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2010-11 Sport Leadership Grants and Scholarships for Women
The Australian Sports Commission (ASC) and Australian Government Office for Women are looking to develop the next generation of female leaders in sport by offering the 2010/11 Sport Leadership Grants and Scholarships for Women (SLGSfW).

Substantial funding for organisations and individuals is available, with applications now open. Women from all areas and levels of the Australian sports community are encouraged to apply, including women involved in sport as managers, administrators, coaches, officials, and women in sport governance and media/communications.

For more information about the 2010/11 SLGSW, please visit http://ausport.gov.au/women or call 1800 224 412.

2010 BOXING PROGRAM FOR COMMONWEALTH GAMES

AUSTRALIAN YOUTH TEAM SELECTION TRIALS, 26-28 FEBRUARY 2010

NEW AIBA COMPETITION RULES

(Message posted 23 Feb 2010)

NEW MANAGER OF BAI's NATIONAL OFFICE SOUGHT
Boxing Australia is seeking a person to manage our sport's national office in Albert Park, Melbourne. The work is busy, varied and interesting. For details of the position please follow this link.

COMPETITION DETAILS - BA(NSW) SELECTION TRIALS
Details of session times, weighin, and other requirements for the selection trials for BA(NSW) are available via this PDF document. Coaches, RJ and boxers should read this carefully.
(message posted 4 Feb 2010)

CLOSURE OF RECEIPT OF ENTRIES TO NSW SELECTION TRIALS

It is announced that entry of boxers to the Boxing Australia (NSW) Inc. Youth Team Selection Trials to be held next Saturday and Sunday, 6 & 7 February, will close at close of business 1 Feb. The closure of entries has been delayed but must now be implemented in order to facilitate orderly scheduling of the tournament.

Entry of boxers to the Boxing Australia (NSW) Inc. Elite Men's and Women's Team Selection Trials to be held Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, 12, 13 & 14 February, will close at close of business Friday, 5 February, in order to facilitate orderly scheduling of that tournament.

Winners of weight categories at the NSW Youth Selection tournament will be selected to compete in Boxing Australia Inc.'s Australian Youth Team Selection Trials to be held Friday/Saturday/Sunday, 26, 27 & 28 February next in Melbourne, Vic.

Winners of weight categories at the NSW Elite Men's and Women's Selection tournament will be selected to compete in Boxing Australia Inc.'s 1st Commonwealth Games Selection Trials and Australian Women's World Championships Team Selection Trials to be held Thursday/Friday/Saturday/Sunday, 18, 19, 20 & 21 March next in Fremantle, WA.

Boxing Australia Inc. (BAI) Member Associations are permitted to enter only one boxer per weight category in BAI's Youth and Women's Australian Team Selection Trials and up to 2 boxers in each weight category in the 1st Commonwealth Games Selection Trials. As Boxing Australia (NSW) Inc. is not a Member Association of BAI, the BAI Board will enter the winners of the weight categories at both NSW Selection Trials in its foregoing mentioned Australian Team Selection Trials.

The BAI Board has now determined that the new Committee of Boxing Australia (NSW) Inc. to be announced on 28 February next will be permitted to select and recommend (subject to BAI's Competition Rules) to the BAI Board a second NSW Elite Men's Team to compete in the 1st Commonwealth Games Selection Trials.

Boxers should anticipate that they will receive no financial assistance to compete in BAI's Youth and Elite Team Selection Trials.
(message posted 01/02/2010)

Death of Grant Peters

Grant Peters, former Secretary-General and a former Director of Boxing Australia Inc. (BAI) passed away on 11 January after a long illness.

Grant was active in South Australian boxing from 1974 as an R&J and for many years was Secretary of Boxing South Australia.

 

He was also at the centre of national boxing activities as Secretary-General of BAI 1997-2005 and then as a Board Director of BAI 2005-2006. Additionally, he was involved in international boxing as the Secretary of AIBA's Oceania Continental Bureau 2000-2006.

Vale Dr Tony Collings

It is with great sadness that we advise that BAI's Board Director Dr. Tony Collings OAM passed away on 11th January 2010 .

Tony brought a formidable intelligence and great wisdom to BAI Board considerations and, because of his association with amateur boxing, a greater respect among many in the higher echelons of the Australian sporting community for our sport.

Tony was awarded an OAM for his service to Australian University sport, particularly at the international level.

He was a senior scientist at the CSIRO and a member of the Research Council of Australia.

As a boxer he was the NSW welterweight champion in1958 and 1959, went onto higher studies in the U.K. and became an All British Universities Champion, and returned to Australia to become again the NSW welterweight champion in 1973. He was for many years a coach at the Sydney University Boxing Club.

2010 NSW Selection Tournaments
Male boxers in New South Wales interested in seeking to represent Australia at the 2010 Youth World Championships and/or the 2010 Commonwealth Games, and female boxers in New South Wales interested in seeking to represent Australia at the 2010 Women’s World Championships, will need to compete in selection tournaments to be conducted in NSW in February 2010 to gain selection to represent NSW in Boxing Australia Inc.’s Selection Trials for these Australian teams. Full details are available here.

New Boxing Australia Association in NSW

On Saturday, 28 November, 2009, the Council of BAI meeting in Canberra acted to disaffiliate BNSW as BAI's Member Association for NSW.

On Monday, 30 November, 2009, BAI sponsored the incorporation of a new association in NSW. The new association is named Boxing Australia (NSW) Incorporated ("BA(NSW)"). For details of the constitution, interim committee, membership forms, nominations for elections, etc, please go to http://nsw.boxing.org.au



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