From 1st January 2021, the national High Performance programs for Boxing, Judo and Taekwondo have begun to be delivered by a newly established high performance entity - Combat Institute of Australia (CIA) Limited. This new organisation is jointly owned by the three member National Sporting Organisations, being Boxing Australia, Judo Australia and Australian Taekwondo. The overall strategy is to deliver enhanced High Performance outcomes for all three sports. This will be achieved by the organisation having a sole focus on high performance and supporting services only and the first boxing high performance camp to be delivered by the CIA took place at the AIS in January. Those athletes categorised at ‘Developing’ and above and the athletes that attended last year’s Olympic qualification tournament were all invited to attend. Unfortunately, the recent outbreak of Covid-19 infections in Sydney’s northern beaches and Greater Brisbane meant that not all invitees were able to attend. There was however a fair group of athletes and coaches able to participate in the camp which meant that the main objectives were still realised. Individual Athlete Performance Plans (IAPP) and Athlete Agreements were formulated and signed with the categorised athletes setting out their planned performance environment and competition targets for the coming year.

Olympic Games qualification, attendance and a successful outcome is still the major goal for all our athletes in 2021, whilst also looking further ahead to possible Men’s (Serbia) and Women’s (TBC) World Championships later in the year.

The National Futures Program team has been busy setting up the State Futures selection camps. In these squads will be the states’ best performing Junior, Youth and Elite boxers 19-23yrs.

The State Futures coaches will be announcing the Futures Selection days shortly.

Forthcoming Futures selection camp dates are:

• ACT 6 Feb. 2021
• South Australia 7 Feb. 2021
• New South Wales 21 Feb. 2021 - Location (TBA)
• Victorian 13/14 Feb. 2021 - Location (TBA)

The National Performance Pathway Lead, Jamie Pittman, visited the Boxing Tasmania registration day on 30 Jan. 21 and presented at the Open Development Camp to 25 athletes and 11 coaches.

Jamie will attend three more upcoming state camps and will be present at Open Development opportunities for athletes and coaches in Tasmania throughout 2021.

Boxing ACT News

BACT will be running the following events:

• 14 February 2021 – Development Camp (beginners/novices)
• 20 February 2021 – Canberra Tournament – Location: Gold Creek High School
• 20 March 2021 – New Judges course and current RJ Refresher
• 20-21 March 2021 – Level 1 Coaching Course

Development Officer

BACT is advertising for a contracted part-time Development Officer position to help promote amateur Olympic-style boxing within the ACT region.

The position will have responsibility for:

• Development and maintenance of Introductory Training Course programs
• Delivering the Schools Program to Gold Creek High School and expanding the program to other schools
• Running one-day Development Camps for junior athletes and expanding the program
• Coordinating the Female Participation Program
• Identifying opportunities to run participation programs amongst other groups

The position will involve approximately 2 – 5 hours of effort per week, with some effort required during both school hours and weekends.

The appointee will receive monthly payments totalling $5,000 per annum, with potential to increase based on Boxing ACT membership growth.

Applications close 8 February, 2021.

The 2021 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.

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