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To follow the Australian Team's progress at the World Championships or to follow the tournament and other results please click on the following World Championships website link. http://www.worldboxingmilano.org/

(message posted 11/08/2009)

2009 World Elite Men's Championships

Australian Team Selected

The following team will be travelling to Milan this month to represent Australia in the 2009 AIBA World Elite Men's Boxing Championships.

51kg Andrew Moloney
54kg Luke Boyd
57kg Ibrahim Balla
60kg Kane Gruer
64kg Qamil Balla
69kg Mark Basile
75kg Damian Hooper
81kg Steve Lovett
91kg Mostyn Niemann

Team Manager: David Pike
Head Coach: Bodo Andreass
Assistant Coach: Don Abnett
Team Physiotherapist: Vince Consentini

Congratulations to all in their selection to the Australian Team. Boxing Australia wishes them the best at the World Championships.

The World Championships will be held in Milan, Italy, September 1-12, 2009.

(message posted 06/08/2009)

2009 World Junior Championships Team Question & Answer Time

Boxing Australia asked a few questions and received answers from 3 of the 4 Australian Team to the 2009 World Junior Championships about their trip.

Name: George Kambosos
State/Territory: NSW
Date of Birth and Birth Place: 14/06/1993 Kogerah
Weight: 54kg

What age did you have your first amateur boxing bout? 13 years old

What was the favourite thing or experience at 2009 World Junior Championships in Yerevan, Armenia? Representing my country Australia and walking out in front of all those screaming Armenians at the Opening Ceremony.

What was the worst thing or experience at 2009 World Junior Championships in Yerevan, Armenia? Losing to the Silver Medallst and home town Armenian boy Jonick Tonoyan.

Who in your eyes was the best boxer of the tournament?
Name: Oleh Neklyudov
Weight: 60kg
Country: Ukraine
Finishing Position: Gold Medalist

What did you learn at this tournament? The different fighting styles of the European boxers and also Don Abnett's skills session to counter these fighters.

What is your most significant achievement in boxing? Being selected to represent Australia in the World Junior Championships

What is the name of your coach and or boxing gym? Igor Goloubev at Kostya Tszyu's Boxing Academy

What are your boxing goal/s? To continue to represent Australia and to go to the London Olympics 2012

What keeps you busy outside boxing? Relaxing and listening to music

Who is your role model and why? Kostya Tszyu and Sakio Bika because I have trained along them and the knowledge they have given me inspires me.

Do you work or study while training? Full time student in year 10 currently

Name: Liam Nicolson
State/Territory: QLD
Date of Birth and Birth Place: 1/11/93 Gladstone
Weight: 52kg

What was the favourite thing or experience at 2009 World Junior Championships in Yerevan, Armenia? Training and learning new things, and sparring with other countries.

What was the worst thing or experience at 2009 World Junior Championships in Yerevan, Armenia? The bad food

Who in your eyes was the best boxer of the tournament?
Name: Joseph Ward
Weight: 70kg
Country: Ireland
Finishing Position: 1st

What did you learn at this tournament? A lot of different skill boxing and different techniques

What is your most significant achievement in boxing? Competing at Junior World Titles and 2007 Australian Champion

What is the name of your coach and or boxing gym? Mick Daly at Gladstone Amateur Boxing Club

What are your boxing goal/s? To compete at an Olympic Games

Who is your role model and why? Daniel Beahan because he is a good boxer and is a big influence and is always helping me out at training and a nice person

Do you work or study while training?

Name: Joseph Nicholls
State/Territory: QLD
Date of Birth and Birth Place: 26/5/1993
Weight: 57kg

What was the favourite thing or experience at 2009 World Junior Championships in Yerevan, Armenia? Flying over the sea and winning a bronze medal

What was the worst thing or experience at 2009 World Junior Championships in Yerevan, Armenia? Some of the food

What did you learn at this tournament? Most countries have different styles of boxing

What is your most significant achievement in boxing? Winning a bronze medal at my first International Competition, the 2009 Junior World Championships

What is the name of your coach and or boxing gym? Russell Finn at the Inala PCYC Boxing Club

What are your boxing goal/s? To win a medal at the Olympics

What keeps you busy outside boxing? Family and friends

Do you work or study while training? Grade 11 at Redbank Plains State High School

(message posted 30/07/2009)

Boxing Queensland Development Squad tour of NZ

A Boxing Queensland Development Squad recently visited New Zealand to compete with promising results.

