Harrogate Amateur Boxing Club

Great session yesterday! If you know anyone who'd benefit from these sessions get in touch with us or NYCS 🥊

Great night sparring at Firefight tonight! Thanks Craig and everyone else 😁

Hopefully have 3 out boxing on the same night 11th of May, Matty penciled in for 2 bouts in a week!

Just a small update to our timetable now.

The Saturday sessions will no longer be running for the foreseeable future.

Really happy to announce that we have another session which has just started on Friday with North Yorkshire Connected Spaces. This is a young persons referral service for children impacted either directly or indirectly by addiction. This session is by referral only so although I've added it to the timetable, please talk to Leanne from North Yorkshire connected spaces if you think you know someone who would benefit from attending!

Our other session with is going really well as well! This session is for people from the homeless or recovery community. There is also space for anyone suffering with their mental wellbeing so you can get in touch if you think you know someone who might find these sessions useful. These sessions have been fully funded so are completely free to the participants.

We have plenty of 1-1 spaces still available as well and are looking for continue our work with the schools, either SEND or public. These sessions are, in my opinion, brilliant for building confidence and resilience in young people so please feel free to share our website with any heads of year/PE teachers.

Hopefully will be looking to have a show again next season if I can get some help with it so that would be great for our team of growing competitive boxers.

New gloves and pads in the gym and looking to upgrade the facilities too so pop on down whenever to see our progress!

Thanks for your continued support,
Ben

Great performance for Matty on the Ostas show a week last Friday coming away with a UD win.

Worked really hard in the gym for long time and it really paid off boxing really nicely for all 3 rounds against a more experienced opponent. Well done Matty!

1-1 sessions available on the following link, you can even now pay for them online!

Picktime.com/harrogateboxingclub

No kids class tonight guys, please share with anyone who attends!

Had a brilliant day last Monday attending the NYCS forum alongside Red Rose Recovery. Learnt loads about how much work local groups are doing. I was really, really impressed with how these guys conduct themselves and how they’re using evidence to push on with projects such as the one at our gym.

This session targets people who are either homeless, in recovery or suffer with their wellbeing. (Every Friday)

In previous years I’ve met with councillors and local MP’s and very often came away feeling like people didn’t really give a sh*t about Starbeck or Harrogate and the problems that people come to me at the gym. I left Mondays forum feeling and knowing that people do care and hopefully we can continue our work helping people alongside NYCS and Red Rose Recovery.
Waiting to hear back on some additional funding which would make sure these sessions run all year and hopefully a session for kids affected by addiction too.

I would like to give a special mention to Emma and Leanne for being so brilliant in setting these sessions up and from a phone call at the start of December, we’re already up to our 4th session, all of which have been attended really well and we’ve had some great feedback from people saying that they’ve really found the sessions enjoyable and useful!

Lastly, right at the end of the forum was Andy’s man club. As a young person sat there, I thought they just hit the nail on the head with what’s needed. Andy’s manclub is doing some great work and provides a space for people struggling to go and have a chat. This runs on Mondays at 7pm for men, (unfortunately the same time as our gym sessions) I had a great chat will Elliot who used to compete as an amateur too. Elliot’s got a great story and if you want to know more he’ll be at hormbeam park on Mondays at 7pm at the college running the sessions. I was really impressed with how he conducting himself and the work he’s doing so managed to nab some posters and wristbands and had a quick (not preachy) chat with the lads at boxing that night.

I’ll put some pics and a video of the sessions we’re doing tomorrow!

Absolutely loads going on at the gym, just posted nothing about it as usual ☹️😅

Great kids class on Friday! 5pm-545pm…
This session is a great, fun introduction to fundamental movement, includes a warm up that we try to get them to learn and a series of stretches to go through at the end. We cover basic boxing technique and cover all aspects of basic shots, head movement stance and guard. No need to book in, just need £5, sports clothes and a drink and a willing attitude!

Any other FAQ’s / information can be found on our website: harrogateboxingclub.com
Looks forward to seeing you all then 😁

Super busy start!
Lewis started our season with an absolutely brilliant performance boxing away last month! dominating all rounds to somehow drop the decision unfortunately! 😂

Quick reminder of our classes and our recent changes:
Kids class is on a Friday at 5pm now!
Saturday morning sessions have started and are one of the best to attend at the moment as sessions are fairly quiet!

All PT’s can be booked through picktime.com/harrogateboxingclub

We’re really keen getting back out working with schools and other social organisations to try to help as many people as we can through our sport. If you know a school / somebody interested send us a text / email and we’ll try to get it sorted as soon as possible! Hopefully winter will allow us some time to finally start looking at running as a proper social enterprise with funding so we can help as many people as possibly.

