Amateur Boxing Scotland

Update from ABS Coach Education Director Willie Burns. Willie has spoken to Q Shillingford regarding the costs of the course. Q has checked and  confirmed that because is not selling anything he will only charge £100 and not as per the initial post where the cost would have been £117.50.

ABS Ltd is launching a boxing tutor award course that will enable coaches, teachers and volunteers to deliver recreational boxing courses to schools, youth centres and colleges. This will allow for the delivery of non contact boxing programmes to a new range of young people that ABS would not normally reach.

ABS Ltd recently met with the director of this project, Quinton Shillingford, who has successfully held numerous courses in England. Quinton is prepared to assist Scotland and deliver courses for coaches, teachers and volunteers to allow the roll out of this programme.

The Aim

The aim of the one day boxing tutor course is to qualify participants to run boxing courses within schools, community sports projects, boxing clubs universities. The course is open to anyone over 18 years of age.

If you are interested please contact ABS Ltd via the Elgin Office by telephone on 01343 544718 by 14 May 2010.

The first course will be held on Friday 21 May 2010 and a second course on Saturday 22 May 2010 depending on demand.

Willie Burns, Director of Coach Education.

Selection of athletes onto the Achieve 2014 Team will be through a nomination process in partnership with Scottish Governing Bodies of sport and sportscotland. It is anticipated that this opportunity will be offered to up to two athletes and/or one coach per sport.

Latest results from Baku, Azerbaijan;

Kieran Smith lost 7-3 to the Algerian Llyas Abbadi.

Bryce Stewart led Amine Jabir of Morocco after the first round of his bout but lost 9-6.

Connor Law had a very close bout against Duljano Westhiner of the Netherlands and was drawing 2-2 after the first round. However, Connor lost 6-4 in the end to the Dutchman.

Hugh Gray pulled off a remarkable result against Rilwan Oladosu of Nigeria and was 11-10 down with three seconds to go in his bout.  However, Hugh landed a scoring shot within the three seconds and went on to win the contest on a countback.

The latest news ABS ltd has received is that unfortunately Hugh Gray lost to Zura Mekerisvili of Georgia 12-4 on points. However the feedback from the coaches and Team Management is that the boxers have been a credit to their country and attending the World Youth Championships has been very beneficial.http://www.aiba.org/documents/site1/Events/Youth%20WCHs%202010/Sessions%203_5%20YWCh%202010%2026.4.10.pdf

This was held yesterday at the Glasgow Phoenix gym and was attended by 28 schoolboy boxers and 12 Junior boxers. There were a number of parents and coaches in attendance with the session being run by ABS Development Coach Peter Harrison.

Assisting Peter were Alex Docherty, Danny Lee, Rab Bannon and Sam Mullen. The next training session will be held at the Phenix Gym on Sunday 02 May 2010.

The latest news from Baku;

Tonight Kieran Smith will box Llyas Abbadi from Algeria, Bryce Stewart will box Amine Jabir of Morocco, Connor Law will box Duijan Westhiner of the Netherlands and Hugh Gray will box against Rilwan Oladosu of Nigeria.

Results – Kieran Smith lost 7-3 to the Algerian Llyas Abbadi.

Pictured above is Bryce Stewart (receiving his award from the sportscotland Chair Louise Martin) who was recently awarded the 2009 Falkirk Council Junior Sports Personality award for the following achievements;

Scottish Champion – March 2009 – 52KG

Gold medal – Pyynikki International tournament (Finland) – April 2009

Great Britain Champion – June 2009 – 50KG

Gold Medal – Limassol International tournament (Cyprus) – October 2009

Bryce is part of the ABS Ltd Team that successfully departed for the 2010 World Youth Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan. The latest reports are that the flight flight to Baku from took off slightly late but team is safely on its way.

This can be viewed by clicking on the link below. This is the latest boxing programme  released from the Commonwealth Games Federation/Delhi 2010 Organisers. The programme may be subject to slight changes in the run up to the final event in October 2010. These will be posted as soon as they are received.

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Commonwealth Games Scotland (CGS) is looking to appoint two press officers and one press assistant to support the Head of Media and PR, working with Team Scotland at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India between 25 September and 16 October.

Further details can be found by following the link below;

http://www.cgcs.org.uk/Article.aspx?Mode=1&ID=2633

Following the resignation of the previous Chairman Colin Richards, sportscotland, who attend all ABS Ltd Board meetings, strongly recommended ABS Ltd appoint a new Chairman. After a brief discussion the Board appointed Richard Thomas, a position which Richard accepted in an interim capacity as minuted on 01.11.2009

On the 7^th March 2010, the Board unanimously elected to appoint Richard as the permanent Chairman of ABS Ltd after 14 months of tireless work as an ABS Ltd Board member. This deleted the voluntary CEO position completely leaving ABS Ltd with a clear management structure of Chairman, Board of Directors and professional staff.

Richard was not involved in any part of the process.

Update from Peter Harrison ABS Ltd Development Coach;

Training this Sunday for the Schoolboys will be between 12;00pm – 2:30pm and Juniors 12:30 – 3:00pm  on 25th April 2010, 2nd May, 9th May at Glasgow Phoenix 103 – 109 French St Dalmarnock G404LR.