The team consisted of:

Boxers: Sean Evans (QLD), Ozan Craddock (QLD), Joshua Diad (NSW), Jeff Horne (QLD), Jesse Ross (QLD), Aaron Skully (QLD), Luke Howlett (QLD), Justin Serio (QLD), Skye Nicolson (QLD), Monica Simonek (QLD), Sabrina Ostowari (QLD) and Jessica Bouquet (WA).

The team competed in Auckland at the Auckland Boxing Stadium in front of a good crowd and of the eleven QLD boxers that competed, nine were victorious.

The Auckalnd Tournament was conducted successfully and the QLD R/J performed very well also. The QLD Squad Manager said the NZ host looked after the Squad and it was a great experience for the boxers.

Following the Auckland Tournament the Squad flew to Nelson in the south Island and were feeling very confident. Of the nine boxers who competed in the Nelson Tournament, five were successful. The South Island Association was very hospitable advised the Squad Manager and everyone had a good time. Boxing Queensland have been invited by three of the associations to return again next year.

Congratulations to the Squad and to Boxing Queensland on a successful tour.

(Message posted 21/07/2009)

Date changes of two AIBA major events

AIBA has advised the following date changes for the two AIBA Major events:

1. AIBA President Cups 2009, Baku (Azerbaijan).
    Competition Period December 13 - 20, 2009
    (1st day of competition: December 15, Finals: December 19)

2. AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships 2010, Calais (France)
    Competition period 14- 25 April, 2010
    (1st day of competition: April 17, Finals: April 24)

(message posted 9/07/2009)

The Local Sporting Champions Program Grants ($500 to $3,000)

The Local Sporting Champions program provides grants of between $500 (per individual) and $3,000 (per team) to help meet costs associated with young people participating in state and national level competition.

The deadline for 2008/09 applications is 30 June, 2009.

To apply and for more information please go to the Australian Sports Commission website: www.ausport.gov.au/champions

(message posted 26/06/2009)

Call for Applications for Team Manager and Assistant Coach of 2009 Elite Men's World Championships Team

The BAI Board has informed BAI Member Associations that it is seeking applications for the following two appointments to the Australian Team to the 2009 Elite Men’s World Championships:
1. Team Manager, and
2. Assistant Coach.

Applications for appointment to either position must be made by submitting the appropriate Application Form to the CEO of BAI by close of business Thursday, 9 July 2009.

Applicants must be endorsed by their BAI Member Association.

Applicants should be aware of the time requirements of the positions; Team Manager 20August-13 September and Assistant Coach 8 August-13 September.

Applicants for both positions must, of course, hold passports that will enable them to travel to be with the Australian Team as required.

The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has directed the Oceania Boxing Confederation to send an Oceania Team to the 2009 Presidents Cup and, further, that Australian boxers are to be that Team’s representatives in the Under 54, 57 and 60 kg weight categories.

The Presidents Cup is for Elite Male boxers and will be held 7-13 December in Baku, Azerbaijan.

The BAI Board has resolved that Australia’s representatives in the Oceania Team will be the Australian Team representatives in the 2009 Elite Male World Championships in the designated weight categories; Under 54 kg- Luke Boyd, Under 57 kg- Ibrahim Balla and Under 60 kg Kane Gruer.

These boxers, accordingly, will not be available to compete in the 2009 Australian Championships to be held 3-6 December.

BAI has not been advised, as yet, of arrangements for coaching of the Oceania Team at the 2009 Presidents Cup.

The BAI Board of Directors, to maintain coaching standards, has advised BAI Member Associations that all Level 1 coaches, whose current Level 1 accreditation was taken prior to 1 January, 2007, need to undertake an Updating Course in 2009 to maintain their accreditation.

Additionally, the BAI Board to ensure the Updating Course is not an unfair financial imposition on coaches has informed Member Associations that the maximum fee for the Course is $50 per person.

The Board has forwarded to Member Associations the subjects to be covered in the Updating Course which will be of approximately 4 to 5 hours duration.

(message posted 26/06/2009)

Boxing QLD Development Squad Results in Ukraine

Five boxers from the combined Boxing Queensland/ Kostya Tzyu Academy Team excelled by winning their bouts in the second tournament of their tour of Ukraine.

The five winners of the Boxing QLD Squad were, Carlin Utia, Mitch Cameron, Rohan Murdock, Jesse Ross, Clay Waterman.

