elite belts for St Anne’s. Ray put the club on the map internationally after becoming the first Irish boxer to win World Youth gold in Mexico in 2008. Moylette, along with Joe Ward, secured double European Elite gold in Turkey in 2011, to help Ireland finish in 2nd sport in the medals table.

2021 Federation of Irish Sport Volunteers in Sport Awards will take place virtually on December 7th, 8th and 9th and will see Peter, along with volunteers from across the country, honoured for their amazing dedication to volunteering across a variety of different sports.

The Volunteers in Sport Awards celebrate the contributions of the band of volunteers across the country who give their time to Irish sport and physical activity every year. This equates to approximately 37.3 million hours of volunteering across Ireland’s 13,000 registered sports clubs and associations and, according to Sport Ireland’s 2021 ‘Researching the Value of Sport in Ireland’ report, is worth an estimated €1.5bn to the exchequer.

Throughout September and October members of the public, sports clubs and governing bodies were invited to nominate an individual whose contribution to sport and physical activity in Ireland has made a real difference to their community, club or county. The nominations and award recipients were selected by a judging panel consisting of 12 individuals drawn from sports administration, the volunteer community and media, and included former Director General of the GAA, Paraic Duffy, RTÉ broadcaster, Marie Crowe and CEO of Gaisce, Yvonne McKenna.

IABA would like to extend hearty congratulations to Peter on being honoured and recognised for his many years of services to St. Anne’s Boxing Club, and to Irish boxing.

The awards will be streamed live each evening from 7pm on the Federation of Irish Sport’s Facebook page here: with the awards schedule listed below:

• Tuesday, December 7th: Leinster and Special Recognition Award
• Wednesday, December 8th: Munster, Connacht and Special Recognition Award
• Thursday, December 9th: Ulster and Outstanding Achievement Award

The draws have been made for the Boy/Girl 1 & 2 National Championships.

Up-date: the schedules of boxing are now available here

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.

Draw: The draw has been 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

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.