1939-40

696 TERRITORIAL
COLONEL C. PORTWAY, M.C.
MAJOR G. E. RUSSELL (55th Division).
CAPTAIN E. C. SHEPPERD, M.B.E.
MAJOR H. SHERWOOD, T.D.
LIEUT.-COL. H. S. STARKEY (43rd Division).
LIEUT. A. C. A. STEDMAN (49th Division).
COLONEL G. M. GILES, C.B.E., M.C., T.D.
(2.x-
officio).
Hon. Secretary
COLONEL W. H. GODFREY, M.B.E., M.M. 39, Greycoat Gardens,
Westminster, London, S.W.I.
Duties of the Committee of the T.A.B.A.
31 The duties of the Committee are:
(a) To maintain, encourage and improve boxing in the
Territorial Army.
(b) To act as a central body for control and appeal.
(c) To promote competitions, particularly the Territorial
Army Boxing Championships, with which are combined
the Inter-Divisional Championship for the Scarbrough
Cup.
(d) To arrange representative Team Matches.
Rules of Boxing
32. Amateur members of the Territorial Army will box in
Territorial or Service Competitions under I.S.B.A. rules, but when
boxing in other competitions will be under the rules of the Amateur
Boxing Association. (For Amateur definition see page 235•)
The Imperial Services Boxing Association rules are given on
pages .208-228 of this manual.
Permission for T.A. Boxing Meetings
33•
The attention of Formations and Units is
drawn to
these Rules which govern all T.A. Boxing Meetings, and
failure to comply and obtain authorisation may cause com-
petitors to lose
their amateur status. Hon. Secretaries
of Divisional Sport Boards are to take
every step
to see
that these rules are carried out.
Rule (i) No unit of the Territorial Army will hold any form of
Boxing Meeting without permission of the Army
Boxing Association. Such permission will be obtained
by making application, accompanied by suggested pro-
gramme and stamped addressed card for reply, at least
two weeks before the date of the meeting, to the
Hon. Secretary of its respective Command Boxing
Association, who is the General Staff Officer for
Physical Training of the Command. (For addresses
see para. 35•)