New Changing Rooms/Weight Room

Work started this Saturday on knocking out the existing changing rooms to make a new Weight Room. A few members stayed to help - Gareth, Matt, Adam, Jamie and coaches Mickey and Kerry, with Craig and Keith popping in for a short while.

Thank you to those who stayed till 6.30pm to knock down walls and clear up the debris totally filling the skip that had been dropped earlier that morning. All rubbish was cleared ready for the next step - Painting and then laying the floor, don't forget the ceiling and a new stud wall! not much really and that's before the new changing rooms are put in.

Session Times

The 1st of December saw the introduction of the new session times.

The sessions are :-

Tuesday
6pm - 7pm 9 to 14 years
7pm - 8pm 14yrs up to & inc. Adults
8pm - 9pm Carded Boxers & invited members ONLY

Thursday
6.30pm - 7.30pm 14yrs up to & inc. Adults
7.30pm - 8.30pm Carded Boxers & invited members ONLY

Saturday
12.30pm - 1.30pm Fitness Class 13yrs up to & inc. Adults
1.30pm - 3pm Open Session 13yrs up to & inc. Adults

Session Charges are the same as before.

Christmas Break

Mickey, Mel, Keith, Kerry, Craig and Stuart would like to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and all the best in the New Year. The gym will be closed over the Christmas period on the following dates:-




Thursday 25th December (obviously)

Saturday 27th December

Tuesday 30th December

Thursday 1st January 2009

Saturday 3rd January



The gym will re-open on Tuesday 6th January 2009 at 6pm as normal.

1st win for club

So 4 weeks into the new season and C'jay 'CHEEKY' Barraclough has given the club it's 1st win down in Sheffield on Wednesday 29th October. C'jay was the 1st bout on for the night after a disappointment for Jamie Tomlinson (11) after his opponent failed to make weight!

C'Jay was nervous as hell but went out hands blazing 1st round, on coming back to the corner asked me if he was winning! After some words of encouragement from me in the corner the bell went for the 2nd round, This time he was out the corner even faster pulling some good defence off as his opponent returned punches and fired back with his own, Back in the corner 1 round to go, C'jay now buzzing and realising he has the upper hand and now so full of confidence this time telling me what he's gona do! (my job to tell you cheeky!). Bell goes 3rd and final round and again both lads firing shots off at each other going all out for the last! As the round ended we was confident C'Jay had it. On to the announcment! Unaminous decision in the blue corner C'Jay Barraclough! Points 11-4, 9-4, 9-4. Thank you to David Wilkinson from Halifax ABC for putting up a good show against C'jay. Thanks to Halifax Coach Mick Rowe and Referee Ronnie tucker and all who organised and took part in the night!

Next Show is Kingston ABC in Hull which is a dinner show on 21st November £32.50 for tickets inc Meal. We have Adam Rose (senior) @ 84kg and Jamie Tomlinson aged 11 on that Show so please come down and show your support for the boys.

Amy & Leo's Visit!

Jayne came along to the gym on Tuesday along with Amy, Angela and Leo & friends to meet us all who are fundraising for Amy & Friends on Tuesday 4th! Thank you for coming it was great to meet you all! Amy & Leo are gorgeous! Met Amy again Wednesday morning for a while before they travelled home. This weekend Amy is in Boston USA for some treatment so good luck with that hope it all goes well and we will see you again soon!

Sponsored Circuit in Memory of Bex Snowden

We are holding a sponsored circuit session on Tues 4th November in memory of Rebecca “BEX” Snowden.
Rebecca died at the age of 4 on September 19th 2008 from a rare disease called Cockayne Syndrome.
Bex is the niece of one of our gym members Carl Murray and daughter of Dave & Yvonne Snowden.

The charity we are raising money for is called Amy & Friends.

The aim of the sponsored circuit is to raise money for the charity and raise awareness of this rare disease.
It will consist of 10 exercises, 3 minutes on each with no rest. I myself will be sparring for 2 hours! 2min rounds with 1min rests between, that’s 40 rounds!
Cockayne Syndrome (CS) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by poor growth, microcephaly, progeria (premature aging), sensitivity to sunlight, moderate to profound developmental and neurological delays, and a shortened lifespan. CS is inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern. In order for a child to be affected by CS, he or she must inherit a mutation (-) in the same CS gene from both parents. The parents and other “carriers” of a single CS gene mutation remain healthy. Once a couple are known to carriers, they have a 1 in 4 (25%) chance of having another child with CS.
The symptoms of Cockayne syndrome vary significantly, especially with regard to their age of onset and rate of progression.
I would appreciate everyone’s help with this in raising awareness, and raising as much money as we can for this great cause. I would like to thank you in advance from all at the club as well as Bex family.

Anyone outside the club who wishes to take part or make a donation please contact us.

The money raised will help other familys live a better quality life and help to fund finding a cure as well as helping with the costs of medicine for these familys.

All who participate will recieve a personalised certificate from the club with the amount they raised.

A message from Dave:

Cockayne syndrome is very rare and only found in 1:500:000 people, I am reaching out for help if not to cure this syndrome then to make people aware and understand, and if possible help other children and families live a happy fulfilled life.Thank you all so much for your help
Dave (Bex daddy)

SHOWS

We have 4 lads competing at our 1st show for the club on 15th October at Harehills Labour Club Leeds. Please make sure you come and support our lads. Tickets available now £10.00
The guys competing are...
Jamie Thomlinson age 11 40kg
C'Jay Barraclough age 13 58kg
Gareth Hilton aged 14 61kg
Ash Balmer age 23 73kg

details in the gym.

training pictures

Craig 'The Pink Wally' Walton & Roland doing defensive work with the boys


C'Jay and Shaine training defensive & Wally & Besty on pads



Adam 'Lurch' Rose & Garteh Hilton on bag


Wally with his pink Gloves!

