62th BOCSKAI ISTVÁN MEMORIAL INTERNATIONAL BOXING TOURNAMENT 2018.
HUNGARIAN BOXING ASSOCIATION +36-1-460-6879 Fax +36-1-460-6882 1-3 Istvanmezei st. H-1146 Budapest, www.boxing.hu info@boxing.hu INVITATION LETTER 62 th BOCSKAI ISTVÁN MEMORIAL INTERNATIONAL BOXING TOURNAMENT 06 th to 11 th FEBRUARY 2018 D E B R E C E N, H U N G A R Y The Hungarian Boxing Association has the great pleasure to invite your Association to participate in the 62 th BOCSKAI ISTVÁN Memorial International Boxing Tournament for Elite Men and Women in 2018. PROGRAMME Date of arrival: 6 th of February 2018 7th of February 8th of February 9th of February 10 th of February 21:00 Technical meeting 07:00-09:00 Medical exam and weight-in 11:00-12:00 Draw 14:30-14:30 R/J meeting 15:00 Preliminaries 17:00 Opening ceremony 17:30 Preliminaries 08:00-09:00 Medical exam and weight-in 13:30-14:00 R/J meeting 14:00 Preliminaries 08:00-09:00 Medical exam and weight-in 13:30-14:00 R/J meeting 14:00 Semi-finals 08:00-09:00 Medical exam 16:00 Finals Date of departure: 11th of Februar
Eligibility of Boxers and Weight Categories: The competition is open for boxers 19 to 40 years old (born between 1978 and 1999). The tournament will be held according to the rules of AIBA, in the following weight categories: Men: Fly (up to 52 kg), Bantam (up to 56 kg), Light (up to 60 kg), Light Welter (up to 64 kg), Welter (up to 69 kg), Middle (up to 75 kg), Light Heavy (up to 81kg), Heavy (up to 91 kg), Super Heavy (above 91 kg) Women: Fly (48 to 51 kg), Feather (54 to 57 kg), Light (57 to 60 kg), Middle (69 to 75 kg) Registration regulations: National Member Federations can send only one (1) Boxer in each Weight Category The participants must have two sets of uniform (red and blue color sets) approved by AIBA. Each boxer and each R/J must have his international AIBA Record Book, as well as medical exams up to date. All Coaches must be AIBA Certified Coaches and registered in the AIBA Database as LOC will check each Coach s status at the time of registration. Without the appropriate AIBA certification, Coaches will not be allowed to enter this competition. Boxing Equipment: LOC will provide its licensed boxing gloves to all Boxers for all Bouts. The gloves are compulsory official items which all Boxers must wear, as they will not be allowed to wear their personal ones. 10oz Gloves will be used from Fly category (49-52 kg) to Light Welterweight category (64kg) 12oz Gloves will be used from Welterweight category (69kg) to Super Heavyweight category (91+kg). NO HEADGUARDS will be used according to the AIBA Rules. Number of rounds: Three (3) rounds of three (3) minutes, one (1) minute rest between rounds. Scoring System: New AIBA Scoring System, the 10-Point Must System, will be used.
Composition of the official delegations: 1 boxer + 1 official 2-4 boxers + 1 official + 1 R/J 5 or more boxers + 2 officials + 1 R/J Financial conditions: The cost of accommodation, full board: daily 3 meals (except 6 th of February when only dinner will be provided and 11t h of February when only breakfast will be provided) and local transportation (to the competitions) in Debrecen will be covered by the organiser for the members of the official delegations. All participations will be pay the registration fee amount 45 EUR/ person/day. Extra persons who are over the number of the official delegation and teams arriving earlier than the 6 th of February or leaving later than the 11 th of February will have to pay 90 Euros / person / day for their accommodation and full board. All Team Delegations must pay the full room charges for the entire Tournament Period (February 6 11) at the time of arrival in CASH (Euros only), or bank transfer. You are kindly requested to transfer the amount of your fee in advance payment not later that 10th January, 2018 to the following banking account: IBAN: HU05 1176 3055 2472 4885 0000 0000 BIC (SWIFT) Code: OTPVHUHB OTP Bank Nyrt. 1051 Budapest, Nádor u. 6. HUNGARIAN BOXING ASSOCIATION Team Delegations will not be able to receive accreditation cards and hotel room keys if the payment is not made in full. Please note that the total amount of participants is based on the Final Entry form. If Delegations arrive with a smaller Delegation than previously indicated in the Final Entry without notification prior to the event, they are still responsible to pay for the difference in full as it is considered a No Show. Transportation: All the participating teams have to cover their travel expenses to and from Budapest (those who wish to travel directly to Debrecen have to cover the travel expenses to and from Debrecen). The transfer Budapest Airport - Debrecen - Budapest Airport will be provided by the organizers. Insurance: Visa: All participants are requested to get their own travel and medical insurance. LOC strongly recommends to each participant to have European Health Insurance Card. The LOC will grant assistance to all delegations on visa matters.
Registration deadlines: Numerical preliminary entries must be sent to the Hungarian Boxing Association (info@boxing.hu) until the 15th of December 2017. Nominal entries with names, date of birth, travel details and room request until the 05th of January 2018 (info@boxing.hu) Contact Details of the Local Organizing Committee Hungarian Boxing Association E-mail: info@boxing.hu President: Zsolt Erdei Phone: +36 1 460 6879 Fax: +36 1 460 6882 We look forward to meeting your team in Debrecen! Zsolt Erdei President