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Dear Members,

Boxing Scotland is delighted to share the full entry list for this season’s Novice Championships.

There has been an incredible response to our first Novice Championships in nearly two and a half years, with 797 entries.

That figure makes next month’s event the largest Championships in the UK, and one of the biggest in Europe.

Boxing Scotland CEO Chris Roberts OBE said: “It is fantastic to see almost 800 entries for this year’s Novice Championships, which is significantly higher than we have ever had before.

“We look forward to welcoming clubs from across Scotland for what should be six great days of boxing across two weekends next month.

“This is another important step on the pathway to the recovery of our sport in Scotland.”

Updated 12/01/22

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The Championships will be held at Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility, Motherwell on the weekends of 4th/5th/ 6th of February and the 11th/12th/13th February.  Depending on entries there will be a requirement to hold further Novice Bouts at the HPC or move to a district event after the published dates.  These will be communicated in due course.

Please note, where a boxer has entered in a weight category that has at least one other entry they will remain in their chosen weight category.

Where a boxer has been entered and is a single entry in that age and weight category, the club will be given the opportunity to have the boxer moved one weight classification up or down.

If a club wishes to do so they must request in writing to competitions@boxingscotland.org by 1400 on Monday 24th January.

All other administrative amendments (ie wrong club name/age category) must also be e-mailed to competitions@boxingscotland.org by 1400 on Monday 24th January.

All payments must also have been received by Boxing Scotland from clubs for entry by 1700 on Monday 24th January, with the draw due to take place shortly after this.

Please note, going forward the following will be strictly enforced:

NO BOXER BOOKS CAN BE COLLECTED ON THE DAY

NO COACH BADGES CAN BE COLLECTED ON THE DAY

We are a small team who work extremely hard to ensure that all requests for cards and badges are met within the timescales, you can help us by ensuring that you have sight of your boxers book and your coaching badges at least one week before the competition.

If you have any queries regarding books or badges please email competitions@boxingscotland.org  after reading this post

Regards,

Boxing Scotland

Dear Members,

As our members will be aware. The First Minister gave a coronavirus update to MSPs in the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday the 18th of January updating the country on the latest cases of the Omicron variant.  Thankfully, the numbers and the data are beginning to decline in Scotland.

During the First Minister’s speech to the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday (January 18) she confirmed a number of measures brought in before Christmas to tackle the omicron wave will be removed from the 24th of January.

• From Monday 24th January the Scottish Government will remove the guidance advising adults against non-professional/Elite Pathway indoor contact sports allowing adult indoor contact sport to resume as normal.

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We welcome this news for all our members, particularly those that have trained hard over the past few months to compete at the Scottish Novice Championships and beyond.

However, with omicron transmission rates still high in the population, the FM asked the public to still “remain cautious” in their social interactions “at this stage.”  Please continue to follow the www.nhsinform.scot/campaigns/test-and-protect guidance

Please familiarise yourself with version 25 of the Guidance document.  So that respective clubs and gyms remain a safe environment for members to participate in physical activity.  Updates are in red highlighted in Yellow.

Should you have any questions or want to discuss any aspects of the above please contact Paul Coleman by email in the first instance, and I will endeavour to get back to you.

In the meantime, please continue to stay safe and well.  Keep your Guard up!

Boxing Scotland

 

Dear Members,

With the rise in Covid cases over the festive period and the increased transmissibility of the Omicron variant, Boxing Scotland are keen to safeguard the health of both our staff and elite boxers by limiting footfall within the High Performance Centre in Glasgow.

With this in mind, members who wish to drop off/pick up registration books to the Head Office must do this by appointment only.

Appointments can be made via the enquiries@boxingscotland.org e-mail address.

Members should also complete a lateral flow test before arrival and, where possible, remain outside of the High Performance Centre for any drop-off.

If an individual needs to physically go inside of the High Performance Centre then a face mask must be worn at all times.

Any individual who arrives at the High Performance Centre without a pre-arranged appointment will not be seen.

Thank you for your assistance and keep safe.

Regards,

Boxing Scotland

THREE Scottish boxers have been offered a place on GB Boxing’s World Class Programme (WCP) as full-time funded athletes following successful assessments.

Light-welterweight Reese Lynch, who made history by becoming Scotland’s first ever senior medalist at the AIBA World Championships in November, is among the new boxers.

