Tampere Boxing Association has a great pleasure to invite the boxers and officials of your team to the international boxing tournament for both girl and boy boxers. The 33rd Pirkka Tournament is held on 4th – 5th of May 2019 in Tampere, Finland.
Download the invitation in pdf here: Pirkka_2019_invitation
Entries
Entries shall be sent by 12th April 2019 to:
Tampere Boxing Association
Verkatehtaankatu 5 D 27,
33100 Tampere, Finland
Tel. int. +358-3-2235 235
E-mail: bctvs@boxing-tvs.fi
PARTICIPATION FEE
Participation fee is 25 € / person (boxers only). The fees shall be paid to our bank account:
Bank: Oma Säästöpankki, BIC/SWIFT: ITELFIHH, IBAN: FI74 4108 0011 1265 99
or upon registration on Saturday morning in cash in euros.
Programme
| Saturday 4th of May. | at 8.30 – 10.00 | Medical examination and weigh in, enrolment of the R&Js. |
| at 11.00 | Draw | |
| at 12.00 | R&J Meeting | |
| at 13.00 | Competition | |
| at 18.00 | Competition | |
| Sunday 5th of May. | at 8.00 | Medical examination |
| at 9.30 | R&J Meeting | |
| at 10.00 | Final bouts | |
All events at Hervanta Leisure Centre
Address: Lindforsinkatu 5, 33720 Tampere
TOURNAMENT RULES
Boxers, age 11-18 years (born in 2001-2008), are allowed to participate in the tournament. All participants must have had at least three official competition bouts.
The tournament will be held in four separate groups:
1) Youth (A-juniors), age 17-18 year of birth (born in 2001-2002)
2) Juniors (B-juniors), age 15-16 year of birth (born in 2003-2004)
3) School boys/girls (C- juniors), age 13-14 year of birth (born in 2005-2006)
4) D- juniors, age 11-12 year of birth (born in 2007-2008)
* 10 oz gloves will be used in each age group in each weight category except for Youth Men from 69kg up 12 oz gloves will be used.
* It is obligatory to use AIBA approved head guard, gumshield (no red/pink or partially red/pink) and protector cup (boys). Boxers with long hair must wear hairnet or cap.
* The competitors must be dressed according to AIBA regulations
* AIBA manual scoring system will be used in the bouts
* The competitors must have an AIBA International Record Book (youths), or a National Record Book (Juniors, School boys/girls and D-juniors).
YOUTH FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
Boys will compete in weight categories: 52, 56, 60, 64, 69, 75, 81, 91.
Girls will compete in weight categories: 48, 51, 54, 57, 60, 64, 69, 75.
* The winner is determined by AIBA rules.
* Duration of the rounds is 3 x 3 minutes (boys and girls)
JUNIORS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
Boys will compete in weight categories: 48, 50, 52, 54, 57, 60, 63, 66, 70, 75, 80.
Girls will compete in weight categories: 48, 50, 52, 54, 57, 60, 63, 66, 70, 75.
* The winner is determined by AIBA rules.
* Duration of the rounds is 3 x 2 minutes
SCHOOL BOYS AND GIRLS
Will compete in weight categories 30, 33, 36, 39, 42, 45, 48, 51, 54, 57, 60, 63, 66, 70.
* Duration of the rounds is 3 x 1,5 minutes
D-JUNIORS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
Will compete in weight categories 28, 30, 33, 36, 39, 42, 45, 48, 51, 54, 57, 60, 63, 66.
In D-junior groups the Finnish technique boxing rules will be followed.
The main points of the rules are as follows:
* The rounds are 3 x 1 minutes for D- juniors.
* The target is to fight three rounds; one must not try to end the bout with heavy blows.
* The winner is determined according to technical skills, heavy blows are forbidden.
* The following technical fields will be judged by points:
A. Blow technique
B. Movement
C. Integrity
The jury of the tournament may form parallel groups if any weight category should be entered by more than four boxers.
REFEREE / JUDGES
The R&Js must have a national R&J licence with at least one year experience or AIBA licence. We hope that all the participating teams would bring along at least one R&J, so that the judging would be in high level.
In case you need more information regarding the tournament, please contact the organizer.