A small group of Victoria based higher categorised HP athletes have been training in Queensland over the past few weeks and have linked up with those athletes already based in Queensland, taking part in team training sessions at both their home gyms and the Eastside gym in central Brisbane. Sparring sessions with local athletes has been taking place at the Gold Coast PCYC, Shape Up fitness and the Boxing Shop. The on-going restrictions in Victoria will necessitate this arrangement to continue in the short term at least.

Development days and group sessions involving members of the HP Elite team have now been arranged in north, central and south-east Queensland to enable local athletes to join in and work with the qualified and prospective Tokyo Olympic athletes. It will be of great benefit for the younger and emerging elite athletes in Queensland to meet with and experience training with this group of successful BAL world class athletes. Sections of the training sessions will be delivered by the HP athletes including warm-ups, footwork speed and quickness, and technical and tactical content.

A High Performance programme residential camp originally slated to take place at the AIS in November/December will now be rescheduled and relocated to south-east Queensland and will become a continuation of the training camp already taking place there. It is hoped that movement across state and territory borders will be a little easier by December enabling the majority of the prospective Tokyo Olympic world qualifier team athletes to attend. Select local elite athletes will be invited and encouraged to attend and take part in the boxing specific afternoon sessions.

BAL intend to base most of the HP Program activity out of South East Queensland for the foreseeable future. Particularly with an eye on the World Olympic Qualification event – which is proposed for May 2021, and for preparations for the Tokyo Olympic Games. Also recognising that the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games are only a year later. It seems increasingly likely that most of the preparations for these events will be from within Australia, so BAL are looking at coordinating as much centralised activity as possible and feel that, for a range of reasons, Queensland is the best location to deliver this from. BAL have commenced positive talks with the Queensland Academy of Sport who are keen to open their doors to supporting the BAL S&C, facility and servicing needs which will be an important element of the preparation programmes.

The National Futures Program has remained consistently active across Australia with Camps in ACT, QLD and Western Australia.

The National Futures Facebook page is keeping the Futures community engaged with drills, video footage, funding and development opportunities and National Futures Program news.

It’s fantastic to see the Futues squad athletes boxing each other and stepping up against elites at tournaments in SA, WA and QLD.

The forthcoming state Futures camps in November / December are:

• NSW
• ACT
• SA
• QLD
• NT
• TAS
• WA

The 2020 Australian Club Championships will be held at the Magic Millions Centre, Adelaide SA.

The tournament is open to all Junior, Youth, Elite and Masters divisions. For specific weight categories please head to the events section of our website.

Boxing ACT News

BACT have 5 events coming up:

• Applications for Female Leadership Scholarship – close 31 October 2020
• Inter-club Sparring @ Gym Victus – 31 October 2020
• Futures Camp @ Stockade Training Centre – 07 November 2020
• Level 1 Coaching Course – 14-15 November 2020
• ACT Tournament – 05 December 2020

Residents of other States/Territories welcome unless you reside in an area designated by the ACT Government as a hotspot: https://www.covid19.act.gov.au/community/travel.

Nominate online at www.boxingact.org.au/events

Boxing TAS News

Boxing Tasmania will be running 2 events in November:

• State Training - 14 November 2020 at Campbell Town School Gymnasium
• Level 1 Coaching Course -  28 29 November 2020 at Bridgewater PCYC

Level 1 Nomination Form: 

https://cdn.revolutionise.com.au/cups/boxing/files/ph2j3ecjctxzabmn.pdf

Boxing SA News

Boxing SA have 3 events coming up:

• State Championships - 6 7 8 November 2020 at Magic Millions
• Boxing Australia Australian Club Championships - 20 21 22 November 2020 at Magic Millions
• Tournament - December 5 2020 at Mt Gambier

Boxing SA is also excited to be part of a massive Combat Sports festival called the Apex Sport Fest on 28 November 2020 at Norwood Oval. They will have 8-10 boxing bouts on at the festival. Elites only but they will have a mixture of novice, intermediates and Opens.

Boxing QLD News

Boxing Queensland have 4 events coming up:

• Level 1 Coaching Course -7 November 2020 at Eastside Boxing Club Brisbane
• North Queensland Training Camp - 7 November 2020 with National Coach Kevin Smith, Olympians Harry Garside & Caitlin Parker and Australian Champion Antonio Kay at Lindgrens Boxing Gym, Townsville.
• Queensland State Titles & U19 Pathway Selection Event - 14 15 November 2020 at Eastside Boxing Club Brisbane: Nominations Close 6 November 2020
• Finishing the year off with the very popular North Queensland v South Queensland Show - 28 November 2020 at Brothers Leagues Club, Townsville: Nominations Close 15 November 2020

The BQLD 2021 calendar will be open for tournament requests in November in preparation for a big year once restrictions start easing in 2020.

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