How Merseyside & Cheshire ABA was formed.
The North West Counties Amateur Boxing Association was made up from the 2 Divisions, West Lancs & Cheshire ABA and East Lancs & Cheshire ABA.
The West Lancs & Cheshire ABA decided at an Extraordinary General Meeting held on 31 July 2008 to separate from the East Lancs & Cheshire ABA and to become an Association in its own right.
At the ABAE Annual General Meeting held on 20 September 2008, a Proposition was accepted that the North West Counties ABA should be dissolved and that 2 New Associations should be Established, to be named, North West Region ABA (formally East Lancs & Cheshire) and Merseyside & Cheshire ABA (formally West Lancs & Cheshire)
The main reasons for Establishing our own Association are very beneficial to us all, such as, Self Governance, Financial Independence, a more Regional, Cultural Identity and an ability to get better use of local resources for our own Clubs.
Geographically, the former North West Counties ABA Area was very difficult for administration purposes and at times led to communication problems. As Merseyside & Cheshire ABA we now operate as a more coherent unit, with decision making much easier and outcomes being much more local orientated.
A History of North West Counties ABA and West Lancs & Cheshire ABA will be covered elsewhere on this website ,but I must add, no person will ever forget our glorious past but it is now time to look to the future of Amateur Boxing within our Region and start to write the next chapter of our History by firstly maintaining the standards that have already been set and then striving to improve upon them in all aspects of Amateur Boxing.