Our first ever Coach Registration Competency Exams, held across all three Districts on Saturday 11 January 2014, proved to be a great success.
The Coach Competency Exam was designed to ensure all Boxing Scotland Club coaches possess a basic knowledge and understanding of the following subjects:
- Health & Safety in a gym and competition environment;
- The AIBA Technical Rules and the AIBA Open Boxing (AOB) Competition Rules;
- Child Protection;
- Sparring;
- Match-Making;
- Seconding/cornering boxers at events/competitions;
- Acceptable conduct and the responsibilities of a Boxing coach.
Coaches must score 45 points or higher from a possible 50 points on the questionnaire, in order to be deemed competent to coach within an affiliated Boxing Scotland Club, at events and Championships. Any coaches who sat the Exam on Saturday 11th January 2014 and are not named in the lists below will require further training prior to re-sitting the exam. We woul like to offer our congratulations to the following coaches for passing the exam and who are now deemed as competent Boxing Scotland Club Coaches;
| WEST | EAST | NORTH | |||||
| Name | Club | Name | Club | Name | Club | ||
| Paul McCann | Argo | Daniel Jefferson | 1314 | Sara Casciello | Aberdeen Uni. | ||
| Mark Breslin | Barrhead | Steven McKinnon | 1314 | Sandy Scott-Wilson | Aberdeen Uni. | ||
| Danny Lobo | Bellahouston | James Coyle | 1314 | Jamie Norman | Arbroath | ||
| Gerard McColvin | Bellahouston | Steven Bernard | Alloa | George Ramsay | Arbroath | ||
| Jim McCosh | Bellahouston | Barry McFadden | Alloa | Iain MacLeod | Arbroath | ||
| Gavin Montgomery | Bellahouston | John Whyte | Alloa | Fraser Thirde | Arbroath | ||
| Chris McGowan | Blantyre | Grant Kerr | Alloa | Donald Stewart | Byron | ||
| Thomas Campbell | Blantyre | Michael Miller | Alloa | William Stuart | Byron | ||
| Andrew Docherty | Broadwood | Daniel McLaughlin | Bathgate | Alex Cain | Byron | ||
| David McGuire | Broadwood | John MacAulay | Bathgate | Martin Glenesk | Claymores | ||
| Jason Sweeney | Broadwood | Joseph McLaughlin | Bathgate | Greg Menzies | Dundee | ||
| Gerry Taggart | Cambusnethan | Craig Ogg | Bathgate | Hameed Ahmed | Dundee Uni. | ||
| Mark Boyle | Cambusnethan | Alexander Walker | Broxburn | Iain Goldie | Elgin | ||
| Bryan Taylor | Cambusnethan | Gilda De Sousa | Broxburn | Paul Gordon | Elgin | ||
| Derek Higgins | Cambusnethan | Jason Armit | Broxburn | Matt Poole | Elgin | ||
| Jamie McShane | Cambusnethan | Dave Morrison | Broxburn | Coll Clayes | Fair City | ||
| James Doherty | Cleland | William Mitchell | Cardenden | David McRae | Fair City | ||
| Kenny Davidson | Cleland | Martin Wood | Chirnside | James Reilly | Fair City | ||
| Ronnie Blackburn | Cleland | Kevin Neen | Chirnside | David McAllister | Granite City | ||
| Trevor Johnstone | Cleland | Michael Blakie | Chirnside | Lee Edwards | Granite City | ||
| Barry Winter | Clydebank | Stephen Williams | Chirnside | Graham Morrice | Granite City | ||
| Stephen Hughes | Clydeview | Vaughan Duff | Chirnside | Derek Duncan | Highland BA | ||
| Lee Munro | Dennistoun | Malcolm Renton | Chirnside | Liam Foy | Highland BA | ||
| Billy Neil | Dennistoun | Michael Black | Chirside | Kevin Campbell | Highland BA | ||