Peter can be contacted on 07983715883 for any further enquiries regarding the training.

The Scottish Team travelling to Baku to take part in the World Youth Championships will now depart for Azerbaijan on Friday 23 April 2010. This is following continued disruption to flights over Europe due to the volcanic ash cloud.

The event is scheduled to commence on 25th April 2010 having been put back two days because of the travel disruption.

The following was taken from the AIBA website;

AIBA has postponed the start of the Youth World Championships in Baku unitl 25th April because of the unprecdented travel situation across Europe and the importance of this event as the sole qualifying tournament for the Youth Olympic Games.

Participating national federations are advised not to rebook their return flights unless their boxers qualify for the semi-finals on 2-3 May.

April 24 Technical Meeting (21:00 – )
April 25 General Weigh-In and Official Draw
1st day of Preliminaries
April 26 – 29 Preliminaries
April 30 Quarter-Finals
May 1 Rest Day
May 2 Semi- Finals
May 3 Finals

Although this may adversely affect nations who are able to make it to Baku for the original start time, the Local Organizing Committee has kindly offered to cover the food and lodging costs of all federations who have to extend their stay for the semi-finals.

ABS will be monitoring the situation closely as it may be required to re-book the flights of the boxers and staff travelling to Baku.

Today ABS Ltd held a meeting with the boxers, coaches and team manager travelling to Baku to given then a presentation on what to expect. Andy Caulfield, ABS Ltd Technical Director, also gave a DVD presentation on responsibilities of the boxers, The venue, expected conduct, the competition and  the R&JScoring System

This was to prepare and inform the team prior to its departure to Azerbaijan. The boxers were thanked for their attendance and ABS Ltd wishes them the very best of luck in Baku.

UPDATE:

Due to the effects of the continued volcanic eruption in Iceland, the following contingency planning has been made for the Youth World Championships in Baku;

April 23

07:00 – 09:00 General Weigh-In

12:00 – 13:00 Official Draw

15:00 -18:00 First Session

18:15 – 19:00 Opening Ceremony

19:00 – 23:00 Second Session

As long as the Scottish team delegation arrives any time on 22 April the team will be able to participate in the Championship.

ABS is in the process of drawing up a contingency plan in order to ensure that the team arrive in Baku in time for the event. Further information will be posted as ABS recieves it.

The following training times and dates have been confirmed by ABS Development Coach Peter Harrison for the above event;

18th April 12:00pm – 2:00pm at Glasgow Phoenix, 103 – 109 French St Dalmarnock, Glasgow G404LR.

There will be training sessions at the same location on 25th April 2010, 2nd May 2010 and 9th May 2010 also at the Glasgow Phoenix Gym. Times for these sessions will be 11.30am – 2.00pm.

57kgs   4-8 Loss

Michael Roberts v Nikolai Zaitsev Estonia

1^st round was very even with both boxers trying to get their range.The Estonian put Michael under pressure, Michael could not raise his performance to match. 3^r round Michael had nothing left. Michael had to lose 900gms on the morning of the fight which had a detrimental effect on his performance.

60kgs 3-6 Loss

Josh Taylor v Insallah Alyshov Russia

Josh was under pressure from the bell against a very classy opponent, who took control of the centre of the ring putting Josh on the back foot who however managed to cope with it. The contest could have gone either way had it not been for the referee giving Josh a public warning for a shoulder push which was unwarranted. Josh was very unlucky.

74kgs 0-7 Loss

Sean Finney v Eamonn O’Kane Ireland

Sean had been through a lot in the preceding 24hours to get to the championships after discovering his passport was out of date. The score was 0-0 after 1^st round, from the start of the 2^nd round the Irish boxer took control and just kept pushing Sean all around the ring. O’Kane is a very strong aggressive boxer who kept coming forward and it ended very messily with Sean wrestling his opponent to the floor twice.

54kgs 4-12

Joe Ham v Zafar Parpier Russia

The 1^st round was very even as both boxers held the centre of the ring and both had tight defences, however the result showed Joe was 8-2 down which was not a true account of the bout. In the 2^nd round Joe had to change his style and was aggressive and strong right through to the end of the fight. He connected with a left hook in the 3^rd round and stunned his opponent. Joe was very unlucky and the scoring did not mirror Joe’s performance.

64kgs 11-8 Win

Darren McGinn v Alexander Jacobson Norway

Darren boxed very clever behind his jab and back hand and had good footwork. He put his opponent down for a count in the 1^st round and was in control in the first two rounds, however his opponent came back very strong in the last round and it got a bit untidy. A great win for Darren.

69kgs 4-4 Loss on countback

Aston Brown v Uktamjon Rahmonov  Uzb

This is the best I have seen Aston working behind his long reach, making openings for his punches. He was very sharp and everything he did was first class. Scotland was informed that his opponent was a former world champion and Aston made him look very ordinary. I think the judging was wrong and this should never have been decided by a countback.

