Dear Boxers, Coaches and Supporters.

Entries are now closed for this weekend’s Elite & Youth Championships and the final entry list can be viewed via the following link:

2019 Elite & Youth Entries Final 11 March 2019

A reminder to everyone taking part this Saturday that the weigh in and medicals will take place between 8am – 10am. Further announcements will be made on Saturday with regards to each further day of the tournament. There will be no weight allowance for boxers this weekend and trial scales be available for every boxer through out each weigh in/medical period.

Please also be reminded of the new rules AIBA has recently brought in:

• 46.2:  In AOB Elite Competitions and any other event as decided by AIBA, the use of professional handwraps shall be mandatory.

This means that both Elite Male & Females must use professional handwraps for the forthcoming championships at all times.

• 44.6. In AOB Elite and Youth Men’s Competitions:
• 44.6.2 Twelve (12) oz gloves must be used for the Welterweight (69 kg) category to Super Heavyweight (91+ kg) category.

This means that Youth boxers competing in 69kg weight categories or over must now wear 12oz gloves in line with the rule that already exists for Elite males.

We would like to also remind all males competing in the forthcoming championships of the following rule again:

• 4.2.5.2.2:  A boxer must be clean-shaven before all medical examinations & bouts.

We look forward to seeing everyone there and wish all the boxers who have entered the very best of luck.

Dear Boxers & Coaches

Following recent AIBA executive meetings, AIBA Executive Committee Members have ratified several rule amendments, some of which will directly impact our 2019 Elite & Youth Championships.

The rules in question are:

• 46.2:  In AOB Elite Competitions and any other event as decided by AIBA, the use of professional handwraps shall be mandatory.

This means that both Elite Male & Females must use professional handwraps for the forthcoming championships at all times.

• 44.6. In AOB Elite and Youth Men’s Competitions:
• 44.6.2 Twelve (12) oz gloves must be used for the Welterweight (69 kg) category to Super Heavyweight (91+ kg) category.

This means that Youth boxers competing in 69kg weight categories or over must now wear 12oz gloves in line with the rule that already exists for Elite males.

We would like to also remind all males competing in the forthcoming championships of the following rule again:

• 4.2.5.2.2:  A boxer must be clean-shaven before all medical examinations & bouts.

A full copy of the recently updated AIBA Technical & Competition rules can be viewed via the following link:

AIBA Technical & Competition Rules

 

On International Women’s Day, Boxing Scotland would like to formally pay tribute to the continued growth of Women’s representation in our sport.  To all our Boxers, Aspiring Boxers and Recreational members 

#BalanceforBetter 

Late last year Boxing Scotland was delighted to announce that they would send 3 Female representatives to the World Elite Boxing Championships held in New Delhi, India from 15 – 24 in November 2018.

Our representatives were Stephanie Kernachan, Vicky Glover, and Megan Reid.

This was the first time Boxing Scotland has had representation at the Elite Female World Championships. A fantastic achievement for Scottish Boxing.

Vicky Glover is currently representing Scotland at the European U22 Championships being held in Vladikavkaz, Russia running from 7-18 March, 2019.

Dear Boxers & Coaches

The entries received to date have now been collated and can be viewed via the following link:

2019 Elite & Youth Entries 07 March 2019

The decision has been taken to extend the entry acceptance period to Monday 11  March 2019 (5pm) in order to allow any club that hasn’t entered boxers yet, to do so and to get as many extra bouts as we can in order to put on an enthralling and closely fought Elite & Youth Championship.

Dear Boxers/Coaches

Please click on the following link to view the most up to date list of 2019 Elite and Youth Championship entries:

2019 Elite & Youth Entries 05 March 2019

A reminder to all those still planning to submit entries that this must be done by 5:00pm on Wednesday 06 March 2019 either by post, personal delivery or email .

In 2019 Persimmon are giving away over £1 million to support children in health, sport, education and the arts through our brand new Building Futures competition. 

Persimmon Homes is delighted to be joining forces with Team GB – the British Olympic Association – to give away over £1 million to help children in England, Wales and Scotland. 

As an official partner of Team GB, we are extremely proud to be supporting the organisation in the run-up to, and beyond, the next Olympic Games in Tokyo. 

Building Futures, supported by Team GB, comes on the back of our hugely successful Healthy Communities competition, which in 2018 gave away more than £600,000 to support youth sport. The overall winner – Heart of England Boxing Club – walked away with a cool £200,000, while hundreds of other sporting groups benefited from cash prizes. 

Our 2019 Building Futures campaign is bigger and better than ever so that we can bring positive change to even more children. 

There are monthly cash donations of £1,000 for 128 groups over four months from February to May 2019. Then in the final stages, prizes range from £100,000 down to £5,000.

All applications should be made between 1 February 2019 and midnight on 31 May 2019. Applications received after midnight on 31 May 2019 will be invalid.

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https://www.persimmonhomes.com/building-futures/

Terms and conditions can be found below.

https://www.persimmonhomes.com/building-futures/terms