The Ukraine tour runs 15-24 June with the squad currently in Kiev for their final tournament. The tour has provided opportunity for the boxers to perform to crowds in excess of five thousand people. This tour will no doubt provide a great experience for these young developing boxers in their future careers.

Allan Nicolson (BQI Secretary)

Message posted 23/06/2009

Boxers, coaches and officials are advised that the following tournaments will be held:

Selection Trials for the Australian Team to the 2010 World Youth (Male) Championships will be held 26-28 February, 2010

The 2010 World Youth Championships will be held 3-10 April in France. It is for boxers born in 1992 and 1993. Its location in

France

has not yet been advised.

Selection Trials for the Australian Team to compete at the 2010 World Youth (Male) Championships will be held 26-28 February, 2010. Member Associations will be able to enter one boxer in each weight category of the Selection Trials. Up to seven boxers may be selected to represent

Australia

at the 2010 World Youth Championships and each selected boxer will be required to make a financial contribution to help meet the costs associated with his competing at the World Youth Championships. The entry of each boxer by a Member Association to the Selection Trials must be accompanied by the photo identification page of each boxer’s Australian passport current to mid-October, 2010 i.e. no Australian passport current to mid-October, 2010, no entry to the Selection Trials. The foregoing requirement is because of what will be the short period between the Selection Trials and the closing date of entry of boxers to the World Youth Championships and the need for the selected boxers to be able to travel to the Championships. Please note that a boxer who finishes in the first four boxers in his weight category at the 2010 World Youth Championships may be selected by the Australian Olympic Committee to represent Australia at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games to be held 14-26 August in Singapore.

Selection Trials for the Australian (Elite Male) Team to the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the Australian Team to the 2010 Women’s (Elite) World Championships will be held 8-11 April, 2010

Selection Trials for the Australian (Elite Male) Team to the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the Australian Team to the 2010 Women’s (Elite) World Championships will be held 8-11 April, 2010. Boxers at these Selection Trials must have been born in the years 1976-93 inclusive.

The 2010 Commonwealth Games will be held 3-18 October in New Delhi, India. BAI will nominate an Australian Boxing Team to the Australian Commonwealth Games Association (ACGA) which will select the Team. BAI’s Team Nomination Criteria, when it is approved by the ACGA, will be posted on BAI’s website.

The 2010 Women’s (Elite) World Championships will be held 10-18 September in

Barbados

. A winner of a weight category at the Australian Selection Trials will have the first option of being selected to represent Australia for that weight category at the Women’s World (Elite) Championships. Unless otherwise advised all entrants for the Championships and the Team coaches should anticipate each will have to meet the costs of their participation in the 2010 Women’s (Elite) World Championships as none of BAI’s sponsors permit their sponsorships to support women’s boxing.

Boxing ACT has advised that the 2009 Australian Championships (Men’s and Women’s Elite, Youth and Junior categories) will be held 3-6 December, 2009. Please note that the former Under 19 and Under 17 Years of Age categories are now abolished. Boxers eligible in 2009 to compete: in the Elite category are those born in the years 1975-1992 inclusive, in the Youth category those born in the years 1991-92 inclusive, and in the Junior category those born in the years 1993-94 inclusive.

It is important to note the difference in the years of birth requirements for the Elite and Youth categories between the 2009 Australian Championships and the 2010 Selection Trials. The years of birth requirements meet AIBA rules and change with the change of year from 2009 to 2010.

All of the foregoing tournaments will be conducted in accordance with BAI’s Competition Rules.

BAI Member Associations must ensure that all eligible boxers registered with their association are given transparently fair and equitable opportunity to win the right to compete in the foregoing tournaments. Member Associations shall conduct selections pursuant to the Competition Rules, in particular in regard to the Selection tournaments, pursuant to Rule 3.1.2.

(message posted 09/06/2009)
(Amended 26/06/2009)

Section Manager of 2010 Commonwealth Games Boxing Team

The BAI Board of Directors has nominated Mr Michael Hastings to the Australian Commonwealth Games Association to be the Section (Team) Manager of the Australian Boxing Team to the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Mick is the President of Boxing SA, is a member of the BAI Council, and was the Manager of the Australian Boxing Team to the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India.

Congratulations to Mick.