Look forward to seeing you all later on in the general session at 6pm!

Updated timetable!
New classes: Friday kids class has been moved from Mondays due to coach availability. This ensures we can have 2 coaches watching and leading the session so that everyone gets the most out of their time in our gym!

Saturday morning general session - after requests for the gym to be open on a weekend we’ve managed to have our level 1 coach covering our sat morning session. Ages 13years+ this session will run for an hour and will include a warm up, basic drills and a selection of pad/bag/shadow boxing drills! Like all our other sessions these will be £5 pay as you go and you just need sports clothes and a drink…we’ve got everything else!

Let us know what other classes you’d like to see, open to suggestions! 😁

Reminder that there's no classes on tonight! Enjoy your bank holiday 😁

Some great rounds over in Bradford last night with Leeds road & P4P Bradford . Big thanks to for the warm welcome and hospitality 😁🥊

Hello!
https://harrogateboxingclub.com
Please take note that we have updated our gym timetable as our Kids class will not be running over the summer holidays! This will resume alongside the schools in September. Add yourself into our Kids Class Parents Whatsapp group on the following link at the bottom of this post.

Also please check our website for session times and FAQ'S before messaging us.
Our website: harrogateboxingclub.com
KIDS CLASS PARENTS GROUP https://chat.whatsapp.com/I1vqjyeaf8i3fcctdNSwbA

Any other sports clubs, schools and social organisations who’d like their students to have a fun packed introduction to boxing send us a message to arrange!

A fun and learning packed week at Strive. Adapting our lessons to suit needs on the day. Lots of physical activity in our sports lessons, including our tutors getting involved! Harrogate Amateur Boxing Club AIM Martial Arts & Leadership Academy Using our beautiful community facilities at Belmont field and learning chess ♟️ New walkie talkies too!

Just a reminder there’s no boxing on tonight!

General session and carded session both off!

Have a great weekend,
See you back on Monday!

No general session 6-7pm tonight guys back on Wednesday!

Carded session on at 730 (invite only).

Have a great bank holiday 🥊

No gym on tonight back on Wednesday guys 🥊😁

Some great rounds in today with our friends over at RABC. Thanks for organising Paul!

Some good rounds tonight across at Legions

Massive backlog of fight news to go through. Posted absolutely nothing about last 2 seasons...
Ben sat on 12 fights now, been super active last season, even had 3 wins in a week at one point.

This year should be a real big one, loads coming up. Futures bright and all testament to the amount of work and dedication this man puts in 😁🥊

Lovely 2 sessions done with the strive group today. Some real effort shown and some incredible improvements!

Know someone who'd benefit from a session or tha could benefit from blowing off some steam? Book your team /school/enterprise in for some sessions.
Send us a message and we'll get it organised!

🥊Getting up to date!🥊
After being locked out of our old website/Gmail please use the following for information about gym.

Harrogateboxingclub.com

All information about our gym can
be found on there including all our class timings.
All sessions are £5 pay as you go.

Looking for 1-1s? Message Harrogate Boxing Club 121s
Text: 07852251744

Timetable:
Monday
445-530pm - Kids Class
6-7pm - General session (suitable for begginers)
7-830pm - Carded Boxers (invite only)

Tuesday:
6-7pm Women only class (taken by our female boxing coach Steff)

Wednesday:
6-7pm - General session (suitable for beginners - best night for people new to the sport of boxing)
7-830pm Carded Boxers (invite only)

Friday:
6-7pm - General session (suitable for beginners)
7-830pm Carded Boxers (invite only)

Currently no need to book you can just show up 10/15 mins before session start time!

Also please use the new email address: [email protected] for any schools/social enterprise sessions.
Harrogateboxingclub.com/timetable
https://www.harrogateboxingclub.com/faq
on Instagram
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FAQ 1. Comfy clothes2. Water Bottle3. Positive attitude4. £5 in cash!We have gloves and pads that you can borrow for a session when required.

Last Friday we had Strive for Education down for 2 brilliant sessions during the day!

100 percent given by everyone attending and they certainly put me through my paces in a couple of rounds at the end 🤣

These sessions play a pivotal role for these kids as they have the gym to themselves and typically would find accessing general boxing sessions a little bit harder. The improvements made both inside and outside the ring are something that we've seen a lot of young people really benefit from so we're really keen to get these sessions properly funded and open to everyone who really needs them. This year we hope to really focus on & get this this community side of the boxing club up and going as it's something we've spoken about for years and and have seen the impact that boxing has on a lot of our members mental and physical health.

Have a great week! 🥊