Dear Clubs, Coaches and Members,
We are now able to confirm more details regarding the 2023-24 Boxing Scotland Youth & Elite Golden Gloves Championships.
An administrative document has been produced and we would advise clubs to familiarise themselves with it ahead of the Championships getting underway.
The Championships will be held at Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility, Motherwell on the weekends of 16th/17th and 23rd/24th March 2024 at Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility in Motherwell.
A link to the document can be found at the bottom of this post.
Some of the key information from the document includes;
Boxer Weigh-in times; (Boxers only weigh-in on days that they compete)
Saturday and Sunday: 0800 – 1000. Boxing will commence at 1100.
Please note, there will be NO weight allowance for all boxers for Golden Gloves/Open Class competitions from this season forward, including this tournament.
Additionally, Under-18 boxers do not need to weigh-in wearing a vest/shorts as they did last season.
Spectator Prices;
Adult: 1 Day – £20, 2 Day – £35.
Children Under-16: 1 Day – £10, 2 Day – £15.
Please note, two-day tickets can only be used over one weekend ie 16th/17th March.
Registered coaches;
All coaches in the field of play and warm-up areas must be a registered 2023/24 Boxing Scotland coach.
Where a club is found to have bypassed these procedures by allowing unregistered coaches into the team warm up areas or access to the field of play the offending club will be fined £100 for their actions.
Also, the Coaches Code of Conduct must be always adhered to. No forms of abuse will be tolerated, and the disciplinary process will be followed.
Coach bands;
The Coach Band process will follow the same rules as the previous Championships ie the number of Coach Bands allocated to clubs on each day of the competition will be based on the number of Boxers that club has competing on that day, as well as the number of Boxing Scotland Registered Coaches your club has. Coaches must bring their 2023-24 Coach Badge to the ticket desk between 8:30am-10am each morning in order to receive a Coach Band.
Hand Wraps;
Elite Boxers;
The use of professional hand wraps shall be mandatory for this competition for Elite boxers, as per IBA rules.
The following materials will need to be provided by the club for professional hand wraps for each Boxer shall be as follows:
Gauze Bandage:
2 rolls of 5 cm x 15 m Gauze (1 roll of gauze for each hand)
2 rolls of 5 cm x 10 m Gauze (1 roll to create a knuckle pad for each hand)
Zinc Oxide Tape:
2 rolls of 2.5 cm x 13 m
1 roll of 1.25 cm x 13 m for between the fingers
All equipment shall be clearly branded, and packaging will include specifications and relevant instructions.
In AOB Elite Competitions, a Boxer shall apply the provided gauze bandages and tape on his hands as he likes, provided that the knuckles of his hand are not covered by the Zinc Oxide Tape.
The use of any substance or object on the Gauze and/or Zinc Oxide Tape is prohibited.
Pro-wraps must be checked and signed for by the nominated representative prior to gloving up.
Youth boxers;
Approved IBA wraps are to be worn by Youth boxers for this competition, but any wrap that is in accordance with the dimensions for wraps set out in the IBA Boxing Rule Book are appropriate. No professional wraps are allowed for Youth boxers. Boxers will be required to supply their own wraps.
Streaming;
We intend for bouts for these Championships to be live streamed on the Boxing Scotland Official YouTube channel. If there are technical issues in the venue, the bouts may be recorded and published at a later date instead.
Administrative Document – Administrative Document – Youth & Elite Golden Gloves Championships 2024
Regards,
Boxing Scotland
