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DOMESTIC BOXING LINKS

• The Police and Community Boxing Association of England  www.policecommunity.clubs.org 
  
  
  Affiliated to the Police Community Clubs of Great Britain and the Amateur Boxing Association of England, the PCBA was formed in 1992 as a collection of community-based sports clubs throughout the United Kingdom. One of their core sports is amateur boxing. It recognises that amateur boxing is the perfect vehicle to engage with disadvantaged children and young people. Its slogan is "Providing Opportunities - Creating Successful Communities".
  

• British Universities and Colleges Sports  www.bucs.org.uk 
  
  Founded in 1918 as the Inter Varsity Board of England and Wales. Renamed in 1930 as Universities Athletics Union. In 1994 it became the British Universities Sports Association. It has a membership of 147 Universities and Institutes of Higher Education. BUCS hosts an annual boxing tournament now in its 14th year (2009).
  
  

• National Association of Clubs for Young People (NACYP)  www.clubsforyoungpeople.org.uk.
  
  The CYP is a UK wide network of clubs, services, projects and activities providing support for young people in their communities. It has forty five constituent organisations, 3500 clubs and projects, 30,000 volunteers, and 400,000 young people involved, enjoying and achieving.
  
  
  

• Royal Navy  www.navy.mod.uk 
  
  The Royal Navy and Royal Marines are proud to have formed a partnership with amateur youth boxing, demonstrating their commitment to developing grassroots sports. As title sponsor of both the schools and junior championships the Royal Navy are working with the Amateur Boxing Association of England to deliver positive experiences for all participants, while also raising awareness of the huge range of career opportunities available to young people. The Royal Navy and Royal Marines have a long history of competitive boxing and are hugely successful in helping personnel achieve sporting success up to international level. Boxing needs self-discipline, hard work, outstanding fitness, courage and respect - the sort of qualities that the Royal Navy and Royal Marines look for in potential recruits and which are vital for future operational effectiveness.
  
  

• Army Boxing Association  www.army.mod.uk/sportandadventure/clubs/boxing
  
  

• Royal Airforce Boxing Association  www.raf.mod.uk/rafboxing
  
  

• Sport England  www.sportengland.org.uk Sport England is an organisation committed to creating opportunities for people to start, stay and succeed in sport. The organisation gives lots of advice and guidance on a range of issues including funding, child protection, development plans and practical support.
  
  

• UK Sport  www.uksport.gov.uk UK Sport was established in 1996 to work in partnership with the home country sports councils and other agencies to lead sport in the UK to world-class success. UK Sport is responsible for managing and distributing public investment and the distributor of National Lottery funding.
  
  

• Sports Coach UK  www.sportscoachuk.org is the lead agency responsible for the implementation of the UK Coaching Framework and is dedicated to guiding the development and implementation of a coaching system, recognised as a world leader, for all coaches at every level in the UK.
  
  

• Boxing Awards  www.boxingawards.co.uk A fun recreational programme mixing skills, technique and fitness.
  
  

INTERNATIONAL BOXING LINKS

• The Association International de Boxe Amateur (AIBA) is responsible for all aspects of international amateur boxing throughout the World. It constantly strives to ensure the sport is fair, safe and drug free.
  
  AIBA is responsible for the rules and regulations of the sport. It organises and oversees both the world and Olympic championships. AIBA has often led the way in the development of the sport. Contact: AIBA, Maison de Sport International, Ave de Rhodanie 54, CH - 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland, Tel: 41 21 321 2777, Fax: 41 21 321 2772 Email: ho.kim@yahoo.com, Web: www.aiba.org.
  
  
  

• Official Olympic Movement  www.olympic.org.uk.
  
  The Olympic Committee determines which country / city hosts the summer and winter Olympics, held every four years. The modern Olympics began in Athens in 1896 when fourteen nations joined together to celebrate 'sport'. Boxing has been present since 1904 (St Louis, USA). It was in these games that gold, silver and bronze medals were awarded for the first time to all sports.
  
  
  

• Commonwealth Games  www.commonwealthgames.com.
  
  The organisation has responsibility for hosting the Commonwealth Games (Formerly British Empire Games 1930 - 1950; British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1954 - 1962; British Commonwealth Games 1966 - 1974) and are every held four years. The first Games was held in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in 1930.
  
  

• We Are Englandwww.weareengland.org
  
  
  
  A great source of information and news on the athletes and sports representing England in the Commonwealth Games.

• The European Boxing Confederation (EUBC) is the governing body for amateur boxing within Europe:  www.eubc-boxing.eu