Middleweight Sam Hickey was also successful with his final assessment, with the two boxers joining Flyweight Aqeel Ahmed, who was already part of the programme.

Bantamweight Matty McHale has also been offered a place on the GB squad, although he does not intend to take up the offer at this time.

Rob Roy boxer Reese Lynch, who claimed three wins at the World Championships en-route to a Bronze medal in Belgrade, was thrilled with the news.

The 20-year-old said: “Winning my medal at the Worlds was such a brilliant feeling and a moment I’ll always be proud of but to now also join GB Boxing, I’m delighted.

“Being able to train full-time will allow me to keep improving ahead of what is a very big year in terms of major boxing competitions and hopefully I can win some medals for both myself and my country along the way.”

Meanwhile Lochee Boxing Club’s Sam Hickey, who competed over five consecutive days in the 2021 Belgrade Winners competition overcoming world class opposition to claim Silver, was also delighted to join the set-up.

The Scottish boxers will train Monday to Thursday each week in the GB Boxing gym at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield.

“I’m buzzing to be here,” said Hickey.

“I know that now I’m part of this incredible set-up I have everything I need to give me the best possible chance of making all my ambitions come true.”

Boxing Scotland Performance Director and Joint National Coach Craig McEvoy was extremely proud of the boxer’s achievements, and revealed there could yet be another addition, with Bravehearts Welterweight Tyler Jolly set for an assessment next month.

McEvoy said: “We are delighted that after subsequent assessments at the end of 2021 that Reese Lynch and Sam Hickey have joined Aqeel Ahmed on the GB World Class Programme.

“Reese effectively secured his place by winning Scotland’s first ever senior elite medal at the World Championships in November.

“Next month we also have Tyler Jolly attending his final assessment and if successful that will be four Scottish boxers on the programme, which is the most ever, with five places offered in total including Matty McHale.

“The boxers still remain Boxing Scotland EBG boxers, and will train both down south with the World Class programme squad and also with Scotland’s Elite Boxer Group.”

Dear Members,

We are delighted to share our ‘Best of 2021’ Newsletter.

This shares some of the best news and stories that have occurred across the country over the past 12 months.

This was e-mailed to key club contacts yesterday.

If anyone has not received it, please find a PDF version below;

Newsletter – Best of 2021

If anyone would like to be added to our mailing list to receive the monthly newsletter automatically each month, please e-mail communications@boxingscotland.org

Regards,

Boxing Scotland

Boxing Scotland would like to take this opportunity to inform members of some recent changes that have been adopted as of January 1st 2022.

Firstly, there have been new weight categories that have been brought in by the international boxing Governing Body IBA (formerly AIBA).

It means that future Boxing Scotland Youth and Elite competitions from now on will be adopting these new weights moving forward. Please note that Schools and Junior weights are unchanged from 2021.

The weights for Youth and Elite boxers are now as below:

Female – Over 45kg to 48kg, Under 50kg, Under 52kg, Under 54kg, Under 57kg, Under 60kg, Under 63kg, Under 66kg, Under 70kg, Under 75kg, Under 81kg, Over 81kg.

Male – Over 46kg to 48kg, Under 51kg, Under 54kg, Under 57kg, Under 60kg, Under 63.5kg, Under 67kg, Under 71kg, Under 75kg, Under 80kg, Under 86kg, Under 92kg, Over 92kg.

Meanwhile, other changes that have come into effect are as follows;

• Boxer age classifications are based upon year of birth and not the date of birth.

Elite boxers (2003) may be matched against a Youth boxer (2004) of the same gender, although there may not be more than a 12-month age gap between the boxers.

Youth boxers (2005) may be matched against a Junior boxer (2006) of the same gender, although there may not be more than a 12-month age gap between the boxers.

Junior Boxers (2007) may be matched against Schoolboy and Schoolgirl boxers (2008), although there may not be more than a 12-month age gap between the boxers.

• Boxers are not required to be clean-shaven. Any boxer sporting a long beard should ensure that they discuss its management with the Supervisor at the weigh-in.
• Elite boxers may apply Vaseline or Aloe vera cut prevention cream/gel. This is not mandatory on club
  shows but is advised.
• Sparring is only permitted where a boxer, is registered with Boxing Scotland (Carded or Affiliate
  member) and have an annual medical appropriately documented via an annual medical SME1.

All of the recent changes can be found in the BSL Club and Domestic Guidelines below;

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Regards,

Boxing Scotland