TO SECRETARIES OF ALL PROVINCIAL COUNCILS AND COUNTY BOARDS

Please distribute to all clubs within your County Board urgently.

NATIONAL YOUTH & BOY 4

CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008

13^th February 2008

Dates:             February 29^th- March 1^st, (2^nd if required), March 7^th & 8^th

Venue:            National Stadium, Dublin.

          Friday 29^th February

Weigh-in:                    8.00am-11.am

Draw:                          12.00 noon.

Prelims Boy 4             3.00pm

Prelims Youth 1          7.00pm

         Saturday 1^st March

Prelims Youth 2          10.00am

Semis Boy 4               2.30pm

Semis Youth 1            7.30pm

         Friday 7^th March

Semis Youth 2            6.30pm

          Saturday 8^th March

Weigh-in:                    8.00am-9.00am

Boy 4 Finals               11.00am

Youth 1 Finals            3.00pm

Youth 2 Finals            7.00pm

Rounds:          Youths boxing will be 3X2 Minute Rounds

                        Boys boxing will be 3X1 ½ Minute Rounds

Entries:           To be accompanied by Medical Record Cards through the

Secretaries of the Provincial Councils and of the Antrim and

Dublin County Boards on the attached Entry Form to reach the

undersigned at the National Stadium by Friday February 22^nd.

Entry Fee:      €10 per boxer.

Qualifications: Every Province together with Antrim and Dublin County Boards

 are entitled to enter one boxer only in each weight division including current Irish Champions who have won their Provincial/Unit Championship. All these boxers may be allowed to move up one weight only. The only exception to a unit having more than one entry per weight division is in the case of current champions who were beaten in or did not compete in their unit championships. They may be entered but must compete in the weight they are entered at. A unit having a vacant weight may enter a boxer at this weight. This boxer must weigh in at the stipulated weight and must be entered separately on a separate page and will not be allowed to move a weight. This condition also applies to boxers entered at Extra Weights. All competitors must be formally entered by their entitled units and such entry forms should arrive at the National Stadium by the stipulated closing date for entries.

Attention is called to the stipulation in the IABA Rule Book that “each boxer presented by his club for competition shall be fit to box. This the responsibility of his club”.

Attire:             Coaches must wear tracksuits and runners in their corners at all sessions and endeavour to set a high standard of hygiene.

NB.                 It is a condition of entry that all boxers and their clubs have signed and submitted the Members Acknowledgement Form and it is the responsibility of the entering unit that this stipulation is complied with.

Yours sincerely,

Sean Crowley

Hon Secretary IABA