Welcome
Welcome to the website of Halifax Boxing Sports and Fitness Club, we hope you enjoy your visit and return on a regular basis to catch up on any new additions to the news, gallery and guestbook sections in particular where you might like to add your own comments.
Club History
The Halifax Boxing Club was established in October 2005 by Robert Paradise and Mick Rowe who are now two of our coaches. In October 2006 we moved to our impressive new premises in Ladyship Mills on Old Lane Boothtown Halifax. The last few months have seen us win significant sponsorship, numerous wins in competition and a membership of over 300 people. We are proud to be the only ABA approved club in the area and have ABA trained and approved coaches.
Administration
HxABC is a not for profit making organisation run by local volunteers. We have the support of Voluntary Action for Calderdale and particularly thank Mark Burnside for his help.
During the last year we have successfully secured sponsorship from a wide variety of sources including The National Lottery and local businesses. We do however need further sponsorship to improve the facilities we are able to offer. Please see our 'Sponsors' section for further information.
Our Aims
The boxing sport and fitness club is situated in an area that government statistics reveal has a very high level of depravation. We aim to provide activities that will particularly appeal to children, adolescents, women and young adults within the local area. We believe the training provided is amongst the best available for improving fitness with consequent improvement in health and well being. For more details please see the ‘Activities ‘and ‘Training Times’ web pages.
The Story So Far
The boxing club caters mainly for children aged 9 and above, adolescent women and young adults. Sessions available include boxercise (women only) <16 years 16+ and a separate section for boxers. Most people attending the club do so to improve fitness or look good; they are not under pressure to compete. However our boxers have had great success in competition winning two thirds of their bouts. One became a Yorkshire Senior Novice finalist at his first attempt.
The Future?
Our premises have significant potential as a venue for a variety of other sporting and leisure activities that could benefit the local community. When sponsorship becomes available we hope to widen the scope of activities to include Spinning, Weight Training Pool and other leisure activities.
