GB Amateur Boxing Championships, York Hall on 11/11

The British Amateur Boxing Association (BABA) has announced the GB Amateur Boxing Championships 2011 will be held at York Hall in Bethnal Green on Friday the 11th and Saturday the 12th of November 2011.

The competition, which aims to identify the best male and female boxers in Great Britain, will pit the top amateurs selected by the Amateur Boxing Associations (ABAs) of Scotland, England and Wales against members of GB Boxing’s Podium Squad.

It provides an opportunity for boxers on the fringes of the Olympic set-up to secure the opportunity to join the GB Boxing squad as a funded athlete for an assessment period if they win the competition.

The Championships will cover the 10 men’s and three women’s Olympic weight categories.  (Entries permitting) there will be two semi-finals in each category on the Friday.  The finals of all 13 categories will be held on Saturday afternoon.

Tickets for the event go on sale on at 9.00am on Thursday 13 October 2011 through Ticketmaster and can be purchased online at www.ticketmaster.co.uk or by calling 0844 847 2500.

Tickets for Saturday’s finals are priced at: £5, £15, £20 and £25 (ringside).  Doors open at 11.30am and boxing will begin at 12.30pm.  Tickets for the semi-finals on Friday are priced at: £1, £3, £5 and £10 (ringside).  Doors open at 1.30pm.  There is only limited availability for what is expected to be a busy event and tickets will be sold on a first come first served basis.

Purchasers using the Ticketmaster website should either type in the name of the event or venue or use the genre (sport) and categories (boxing) section.   Each transaction will be subject to a booking fee to cover postage and printing.

GB Boxing’s Performance Director, Rob McCracken said: “This will be a high quality competition that will provide a real test for the existing GB boxers and create an opportunity for those outside of the squad to force their way into the Olympic set-up.”