AOB/APB/WSB Referees & Judges Instructors Workshop opens

This Wednesday 03 April 2013, the International Boxing Association (AIBA) was delighted to start activities at the AOB/APB/WSB Referees & Judges Instructors Workshop in the city of Assisi, Italy.

Last month, AIBA announced the launch of a new scoring system and the removal of headguard in all Elite Men’s competitions. These major changes affect the Refereeing and Judging in AIBA’s three competition programs: AIBA Open Boxing (AOB), World Series of Boxing (WSB) and AIBA Pro Boxing (APB). This Workshop’s main objective is to prepare and certify R&J Instructors who will be holding courses at all levels in each National Federation and/or Continental Confederation. The opening speech was given by Mr Franco Falcinelli, EUBC (European Boxing Confederation) President on behalf of Dr Ching-Kuo Wu, AIBA President. He explained that for the first time, AIBA had produced R&J Teaching Manuals for Instructors for all three levels. He complimented the 5-Star R&Js who contributed with great efforts to the development of this Manual under the leadership of Mr Ray Silvas, main Instructor at the Workshop and AIBA Refereeing & Judging Commission Member. Dr Wu’s message was: “At the end of this Workshop, I am confident that all of you will have the capability to implement good courses and seminars so that all AIBA R&Js at all levels are able to come with the fairest results in all AOB, WSB and APB competitions”.

To obtain the certification, the candidates require to successfully going through a public speaking assessment and a written examination. Once this gathering is completed, AIBA plan to send an application form to each of its National Member Federations for them to apply for hosting Referees & Judges training courses.

A total of 35 candidates, including active 5-Star and 3-Star R&Js as well as International Technical Officials and Commission Members from around the world are taking part in this Workshop.

List of participants:
SILVAS Ray (USA -Instructor)
ASANAU Siarhei (Belarus)
BAGDANAVICIUS Kestutis (Lithuania)
BASI Mik (England)
BOSELLI Luiz (Brazil)
BRAHAM Mohamed (Tunisia)
BROVIL Lars (Denmark)
CAULFIELD Andrew (Scotland)
CINAR Yasar (Turkey)
DA SILVA Mauro (Brazil)
DE CASTRO Dante (Philippines)
FIACCO Pat (Canada)
GALLAGHER Michael (Ireland)
GERMAIN Tony (Canada)
GORNY Mariusz (Poland)
HUSEYNOV Rovshan (Azerbaijan)
JUST Rene (Slovakia)
KANG Sukku (Korea)
KARAKULOV Mykola (Ukraine)
KELLY Seamus (Ireland)
KOWLI Jay (India)
LAINE Jean-Robert (France)
LAZIZI Athmane (Algeria)
MADFOUA Fathi (France)
MALYSHEV Vladislav (Russia)
MCFARLANE Daniel (England)
NORDIN Stefan (Sweden)
POGGI Gerardo (Argentina)
ROOS Allan (Finland)
ROSE Wayne (Australia)
RYSBAYEV Rakhymzhan (Kazakhstan)
SERVIDE Roberto (Argentina)
SIDI YAKOUB Kheira (Algeria)
SZALMA Zoltan (Hungary)
WAITH John (Wales)
WANG Dexin (China)