(message posted 09/06/2009)

(message posted 02 June, 2009)

Australian Junior Worlds Team

Follow the Australian Team's progress on the International Amateur Boxing Association website:
http://www.aiba.org/default.aspx?pId=2584#

Australian Commonwealth Games Association Anti-Doping Policy

The Australian Commonwealth Games Association Anti-Doping Policy is available on the 'Documents' page of this website.

It is important that all boxers interested in selection to the 2010 Commonwealth Games Boxing Team are aware and have read this document.

(message posted 11 May, 2009)

OFFICE CLOSURE

The Boxing Australia office will be closed between May 12 - 15, during the Arafura Games Boxing Tournament.

(message posted 11 May, 2009)

2009 Arafura Games

The Arafura Games Boxing Tournament will be running between May 11 - 16, 2009.

Follow the boxing results on the Arafura Games website link http://www.arafuragames.nt.gov.au/

(message posted 11 May, 2009)

2009 Australian Junior Commonwealth Games Squad

Congratulations to the following boxers selected to be members of the 2009 Australia Junior Commonwealth Games Squad:

46kg Jackson Woods (TAS)
48kg Mark Schliebs (VIC)
52kg Liam Nicolson (QLD)
54kg George Kambosos (NSW)
57kg Joseph Nicholls (QLD)
60kg Tyson Lantry (NSW)
66kg Kurtis Cooper (NSW)
75kg Dylan Hardy (TAS)

The following four members will be participating in the 2009 World Junior Boxing Championships in Yerevan, Armenia, May 23-30:

52kg Liam Nicolson (QLD)
54kg George Kambosos (NSW)
57kg Joseph Nicholls (QLD)
60kg Tyson Lantry (NSW)

Coach Don Abnett has been appointed Team Coach of the Junior World Championships Team to Armenia. Don is currently the Head Coach of the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) National Talent Identification & Development (NTID) program for Boxing and has held coaching positions on previous Australian Teams with success and is respected within the boxing community.

BAI wishes the Junior Worlds Team great success and look forward to hearing their stories on their return.

The following four members of the 2009 AJCGA squad:

46kg Jackson Woods (TAS)
48kg Mark Schliebs (VIC)
66kg Kurtis Cooper (NSW)
75kg Dylan Hardy (TAS)

will be participating in a program of international experience including a training camp & sparring/tournaments in asia later in the year. The program will be finalised in the next month or so and details displayed on this web page.

Boxing Australia would like to congratulate the 8 members of their selection into the 2009 Australian Junior Commonwealth Games Squad and wish them the best in their future boxing careers.

(message posted 11 May, 2009)

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

Link to application form below:

Application for Appointment as Section Manager form

BOXING AUSTRALIA INCORPORATED (“BAI”) has established a Judiciary Tribunal pursuant to cl.17.2 of the BAI Constitution to enquire into the affairs of BOXING NEW SOUTH WALES INCORPORATED (“BNSW”).

The Tribunal consists of Mr. Jeffrey Phillips SC, Mr. Phillip Goodes and Mr. Ralph Belbin.

(a) whether Boxing NSW has satisfied, and continues to satisfy, its conditions of membership as a Member Association of BAI,

(b) whether Boxing NSW has done, or has permitted to be done, any act or thing which might be said to have adversely affected or derogated from, or might adversely affect or derogate from, the standards, quality and reputation of boxing and/or its maintenance and enhancement,

(c) whether Boxing NSW has failed to make full and proper disclosure to BAI and/or any other Member Association of BAI of any matters of importance to BAI and/or boxing, and

(d) whether any individual member of Boxing NSW has acquired a material or financial advantage at the expense of BAI and/or of any Member Association of BAI and/or of boxing.

The Tribunal will report its findings to the Board of BAI. Pursuant to cl.17.5 of the BAI Constitution, the Tribunal is empowered to make a recommendation or recommendations to the Council of BAI.

The Tribunal invites any person who wishes to address any or all of the Terms of Reference for the enquiry to make a submission in writing to the Tribunal. All such written submissions should be delivered to:

by no later than 1 May 2009. Receipt of written submissions delivered after that date will be entirely at the discretion of the Tribunal.

Any person who might wish to address any of the Terms of Reference of the enquiry other than by way of written submission is invited to contact the Chief Executive Officer of BAI in writing at the above address, by telephone on (03) 9926 1330 (03) 9926 1330 or by email at bai@boxing.org.au.

After the time limited for making written submissions has expired, the Tribunal will advise those who have made such submissions and other interested parties with respect to the further conduct of the enquiry.

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