| Billy McCubbin | Doon Valley | Andrew Leask | Clovenstone | Alan MacLennan | Highland BA | ||
| David McInally | Doon Valley | Steven Young | Clovenstone | Angus MacLean | Highland BA | ||
| David Gauld | Doonhammers BC | Robert McEwan | Clovenstone | Neil Jaffrey | Insch | ||
| Ian McGirr | Drumchapel | Kenny McCartney | Craigmillar | Gordon Charles | Insch | ||
| Jim Currie | Drumchapel | Colin McCourt | Craigmillar | Bruce Ledingham | Insch | ||
| John McKinlay | Durie’s | Gary Brunton | Denbeath | Craig Paterson | Insch | ||
| Anthony Quayle | Durie’s | John Garrie | Denbeath | Lee Murray | Kincorth | ||
| Fiza Hussain | Durie’s | Hamish Colgan | East Lothian | Philip Brown | Kincorth | ||
| Michael Roberts | Forgewood | Steven Notman | East Lothian | Evelyn Brown | Kincorth | ||
| Matthew Lafferty | Forgewood | Keith Colgan | East Lothian | Gary Newson | Kingswells | ||
| Brian McGinness | Forgewood | William Leckie | East Lothian | John Leys | Kingswells | ||
| Jim Love | Forgewood | Gary Cunningham | East Lothian | Andrew Allan | Kingswells | ||
| Frank McMahon | Forgewood | Andrew Dickson | East Lothian | Allan Boyle | Kinroos | ||
| Gerry Higgins | Forsyth’s | Duncan McEwan | Hillpark | Jerry Howett | Lochee | ||
| Lynsey Stewart | Forsyth’s | James Casey | Hillpark | Scott Cunningham | Lochee | ||
| Stephen Forsyth | Forsyth’s | Stewart Keane | Kingdom | John Reilly | Lochee | ||
| John Smith | Four Isles | Jenny Gibbs | Kingdom | Andrew howett | Lochee | ||
| David McGowan | Glasgow East | John McIntyre | Kingdom | Lee McBride | Moray | ||
| Bobby Keddie | Glasgow East | Angela Herbert | Leith Victoria | Neal Dickinson | Moray | ||
| Peter harrison | Glasgow phoenix | David Cowan | Lochend | Stuart Campbell | Perth Railway | ||
| Francis McDade | Glasgow phoenix | Eric Brown | Lochend | Gary Wilson | Perth Railway | ||
| Pat Mallon | Glasgow phoenix | Billy Docherty | Lochend | Steven Petrie | Perth Railway | ||
| Grant McAulay | Greenock | Tam Henderson | Lochend | William Sharkey | Robert Gordon’s | ||
| David Brown | Hamilton | Daniel Wright | Madison | Aaron Grubb | St. Francis | ||
| Jimmy Stirling | Hamilton | David Cramb | Madison | Adam Dawes | St. Francis | ||
| John Stirling | Hamilton | David Cunningham | Madison | Alan Wolecki | St. Francis | ||
| Stuart Rocks | Hamilton | Peejmaan Khosrowpour | Meadowbank | Stuart Flattley | Wellmeadow | ||
| Alec Mullen | Irvine Vineburgh | John McCarron | Meadowbank | Ronnie Nesbitt | Wellmeadow | ||
| Mark Gillan | Kelvin BC | Graham Stewart | Midlothian | Sean Henvey | Wellmeadow | ||
| Barry Clark | Kier Hardie | Ryan Quilietti | Midlothian | ||||
| Gerry Brady | Kier Hardie | Alexander Quilietti | Midlothian | ||||
| James Morrison | Kier Hardie | George Baigrie | Midlothian | ||||
| Frank Mulhearn | Kilsyth GG | Marc Skinner | Sparta | ||||
| Joe McCluskey | Kilsyth GG | Colin Currie | Stewart’s Melville | ||||
| Joe McCallum | Larkfield | Thomas Burton | The Bronx | ||||
| Mick Marner | Larkfield | Thomas Quinn | The Bronx | ||||
| Willie Douglas | Larkhall | John McCallum | The Bronx | ||||
| Ricky Alan | Larkhall | Richard Snaith | The Bronx | ||||
| Davie Wilson | Larkhall | John Buist | Zetland | ||||
| Jim Jamieson | Linwood | ||||||
| James Hilton | Millennium | ||||||
| Charlotte Stewart | Millennium | ||||||