81kgs 6-7 Loss

Callum Johnson v Thomas McCarthy Ireland

Callum took centre of the ring but waited a fraction too long to throw his punches. McCarthy is a big strong guy but lazy. The referee let him lie on Callum holding without intervention. I thought Callum won the fight. Callum said he was not very happy with his own performance but I thought he was still in control of the bout.

51kgs 3-8 Loss

Ian Butcher v Declan Geraghty Ireland

Ian could not get close to this very tall rangy boxer. Ian never got in distance and was always short with his punches. He told us before the fight that he had still had a problem with his right arm which obviously hindered him. Ian would benefit from competing at 48-49kgs, although we were told this weight did not exist at this competition but it was included anyway.

64kgs 2-7 Loss Semi-Final

Darren McGinn v Vincenzo Magniacapre Italy

Darren boxed well behind his left jab for the 1^st round, keeping the score to 2-2. As the bout progressed the fast hands and attacking nature of the Italian began to tell and he took control of the bout. The 3^rd round was very one sided with Darren getting a public warning for holding . It was a great trip for Darren and the experience will be invaluable.

71kgs Stopped 2^nd Round

Ross Henderson v Francesco Rossanao Italy

1^st round was very untidy with both boxers missing the target.  In the 2^nd round Ross caught the Italian with a good shot which staggered his opponent but then he stood off him and gave him time to recover. The Italian started to come back into the bout and caught Ross with a few heavy shots, one of the shots caught Ross on the nose leading to a very bad bleed. Referee had no choice but to stop the fight. In the warm up for the fight Ross’s pad work, shadow boxing etc and his attitude is 1^st class but he cannot seem to take it into contest at the moment.

Overall it was a very hard competition and hopefully all the boys will have learned from there experiences. The top class European boxers can all work hard for the full nine minutes non stop and I think this is one of the areas that we can improve on.  Mark Geraghty and I had a great time and worked well together.

Tony Kerr

ABS will be holding a series of box offs in coming weeks to help assist with 2010 Commonwealth Games selections.

The weight categories that will be boxed off will be 56kg and 60kg. Boxers at 56kg will be Michael Roberts Forgewood, Jonathan Slowey Dennistoun McNair and Joe Ham Renfrewshire.

Boxers at 60kg will be Josh Taylor Lochend and Ryan Smith Barrhead. Further details will be announced but it is anticipated that the box offs will be held during the GB Schoolboys event. This will allow the bouts to be officiated by neutral referees.

Once the box offs have been contested a final set of recommendations will be forwarded to Commonwealth Games Scotland to allow the final team to be picked based on the Commonwealth Games selection policy.

Stephen Simmons results from the Prime Ministry Tournament in Ankara, Turkey;

91kg Stephen Simmons lost to Christian Demaj (Albania) 6-3

Stephen met a tough and durable Albanian with a big punch, and the bout was even for long periods. With Stephen on the front foot the Albanian sneaked a lead at the end from which Stephen had no time to recover.

Stephen was part of the British team that took part in the even over the weekend.

Update from ABS Coach Education Director Willie Burns. Willie has spoken to Q Shillingford regarding the costs of the course. Q has checked and  confirmed that because he is not selling a product he will only charge £100 and not £117.50 as per the initial post which would have included VAT.

ABS Ltd is launching a boxing tutor award course that will enable coaches, teachers and volunteers to deliver recreational boxing courses to schools, youth centres and colleges. This will allow for the delivery of non contact boxing programmes to a new range of young people that ABS would not normally reach.

ABS Ltd recently met with the director of this project, Quinton Shillingford, who has successfully held numerous courses in England. Quinton is prepared to assist Scotland and deliver courses for coaches, teachers and volunteers to allow the roll out of this programme.

The Aim

The aim of the one day boxing tutor course is to qualify participants to run boxing courses within schools, community sports projects, boxing clubs universities. The course is open to anyone over 18 years of age.

If you are interested please contact ABS Ltd via the Elgin Office by telephone on 01343 544718 by 14 May 2010.

The first course will be held on Friday 21 May 2010 and a second course on Saturday 22 May 2010 depending on demand.

The cost will be £100+ V.A.T.  The venue will be comfirmed in due course.

Willie Burns, Director of Coach Education.

Draw and results from Finland:

51kg Ian Butcher vs Declan Geraghty IRL Ian lost 8-3
54kg Joe Ham vs Zafar Parpiev RUS Joe lost  12-4
57kg Michael Roberts vs Nikolai Zaitsev EST Michael lost 8-4
60kg Josh Taylor vs Semen Grivashev RUS Josh lost 6 – 3
64kg Darren McGinn vs Alexander Jacobsen NOR Darren won 11-8, Darren lost 7-2
69kg Aston Brown vs Uktamjon Rahmonov UZB Aston lost 4-4 on countback
75kg Sean Finney vs Eamonn O’Kane IRL Sean lost 7-0
81kg Callum Johnson vs Thomas McCarthy IRL Callum lost 7-6
91+kg Ross Henderson Ross lost after the bout was stopped in round 2 becuase of a bleeding nose.

Our very own Andy Caulfield in action at the Commonwealth Federation Championships in Delhi, India March 2010.