TESTIMONIALS
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A success in non-contact & contact boxing
Based in Southsea, Portsmouth, the Boxing Awards programme emphasises safe, non-contact boxing. As an outlet for youth across Southsea, Portsmouth, the East end of London, Leeds, Yorkshire, Staffordshire and nationwide, our non-contact boxing programmes allow students to let off some steam, get fit and make friends in a healthy and appropriate environment. Read more about what the Boxing Awards programme has done for the community so far.
rob mccraken mbe
Performance Director of GB Boxing
The British Boxing Association is proud to fully support the GB National Boxing Awards, the scheme is designed to introduce and develop people into the sport and the rules of Boxing, fitness and healthy lifestyle, whilst learning. The GB Boxing Awards can be used to gain learning credits / points for GCSE PE, BTEC, AQA, ASDAN, Duke of Edinburgh's Awards and The Prince's Trust Award. I see the GB Boxing Awards as the pathway to people getting the best out of boxing whilst receiving medals and certificates and a sense of achievement.
The British Boxing Association is a body mandated to develop and prepare the very best in British Boxing to compete at the highest level. The GB National Boxing Awards primary purpose is to provide a positive educational experience by introducing people of all age, sex and ability to fundamental skills of Boxing. The benefits for the individual are immense, fitness, healthy lifestyle, weight control, self defence and an increase in confidence and self esteem and should be the first step for anyone wishing to compete as a boxer. The National Boxing Awards is a great way to introduce our future champions and internationals into the sport of Boxing.
The British Boxing Association would like to have the GB Boxing Awards in every Boxing Club, School ( Non-Contact ), Youth Club ( Non-Contact ), College and University in the country. I feel the GB Boxing Awards will lift the sport of boxing to a higher level within Great Britain.
The British Boxing Association supports and encourages Boxing Coaches / Tutors of a good character and suitable to work with children to deliver the GB Boxing Awards in Schools. We wish to play our part in the nations desire to increase the number of people involved in, and the quality of sport.
Matt holt
Chief Executive Officer GB Boxing
"GB Boxing fully supports the work the GB National Boxing Awards programme is doing to inspire a new generation of participants into the sport."
"The Boxing Awards have taken boxing to a new audience by introducing a mixture of young & older people into the sport in an environment that is familiar to them, such as their sport centres, school or local youth club."
"The Awards provide an introduction to boxing by teaching the basics of fitness, discipline and technique, whilst also providing a platform for young people to explore further opportunities within the sport. Many continue to use boxing as a way of increasing their fitness levels and making friends, and others go to compete at a high level".
"The GB Boxing Tutor equips existing coaches with the skills they need to make non-contact sessions fun and engaging, whilst also providing other providers of activities for young people such as PE teachers and youth workers with an opportunity to find out about how to provide an introduction to the sport in a non-contact fun way. By developing links between schools and community boxing clubs, and by strengthening existing relationships, the programme has made the sport more accessible and inclusive than ever before".
The GB Boxing Tutor can deliver the awards (Non-Contact) for PE lessons, youth groups and of course beginners joining your boxing club. Due to the nature of the national boxing award programme and the success they are having in changing opinions of boxing. People are now coming back into our sport as tutors, setting up clubs and making essential links with our schools and pathways into our clubs.
Keith Walters (OBE)
President of the British Amateur Boxing Association of England
“This is a huge step forward for the sport of Amateur Boxing and the intention is to roll out the GB National Boxing Awards Recreational and ASDAN CoPE Educational programme all over the country. The 6 level GB National Boxing Award scheme, provides an excellent entry route into the core skills of Amateur Boxing for recreational boxers or boxers joining boxing clubs and preparing for their first bout. It also gains a credit per award towards the ASDAN CoPE Boxing GCSE Educational Qualification”.
Keith Walters added; “the GB Boxing Tutor Course works well for young boxers wishing to gain their first teaching qualification in Amateur Boxing, as once they complete the GB Boxing Tutor Course they can then deliver the awards (Non-Contact and supervised) in their local boxing gym to new youngsters joining the gym. Due to the nature of the national award programme and the success they are having in changing opinions of amateur boxing. People are now coming back into our sport as tutors, setting up clubs and making essential links with our schools and pathways into our clubs. We as an association need to get our young boxers on the teaching platform of the sport, as early as we can, as they are our future National, Regional and Club Coaches.
Ms Penny Mordaunt MP
Portsmouth North MP
“It’s boxing, but not as we know it. These courses offer an approach to education and encourage a state of mind that instils a sense of discipline, dedication and hard work into the pupils who undertake them. To misquote Lady Thatcher – Boxing is the method; the object is to change the heart and soul. I would encourage any school to look at the boxing awards as a way to engage their pupils in a safe and productive out-of-school activity which will show positively in their academic work.”
“The dedication of ‘Q’ Shillingford and his team of coaches in Portsmouth is inspiring, and the atmosphere of friendly discipline that has been achieved in the clubs is a model to which schools might aspire.”
Ms Charlotte Leslie MP
MP for Bristol North West/Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Boxing Group (APPBG)
“Equipping future generations of boxers, coaches and tutors with the skills and qualifications they need is absolutely vital. The GB Boxing Awards are playing a very major role in this and for many young people are a gateway to not only to volunteering and working to help other young people enjoy boxing, but also a gateway to recognition, achievement and qualifications in other areas as well.”
Mr Willie Burns
Amateur Boxing Scotland (ABS) Performance Director
"ABS Performance director Willie Burns who stayed and watched the GB Boxing Tutor Course commented: Fantastic, this is just what our sport needs, ABS will look to be running the GB Boxing Awards all over Scotland and qualify as many GB Boxing Tutors to work all over the country introducing boxing to young people from all walks of life, I see the GB National Boxing Awards and Educational programme as a pathway to introducing boxing to every child in Scotland and a great vehicle to getting our sport in the mainstream, either recreationally, educationally or competitively."
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