| Allan Haining | Newarthill | ||||||
| Paula Docherty | Newarthill | ||||||
| Stevie Newns | Newarthill | ||||||
| Brian McCluskey | Newarthill | ||||||
| Willie Downie | Newarthill | ||||||
| Mark Dawson | Nith Valley | ||||||
| Kris McAdam | Noble Art | ||||||
| Craig Dixon | Noble Arts | ||||||
| Allan Garrity | North Glasgow BC | ||||||
| Gordon Blair | North Glasgow BC | ||||||
| John Reid | North Glasgow BC | ||||||
| Paul Rodgers | North Glasgow BC | ||||||
| Raymond Connell | Northwest | ||||||
| Graeme Marshall | Northwest | ||||||
| Stephen McLaughlin | O’Neil’s | ||||||
| Brian Murphy | O’Neil’s | ||||||
| Robert Wilson | O’Neil’s | ||||||
| Sandy Williamson | O’Neil’s | ||||||
| Louis Grant | Partick | ||||||
| Marc O’Donnell | Partick | ||||||
| Garry McGregor | Partick | ||||||
| Joe Brannan | Partick | ||||||
| Kenneth Crighton | Port Glasgow | ||||||
| William Clark | Port Glasgow | ||||||
| Kevin McIntyre | Renfrewshire | ||||||
| Colin Belshaw | Renfrewshire | ||||||
| Graeme Thomson | Renfrewshire | ||||||
| Mark Davidson | Renton | ||||||
| Vincent Baldasara | Renton | ||||||
| Stephen Harvey | Rob Roy | ||||||
| Christopher Dougan | Springhill | ||||||
| Rab Bannan | The Barn | ||||||
| Bobby McIntyre | The Barn | ||||||
| Stuart Sanderson | The Barn | ||||||
| Sean Lennon | The Barn | ||||||
| Robert McGurk | Viewpark | ||||||
| David McNeil | Viewpark | ||||||
| Gerard Murphy | Viewpark | ||||||
| Michael Murphy | Viewpark |
As stated on the questionnaires, coaches can re-sit the exam unlimited times until they pass on the proviso each re-sit is on a different day. Future opportunities to sit the exam will be announced in due course.
All current Boxing Scotland Coach Registration Badges will be valid for the Intermediate Championships on 1st & 2nd February 2014, but will expire thereafter on Monday 3rd February. Any coaches wishing to coach at the Boxing Scotland Scottish Championship Prelims on 22nd & 23rd February 2014 will be required to pass the exam in advance and produce their new Boxing Scotland coach registration badge to receive a coach band and gain entry to the Field of Play. All Boxing Scotland coaches, except those who are AIBA certified, are required to sit the Boxing Scotland Coach competency exam.
All coaches named in the lists above should send their current Boxing Scotland Coach Registration Badge to the Boxing Scotland office, along with an A5 stamped addressed envelope for the return of their new Boxing Scotland coach registration badge. Please send your badge in before Friday 24th January 2014, to guarantee your new badge being issued in time for the Intermediates.
All unregistered coaches should follow the Boxing Scotland coach registration procedure listed in the Boxing Scotland Club Pack.
A huge thank you must go to the following District representatives without whom the exams would not have been possible:
Douglas Pinkett, Vincent Keane and Katrina McGoldrick from the Western District;
Willie Burns, Jimmy Dunn, Jeannie Robertson-Frazier and Frank McLaughlin from the Eastern District
Norman Watt and Donald Campbell from the Northern District.
To discuss additional learning requirements for yourself or one of your coaches, please contact james.docherty@boxingscotland.org or call 07725 100 891.