Besty working up a sweat!

club pic and squad so far

As you are all aware the season is getting closer and closer so we now need to pick the squad! So far there are 7 and a few more potentials coming through who know who they are so lets get working if we want to get you in for season!

Stuart Dobson 95kg age 29.

Craig Walton 74kg age 24.
Liam Wright 66kg age 23.

Lucy Howram 34kg age 11,
CJ Barraclough 58kg age 13.
Gareth Hilton 61kg age 13,

Jamie Thomlinson 40kg age 10, 11 before season

Dean Sumner 76kg age 23

Adam Rose 90kg age 18

Ash Balmer 73kg age 23

Matt Russel 82kg age 19

Lets not forget 5 yr old joe who slipped passed Mel one day! Great kid to have at the club, very quiet and is technique perfect! An unbelieveable kid! A natural Boxer! He's coming in the squad as an up and coming & mascot for the club!

Still time until season so watch this space! Come on Guys lets put Selby on the map on our 1st season!

club update and photos

Please note times have now changed and are as follows.

Tuesday's & Thursday's

1800-1900 9yrs-14yrs

1900-2000 14yrs + (inc adults)

2000-2100 Carded & Invited boxers only!

Sat's

1230-1330 Fitness Class

1330-1500 open ( over 11's only)

gym progress

Thanks to some grants from the lottry and selby cip and town council we have been able to kit the gym out with new equipment. We would all like to thank the people who gave us these grants and help the gym move forward.

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

We would like to thank all our sponsors for all there help with getting the gym ready and all the kids that helped!

Kieth Wilson Interiors Selby...... Ceiling and partitions
MRL Signs Sherburn........................ Sign
Marley Targett Floors Kent....... Flooring
Birkdale Doors Scunthorpe..................Roller Shutter
Lynne @ The Dancer Wakefield....... Some Equipment
Abbey Alarms Selby.................. Alarm service & Hoodies
Mr & Mrs Fannon York............ Cash Donation
Mr & Mrs Ward Whitby................ Weekend in Whitby
Ian & Tanja St Albans...................... Cash Donation
RDH Scaffold Selby.................. Frame work for bags
Burn Surfacing Selby................ Hoodies
Amanda @ Sundays Selby.... Raffle prizes
Dean Court Hotel York..........Raffle prizes
Leeds Rhinos...................... Tickets For Raffle
Ali Lauittiti from Leeds Rhinos for cutting the Ribbon.
Lisa Butler Moda York.......... Raffle prizes
Bramble ........................ Boxing Ring
Tony Hewitt Sherburn........ Punch Bag
plus all the kids form the club when it was in milford for raising over £300 for costs towards the refurb of the new place!
and anyone else i may have forgot to list! Please tell me if i have!!!

NOW OPEN

After all our hard work the Gym is now open for training. We have also passes gym inspection with the ABAE and will now be affiliated! Training times are:
Tuesday 6-7pm 7-11yrs
7-8pm 11-16yrs
8-9pm 16yrs and over
Thursday 6-7pm 7-11yrs
7-8pm 11-16yrs
8-9pm 16 years and over
Saturday 12.30-1.30pm Fitness session for 11yrs and over
1.30-3pm Open training for 11yrs and over

Juniors £3.00
Seniors (0ver 17) £4.00 per session
Double session extra £1.50

Our open day is this Saturday the 19th of April with Leeds Rhino star player Ali lauitiiti performing the official opening ceremony at 14.30pm.
Huge thanks to all those who made the gym possible, including Mark at Mrl signs, Keith Wilson for our ceiling and lights, Neil at Marley floors for our flooring and all those who have helped with decorating and donating raffle prizes

just about ready for tuesday!

well we just about ready! been a long hard few weeks but we are just about there for our 1st sessions on tuesday!

getting there

more progress over this weekend!

the ring is in!

we are getting there! what a transformation! before and after!

ceiling and floor of new place

busy day good friday! lights wired, ceiling finished office cleaned, walls had another coat and floor has started to go down! its really coming on now! thanks to ei & bri,caroline, mark, mick, keith, alex, micheal, pete and jonny for there hard work! me and mark were determined to get floor started and left at 1930 friday night so a long day. Adam popped down to help us after work to.

MORE PROGRESS

Well we have been back in this weekend was a hard long weekend! Ceiling is down, walls had a 2nd coat, flooring's taken up in the office, gym area floor levelled off, partition started, office walls started, all electrical cables removed that were not needed. Thanks to Mel, mark, Keith, Harvey, Micheal, Alex, Jacob and lucy again for all their hard work! We are getting there! Ceiling going in this week and flooring being delivered tuesday! And thanks to my wife caroline for bringing us all cakes!

new gym selby

Well as you all know now we are moving to selby on 1st April which is a tuesday so that will be our 1st training session. The new place needs alot of work so we have been spending time in there trying to get it ready before we get started! The place need alot of work though! Any help will be great! We have got quite alot done so far in the 3 days at weekends we have spent in there. We have a so far been sponsored our sign, flooring, and now a new ceiling. We will soon post details of all of this. Thanks to all of you! Thanks also for the help so far, Mel, Mark, Jacob, Lucy,Alex and Micheal for you hard work! We are back in this weekend coming so any help anyone can give please come along! As you can see by pics i think Micheal & Alex got more paint on themselves than the walls!!!