Berinsfield Amateur Boxing Club are approaching the new season with optimism and plans to extend and improve their premises.
Fifteen years ago when the club were re-born, they had no facilities and rented a local hall twice a week, having only four or five boxers to cater for.
Today, the club own a thriving gym and can now boast membership of more than 100, with 25 boxers who fight at competition level.
This has taken years of hard work and determination by head coach Mel Corrigan and his team of coaches. Success has slowly but steadily become increasingly familiar within Berinsfield Amateur Boxing Club
Last year alone the club produced five Home Counties champions and five junior schoolboys ranked within the top five in the country.
The new improvements to their facilities have been costed at £130,000.
The club have been granted £77,000 by South Oxfordshire District Council and are awaiting confirmation of further funding from Sport England and the Amateur Boxing Association for the remainder of the money.
advertisement
The funding is recognition for the support the club have given the local community.
Corrigan plans to expand his coaching team which currently numbers five.
The last year has seen the retirement of long-standing club chairman, Ray Jeffs, who has done much to steer the club to their current healthy state .
Jeffs is handing over to John Healey, who hopes to continue the good work.
Berinsfield will be hosting the Home Counties Under Ten-Bout Novice Championship on October 13.
This will be followed by their first dinner show of the season at Rover Sports and Social Club on November 2.
For details of tickets for these events, contact Corrigan (tel 07860156950 or 01865 341348) or Healey (tel 07836 643052).
If you liked this article and would like to share it with others on the web who might be searching for good content we've made it easy for you to do it.
At the bottom of all articles, you'll see links to six sites. These sites - commonly called 'social bookmark' or 'social news' sites - have large communities of web users who share and rate interesting, useful and fun things on the web.
Clicking the links will automatically add the address of the story you are reading to one of these sites, letting you share it with others. Each site will ask you to register to share stories. Registration is free and once a member, you can store, recommend and search for stories that interest you.
Print
Email this
