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The Neutral Corner
Any adult (male or female) can undertake a short course and practical training sessions to develop the skill of judging amateur boxing bouts. After supervised practice at several tournaments, you can become a judge for tournaments in your state/territory. Opportunities for progression to Australian, Continental or World (AIBA) accreditation are readily available. Those with suitable mobility/fitness who wish to train as referees can do so after they have been judging for a modest period of time. Boxing Australia has implemented a new Accreditation Pathway for judges and referees. At state level this is in place from end February 2009, and at national level it applied at and from the November 2008 Australian Championships. The BAI RJ accreditation policy is available here. You can also download a flowchart version of the judge pathway and the referee pathway - these charts visually explain the process for becoming an RJ. The New RJ Seminar content is available in powerpoint format for judges here and for referees here. If you can't read these files, install Microsoft's free PowerPoint Viewer (2MB) downloadable from here or install the free OpenOffice.org full office suite (a free alternative to Microsoft Office that runs on Windows, Macs or Linux, from here. Intending RJ candidates need to meet the criteria outlined in the accreditation pathway, and any nomination for Australian R/J examination must be accompanied by a certification from the State/territory R&J Coordinator verifying that the candidate meets the crieria. RJ Data Collection form: New RJ needing to be issued with their RJ Record Book should submit their details to BAI's RJ Committee, via their state/territory RJ Coordinator. The form you should fill in is provided here in Microsoft Excel format and alternatively here in PDF format. Note that you need to submit a passport-style photograph as well. Want to talkto us about it? Contact the national R&J Committee via email from the Feedback page. Please note, we cannot assist people to become an official with professional boxing. Boxing Australia ONLY deals with amateur (Olympic-style) boxing. Our judges and referees cannot officiate at professional boxing events or vice versa. Maintaining your existing accreditation Referees and Judges who are already accredited need to do an annual refresher seminar. This has been standard practice for many years in most places, but from 2009 Boxing Australia is using a standardised format and content to ensure each RJ has access to the same information irrespective of where they live. The Refresher Seminar content is available in powerpoint format here. If you can't read this file, install Microsoft's free PowerPoint Viewer (2MB) downloadable from here or install the free OpenOffice.org full office suite (a free alternative to Microsoft Office that runs on Windows, Macs or Linux, from here. AIBA and BAI competition rules The new international rules set down by AIBA late last year are available from AIBA's website at http://aiba.org (look under AIBA Articles and Rules) Boxing Australia has adopted new rules to align with the new AIBA rules and to handle additional matters specific to internal competition. The draft rules are available from our website here. Other documents you may find helpful
Most of the documents on this website are in "PDF" format. To read them you need a PDF reader program. There are several free PDF reader programs available, including Adobe Acrobat Reader which is available for Windows, Mac or Linux operating systems. Those documents in MS Powerpoint format can be read using Microsoft Office's Powerpoint program. If you don't have MS Office (a non-free licenced program), you can install Microsoft's free PowerPoint Viewer (2MB) downloadable from here or install the free OpenOffice.org full office suite (a free alternative to Microsoft Office that runs on Windows, Macs or Linux, from here. |
