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BOXING
A stamped envelope for reply should be included. (Units will
not
communicate direct with the Hon. Secretary, Army B.A.)
The application will then be considered by the Army B.A. Sub-
Committee. The Sub-Committee will decide either:
(i) To forward the application to the Amateur B.A. recom-
mending that the man be reinstated as an Amateur, or
(ii) That he has fought too often as a professional to have any
hope of reinstatement as an Amateur, and inform the Com-
mand concerned.
All applications must be made through Commanding Officers to
the Command Representatives, who will consider and then forward
them with their recommendations to the Hon. Secretary, Army B.A.
Any serving soldier who becomes a professional after boxing
whilst in the Army as an Amateur will not be reinstated again as an
Amateur, except under exceptional circumstances.
An Army Professional Boxer
is not allowed to box at any meeting
organised by the Army Boxing Association or any Army Formation
or Unit.
18. Correspondence
All correspondence shall be conducted by Officers. Units shall
correspond with Command Representatives, who will, when necessary,
forward matters on to the Headquarters of the Association.
19. Army Boxing Colours
The colours are white shorts and vests with red trimmings, with
the Army badge on the chest.
20. Army Colours
The colours, which consist of a badge (a lion on a crown with
laurel leaves each side), will be awarded to every Army boxer who:
(i) Has won an Army Individual Amateur Championship, Officers
or Other Ranks, and, having been selected by the Association,
has represented the Army Representative Team once.
(ii) If not a Championship holder, has, having been selected by the
the Association, boxed on three occasions for the Army
Representative Team.
(iii) In special cases the Army Boxing Association Executive Com-
mittee have power to award colours.
The badge may be worn on a blazer.
Those boxers who have qualified as above, but before 1930, can
obtain a badge from the Hon. Secretary.
(iv) An Army Boxing tie has been instituted, qualifying conditions
being the same as for the Army Colours. Ties may be obtained
from Messrs. T. M. Lewin & Son, Ltd., 103 Jermyn Street,
S.W.1.
(v) It is undesirable that boxers should wear the Army badge.
when representing their unit in the Inter-Unit Competition
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