ABA National Schools Championships 1981
Date March 21, 1981
Location The City of Derby Assembly Rooms, Derby
Year 1981
| Weight Category | Champion | Finalist |
| Junior A Under 32 kg | Dean Binch (Conisbrough) | Darren Smith (Basildon) |
| Under 36 kg | Anthony Connellan (Rochdale) | Jarleth McMahon (Newsham) |
| Under 39 kg | Stephen Foran (Liverpool) | Paul Richards (Swindon) |
| Under 42 kg | Lance Shaw (Crawley) | Andrew Murphy (Liverpool) |
| Under 45 kg | Richard Hennesey (Barnet) | Carl Winston (Cwmbran) |
| Under 48 kg | Mark Pegrum (Chingford) | Martin Hind (Carlisle) |
| Under 51 kg | George Collins (Yateley) | Barry Drummond (Dewsbury) |
| Under 54 kg | Simon Christie (Coventry) | Gary Gallagher (Plymouth) |
| Under 57 kg | Daniel Kinnier (Basildon) | Dennis Grant (Newport) |
| Under 36 kg | Sean Pentony (Cardiff) | Andrew Hayes (Dover) |
| Junior B Under 39 kg | Steven Curtin (Camden) | Sean Hayes (Preston) |
| Under 42 kg | Roy Rowland (Newham) | Russell Thomas (Newport) |
| Under 45 kg | Raymond McLean (Wandsworth) | Joseph Bennett (Liverpool) |
| Under 48 kg | Joe Morgan (Enfield) | Billy Conway (Normanton) |
| Under 51 kg | Terence Daly (Newham) | Martin Evans (Cardiff) |
| Under 54 kg | Francis Harding (Liverpool) | Jeffrey Warren (Rayleigh) |
| Under 57 kg | Stephen Malone (Birmingham) | Clayton O’Shea (Camden) |
| Under 60 kg | Victor Mears (Patcham) | Larry French (Blythe Town Boys Club) |
| Under 63 kg | Stephen Davies (Middlesborough) | Peter Vosper (Plymouth) |
| Intermediate Under 39 kg | Mark Smith (Bushey) | Andrew Carmody (Coventry) |
| Under 42 kg | Paul Hodkinson (Liverpool) | Robert Taylor (Harrow) |
| Under 45 kg | Raymond McLaren (Barrhead) | Sean Twomey (Rickmansworth |
| Under 48 kg | Christopher Woolnough (Rochester) | Floydd Havard (Swansea) |
| Under 51 kg | Glyn Thomas (Cardiff) | Mark Jones (Belvedere) |
| Under 54 kg | Andrew Williams (Pontypool) | Rodney Smith (Enfield) |
| Under 57 kg | Gary Watson (Banbury) | Paul Hampson (Manchester) |
| Under 60 kg | Alex Mullen (Irvine) | Kevin Elkins (Brent) |
| Under 63 kg | Nigel Moore (Bexleyheath) | John Collins (Sale) |
| Under 66 kg | Neville Brown (Burton) | John Bromby (Dartford) |
| Senior Under 46 kg | J Marden (Cardiff) | Michael Herring (Stepney) |
| Under 49 kg | Antony Graham (Brent) | George Lambert (Hull) |
| Under 52 kg | Anthony Borg (Cardiff) | Arthur Mesher (Newsham) |
| Under 55 kg | Ivan Kempt (Northampton) | Martin Suckling (East Grinstead) |
| Under 58 kg | Anthony Wilkinson (Sunderland) | John Fogarty (Slough) |
| Under 61 kg | Stephen Griffith (Barnet) | Dean Hunt (Pontypridd) |
| Under 64 kg | Anthony Velinor (Newham) | John Davies (Llanelli) |
| Under 67 kg | David Peters (Southampton) | Anthony Hewittson (Hartlepool) |
| Under 70 kg | Andrew Hargreaves (Chorley) | George Carmen (Wisbech) |
